Francesco Renga
Francesco Renga | |
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 Ambra Angiolini and Francesco Renga in 2009 | |
| Background information | |
| Born | 12 June 1968 Udine, Italy |
| Origin | Brescia, Italy |
| Genres | Pop rock |
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| Years active | 1986–present |
| Website | www |
Pierfrancesco Renga (born 12 June 1968) is an Italian singer-songwriter. He won the Sanremo Music Festival 2005 with the song "Angelo".[1] In 2001 he won the Mia Martini critics award at Sanremo Festival. He also took part in the Sanremo Music Festival in 2009 with "Uomo senza età"[2] and in 2012 with "La tua bellezza";[3] he competed again in 2024 alongside Nek with "Pazzo di te".[4][5]
In 2010 he dedicated to his ex-longtime girlfriend Ambra Angiolini (2004–2015), the song "Stai con me" written by Emilio Munda.[6]
Discography
[edit]Albums
[edit]- 2001 Francesco Renga (ITA #46)
- 2002 Tracce (ITA #6 - Platinum 100,000+)
- 2004 Camere con vista (ITA #4 - 2× Platinum 200,000+)
- 2007 Ferro e cartone (ITA #1 - Platinum 120,000+)
- 2009 Orchestraevoce (ITA #7 - Platinum - 100,000+)
- 2010 Un giorno bellissimo (ITA #7 - Gold - 30,000+)
- 2012 Fermoimmagine (ITA #15)
- 2014 Tempo Reale (ITA #1)
- 2016 Scriverò il tuo nome (ITA #1)
- 2019 L'altra metà (ITA #2[7])
References
[edit]- ^ Brown, Marisa. "Biography: Francesco Renga". AMG. Retrieved 9 May 2010.
- ^ Belgesto, Alberto. "Renga a Sanremo, unico tra i bresciani".
- ^ "Sport: notizie calcio e altri sport - Corriere della Sera". www.corriere.it.
- ^ "Italy 2024: 'Sanremo' lineup revealed". Eurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union (EBU). 2023-12-03. Retrieved 2023-12-03.
- ^ "Sanremo 2024: i cantanti e le canzoni, gli ospiti e i conduttori. Tutto sul Festival" [Sanremo 2024: the singers and the songs, the guests and the hosts. Everything about the Festival]. TV Sorrisi e Canzoni (in Italian). 2023-12-20. Retrieved 2023-12-20.
- ^ "Cineblog - Film e cinema: recensioni e trailer dei film da vedere". Cineblog.it.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Album – Classifica settimanale WK 17 (dal 19.04.2019 al 25.04.2019)" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
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