Irene Grandi (born 6 December 1969) is an Italian singer-songwriter. During her career she has sung in

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and has performed duets in German, French and in Indian and

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. She has sold around 5 million records and earned 9 top-ten albums and 6 top-ten singles including one number-one in the Italian music charts. She has participated in the

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five times, reaching the podium in

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. She has performed six times at the

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, twice conquering the platform and winning the Radio Awards. In 2009 she won a Wind Music Award, and in 2011 a Sanremo Hit Award.

Biography

Born in

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, Grandi started singing while at high school, and was part of numerous local groups, notably Matte in Trasferta, in which Dirotta su Cuba singer Simona Bencini was a bandmate. She started her solo career in 1992, and in 1994 entered the competition in the Newcomers' section of Sanremo Music Festival 1994 with "Fuori", leading single of her first album, ''Irene Grandi'', that contained songs written with

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("Sposati subito") and

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("T.V.B."). In 1995, the radio hit "Bum Bum" anticipated her successful second album, ''In vacanza da una vita'', was released; the same year, she toured with Pino Daniele, with whom she recorded the duet "Se mi vuoi". In 1997, she released ''Per fortuna purtroppo'', containing the hit "Che vita è", and in 1999 ''Verde rosso e blu'', an album characterized by more Mediterranean sounds. In 2000, she ranked second in 50th Sanremo Festival with "La tua ragazza sempre", a song written by

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and Gaetano Curreri, who also wrote and produced the title-track for her following album ''Prima di partire''. She performed lead vocals on the song "Blue", the closing track on French producer

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's 2003 album ''Strong Currents''. In 2004, she made her debut as television presenter co-hosting with Marco Maccarini the

. 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 the 65th edition in 2015 with "Un vento senza nome". She competed in the

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with the song "Finalmente io".

Discography

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
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