With more than 15 million records sold, he triumphed twice on the Ariston stage
Gigliola Cinquettiiconic figure of Sanremo Festival, he participated 12 times and triumphed twice in the singing competition. The first way back in 1964, at the age of just 16, with the unforgettable I’m not old enoughand the second, just two years later, with the song God how I love you. Other songs, performed by Cinquetti, have entered the popular repertoire such as That little bouquet of flowers, On the hat we wear, Mama mia, give me a hundred lire. His success was not limited to our country: with I’m not old enough he also also conquered theEurovision Song Contest: she was the first Italian ever in history to reach this important milestone. Her fame immediately crossed national borders, and her singles were recorded in eight different languages ranging in 120 countries in the world, including the United Kingdom. A rare exploit for Italian artists. His record sales have exceeded 15 million copies across the globe. On February 10, she returns to the Ariston stage to commemorate the 60th anniversary of her first victory with her song that consecrated her as queen of music.
The anniversary of “I’m not old enough”
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The 60th anniversary of I’m not old enough it is a “very light, joyful and fantastic” moment, declared Gigliola Cinquetti at Everyday occurrence. Now that it belonged to everyone, because the songs belong to everyone, not to those who sing them or those who write, after having been something distinct from me for sixty years, I return to take possession of them again.” And even though so much time has passed, it’s not in the slightest tired of singing it. “I am not the age c’est moi. It is inseparable from me. I immodestly consider myself among the authors: it is the work of Panzeri, Nisa and Colonnello, but I think that my way of interpreting it has had a strong impact. If someone else had sung it, maybe she would have had a different destiny.” The metaphor to describe her song? “A soap bubble” he says, “light and wonderful”.