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List Of Number-one Hits Of 2008 (Italy)
This is a list of the number-one hits of 2008 on FIMI's Italian Download and Albums Charts. See also *2008 in music * List of number-one hits in Italy External linksFIMI archives {{FIMI Number-one hits 2008
2008 was designated as:
*International Year of Languages
*International Year of Planet Earth
*International Year of the Potato
*International Year of Sanitation
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Federation Of The Italian Music Industry
The Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana (FIMI) or the Federation of the Italian Music Industry is an umbrella organization that keeps track of virtually all aspects of the music recording industry in Italy. It was established in 1992, when major corporate labels left the previously existing Associazione dei Fonografici Italiani (AFI). During the following years, most of the remaining Italian record labels left AFI to join the new organisation. As of 2011, FIMI represents 2,500 companies operating in the music business. FIMI is a member of the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry and of the Italian employers' federation, Confindustria. Its main purpose is to protect the interests of the Italian record industry. Starting in March 1995, the Italian Music Industry Federation began providing the Italian official albums chart. In January 1997, FIMI also became the provider of the Italian official singles chart. Due to the decrease of CD singles sales in Italy, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Justin Timberlake
Justin Randall Timberlake (born January 31, 1981) is an American singer, songwriter, actor, record producer, and dancer. Dubbed the "Honorific nicknames in popular music, Prince of Pop", ''Billboard (magazine), Billboard'' honored him as the best performing male solo act on Pop Airplay and one of the Billboard's Greatest Pop Stars of the 21st Century, Greatest Pop Stars of the 21st Century. Timberlake remains among the List of best-selling music artists, best-selling recording artists of all time, with sales of over 117 million records worldwide. His List of awards and nominations received by Justin Timberlake, awards include ten Grammy Awards, four Primetime Emmy Awards, three Brit Awards, nine Billboard Music Awards, ''Billboard'' Music Awards, the Songwriters Hall of Fame#Contemporary Icon Award, Contemporary Icon Award by the Songwriters Hall of Fame, and MTV's Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award. Born and raised in Memphis, Tennessee, Timberlake appeared on musical televi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Death Magnetic
''Death Magnetic'' is the ninth studio album by American heavy metal band Metallica, released on September 12, 2008, through Warner Bros. Records in the United States and Vertigo Records elsewhere. The album was produced by Rick Rubin, marking the band's first album since ''Metallica'' (1991) not to be produced by longtime collaborator Bob Rock, and with James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich as co-producers. It is also the first Metallica album to feature bassist Robert Trujillo, and only the second album to share writing credit with all four of the band's members. Metallica began writing music for a new album in 2006, later recording the album at different studios across Los Angeles County, California, from March 2007 to May 2008. Musically, ''Death Magnetic'' is a radical departure from Metallica's previous album, '' St. Anger'' (2003), and is considered a return to the band's thrash metal roots, with more complex compositions, standard guitar tuning on most songs and long guitar so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Non Ti Scordar Mai Di Me (EP)
Non, non or NON can refer to: * ''Non'', a negatory word in French, Italian and Latin People *Non (given name) *Non Boonjumnong (born 1982), Thai amateur boxer * Rena Nōnen (born 1993), Japanese actress who uses the stage name "Non" since July 2016 * NON, a name used by musician Boyd Rice Other uses * Abbreviation of NATO's Allied Forces North Norway Command * ''Non'' (album), The Amenta * ''Non'' (book), a 2009 book by Japanese model Nozomi Sasaki * Non (comics), a villain of Superman in the DC Comics universe * ''Non!'' (EP), Big Country * "Non", a song by Phinehas from the album '' Till the End'' * non, ISO 639-2 and ISO 639-3 language code for Old Norse * NON Records, an independent record label based in Amsterdam, Netherlands See also * nan (other) Nan or NAN may refer to: Places China * Nan County, Yiyang, Hunan, China * Nan Commandery, historical commandery in Hubei, China Thailand * Nan province ** Nan, Thailand, the administrative capital of Nan prov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Bublé
Michael Steven Bublé ( ; born September 9, 1975) is a Canadian singer and songwriter. Regarded as a pop icon, he is often credited for helping to renew public interest and appreciation for traditional pop standards and the Great American Songbook. Bublé has sold over 75 million records worldwide, and won numerous awards, including five Grammy Awards and fifteen Juno Awards. In 2003, Bublé's first album reached the top ten in Canada and the United Kingdom. He found a worldwide audience with his 2005 album '' It's Time'' and his 2007 album '' Call Me Irresponsible'' – which reached number one on the Canadian Albums Chart, the UK Albums Chart, the US ''Billboard'' 200, the Australian ARIA Albums Chart and several European charts. His 2009 album '' Crazy Love'' debuted at number one on the US ''Billboard'' 200 after three days of sales, and remained there for two weeks. It was also his fourth number-one album on ''Billboard'' Top Jazz Albums chart. His 2011 holiday ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Everything (Michael Bublé Song)
"Everything" is a song recorded by Canadian singer Michael Bublé, and released on April 23, 2007, as the lead single from his fifth studio album, ''Call Me Irresponsible (album), Call Me Irresponsible''. Background Bublé wrote the lyrics of "Everything" for his then girlfriend Emily Blunt. He later explained: "I wrote the song about the great happiness of real love, but at the same time I was making a statement about the world. We're living in really crazy times, and I wanted to say that no matter what's happening, this person in my life is what really makes it worthwhile." Unlike Bublé's other work, this song strays away from being big band oriented, carrying some elements of pop music, pop and rock music, rock. It is completely devoid of a horn section, as well as being guitar driven. A piano and an acoustic guitar carry the main melody of the song, with electric guitars audible in the refrain, chorus. Bublé's vocal arrangement is also different from his previous material; hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coldplay
