Cbeloved, multifaceted and always original, Francesco Gabbani returns this year in the race in Sanremo with Long live lifeBallad with blues atmospheres rich in positivity that will certainly end straight in the repertoire of the Tuscan singer -songwriter. Winner in Sanremo twice – in 2016 between the new proposals and the following year among the Big with Western’s Karma -, Gabbani is ready to publish too His new unreleased album entitled On your side.
Francesco Gabbani, the beginning and the victory in Sanremo Giovani with Amen
Born in 1982 in Carrara to a family owner of a musical instrument shopGabbani grows surrounded by music from a very young age. Already at four years, in fact, he began playing the battery, at nine instead he approaches the guitar, piano and bass. After working as a phonic and stage technician, Finally, he begins his artistic path as a musician playing bluesfunk and jazz.
During the high school years he founded the Trikobalto band with which he records the first records And he wanders Italy on a tour in small clubs. After opening the live of bands like Oasis, the trikobalto melts, and, in the early 10s, Gabbani embarks on his solo career by publishing some singles but unnoticed.
In the autumn 2015 he shows up in Sanremo Giovani with the song Amenarranged by him on the text of the lyricist Fabio Ilacqua. Exceeds the elimination phase which allows him the admission of the right to the 66th Sanremo Festival in the New Proposals section. Initially eliminated by the competitionafter losing a direct challenge against the honey singer, Francesco is readmitted in the race since a verification notes that the vote has been false by a technical problem in the press room.
The repetition of the voting operations turns the previous result, thus allowing Gabbani to overcome the elimination and to be admitted to the final. The singer -songwriter then ranks 1st place And the “Mia Martini” critics prize and the “Sergio Bardotti” award for the best text also wins.
The triumph of Francesco Gabbani with Western’s Karma in Sanremo 2017
Composed of the singer -songwriter together with Filippo Gabbani, Fabio Ilacqua and Luca Chiaravalli, Western’s Karma Surprise Sanremo 2017 wins by beating the very favorite in the final at 3 That it is blessed by Fiorella Mannoia And Forbidden to die by Ermal Meta. Strong a melody Catchy and a light -hearted and deep text at the same timethe song is performed on the Ariston stage together with the dancer Filippo Ranaldi Dress monkey.
The song is a great commercial success both in Italy – where he reached and maintained the first position of the ranking for three consecutive weeks – both in Europe, entering the rankings of other fourteen nationalsthe. And, for the first time in history, Gabbani is the first artist to win consecutively first among the new proposals and then among the big names. He then participates in the 62nd edition of theEurovision Song Contestranks sixth but wins the European press room prize.
On April 28 of the same year it comes out Magellanthe album it contains Western’s Karma And that enters the sales rating directly to the first place. The new single is Between the granite and the grenadeswhich is positioned in the first place of the Airplay Radio ranking, remaining at the top for weeks. It becomes the most played piece of the summer and then be The summer catchphrase of the season was crowned during the event RTL 102.5 Power Hits summer 2017.
Francesco Gabbani winner in Sanremo 2017 with “Western’s Karma”. (LaPresse)
Among the most famous songs too Vice versa And We just wanted to be happy
He returns to Sanremo in 2020 competing with another song destined to become a classic of his repertoire: Vice versa. Written together with the Pacific singer -songwriter, the song It is classic second and, a few weeks later, Gabbani releases his new album, named after the Sanremo songfrom which other successful singles will be extracted such as The sweat stick.
In 2021 he made his debut as an actor in The woman for mea film by Marco Martani starring Andrea Arcangeli and Alessandra Mastronardi, Always in the same year a new album arrives: We just wanted to be happy. With the single of the same name, certified gold disc, to act as a forerunner. Composed of ten songs – among whose individuals The network And Time space -, the album results one of the best sellers of his career.
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Francesco Gabbani’s debut as a TV conductor in It takes a flower
In 2022, paired with Francesca Fialdini, Gabbani conducted his first television program on Rai 1: It takes a flower. The transmission takes its name from the famous song of the same name by Sergio Endrigo of 1974 And it deals with eco -sustainability themes focusing on some serious emergencies of the earth.
With the participation of artists, scholars, scientists And young realities, committed to improving the health of the planet starting from simple and daily actions, Francesco wanted disclose all the most important problems of the ecological transition. All unwriting The lightness of the variety with the seriousness of the theme in question And through direct but effective language.
Francesca Fialdini and Francesco Gabbani. (Rai Press Office)
Girlfriend Giulia Settembrini
After a long relationship with the tattoo artist Dalila Iardella, Since 2020 Francesco has been a fixed couple with Giulia Settembriniformer director who now works with his partner as his assistant. Originally from Saronno, He meets Francesco in Pizzo Calabro, where the girl was working. For some time the report is not made official, then, In 2023, the couple came out of the closet when he He presents her during a guest on Radio Deejay.
He went like this. “I am happily engaged. It’s called Giulia, and it’s here with meSaid Gabbani eloquently and then add that the song Vice versa It was a song dedicated to her. With a little embarrassment, Giulia then approached the microphone by telling some anecdotes of their love.
The new album On your side Output and the tour
Out on February 21st, The sixth studio album of Gabbani is a record full of musical contaminations And that ranges from electronics to folk to pop. In the tracklist also the song in the race in Sanremo and other surprises, including some featuring not yet revealed.
Last January Gabbani gave an anticipation of his fans: the single I come to trust you. A song that invite to a profound reflection on the need to stop, listen and resume control of one’s life.
As for the album everything, however, to the portal Reason Gabbani said that “I would not call it a manifesto, but rather a photograph of this phase of my lifeintense as a representation of my current ‘palette’: not a unique and decisive color but a set of shades, shades and contrasts that are part of my existence. At the center of everything there is this continuous to extend towards an inner analysis, a search for the deepest meaning of things. It is a new chapter, A further step in my artistic evolution».
After Sanremo, There is a tour in the buildings which will touch on March 15, 2025 The Mandela Forum in Florenceon March 22 the Kioene Arena of Paduaon April 4, 2025 the Palaterni of Terni and on April 17, 2025 the Palazzo dello Sport of Rome. Tickets are already available in advance On Ticketone here.
In Sanremo 2025 with Long live life and paired with Francesco Tricarico in the evening of the covers
For the fourth time in the race in Sanremo, Francesco chose to participate in the Festival with A very ranking ballad, full of blues shades, and with a text full of positivity and hopewritten together with Andrea Vittori and Davide Simonetta. A song that has The print is very positively impressed during pre-listening of the Sanremo songs last January.
“When I sung and listened to it in full, I perceived it in its completeness», He told The future“Already at the second listening it came to me” singing on it “, just like when you listen to a song on the radio. At that moment I realized that it would be the right song. It was not so much the piece itself that made me think immediately of the Festival, as the fact that it fully reflects the moment I am experiencing in my life».
In the evening of the covers, however, the songwriter of Carrara chose to duet with his friend Francesco Tricarico in the song of 2002 I am Francesco of Tricarico. A song Become famous for the refrain “whore, whore, whore the teacher”. A choice that Francesco, in a press note, commented on: “The choice of the song is also linked to a sort of need for revenge. In a sense, I see it similar to the story that has had mine Western’s Karma. Tricarico’s song has become a large national-population hit but has often been reduced to a slogan rather than being appreciated for the depth of his text ».
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