Renato Zero

Renato Zero 2013

The artist in 2009

Renato Zero [ Renato d͡zɛːro ] (* the 30th September 1950 in Rome as Renato Fiacchini ) is an Italian singer, singer-songwriter , composer and actor. The non-conformist and eccentric artist is considered to be the main representative of Italian glam rock and was able to achieve the rank of a "phenomenon" in the Italian music scene, especially due to the emphasized ambiguity of his appearances, his style of clothing and his song content. With 15 number one albums and five number one hits, he has also had great sales successes to this day.

biography

From a young age Fiacchini was a regular visitor to the Piper Club in his hometown of Rome, where he also made the acquaintance of the Bertè sisters ( Loredana Bertè and Mia Martini ). From then on he appeared with them as a dancer on RAI TV shows , a job that Don Lurio had helped them to get. In 1969 he had an extra role in Fellini's Satyricon and played in the Italian version of the musical Hair and the rock opera Orfeo 9 (both as a musical and as a film). Renato Zero made his debut as a singer in 1973 with the album No! Mom, no! His breakthrough came with his fourth album Zerofobia (1977).

From 1979 Zero released his albums under his own label Zerolandia , starting with the album EroZero . In addition, the film Ciao Nì came out, in which Zero played his first and only film lead role. After five number-one albums and two number-one hits went Zeros back popularity in the late '80s, but in 1991 he returned with his participation in the Sanremo Music Festival with the song Spalle al muro by Mariella Nava back into the limelight. Another successful festival participation took place in 1993 (with Ave Maria ). This was followed by a stylistic realignment and the establishment of the new label Fonopoli . At the end of the 90s he reached a new high of success with Amore dopo amore , the best-selling album of 1998, and the subsequent tour. In 2000 he moderated the show Tutti gli Zeri del mondo on Rai 1 , in which he appeared with a large number of fellow musicians; this resulted in the album of the same name. However, the show only proved to be a moderate success.

With La curva dell'angelo , which in collaboration with u. a. Ennio Morricone , Zero returned to the top of the album charts in 2001. The 2003 album Cattura also proved to be a great success, and the subsequent tour led to the live album Figli del sogno in 2004 . The next studio album was Il dono (2005), after another successful tour, which was awarded the Telegatto as the best tour of the year in 2007 , the best of album Renatissimo was released in 2006 ! . In 2009 Presente came out, followed by ZeroNoveTour presente , which contained the studio album as well as live recordings and a DVD and was awarded a diamond in 2010 . The two-part album Amo also proved Zero's continued success in 2013. In 2015, an exhibition on Zero was held in Rome.

Discography

Studio albums

No! Mom, no! (1973)
Invenzioni (1974)
Trapezio (1976)

