Annalisa

Annalisa Scarrone (born 5 August 1985), better known as simply Annalisa or Nali, is an Italian singer-songwriter, and record producer.

In 2009 she graduated from the University of Turin in Physics.

On 29 June 2023 in Assisi, Scarrone got married to Francesco Muglia, the Vice President of Global Marketing of Costa Crociere.

After being part of two bands, Elaphe Guttata and leNoire (formerly Malvasia), she became famous after participating in the tenth edition of the talent show Amici di Maria De Filippi in 2010–2011, where she finished in second place.

In 2011 Annalisa took part at the 10th edition of the Italian talent show Amici di Maria De Filippi where she finished second and also received the critics' prize.

In March 2011 her first album Nali was released; it reached number 2 in the official Italian album chart by FIMI and was certified platinum.

In addition this single won the Premio Videoclip Italiano 2011.

Her second single "Giorno per giorno" was released on 27 May 2011.

Her first single "Diamante lei e luce lui", that reached the ninth position in the official Italian single chart in 2012, was certified gold.

"Senza riserva", from the second album Mentre tutto cambia, was released on 16 March 2012 and later certified platinum.

The second single of her second album was "Tra due minuti è primavera".

The last single from Mentre tutto cambia was "Per una notte o per sempre".

At the end of the same year Annalisa sang "Pirati", which featured in the Italian version of the film Ice Age: Continental Drift.

Subsequently, Annalisa participated in the Sanremo Music Festival 2013 with the song "Scintille" and finished ninth.

In 2013, she participated at the Sanremo Music Festival and finished ninth, with the single "Scintille".

At the same time, her third album Non so ballare was released and reached the sixth position in the official Italian album chart.

Also during 2013, Annalisa represented Italy at the OGAE Song Contest with the song "Alice e il blu", the second single from the album Non so ballare, and finished third.

At the same time, she had two nominations for Best Female Artist and Best Video with the song "Alice e il blu" at World Music Awards.

She subsequently represented Italy at the International Song Contest: The Global Sound with "Scintille", and in November won the competition.

The third single from Non so ballare was "A modo mio amo" and its videoclip was a collage of the previous ones.

In December 2013 Roberto Casalino, the author of many Annalisa's songs, announced that "Tutto sommato" from the second studio album Mentre tutto cambia, featured on the soundtrack of the Dutch film Toscaanse Bruiloft.

In January 2014 the album was released in the Netherlands and "Tutto sommato" featured as a single.

For these reasons, in January 2014 the singer was sent for the first time abroad to promote the film and her first album published abroad.

The film also contains the two bonus tracks of the digital version of the Dutch iTunes album, the song "Non so ballare" and the unreleased song, "Capirai".

On 1 April 2014, Annalisa made a guest appearance on Incredibile, the new studio album of Moreno, featuring on the song "Ferire per amare".

On 14 April 2014, it was announced that the single "Sento solo il presente" would anticipate the release of her fourth studio album.

The song was released in Italy on 5 May 2014.

It reached, the seventh position in the official Italian single chart.

In May 2014, she co-wrote "Siamo amore" for the competitor of the thirteenth edition of the talent show Amici, Giada Agasucci.

She and Marco Ciappelli wrote the lyrics of the song, while the music was written by Francesco Sighieri and Diego Calvetti.

Annalisa participated at the Sanremo Music Festival 2015 with the song "Una finestra tra le stelle" and finished fourth.

From 2015 to 2019, she presented the documentary series Tutta colpa di ... on Italia 1, focusing on the scientists Albert Einstein, Galileo Galilei, Charles Darwin and Leonardo da Vinci.

Scarrone grew up in Carcare and studied music and singing from an early age.

From the age of 13, she worked as a bartender and musician.

In 2016, she returned to the Sanremo Music Festival with the single "Il diluvio universale" finishing eleventh, and again in the 2018 edition with "Il mondo prima di te", finishing third, and she finished seventh with "Dieci" in Sanremo 2021; she was once again selected to compete in Sanremo in 2024 with "Sinceramente", finishing third once again.

In 2023, she topped the Italian singles chart for the first time with the song "Mon amour", becoming the first female soloist to do so in over three years.

Throughout her career she has received several awards including a Global Force Award, the first award given at the Billboard Women in Music 2024 for an Italian artist, an MTV Europe Music Award, a Wind Music Award and a Lutezia Award for her songwriting, as well as nominations at the Kid's Choice Award and World Music Awards.

In 2023 Forbes Italia listed Annalisa among "the 100 successful women in Italy" of the year.

She has released 8 albums and 34 singles as a solo artist, receiving 31 platinum and 13 gold certifications and selling over 3.1 million copies in Italy, becoming the Italian female artist with most copies sold.

She has also written songs for other artists including Gianna Nannini, Fedez, Benji & Fede and collaborated with Boomdabash, J-Ax, Antonello Venditti, Gianluca Grignani, Marcella Bella and Nomadi.