Lorenzo Fragola

Lorenzo Fragola in March 2015 in the Mediolanum Forum

Lorenzo Fragola (born April 26, 1995 in Catania ) is an Italian pop singer who became famous for winning the eighth season of the talent show X Factor .

Career

Beginnings and X Factor

Fragola grew up in Catania and attended the Galileo Galilei secondary school there . He was seen in two school theater productions of Cavalleria rusticana and Shakespeare in Love . After graduation, Fragola moved to Bologna to study at DAMS .

In 2013, Fragola first entered auditions for X Factor , but he was turned down. In 2014 he reapplied to X Factor ; this time he was accepted into the Uomini 16-24 category , which was overseen by Fedez , and finally won. His debut single The Reason Why hit the charts straight away. Then a first EP was released.

Sanremo Festival and first album

In early 2015, Fragola took part in the Sanremo Festival with the song Siamo uguali , where it came in tenth place. This was followed by the debut album entitled 1995 . The album contains both Italian and English-language songs that Fragola himself wrote with u. a. Nek and Tom Odell and produced by Fabrizio Ferraguzzo and Fausto Cogliati. The album also debuted at the top of the chart. In early 2016, Radio Italia listeners voted the album album of the year 2015.

In the summer of 2015, the single # Fuori c'è il sole was released . Another song, La nostra vita è oggi , found its way into the Italian soundtrack of the film Arlo & Spot . With the song Infinite volte Fragola appeared at the Sanremo Festival 2016 . His second album Zero Gravity was released in March .

Discography

Albums and EPs

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)	Remarks
		IT
2014	Lorenzo Fragola	IT11 (16 weeks) IT	EP
2015	1995	IT1 gold (31 weeks)IT	Sales: + 25,000
2016	Zero gravity	IT1 (18 weeks) IT
2018	Bengala	IT4 (4 weeks) IT

Songs

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)		Remarks
		IT	CH
2014	The Reason Why Lorenzo Fragola	IT1 × 2 Double platinum (22 weeks)IT	-	Sales: + 60,000
2015	Siamo Uguali 1995	IT8th × 2 Double platinum (36 weeks)IT	-	Contribution to the Sanremo Festival 2015 Sales: + 100,000
	# Fuori c'è il sole 1995	IT5 × 3 Triple platinum (29 weeks)IT	-	Sales: + 150,000
2016	Infinite volte Zero Gravity	IT7th platinum (12 weeks)IT	-	Contribution to the Sanremo Festival 2016 Sales: + 50,000
	D'improvviso Zero Gravity	IT42 × 2 Double platinum (19 weeks)IT	-	Sales: + 100,000
2017	L'esercito del selfie	IT4th × 3 Triple platinum (15 weeks)IT	CH53 (5 weeks) CH	Takagi & Ketra feat. Lorenzo Fragola & Arisa Sales: + 150,000

More songs

• The Rest (2015)
• Matriosca (feat. Two Fingerz ; 2015)
• Luce che entra (2016) -gold Gold (25,000+)

Web links

• Biography on Rockol.it
• Lorenzo Fragola on Facebook
• Lorenzo Fragola at Discogs (English)

supporting documents

1. ↑ Alessandra Modica: X Factor, Lorenzo Fragola: intervista in esclusiva a papà Davide e non solo. In: NewSicilia. December 3, 2014, accessed January 28, 2016 . 
2. ↑ Lorenzo Fragola. In: X Factor. Sky Italia , accessed January 28, 2016 . 
3. ^ Sara Faillaci: Lorenzo Fragola: "Vado a Sanremo". In: VanityFair.it . Condé Nast , December 17, 2014, accessed January 28, 2016 . 
4. ↑ Luca Dondoni: Lorenzo Fragola: “Per vincere a X Factor ho battuto le mie paure”. In: LaStampa.it . December 13, 2014, accessed January 28, 2016 . 
5. ↑ Lorenzo Fragola: Anche Nek tra gli autori del suo album di debutto. All Music Italia, March 14, 2015, accessed January 28, 2016 . 
6. ↑ L'album più votato del 2015: il pubblico di Radio Italia sceglie Fragola. Radio Italia, January 12, 2016, accessed January 28, 2016 . 
7. ↑ Lorenzo Fragola: “Fuori c'è il sole”, nuovo singolo dall'album “1995”. Radio Italia , June 11, 2015, accessed January 28, 2016 . 
8. ↑ Lorenzo Fragola: da domani in radio il nuovo singolo “#Fuori c'è il sole”. Il 29 giugno l'evento al cinema. Sony Music , June 11, 2015, accessed January 28, 2016 . 
9. ^ Il viaggio di Arlo: Lorenzo Fragola canta “La nostra vita è oggi”. In: Cinema.everyeye.it. Retrieved November 19, 2015 . 
10. ^ Festival di Sanremo 2016, Carlo Conti da Massimo Giletti svela i venti Big in gara. In: Repubblica.it . Gruppo Editoriale L'Espresso, December 13, 2015, accessed January 28, 2016 . 
11. ↑ Lorenzo Fragola's albums. In: Italiancharts.com. Hung Medien , accessed July 19, 2017 . 
12. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h} Awards archive. FIMI , accessed July 4, 2019 (Italian). 
13. ^ Archivio classifiche Top Digital. FIMI, accessed July 19, 2017 (Italian).