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)		Remarks
year	title	IT	CH	Remarks
1977	Zerofobia	IT5 (26 weeks) IT	-	RCA
1978	Zerolandia	IT3 (30 weeks) IT	-	Zerolandia; Edition Dischi d'oro 2000 place 52 (7 weeks) of the FIMI charts 2013 again place 78 (2 weeks)
1979	EroZero	IT1 (23 weeks) IT	-	Zerolandia; Edition Dischi d'oro 2000 place 80 (1 week) in the FIMI charts
1980	Tregua	IT1 (28 weeks) IT	-	Zerolandia; 2010 number 23 (4 weeks) on the FIMI charts
1981	Artide Antartide	IT1 (22 weeks) IT	-	Zerolandia; 2010 number 26 (4 weeks) on the FIMI charts
1982	Via Tagliamento 1965/1970	IT1 (21 weeks) IT	-	Zerolandia; 2010 number 28 (4 weeks) on the FIMI charts
1983	Calore	IT2 (18 weeks) IT	-	Zerolandia
1984	Leoni si nasce	IT6 (12 weeks) IT	-	Zerolandia
1986	Soggetti smarriti	IT3 (13 weeks) IT	-	Zerolandia
1987	zero	IT13 (8 weeks) IT	-	Zerolandia
1989	voyeur	IT18 (7 weeks) IT	-	Zerolandia; 2011 number 53 (2 weeks) on the FIMI charts
1991	La coscienza di Zero	IT14 (7 weeks) IT	-	Zerolandia
1993	Quando non sei più di nessuno	IT5 (10 weeks) IT	-	Zerolandia
1994	L'imperfetto	IT3 (11 weeks) IT	-	Fonopoli
1995	Sulle tracce dell'imperfetto	IT2 (21 weeks) IT	-	Fonopoli
1998	Amore dopo amore	IT2 (51 weeks) IT	-	Fonopoli
2000	Tutti gli Zeri del mondo	IT3 (28 weeks) IT	-	Fonopoli
2001	La curva dell'angelo	IT1 (46 weeks) IT	-	Tattica
2003	Cattura	IT1 (53 weeks) IT	CH79 (1 week) CH	Tattica
2005	Il dono	IT1 (37 weeks) IT	CH49 (6 weeks) CH	Tattica
2009	Presente	IT1 (59 weeks) IT	-	Tattica
2013	Amo - Capitolo I	IT1 platinum (40 weeks)IT	-	Tattica sales: + 60,000
2013	Amo - Capitolo II	IT1 platinum (26 weeks)IT	-	Tattica sales: + 50,000
2016	Old	IT1 (40 weeks) IT	-	Tattica
2017	Zerovskij… Solo per amore	IT1 gold (16 weeks)IT	CH52 (1 week) CH	Tattica sales: + 25,000
2019	Zero il folle	IT1 gold (15 weeks)IT	CH86 (2 weeks) CH	Tattica sales: + 25,000

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Live albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)		Remarks
year	title	IT	CH	Remarks
1981	Icaro	IT1 (30 weeks) IT	-	Zerolandia
1984	Identikit	IT15 (5 weeks) IT	-	Zerolandia
1991	Prometeo	IT4 (11 weeks) IT	-	Zerolandia; 2010 entered the FIMI charts at number 24 (4 weeks)
1999	Amore dopo amore, tour dopo tour	IT1 (41 weeks) IT	-	Fonopoli
2004	Figli del sogno	IT2 (42 weeks) IT	-	Tattica
2010	ZeroNoveTour presente	IT2 diamond (32 weeks)IT	-	Tattica sales: + 350,000
2011	SeiZero	IT[1] (22 weeks) IT	-	DVD ; placed in the DVD charts
2016	Arenà - Renato Zero si racconta	IT9 gold (22 weeks)IT	-	Sales: + 25,000
2018	Zerovskij… Solo per amore - live	IT3 (5 weeks) IT	-
2018	Old in tour	IT6 (6 weeks) IT	-

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Compilations

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)		Remarks
year	title	IT	CH	Remarks
1993	Zerofavola	IT23 gold (3 weeks)IT	-	RCA 2009 # 48 on the FIMI charts (4 weeks) Sales: + 25,000
1994	Zerofavola 2	IT24 (1 week) IT	-	RCA
1996	zero	IT25 (12 weeks) IT	-	RCA
1996	Le origini	IT10 (12 weeks) IT	-	RCA
1997	Zero 70	IT4 (15 weeks) IT	-	RCA
1999	I miti musica	IT9 (7 weeks) IT	-	RCA
2000	I miei numeri	IT4 (16 weeks) IT	-	Fonopoli
2000	Zeromondo	IT39 (4 weeks) IT	-	RCA
2006	Renatissimo!	IT3 (64 weeks) IT	-	Tattica
2007	Doppio Zero	IT23 (11 weeks) IT	-	Tattica
2008	Zero infinito	IT15 (13 weeks) IT	-	RCA
2009	Zerobest	IT68 (5 weeks) IT	-	Sony / BMG
2010	Segreto amore	IT3 platinum (19 weeks)IT	-	Tattica sales: + 60,000
2011	Puro spirito	IT5 platinum (16 weeks)IT	-	Tattica sales: + 60,000
2013	Amo - Capitolo III	IT22 (7 weeks) IT	-	Tattica Collection of the two previous studio albums
	Number one albums	IT15thIT	CH-CH
	Top 10 albums	IT38IT	CH-CH
	Albums in the charts	IT50IT	CH4thCH

