Claudio Baglioni
OMRI
Baglioni in the early 2000s
Baglioni in the early 2000s
Background information
Born (1951-05-16) 16 May 1951
OriginRome, Italy
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Singer-songwriter
  • composer
  • record producer
  • architect
Years active1968–present
Labels
WebsiteClaudio Baglioni official website
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Signature

Claudio Baglioni OMRI (Italian pronunciation: [ˈklaudjo baʎˈʎoːni]; born 16 May 1951) is an Italian pop singer-songwriter and musician. His career has been going on for over 50 years.[1] Some songs from the 70s are part of Italian culture like E tu come stai or Questo piccolo grande amore proclaimed Italian song of the century in 1985.[2] In the 80s he released the two best-selling albums ever in Italy achieving maximum commercial success whit Strada facendo and La vita è adesso.[3][4] And in the 90s he embraced World Music with the discs of the time trilogy, which began with Oltre (1990) considered his masterpiece,[5][6] continued with the incredible success of Io sono qui (1995) and ended with Viaggiatore sulla coda del tempo (1999). In 2006 he composed the anthem of the 2006 Winter Olympics.[7][8][9]

Biography

Around 1968 he composed the Annabel Lee musical suite, based on a poem by Edgar Allan Poe. In 1969, he released his first single and recorded the single Signora Lia; a comic song that tells of a lady's marital infidelity. Over time the song became a cult of Italian pop music despite its poor initial success. He collaborated with Italian singer Mia Martini for her debut album.[10]

Success came only in 1972, with the album Questo piccolo grande amore; the homonymous song in 1985 will be awarded as the Italian song of the century. In 1974, he recorded the album E tu ... with Vangelis. In 1975, it comes out Sabato pomeriggio; a concept album about waiting, based on Giacomo Leopardi's poems. In 1977, the album Solo; was the first in which he made lyrics, music and production on his own. In 1978, comes the incredible success with the album E tu come stai?.

Baglioni in 1974

In 1981, he produced the hugely successful album Strada facendo. The following year the Alé-Oó tour starts, the first tour of an Italian singer in the big stadiums. The name of the tour in fact takes its cue from a typical chorus of football matches. In June of the same year (1982) Claudio at the age of 31 becomes a father and in one day writes the worldwide hit song Avrai dedicated to his son.

In 1985, comes the incredible success of the album La vita è adesso, the best-selling album of all time in Italy,[11] immediately after the release of the album begins the 1985 tour that totaled over 1.5 million spectators with the final concert in Rome which was the first concert in the history of Italian music to be broadcast live on TV, the overwhelming success of the album kicks off another big tour the following year; Assolo a sensational tour consisting of over 30 concerts in the great stadiums of Italy where Claudio Baglioni performs completely alone, without a band, with the help of classical and electric guitar, pianola, piano, synthesizer and MIDI, a technology never tested at the time.

Baglioni in 1985

The live album Assolo is based on the concert at the stadium in the city of Milan to which almost 100,000 people will flock, the triple album was a commercial success in Europe. The success of Claudio in this decade is so high that around the end of 1985 the first collection for the European market of the singer-songwriter was released, entitled Claudio Baglioni,[12] containing the best ten songs of the singer-songwriter of the 80s.

In 1988, he participated in a concert of the Human Right Now! tour with Peter Gabriel, Sting and Bruce Springsteen.

Baglioni in 1990

In 1990, after 3 years of work he released the double album Oltre, an ambitious project with 20 songs that embrace World Music and the participation of great international artists; the album will radically change the Italian music industry. The concert of 1991 will be decreed by Billboard magazine as the best concert of the year in the world, thanks to the stage that is located in the center of the stadium with the public surrounding it in the round. In the same year the European version of the record Oltre is marketed.[13]

Baglioni in 1996

In 1995, the album Io sono qui was released, which marks Claudio's return to the scene, the disc deals with the theme of comedy, everyday life is in fact a bit of a comedy for everyone where everyone wears a mask without knowing if he is an actor or a spectator of life.

And in 1999, the album Viaggiatore sulla coda del tempo, with the imminent arrival of the new millennium, tackles the theme of modern technologies and at the same time tells of the journey of a traveler towards this unknown future. Baglioni will subsequently declare that the three albums make up a trilogy of time where each represents the past, present and future respectively.

On 6 June 1998, he had his last concert of the millennium at the Olympic stadium in Rome, the concert totaled over 100,000 spectators thanks to the stage in the center and the spectators who filled the stadium, still this record remains undefeated by any event, both musical and sporty.[14]


In the 2000s, he released the album Sono io, In 2010, he did a series of concerts around the world. In 2013 he released the album Con voi and in 2020, the album In questa storia, che è la mia. In 2019, to celebrate 50 years of career, he realizes an incredible concert at the Verona Arena which for the first time is open to the public in its entirety. With the stage in the center and the spectators filling the entire arena in the round.[15][16][17]

In the summer of 2022 he made the Tutti sù! tour in the amphitheaters and in the summer of 2023 aTuttoCuore tour with an incredible concert at the Foro Italico in Rome with the stage in the center of the arena.[18]

Discography

YearTitleSalesCertifications
1970Claudio Baglioni
1971Un cantastorie dei giorni nostri
1972Questo piccolo grande amore
1973Gira che ti rigira amore bello
1974E tu...
1975Sabato pomeriggio
1977Solo
1978E tu come stai?
1981Strada facendo
1985La vita è adesso
1990Oltre
1995Io sono qui
1999Viaggiatore sulla coda del tempo
2003Sono io
2009Q.P.G.A.
  • FIMI: 2× Platinum[34]
2013Convoi
2020In questa storia, che è la mia

Live albums

YearTitleSalesCertifications
1982Alé Oó
1986Assolo
1992Assieme
1996Attori e spettatori
2004Crescendo e cercando
2000Acustico
2010World tour
2019Da una storia vera

Compilations

YearTitleSalesCertifications
1998Da Me A Te
2005Tutti Qui
2006Gli altri tutti qui
2013Best Of

European albums

  • 1985 - Claudio Baglioni
  • 1991 - Oltre

Dvds

  • 1991 - Oltre una bellissima notte
  • 1996 - Baglioni nel Rosso
  • 2000 - Acustico Tour
  • 2003 - Tutto in un abbraccio
  • 2010 - World Tour
  • 2019 - Al centro. Arena di Verona

Tour

Baglioni in 1982
  • 1977 - Claudio Baglioni on tour
  • 1982 - Alé Oó
  • 1985 - Tour 1985
  • 1986 - Assolo
  • 1991 - Oltre una bellissima notte (only one concert)
  • 1992 - Assieme
  • 1995 - Tour Giallo
  • 1996 - Tour Rosso
  • 1998 - Da me a te
  • 1999 - Tour Blu
  • 2000 - Acustico
  • 2003 - Tutto in un abbraccio
  • 2007 - Tutti qui
  • 2010 - World Tour
  • 2013 - Con voi tour
  • 2019 - Al centro
  • 2022 - Tutti su!
  • 2023 - aTuttoCuore

Awards

References

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