Irene Grandi

Irene Grandi (born 6 December 1969) is an Italian singer-songwriter.

Irene Grandi
Grandi at the Sanremo Music Festival 2020
Background information
Born	(1969-12-06) 6 December 1969 (age 56) Florence, Italy
Genres	Pop rock soul blues
Occupations	Singer songwriter television personality author
Instruments	Electric guitar acoustic guitar tambourine
Years active	1992–present
Labels	Warner Music Group Atlantic Records CGD Eastwest Carosello 3esessanta Columbia Records Sony Music
Website	irenegrandi.it

During her career she has sung in Spanish and has performed duets in German, French and in Indian and African languages. She has sold around 5 million records and earned 9 top-ten albums and 6 top-ten singles including one number-one in the Italian music charts.^[1][2] She has participated in the Sanremo Music Festival five times, reaching the podium in 2000. She has performed six times at the Festivalbar, twice conquering the platform and winning the Radio Awards. In 2009 she won a Wind Music Award, and in 2011 a Sanremo Hit Award.

Biography

Born in Florence, Grandi started singing while at high school, and was part of numerous local groups, notably Matte in Trasferta, in which Dirotta su Cuba singer Simona Bencini was a bandmate.^[3] She started her solo career in 1992, and in 1994 entered the competition in the Newcomers' section of Sanremo Music Festival 1994 with "Fuori", leading single of her first album, Irene Grandi, that contained songs written with Eros Ramazzotti ("Sposati subito") and Jovanotti ("T.V.B.").^[3] In 1995, the radio hit "Bum Bum" anticipated her successful second album, In vacanza da una vita, was released; the same year, she toured with Pino Daniele, with whom she recorded the duet "Se mi vuoi".^[3] In 1997, she released Per fortuna purtroppo, containing the hit "Che vita è", and in 1999 Verde rosso e blu, an album characterized by more Mediterranean sounds.^[3]

In 2000, she ranked second in 50th Sanremo Festival with "La tua ragazza sempre", a song written by Vasco Rossi and Gaetano Curreri, who also wrote and produced the title-track for her following album Prima di partire.^[3][4]

She performed lead vocals on the song "Blue", the closing track on French producer Hector Zazou's 2003 album Strong Currents.^[5]

In 2004, she made her debut as television presenter co-hosting with Marco Maccarini the Festivalbar.^[3][6]

She participated as a contestant in the 60th edition of the Sanremo Music Festival in 2010 with her song "La cometa di Halley" and again in the 65th edition in 2015 with "Un vento senza nome". She competed in the Sanremo Music Festival 2020 with the song "Finalmente io".^[7]

Discography

Albums 1994 Irene Grandi 1994 Irene Grandi (German Edition) 1995 In vacanza da una vita 1997 Per fortuna purtroppo 1998 Irene Grandi (Spanish Version) 1999 Verde rosso e blu 2000 Verde rosso e blu (Special San Remo 2000) 2001 Irek 2002 Kose da Grandi (CD-ROM) 2003 Prima di partire 2004 Irene Grandi live '03 (CD live) 2005 Indelebile 2005 Irene Grandi LIVE (DVD Live) 2007 IreneGrandi.HITS 2008 Canzoni di Natale 2010 Alle porte del sogno 2012 Irene Grandi & Stefano Bollani 2015 Un vento senza nome 2019 Grandissimo

Singles 1993 – Un motivo maledetto 1994 – Fuori 1994 – Fuori (radio edit) 1994 – Weil du unders bist 1994 – Sposati subito 1994 – Tvb 1994 – Vai, vai, vai 1994 – Cose da grandi 1995 – Bum Bum 1995 – In vacanza da una vita 1995 – Dolcissimo amore 1996 – Fai come me 1997 – Che vita è 1998 – Otto e mezzo 1998 – Que vida es 1998 – Primitiva 1999 – Eccezionale 1999 – Verde, rosso e blu 2000 – La tua ragazza sempre 2000 – Francesco 2001 – Per fare l'amore 2001 – Sconvolto così 2003 – Prima di partire per un lungo viaggio 2003 – Buon compleanno 2005 – Lasciala andare 2005 – Non resisto 2007 – Bruci la città 2008 – Sono come tu mi vuoi 2008 – Bianco Natale 2009 – Qualche piccolo ti amo 2010 – La cometa di Halley 2010 – Alle porte del sogno 2015 – Un vento senza nome 2015 – Casomai 2015 – A memoria 2019 – I passi dell'amore 2020 – Finalmente io 2020 – Devi volerti bene 2020 – Quel raggio nella notte 2022 – E poi 2024 – Fiera di me[8]

Filmography

• The Barber of Rio (1996)