''Magellano'' is the third studio album by Italian singer-songwriter

Francesco Gabbani Francesco Gabbani (born 9 September 1982) is an Italian singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He rose to fame after winning the newcomers' section of the Sanremo Music Festival 2016 with the song "Amen (Francesco Gabbani song), Amen". The n ...

. It was released in Italy through

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on 28 April 2017, and was released worldwide on 12 May 2017 under the title ''Magellan''. The album debuted at number 1 on the

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. It includes the single " Occidentali's Karma", with which he represented Italy at the

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, finishing in 6th place.

Background

In April 2017, Gabbani announced on Facebook that he would be releasing his third studio album, ''Magellano'', on 28 April 2017 and the album would include his Eurovision song " Occidentali's Karma". To promote the album, Gabbani embarked on a tour, and held several shows across Italy from 19 June to 9 September 2017.Eurovision Italy: Francesco Gabbani reveals tracklist of upcoming album
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Singles

" Occidentali's Karma" was released as the lead single from the album on 10 February 2017. The song peaked at number 1 on the

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. The song has also charted in Switzerland. In February 2017, Gabbani won Sanremo Music Festival 2017 and accepted the invitation to represent

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, which was held at the

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. As a member of the "Big 5", Italy automatically qualified to compete in the final, which took place on 13 May 2017. " Tra le granite e le granate" was released as the second single from the album on 8 May 2017. The song peaked at number 19 on the

Background

Singles

Track listing

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Release history

References