Singles (selection)

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)		Remarks
year	Title album	IT	CH	Remarks
1977	Mi vendo Zerofobia	IT8 (15 weeks) IT	-
1978	Triangolo Zerolandia	IT2 gold (25 weeks)IT	-	Sales: + 25,000
1979	Il carrozzone EroZero	IT1 (21 weeks) IT	-
1980	Amico Tregua	IT1 (26 weeks) IT	-
1981	Galeotto fu il canotto / Più su	IT2 (18 weeks) IT	-	1999 entered the FIMI charts at number 11 (2 weeks)
1982	Soldi Via Tagliamento 1965/1970	IT20 (4 weeks) IT	-
1993	Ave Maria Quando non sei più di nessuno	IT2 (8 weeks) IT	-
1998	L'impossibile vivere / Il mercante di stelle Amore dopo amore	IT1 (5 weeks) IT	-
	Cercami Amore dopo amore	IT3 (9 weeks) IT	-
	Dimmi chi dorme accanto a me Amore dopo amore	IT4 (2 weeks) IT	-
	La pace sia con te Amore dopo amore	IT6 (3 weeks) IT	-
1999	Si sta facendo notte Amore dopo amore, tour dopo tour	IT3 (6 weeks) IT	-
1999	Il coraggio delle idee Amore dopo amore, tour dopo tour	IT10 (4 weeks) IT	-
2000	Tutti gli zeri del mondo Tutti gli zeri del mondo	IT1 (9 weeks) IT	-
2002	Innocente La curva dell'angelo	IT1 (10 weeks) IT	-
2002	Qualcuno mi ha ucciso La curva dell'angelo	IT14 (8 weeks) IT	-
2003	A braccia aperte Cattura	IT2 (13 weeks) IT	-
2004	Come mi vorresti Cattura	IT7 (10 weeks) IT	-
2010	Segreto amore Segreto amore	IT60 (2 weeks) IT	-
2011	Sorridere semper Puro spirito	IT24 (3 weeks) IT	-
2011	Testimone Puro spirito	IT74 (1 week) IT	-
2013	Chiedi di me / Madame 2013 Amo - Capitolo I	IT84 (2 weeks) IT	-	incorrectly placed in the album charts
	Number one singles	IT5IT	CH-CH
	Top 10 singles	IT16IT	CH-CH
	Singles in the charts	IT22ndIT	CH-CH

Filmography

1975: Orfeo 9 (TV movie)
1976: Fellini's Casanova (Il Casanova di Federico Fellini)
1979: Ciao nì!

literature

Alberto Rivaroli: Renato Zero . Rizzoli, Milan 2000, ISBN 978-88-17-86397-1 .
Massimo Cotto, Gianni Volpi: Zero a Zero . Aliberti Editore, Reggio Emilia 2007, ISBN 978-88-7424-255-9 .
Marco Alberghini Maltoni, Alberto Quartu: Renato Zero. Discografia illustrata . Coniglio Editore, Rome 2009, ISBN 978-88-6063-123-7 .

Web links

Commons : Renato Zero - collection of images, videos and audio files

Official website
Renato Zero in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Renato Zero at Allmusic (English)

