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Materia (Prisma)
''Materia (Prisma)'' () is the eighth studio album by Italian singer-songwriter Marco Mengoni, released by Sony Music Italy on 26 May 2023 as the final installment of the trilogy, ''Materia'', consisting of three separately-released chapters: ''Terra'', ''Pelle'', and ''Prisma''. Each part revolves around one of the album's central themes of Mengoni's personal musical journey throughout his career. Thematically, ''Prisma'' is about the artist's self-reflection and musically, it is a pop record that merges an array of genres. The album peaked at number one of the Italian Albums Chart, becoming his sixth album to top the chart. The album lead single "Due vite" won the Sanremo Music Festival 2023 and competing in the Eurovision Song Contest 2023, where it placed fourth, winning the Marcel Bezençon Awards for its musical composition. Background and development The album is the final chapter of the ''Materia'' trilogy. While ''Terra'' draws inspiration from Mengoni's musical roots ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marco Mengoni
Marco Mengoni (; born 25 December 1988) is an Italian singer-songwriter who rose to fame in 2009, after winning the third season of Italian talent show ''X Factor (Italian TV series), X Factor''. Since then he has sold over 2.8 million records in Italy, peaking the Italian albums chart seven consecutive times and entering the Top 10 Italian Singles Chart fifteen times. He won the Sanremo Music Festival in 2013 and again in 2023, therefore Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest, representing Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest in both years. His 2009 debut extended play, ''Dove si vola (album), Dove si vola'', was preceded by the Dove si vola, single with the same title, which reached the top spot of the FIMI, Italian Top Digital Downloads chart and also served as his coronation song. In February 2010, Mengoni competed in the Sanremo Music Festival 2010, 60th Sanremo Music Festival with the song "Credimi ancora", placing third in a field of fifteen. The song was included in hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sanremo Music Festival 2023
The Sanremo Music Festival 2023 (), officially the 73rd Italian Song Festival (), was the 73rd edition of the annual Sanremo Music Festival, a television song contest held in the Teatro Ariston of Sanremo, organised and broadcast by (RAI). The show was held between 7 and 11 February 2023, and was presented for the fourth time in a row by Amadeus, who also served as the artistic director for the competition, with Gianni Morandi co-hosting. The festival was won by Marco Mengoni with "", earning him the right to represent in the Eurovision Song Contest 2023; Mengoni had previously won Sanremo in 2013 and had represented Italy in that year's Eurovision. Format The 2023 edition of the Sanremo Music Festival took place at the Teatro Ariston in Sanremo, Liguria, organized by the Italian public broadcaster RAI. The artistic director and the presenter for the competition was Amadeus, for the fourth consecutive year. Presenters On 24 March 2022, one month after the final of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Kingdom Choir
The Kingdom Choir is a British gospel choir based in London. It was founded by choir conductor and workshop leader Karen Gibson (choir conductor), Karen Gibson. After performing for more than 20 years, the choir became world-famous after being invited to perform at the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. On 19 May 2018, they sang a gospel version of "Stand by Me (Ben E. King song), Stand by Me" by Ben E. King. The conductor, Gibson, was described by the British press as "Britain's godmother of gospel". Their performance of the song topped the U.S. Hot Gospel Songs chart. After the performance, the choir signed a record deal with Sony Music. On 26 October 2018, the choir released its debut album, ''Stand by Me'', subtitled 15 Songs of Love and Inspiration. It contains 14 cover performances and one original piece called "Chases". The choir was selected to perform "The Star-Spangled Banner" before the first game of the 2019 MLB London Series in June 2019. In February 2023, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Let It Be (song)
"Let It Be" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles, released on 6 March 1970 as a single, and (in an alternative mix) as the title track of their album ''Let It Be''. It was written and sung by Paul McCartney, and credited to the Lennon–McCartney partnership. The single version of the song, produced by George Martin, features a softer guitar solo and the orchestral section mixed low, compared with the album version, produced by Phil Spector, featuring a more aggressive guitar solo and the orchestral sections mixed higher. At the time, it had the highest debut on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, beginning its chart run at number 6 and eventually reaching the top. It was the Beatles' final single before McCartney announced his departure from the band. Both the ''Let It Be'' album and the US single "The Long and Winding Road" were released after McCartney's announced departure from and the subsequent break-up of the group. Composition and recording Origins Two conflicting ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fabio Ilacqua
Fabio Ilacqua (born 8 October 1975) is an Italian lyricist, composer, arranger, record producer and singer-songwriter. Life and career Born in Varese to a Sicilian father and a Calabrian mother, Ilacqua studied at the Brera Academy in Milan. He started his professional career as singer-songwriter in 2007, winning the Festival and releasing his only album ''Ballata del dopocena''. Ilacqua had his breakout thanks to the collaboration as a lyricist with Francesco Gabbani, with the songs "Amen" and "Occidentali's Karma" respectively winning the Sanremo Music Festival 2016 newcomers competition and the Sanremo Music Festival 2017 big artist competition. Artists with whom he collaborated include Mina and Adriano Celentano (for whom he penned "Ad un passo da te"), Massimo Ranieri (for whom he wrote "Lettera di là dal mare", which won the critics' award at the Sanremo Music Festival 2022), Ornella Vanoni Loredana Bertè, Paola Turci, and Marco Mengoni. In 2022, he produced an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elodie (singer)