Coldplay are a British Rock music, rock band formed in London in 1997. They consist of vocalist and pianist Chris Martin, guitarist Jonny Buckland, bassist Guy Berryman, drummer and percussionist Will Champion, and manager Phil Harvey (band manager), Phil Harvey. They are best known for List of Coldplay live performances, their live performances, and Cultural impact of Coldplay, their impact on popular culture through Coldplay discography, their music, advocacy and achievements. The members of the band initially met at University College London, calling themselves Big Fat Noises and changing to Starfish before the final name. After releasing the extended play ''Safety (EP), Safety'' (1998) independently, they signed with Parlophone in 1999 and issued their debut album, ''Parachutes (Coldplay album), Parachutes'' (2000), featuring the breakthrough single "Yellow (Coldplay song), Yellow". It earned a Brit Award for British Album of the Year and a Grammy Award for Best Alternativ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends
''Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends'', often referred to as simply ''Viva la Vida'', is the fourth studio album by the British Rock music, rock band Coldplay, released on 12 June 2008 by Parlophone in the United Kingdom. "Viva la vida" is a Spanish phrase, translated to English as "long live life" or simply "live life". Lyrically, the album contains references to love, life, death and war. Recording sessions for the album took place from November 2006 to April 2008 and featured production by Jon Hopkins, Rik Simpson, Markus Dravs, and Brian Eno. The album was Coldplay's first not to feature any production input from Ken Nelson (British record producer), Ken Nelson, who produced their first two albums and co-produced some tracks on X&Y, their third. The band forced themselves to explore new styles, as Eno required every song on the album to sound different. Development of the album delayed the release date several times. The album cover of ''Viva la Vida'' is the 1830 pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Novecento (group)
Novecento is an Italian band founded by Pino Nicolosi, Lino Nicolosi, Rossana Nicolosi, and Dora Nicolosi (née Carofiglio) in 1984. Their music has gone through a variety of genres, such as Italo disco (early work), synthpop, soft rock, pop rock, jazz, and funk. The band was active in the 1980s and the 1990s and became popular with the debut single, "Movin' On", which sold more than 100,000 copies in 1984. The band went on to win the "Revelation of the Year" award during the national television event ''Azzurro 1984''. They were signed to Italian Five Records and Baby Records, with international distribution via WEA, Warner Music, and ZTT. In 1990 they scored another hit with the eurodance song "I Need Love". After recording seven albums, Novecento disbanded in 1997. They briefly reunited in 2002 and again in 2008, when they scored significant success with the single "Cry". Members * Dora Nicolosi – vocals * Lino Nicolosi – guitar * Pino Nicolosi – keyboards * Rossan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luciano Ligabue
Luciano Riccardo Ligabue (born 13 March 1960), commonly known as Ligabue or Liga, is an Italian singer-songwriter, film director, and writer. Biography Ligabue was born in Correggio, in the province of Reggio Emilia (Emilia-Romagna in northern Italy). Before becoming a successful singer, he held various jobs, working in agriculture and in factories. He entered the music world in 1987 when he founded the amateur band Orazero. For this band, he wrote several original songs, with which they participated in several local and national contests. The following year his fellow Emilian singer-songwriter Pierangelo Bertoli was the first to discover Ligabue's writing talents, and included one of Ligabue's songs, "Sogni di Rock'n'Roll" ("Rock n roll dreams"), in his new LP. The following year Bertoli introduced him to producer Angelo Carrara, to finish an LP of his own, '' Ligabue'', which was released in May 1990. Ligabue soon gained fame as one of the most successful Italian rock sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giusy Ferreri
Giuseppa Gaetana "Giusy" Ferreri (; born 17 April 1979) is an Italian singer and songwriter. In 2008, she took part at the first Italian edition of the talent show ''X Factor (Italian TV series), X Factor'', coming in second place. She topped the Italian Singles Chart 5 times, with the singles "Non ti scordar mai di me (song), Non ti scordar mai di me", "Novembre (song), Novembre", diamond certified collaboration "Roma-Bangkok" with Baby K (artist), Baby K, "Amore e capoeira" and "Jambo (Takagi & Ketra song), Jambo", both with Takagi & Ketra. She spent a total of 48 weeks at number one in the country, beating the previous record owned by Madonna (entertainer), Madonna (38 weeks). Ferreri has sold over 2.8 million copies worldwide to-date.Giusy Ferreri's sales (total of 1,985,000 copies sold): https://www.facebook.com/SoundWorldMusic1/photos/a.1156405361043681.1073741828.1150794244938126/2174313589252848/?type=3&theater *"Non ti scordar mai di me EP" (314,093 copies sold): *For ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Non Ti Scordar Mai Di Me (song)
"Non ti scordar mai di me" ("Never Forget About Me") is a pop song performed by Italian pop singer Giusy Ferreri. It was written by Roberto Casalino and Tiziano Ferro and co-produced by Fabrizio Giannini. The song was released as the singer's second single on 30 May 2008 in Italy, and peaked at number one in Italy, where it became one of the best-selling and most-downloaded singles of all the time and also reached the #1 in Greece, the top 30 on the sales charts in Switzerland and the top 20 position on a composite European Singles Chart. Background "Non ti scordar mai di me" was originally written by Roberto Casalino several years ago, then Italian popstar Tiziano Ferro has collaborated on the melody when the song has been offered to Giusy Ferreri. The song world-premiered on 27 May 2008 on the last episode of the first Italian edition of ''X Factor''. A similarity of the song with "Back to Black", by English singer-songwriter Amy Winehouse, and "Coming Home" by the American band ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
