Max Gazzè

Max Gazzè live 2011

Max Gazzè (* 6. July 1967 in Rome as Massimiliano Gazzè ) is an Italian pop singer , songwriter , bassist and actor .

Career

Gazzè grew up in Belgium , where his family had moved. There he attended the European School Brussels II and worked as a bass player in several local bands. In the early 1980s he played for five years in the English Northern soul group 4 Play 4 , where he also worked as a songwriter and arranger. He later moved to the south of France and worked as a producer for Pyramid and Tiziana Kutich , among others . At the beginning of the 1990s, Gazzè finally returned to Rome and continued his work in the field of music: he composed music for short films , worked with musicians such as Alex Britti , Niccolò Fabi and Daniele Silvestri and played a short time in the RnB group Emporium .

Gazzè 2009

In 1996, the musician presented his debut album Contro un'onda del mare on Virgin Records , which he was able to present in advance as the opening act of Franco Battiato . With the song Cara Valentina he applied in 1997 in the Sanremo Giovani competition for the newcomer category of the Sanremo Festival of the following year, but did not make it through the selection. In 1998 he took part in the Un disco per l'estate competition with Niccolò Fabi and won with the song Vento d'estate . Both competition entries were included on the second album La favola di Adamo ed Eva . The following year Gazzè was finally able to start the race in Sanremo with Una musica può fare . In 2000 he returned there (now in the main category) and presented Il timido ubriaco , single from his third studio album Max Gazzè . A year later the next album, Ognuno fa quello che gli pare? , which also included collaborations with Paola Turci and Carmen Consoli .

In the following years Gazzè intensified his concert activities. In 2003 he switched to Capitol Records , in 2004 the next album Un giorno was released under this label , followed in 2005 by the compilation Raduni 1995-2005 . EMI also released The Best of Platinum in 2007 . After further collaboration with Daniele Silvestri and a joint tour with Paola Turci and Marina Rei , Gazzè again took part in the Sanremo Festival in 2008 ; his competition entry Il solito sesso announced the new album Tra l'aratro e la radio , which was not released for the first time by EMI. In 2010 he made his actor debut in the film Basilicata Coast to Coast by Rocco Papaleo , for whose soundtrack he also recorded the song Mentre dormi , which won the David di Donatello for best film song in 2011 . It appeared on the album Quindi? at Universal .

Max Gazzè at the Wind Music Awards 2016

In the summer of 2011, Gazzè went on tour with the Filarmonica Arturo Toscanini orchestra from Parma as part of the L'uomo sinfonico project : he presented a selection of his songs with new arrangements. In 2013 , however, he returned to Sanremo and presented Sotto casa and I tuoi maledettissimi impegni , the former of which made it to the finals. The album Sotto casa was then released . The singer also appeared in the Italian science fiction film 12 12 12 . In the following year he teamed up with Daniele Silvestri and Niccolò Fabi to form the Fabi Silvestri Gazzè project , from which the collab album Il padrone della festa emerged , which was the first number one album for all three participants. A live album of the same name emerged from the extensive joint tour in 2015. In 2014, Gazzè took on his third film role in the drama Misunderstood by Asia Argento .

At the end of 2015 Gazzè released his new solo album Maximilian . Successful singles from it were La vita com'è and Ti sembra normal . After a long break, his participation in the Sanremo Festival 2018 was announced. There he reached sixth place with La leggenda di Cristalda e Pizzomunno and was awarded the special prize for the best arrangement. The next album, Alchemaya, was then released .

Discography

Albums

Studio albums

Contro un'onda del mare (1996)

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)	Remarks
year	title	IT	Remarks
1998	La favola di Adamo ed Eve	IT36 (2 weeks) IT	Virgin
1999	La favola di Adamo ed Eva (Sanremo edition)	IT28 (8 weeks) IT	Virgin
2000	Max Gazzè	IT11 (23 weeks) IT	Virgin
2001	Ognuno fa quello che gli pare?	IT26 (4 weeks) IT	Virgin
2004	Un giorno	IT20 (9 weeks) IT	Capitol
2008	Tra l'aratro e la radio	IT16 (14 weeks) IT	Venus
2010	Quindi?	IT6th gold (25 weeks)IT	Universal sales: + 25,000
2013	Sotto casa	IT7th gold (46 weeks)IT	Universal sales: + 30,000
2014	Il padrone della festa	IT1 platinum (50 weeks)IT	Universal / Sony as Fabi Silvestri Gazzè Sales: + 50,000
2015	Maximilian	IT3 platinum (66 weeks)IT	Universal sales: + 50,000
2018	Alchemaya	IT7 (13 weeks) IT	Universal

Compilations

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)	Remarks
year	title	IT	Remarks
2005	Raduni 1995-2005	IT23 (11 weeks) IT	Capitol
2013	The Platinum Collection	IT80 (1 week) IT	Universal

The Best of Platinum (2007)
Una musica può fare (2008)

Live albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)	Remarks
year	title	IT	Remarks
2015	Il padrone della festa - Live	IT6 (21 weeks) IT	Universal / Sony as Fabi Silvestri Gazzè

