Irene Grandi

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

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

Biography

Irene Grandi was born in Florence.

She debuted in the Sanremo Music Festival in the category New Proposed with "Fuori", in 1994, which was later won by Andrea Bocelli, who was also debuting the same year.^[3]

Her first album, Irene Grandi, contained songs written with Eros Ramazzotti ("Sposati subito") and Jovanotti ("T.V.B.").^[4] In 1995, her second album, In vacanza da una vita, was released. It contained such songs as "In vacanza da una vita" and "Bum bum". These albums were followed up by Per fortuna purtroppo, Verde rosso e blu, Kose da Grandi, and Indelebile among others.

In 2000, she placed second in the Sanremo Music Festival with a song written together with Vasco Rossi.^[5]

She performed lead vocals on the song "Blue", the closing track on French producer Hector Zazou's 2003 album Strong Currents.^[6]

In 2004, she made her debut as television presenter with Marco Maccarini at the Festivalbar.^[7]

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 2015 with "Un vento senza nome".

She participated at the Sanremo Music Festival 2020 with the song "Finalmente io".^[8]

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

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

Filmography

Il barbiere di Rio (1996) as Angel
L'apetta Giulia (2003) as Giulia

References

^ http://www.viaggiatoriweb.it/2011/burkina-faso-% E2%80%A6 – going-and-return /
^ http://www.radioitalia.it/artista/irene_grandi/1.php
^ "Sanremo 1994 (44a Edizione)". hitparadeitalia.it.
^ "Discografia". irenegrandi.it. Archived from the original on 22 September 2009.

[1] ttp://www.viaggiatoriweb.it/2011/burkina-faso-% E2%80%A6 – going-and-return /

[2] ttp://www.radioitalia.it/artista/irene_grandi/1.php

[IREN3-3] "Sanremo 1994 (44a Edizione)". hitparadeitalia.it.

[IREN4-4] "Discografia". irenegrandi.it. Archived from the original on 22 September 2009.