Sugarfree

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Sugarfree
Appearance of Sugarfree 2012
Appearance of Sugarfree 2012
General information
origin Catania ( Sicily )
Genre (s) Pop rock
founding 2000
Current occupation
Matteo Amantia
Carmelo Siracusa
Giuseppe Lo Iacono
former members
Vocals, guitar
 Alfio Consoli
guitar
 Luca Galeano
guitar
 Salvo Urzì
Massimo Caruso
Keyboard
 Vincenzo Pistone

Sugarfree is an Italian pop rock band that was formed in Catania ( Sicily ) in 2000 .

Band history

The group began its activities as a cover band in their region, specializing in classic rock , R&B and funk . In 2003 the singer Matteo Amantia joined, which is why Sugarfree began to write his own songs. With their debut single, which was released by Warner at the end of 2004 , the band achieved a number one hit : Cleptomania . She then released the first album Clepto-manie in 2005 . Second single from the album was Cromosoma .

After the band had not been admitted to the Sanremo Festival 2005 , they tried again and finally entered the race at the 2006 festival with the song Solo lei mi dà co-written by Fortunato Zampaglione , but did not make it to the final. The song found its way into a new edition of the first album. In 2008 the film Scusa ma ti chiamo amore by Federico Moccia was released , for which Sugarfree contributed the title song. The next single, Splendida , was also used in the credits of a movie, in the Italian version of James Keach's Blind Dating (released on DVD in Italy in 2008). At the end of the year the band released their second album, Argento .

In 2009, Alfio Consoli, who co-founded the band in 2000, took the place of singer Amantia again. In addition, Salvo Urzì replaced the guitarist Luca Galeano and keyboardist Vincenzo Pistone left the band. With Regalami un'estate the new line-up had a small summer hit , which was included on the EP In simbiosi . But it was no longer possible to build on the successes from the early days. In 2010, the single Scusa ma ti voglio sposare followed , which again accompanied the film of the same name by Federico Moccia.

In 2011 the band continued the collaboration with Zampaglione and released the single Lei mi amò , which was followed by the album Famelico . In the following years Sugarfree went on several tours and also released new songs. At the end of 2014 Consoli announced that they would leave the band, after which Matteo Amantia returned as a singer.

Discography

Albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
IT IT
2005 Cleptomania IT21 (17 weeks)
IT
Warner
2006 Cleptomania (edizione Sanremo) IT69 (4 weeks)
IT
Warner
2008 Argento IT82 (2 weeks)
IT
Warner
  • In simbiosi (EP; 2009)
  • Famelico (2011)

Songs

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
IT IT
2004 Cleptomania
Cleptomania 		IT1 (35 weeks)
IT
2005 Cromosoma
Cleptomania 		IT23 (5 weeks)
IT
2006 Solo lei mi dà
Clepto-manie (edizione Sanremo) 		IT12 (14 weeks)
IT
19th place (13 weeks) on the download charts
2008 Scusa ma ti chiamo amore
Argento 		IT8 (12 weeks)
IT
Splendida
Argento 		IT18 (2 weeks)
IT
2009 Regalami un'estate
In simbiosi 		IT33 (2 weeks)
IT
2010 Scusa ma ti voglio sposare IT33 (1 week)
IT
  • Tu sei tutto per me (2005)
  • Briciola di te (2005)
  • Inossidables (2006)
  • Una donna per amico (2006)
  • Amore nero (2009)
  • Lei mi amò (2011)
  • Famelico (2011)
  • Ti troverò (2012)
  • Pura e semplice (2013)
  • Ti amo a Milano (2016)
  • Le tue favole (2017)
  • Non basta stare insieme (2017)

Web links

supporting documents

  1. ↑ Biografia. In: Alfio Consoli - Official Web Site. Retrieved May 23, 2018 (Italian).
  2. ↑ Tommyromi: Sugarfree: “Scusa Ma Ti Voglio Sposare” è la nuova canzone composta per il prossimo film di Federico Moccia. In: Soundsblog. Blogo.it, January 25, 2010, accessed May 23, 2018 (Italian).
  3. ↑ Guido Racca & Chartitalia: Top 100 FIMI album . Lulu , 2013, p. 174 .
  4. ↑ Chart sources (singles):