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)		Remarks
year	Title album	IT	CH	Remarks
1999	Una musica può fare La favola di Adamo ed Eva (Sanremo edition)	IT12 (3 weeks) IT	-
2000	Il timido ubriaco Max Gazzè	IT13 (8 weeks) IT	-
2003	Taxi Europe Taxi Europe (Stephan Eicher)	-	CH53 (4 weeks) CH	Stephan Eicher feat. Gazzè & Grönemeyer
2008	Il solito sesso Tra l'aratro e la radio	IT4th platinum (18 weeks)IT	-	Sales: + 50,000; IT 2017 platinum
2010	Mentre dormi Quindi?	IT8th gold (27 weeks)IT	-	Sales: + 15,000
2010	A cuore scalzo Quindi?	IT72 (1 week) IT	-
2013	Sotto casa Sotto casa	IT5 × 2 Double platinum (28 weeks)IT	-	Sales: + 60,000
2013	I tuoi maledettissimi impegni Sotto casa	IT73 (6 weeks) IT	-
2014	Life Is Sweet Il padrone della festa	IT23 gold (14 weeks)IT	-	as Fabi Silvestri Gazzè Sales: + 15,000
2014	L'amore non esiste Il padrone della festa	IT12 gold (18 weeks)IT	-	as Fabi Silvestri Gazzè Sales: + 15,000
2015	La vita com'è Maximilian	IT11 × 2 Double platinum (28 weeks)IT	-	Sales: + 100,000
2016	Ti sembra normal Maximilian	IT34 × 2 Double platinum (21 weeks)IT	-	Sales: + 100,000
2017	Pezzo di me Nel caos di stanze stupefacenti	IT66 platinum (9 weeks)IT	-	Levante feat. Max Gazzè sales: + 50,000
2018	La leggenda di Cristalda e Pizzomunno Alchemaya	IT20 (2 weeks) IT	-

More singles

1997 - Cara Valentina
1998 - La favola di Adamo ed Eva
1998 - Vento d'estate (gold Gold [25,000+])
1999 - Colloquium vitae
2000 - L'uomo più furbo
2000 - Su un ciliegio esterno
2001 - Non era previsto
2001 - Il debole tra i due
2004 - La nostra vita nuova
2004 - Annina
2005 - Splendere ogni giorno il sole
2011 - Il drago che ti adora
2013 - Buon compleanno
2016 - Mille volte ancora
2016 - Teresa (gold Gold [25,000+])

Guest Posts

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)		Remarks
year	Title album	IT	CH	Remarks
2018	Posso Notti brave: After EP	IT13 × 2 Double platinum (32 weeks)IT	-	First published: November 16, 2018 feat. Max Gazzè sales: + 100,000

Filmography

2010: Basilicata Coast to Coast
2013: 12 12 12
2014: Misunderstood (Incompresa)

Web links

Commons : Max Gazzè - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Official website
Max Gazzè at Rockol.it
Max Gazzè in the Internet Movie Database (English)

supporting documents

↑ L'uomo sinfonico, laison artistica fra pop e lirica firmata Max Gazzè. In: LaStampa.it . Fiat, July 13, 2011, accessed October 11, 2016 (Italian).
^ FSG - Fabi Silvestri Gazzè. Retrieved October 12, 2016 (Italian).
↑ ^a ^b ^c
Chart sources (albums):
- Guido Racca & Chartitalia: Top 100 FIMI album . Lulu , 2013, p. 112 .
- Max Gazzè's albums. In: Italiancharts.com. Hung Medien , accessed April 4, 2018 .
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o Awards from Max Gazzè. FIMI, accessed June 11, 2018 .
↑ ^a ^b
chart sources (singles):
- Guido Racca & Chartitalia: Top 100 FIMI Singoli . Lulu, 2013, p. 96 .
- Archivio classifiche Top Singoli. FIMI , accessed April 4, 2018 (Italian).
- Songs by Gazzè. In: hitparade.ch . Hung Medien, accessed July 5, 2019 .

personal data
SURNAME	Gazzè, Max
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Gazzè, Massimiliano
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Italian musician and actor
DATE OF BIRTH	July 6, 1967
PLACE OF BIRTH	Rome

[1] L'uomo sinfonico, laison artistica fra pop e lirica firmata Max Gazzè. In: LaStampa.it . Fiat, July 13, 2011, accessed October 11, 2016 (Italian).

[2] FSG - Fabi Silvestri Gazzè. Retrieved October 12, 2016 (Italian).

[Albumcharts-3] Chart sources (albums):

Guido Racca & Chartitalia: Top 100 FIMI album . Lulu , 2013, p. 112 .

Max Gazzè's albums. In: Italiancharts.com. Hung Medien , accessed April 4, 2018 .

[4] Guido Racca & Chartitalia: Top 100 FIMI album . Lulu , 2013, p. 112 .

[5] Max Gazzè's albums. In: Italiancharts.com. Hung Medien , accessed April 4, 2018 .

[cert-4] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o Awards from Max Gazzè. FIMI, accessed June 11, 2018 .

[Singlecharts-5] rt sources (singles):

Guido Racca & Chartitalia: Top 100 FIMI Singoli . Lulu, 2013, p. 96 .

Archivio classifiche Top Singoli. FIMI , accessed April 4, 2018 (Italian).

Songs by Gazzè. In: hitparade.ch . Hung Medien, accessed July 5, 2019 .

[8] Guido Racca & Chartitalia: Top 100 FIMI Singoli . Lulu, 2013, p. 96 .

[9] Archivio classifiche Top Singoli. FIMI , accessed April 4, 2018 (Italian).

[10] Songs by Gazzè. In: hitparade.ch . Hung Medien, accessed July 5, 2019 .