Elodie Di Patrizi (born 3 May 1990), known professionally as simply Elodie (), is an Italian singer-songwriter and actress. She first rose to prominence as the runner-up of the fifteenth season of the show ''Amici di Maria De Filippi'' (2015–2016). Since 2015, she has released four studio albums, each of which entered the top ten of the Italian albums chart, as well as numerous successful singles. She has collaborated with Italian artists such as Emma, Elisa, Giorgia, Roshelle, Michele Bravi, Guè, Fabri Fibra, Mahmood, The Kolors, Rkomi and Marracash. She has sold over three million copies in Italy, as certified by FIMI, and earned three MTV Europe Music Award for Best Italian Act nomination. She has also participated at the Sanremo Music Festival four times with " Tutta colpa mia" (2017), " Andromeda" (2020), " Due" (2023) and " Dimenticarsi alle 7" (2025). In 2022, Elodie made her acting debut, in the leading role of the Italian drama film '' Burning Hearts'', whi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ernia
Matteo Professione (born 29 November 1993), known professionally as Ernia, is an Italian rapper. Together with fellow hip hop artist Ghali, he founded the crew Troupe D'Elite, also including Maite and producer Fawzi. The group released the eponymous extended play in 2012 under label Tanta Roba, and the album ''Il mio giorno preferito'' in free download under Honiro Records label, in 2014. After the group's dissolution, he moved to London. When he came back to Italy, he debuted as a solo artist in 2017, releasing the album ''Come uccidere un usignolo'', named after a literal translation of the title of Harper Lee's novel ''To Kill a Mockingbird''. One year later, his second studio album, ''68'', debuted at number one on the FIMI Italian Albums Chart. In 2020, he increased his fame with the album ''Gemelli'', which became his second number-one studio set in Italy, and spawned the chart-topping single " Superclassico", certified sextuple platinum by the Federation of the Italian Mu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Il Fatto Quotidiano
(English: "The Daily Fact") is an Italian daily newspaper owned by Editoriale Il Fatto S.p.A. and published in Rome. It was founded on 23 September 2009 and was edited by until 2015, when Marco Travaglio became the editor. The three deputy editors are , (a former MP for the Communist Refoundation Party and Critical Left) and Maddalena Oliva. Born on the long wave of ''Mani pulite'' and subsequent corruption scandals, it was a point of reference for the most intransigent anti-Berlusconism. Described by the likes of philosopher and journalist Alberico Giostra as a party-newspaper created by Paolo Flores d'Arcais and Travaglio, it has combined both left-wing and right-wing positions, but it is broadly left-wing populist and anti-establishment. The newspaper says it is independent and objective. It has been accused by critics of holding both left-wing and right-wing biases. It is widely held to be politically close to the Five Star Movement (M5S), including by Michele Santoro, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agenzia Giornalistica Italia
Agenzia Giornalistica Italia (AGI – ''Italian Journalistic Agency'') is an Italian news agency. It is one of the main news agencies in the country. History and profile The Agenzia Giornalistica Italia was founded in 1950. The agency is based in Rome. In its initial phase it had a left-wing political stance. Then the agency became part of Ente Nazionale Idrocarburi (ENI) in 1960. The agency focuses on news about economics and industry. It has collaborations with the international news agencies, including Associated Press, Dow Jones, and ITAR TASS. It launched cooperation with the Vietnam News Agency in June 2014. With Il Sole 24 Ore and China Radio International has launche''AGI China 24'' a Chinese news agency in Italian language, mainly for Italian entrepreneurs in China, translating also Xinhua Xinhua News Agency (English pronunciation: ),J. C. Wells: Longman Pronunciation Dictionary, 3rd ed., for both British and American English or New China News Agency, is the offic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rockol
''Rockol'' is an Italian online music magazine, founded in 1995. Background The publisher and executive director is Giampiero Di Carlo, author and professor of Economics and Music Industry in the master's degree in Music Communications at the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart. The editorial director is Franco Zanetti, a writer and journalist who is considered one of the leading Italian experts on the Beatles The Beatles were an English Rock music, rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960. The core lineup of the band comprised John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr. They are widely regarded as the Cultural impact of the Beatle .... In 2016, it received the Macchianera Awards as the best Italian music website. In 2017, it received a similar award at the Targa Mei Musicletter Award. ''Rockol'' is considered one of the largest Italian music sites in terms of quality and traffic. Rockol belongs to Rockol.com S.R.L., which also owns the newspaper ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vanity Fair (magazine)
''Vanity Fair'' is an American monthly magazine of popular culture, fashion, and current affairs published by Condé Nast in the United States. The first version of ''Vanity Fair'' was published from 1913 to 1936. The imprint was revived in 1983 after Conde Nast took over the magazine company. Vanity Fair currently includes five international editions of the magazine. The five international editions of the magazine are the United Kingdom (since 1991), Italy (since 2003), Spain (since 2008), France (since 2013), and Mexico (since 2015). History ''Dress and Vanity Fair'' Condé Montrose Nast began his empire by purchasing the men's fashion magazine ''Dress'' in 1913. He renamed the magazine ''Dress and Vanity Fair'' and published four issues in 1913. It continued to thrive into the 1920s. However, it became a casualty of the Great Depression and declining advertising revenues. Nonetheless, its circulation at 90,000 copies was at its peak. Condé Nast announced in December 193 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dispersive Prism
In optics, a dispersive prism is an optical prism that is used to disperse light, that is, to separate light into its spectral components (the colors of the rainbow). Different wavelengths (colors) of light will be deflected by the prism at different angles. This is a result of the prism material's index of refraction varying with wavelength (dispersion). Generally, longer wavelengths (red) undergo a smaller deviation than shorter wavelengths (blue). The dispersion of white light into colors by a prism led Sir Isaac Newton to conclude that white light consisted of a mixture of different colors. Triangular prisms are the most common type of dispersive prism. Other types of dispersive prism exist that have more than two optical interfaces; some of them combine refraction with total internal reflection. Principle Light changes speed as it moves from one medium to another (for example, from air into the glass of the prism). This speed change causes the light to be refracted ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
