Irene Grandi

Occupation(s)Instrument(s)Years active1992–presentLabelsWebsitewww.irenegrandi.it

Irene Grandi (born 6 December 1969) is an Italian singer-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] The album brought together a number of well-known soloists, features her alongside Laurie Anderson, Melanie Gabriel and Jane Birkin, among others.

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 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[9]

Filmography

• The Barber of Rio (1996)

References

External links

• Official page – irenegrandi.it
• Warner Music Irene Grandi page
• Irene Grandi Fanclub
• On MySpace
• Concert tickets, Schedule, Tour Dates – livenation.it