Michele Zarrillo

Zarrillo performing in 2013

Michele Zarrillo (born June 13, 1957 in Rome ) is an Italian cantautore . He participated a total of twelve times in the Sanremo Festival , where he won in 1987 in the newcomer category.

Career

In the 1970s, Zarrillo began performing with singing and guitar in the music cellars of the Roman suburbs. In 1972 he founded the band Semiramis . After that he also wrote a lot for other performers, including Ornella Vanoni and Renato Zero . In 1982 he released his first solo album Sarabanda , which went largely unnoticed. He first became known in 1987 when he won first place in the newcomer category of the Sanremo Festival with the song La notte dei pensieri ; before that, he had already tried his hand at the competition in 1981 and 1982, relatively unsuccessfully. After a 13th place in the main category of the festival in 1988 and a break, he returned to Sanremo in 1992 , where he presented Strade di Roma . The album Adesso followed .

The success came in 1994 when he started again in Sanremo : his contribution Cinque giorni landed in fifth place, then became a radio hit and helped the album Come uomo tra gli uomini to enter the charts for the first time. After a tour, Zarrillo returned in 1996 with the album L'elefante e la farfalla , which was able to follow on from the success of its predecessor (also following a renewed participation in Sanremo ). The first best of L'amore vuole amore reached second place in the album charts in 1997 and was then marketed in a Spanish edition. The tour even took the musician to Japan. In 2000 the next album, Il vincitore non c'è, was released .

A fourth place at the Sanremo Festival 2001 with L'acrobata resulted in a new edition of the last album. In 2003, after an eleventh place in Sanremo in 2002 and a live album, the album Liberosentire followed . With the tenth Sanremo participation, Zarrillo reported back in 2006 ; his contribution L'alfabeto degli amanti also gave the title to the following album. He presented the song L'ultimo film insieme at the Sanremo Festival 2008 , after which he released the Best-of Nel tempo e nell'amore . A live album emerged from the tour in 2009. The next studio album was Unici al mondo in 2011 .

In 2013, the singer suffered a heart attack and took time off, but quickly recovered. With Mani nelle mani , he entered the 2017 Sanremo Festival and made it to eleventh place in the final. The album Vivere e rinascere was then released . At the Sanremo Festival 2020 he reached 18th place with Nell'estasi o nel fango .

Discography

Albums

Sarabanda (1982; CBS)
Soltanto amici (1988; Fonit Cetra)
Adesso (1992; RTI Music)

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)	Remarks
year	title	IT	Remarks
1994	Come uomo tra gli uomini	IT12 (13 weeks) IT	RTI
1996	L'elefante e la farfalla	IT11 (17 weeks) IT	RTI
1997	L'amore vuole amore	IT2 (64 weeks) IT	Sony compilation
2000	Il vincitore non c'è	IT21 (22 weeks) IT	RTI
2001	Il vincitore non c'è (Sanremo 2001)	IT30 (13 weeks) IT	RTI
2002	Le occasioni dell'amore	IT7 (25 weeks) IT	Live album
2003	Liberosentire	IT36 (4 weeks) IT	Sony
2006	L'alfabeto degli amanti	IT21 (14 weeks) IT	Sony
2008	Nel tempo e nell'amore	IT16 (20 weeks) IT	compilation
2009	Live Roma	IT91 (2 weeks) IT	Live album
2011	Unici al mondo	IT19 (6 weeks) IT	Sony
2017	Vivere e rinascere	IT16 (7 weeks) IT	Sony

Singles (selection)

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)	Remarks
year	Title album	IT	Remarks
1987	La notte dei pensieri	IT11 (9 weeks) IT
2001	L'acrobata Il vincitore non c'è (Sanremo 2001)	IT19 (7 weeks) IT
2003	Un nuovo giorno Liberosentire	IT44 (1 week) IT
2006	L'alfabeto degli amanti L'alfabeto degli amanti	IT12 (10 weeks) IT
2008	L'ultimo film insieme Nel tempo e nell'amore	IT39 (2 weeks) IT
2017	Mani nelle mani Vivere e rinascere	IT63 (1 week) IT

Web links

Literature by and about Michele Zarrillo in the catalog of the German National Library
Official website
Michele Zarrillo at Rockol.it

supporting documents

↑
Chart sources (albums):
- M&D chart archive. Musica e dischi , accessed on April 30, 2017 (Italian, paid subscription access; IT until 1995).
- Guido Racca & Chartitalia: Top 100 FIMI album . Lulu , 2013, p. 186 (IT 1995-2012).
- Michele Zarrillo albums. In: Italiancharts.com. Hung Medien, accessed April 30, 2017 (IT since 2000).
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Chart sources (singles):
- M&D chart archive. Musica e dischi, accessed on April 30, 2017 (Italian, paid subscription access; until 1997).
- Guido Racca & Chartitalia: Top 100 FIMI Singoli . Lulu, 2013, p. 159 (1997-2012).
- Archivio classifiche Top Digital. FIMI , accessed April 30, 2017 (Italian).

personal data
SURNAME	Zarrillo, Michele
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Italian Cantautore
DATE OF BIRTH	June 13, 1957
PLACE OF BIRTH	Rome

[Albumcharts-1] Chart sources (albums):

M&D chart archive. Musica e dischi , accessed on April 30, 2017 (Italian, paid subscription access; IT until 1995).

Guido Racca & Chartitalia: Top 100 FIMI album . Lulu , 2013, p. 186 (IT 1995-2012).

Michele Zarrillo albums. In: Italiancharts.com. Hung Medien, accessed April 30, 2017 (IT since 2000).

[2] M&D chart archive. Musica e dischi , accessed on April 30, 2017 (Italian, paid subscription access; IT until 1995).

[3] Guido Racca & Chartitalia: Top 100 FIMI album . Lulu , 2013, p. 186 (IT 1995-2012).

[4] Michele Zarrillo albums. In: Italiancharts.com. Hung Medien, accessed April 30, 2017 (IT since 2000).

[Singlecharts-2] Chart sources (singles):

M&D chart archive. Musica e dischi, accessed on April 30, 2017 (Italian, paid subscription access; until 1997).

Guido Racca & Chartitalia: Top 100 FIMI Singoli . Lulu, 2013, p. 159 (1997-2012).

Archivio classifiche Top Digital. FIMI , accessed April 30, 2017 (Italian).

[6] M&D chart archive. Musica e dischi, accessed on April 30, 2017 (Italian, paid subscription access; until 1997).

[7] Guido Racca & Chartitalia: Top 100 FIMI Singoli . Lulu, 2013, p. 159 (1997-2012).

[8] Archivio classifiche Top Digital. FIMI , accessed April 30, 2017 (Italian).