supporting documents

↑ ^a ^b Zero, Renato. In: Enciclopedia Treccani. Retrieved November 29, 2015 (Italian).
↑ ^a ^b Renato Fiacchini (Zero). In: Albo d'Oro. Musica e dischi , accessed on November 29, 2015 (Italian).
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d Biografia di Renato Zero. In: Rockol.it. November 2, 2013, accessed November 29, 2015 (Italian).
↑ Renato Zero Compie 65 anni e presto torna in televisione. In: Tgcom24. Mediaset , September 30, 2015, accessed November 29, 2015 (Italian).
↑ Prima certificazione delle vendite FIMI: disco di diamante by Renato Zero. In: Rockol.it. September 8, 2010, accessed November 29, 2015 (Italian).
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d
Chart sources (albums):
- M&D chart archive. Musica e dischi , accessed on May 19, 2017 (Italian, paid subscription access; IT until 1995).
- Guido Racca & Chartitalia: Top 100 FIMI album . Lulu , 2013, p. 186 f . (IT 1995-2012).
- Renato Zero albums. In: Italiancharts.com. Hung Medien, accessed December 11, 2018 (IT since 2006).
- Renato Zero albums. In: Hitparade.ch . Hung Medien, accessed on December 11, 2018 (CH).
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j Archivio certificazioni. FIMI , accessed February 1, 2017 (Italian).
↑ FIMI DVD Charts: WK 19/2011 , WK 39/2011 , WK 42/2011
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Chart sources (singles):
- M&D chart archive. Musica e dischi, accessed on November 29, 2015 (Italian, paid subscription access; IT until 1997).
- Guido Racca & Chartitalia: Top 100 FIMI Singoli . Lulu, 2013, p. 160 (IT 1997-2012).
- Renato Zero singles. In: Italiancharts.com. Hung Medien, accessed November 29, 2015 (IT since 2000).
- Archivio classifiche Top Digital. FIMI , accessed November 29, 2015 (Italian).

personal data
SURNAME	Zero, Renato
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Fiacchini, Renato (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Italian singer, composer and actor
DATE OF BIRTH	September 30, 1950
PLACE OF BIRTH	Rome

[treccani-1] Zero, Renato. In: Enciclopedia Treccani. Retrieved November 29, 2015 (Italian).

[albodoro-2] Renato Fiacchini (Zero). In: Albo d'Oro. Musica e dischi , accessed on November 29, 2015 (Italian).

[rockol-3] Biografia di Renato Zero. In: Rockol.it. November 2, 2013, accessed November 29, 2015 (Italian).

[4] Renato Zero Compie 65 anni e presto torna in televisione. In: Tgcom24. Mediaset , September 30, 2015, accessed November 29, 2015 (Italian).

[5] Prima certificazione delle vendite FIMI: disco di diamante by Renato Zero. In: Rockol.it. September 8, 2010, accessed November 29, 2015 (Italian).

[Albumcharts-6] Chart sources (albums):

M&D chart archive. Musica e dischi , accessed on May 19, 2017 (Italian, paid subscription access; IT until 1995).

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

Renato Zero albums. In: Italiancharts.com. Hung Medien, accessed December 11, 2018 (IT since 2006).

Renato Zero albums. In: Hitparade.ch . Hung Medien, accessed on December 11, 2018 (CH).

[7] M&D chart archive. Musica e dischi , accessed on May 19, 2017 (Italian, paid subscription access; IT until 1995).

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

[9] Renato Zero albums. In: Italiancharts.com. Hung Medien, accessed December 11, 2018 (IT since 2006).

[10] Renato Zero albums. In: Hitparade.ch . Hung Medien, accessed on December 11, 2018 (CH).

[certificazioni-7] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j Archivio certificazioni. FIMI , accessed February 1, 2017 (Italian).

[8] FIMI DVD Charts: WK 19/2011 , WK 39/2011 , WK 42/2011

[Singlecharts-9] Chart sources (singles):

M&D chart archive. Musica e dischi, accessed on November 29, 2015 (Italian, paid subscription access; IT until 1997).

Guido Racca & Chartitalia: Top 100 FIMI Singoli . Lulu, 2013, p. 160 (IT 1997-2012).

Renato Zero singles. In: Italiancharts.com. Hung Medien, accessed November 29, 2015 (IT since 2000).

Archivio classifiche Top Digital. FIMI , accessed November 29, 2015 (Italian).

[14] M&D chart archive. Musica e dischi, accessed on November 29, 2015 (Italian, paid subscription access; IT until 1997).

[15] Guido Racca & Chartitalia: Top 100 FIMI Singoli . Lulu, 2013, p. 160 (IT 1997-2012).

[16] Renato Zero singles. In: Italiancharts.com. Hung Medien, accessed November 29, 2015 (IT since 2000).

[17] Archivio classifiche Top Digital. FIMI , accessed November 29, 2015 (Italian).