Enrico Ruggeri (born 5 June 1957) is an Italian singer-songwriter.

Biography

A native of

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, Ruggeri made his debut in the 1970s with the punk band

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. In 1981 he began his solo career and established himself as a songwriter: his most famous success in this latter role is "Il mare d'inverno" ("The winter sea"), brought to chart by

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. He won the

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twice: in

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with "

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" ("You can give more") together with

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and

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, and in

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with "Mistero" ("Mystery"). He represented Italy at

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with the song " Sole d'Europa" ("Sun of Europe"). In 2016 Ruggeri re-joined the newly reformed Decibel and went on to participate in the 2018 edition of the Sanremo Music Festival. A special performance of their song "Lettera dal Duca" during one of the festival nights featured

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on vocals and guitar. Ruggeri is a well-known supporter of

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Discography

Solo albums

* 1981: ''Champagne molotov'' * 1983: ''Polvere'' * 1984: ''Presente'' * 1985: ''Tutto scorre'' * 1986: ''Difesa francese'' * 1986: ''Enrico VIII'' * 1987: ''Vai Rouge'' (live) * 1988: ''La parola ai testimoni'' * 1989: ''Contatti'' * 1990: ''Il falco e il gabbiano'' * 1991: ''Peter Pan'' * 1993: ''La giostra della memoria'' * 1994: ''Oggetti smarriti'' * 1996: ''Fango e stelle'' * 1997: ''Domani è un altro giorno'' * 1998: ''La gente con alma'' (in Spanish) * 1999: ''L' isola dei tesori'' * 2000: ''L' uomo che vola'' * 2001: ''La vie en rouge'' (live) * 2002: ''La vie en rouge'' (re-packaging with two new songs) * 2003: ''Gli occhi del musicista'' * 2004: ''Punk prima di te'' * 2005: ''Amore e guerra'' * 2006: ''Cuore muscoli e cervello'' * 2007: ''Il regalo di Natale'' * 2008: ''Rock show'' * 2009: ''L'ultima follia di Enrico Ruggeri'' * 2009: ''Il regalo di Natale'' (re-packaging of "L'ultima follia di Enrico Ruggeri" with three new songs) * 2010: ''La ruota'' * 2012: ''Le Canzoni Ai Testimoni'' * 2013: ''Frankenstein'' * 2014: ''Frankenstein 2.0'' * 2015: ''Pezzi di vita'' * 2016: ''Un viaggio incredibile''

With Decibel

* 1977: ''Punk'' * 1980: ''Vivo da re'' * 2017: ''Noblesse Oblige'' * 2018: ''L'anticristo'' * 2019: ''Punksnotdead'' (live)

References

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* 1957 births Living people Singers from Milan Italian male singer-songwriters 20th-century Italian male singers 21st-century Italian male singers 20th-century Italian singer-songwriters 21st-century Italian singer-songwriters Sanremo Music Festival winners Eurovision Song Contest entrants Punk rock singers Italian rock singers {{singer-songwriter-stub