Negramaro
Negramaro, live in Tione, Trento, Italy
Negramaro, live in Tione, Trento, Italy
Background information
OriginCopertino, Lecce, Italy
Genres
Years active1999–present
LabelsSugar
MembersGiuliano Sangiorgi
Emanuele Spedicato
Ermanno Carlà
Danilo Tasco
Andrea "Andro.i.d." Mariano
Andrea "Pupillo" De Rocco
Websitewww.negramaro.it

Negramaro is an Italian pop band formed in 1999 and successful since 2005. Their name stems from Negroamaro, a wine produced in their native district, Salento in Apulia.

After years spent in the Italian alternative market, they finally became known more widely in 2005 thanks to the Festival di Sanremo.

Members

Biography

Debut and Negramaro

Negramaro formed in 1999 in Copertino, near Lecce. In the beginning, helped by live performances, they received good reviews. That improved when they met producer Caterina Caselli, who taught them how to record music.

In 2001 they won the Tim Tour and ended as finalists at the MTV Brand New Talent.

Their first album, Negramaro, was released in 2003. The sound of the album was too alternative for the Italian public, so it did not have much success. Two singles were released. They were minor hits: "Mono" and "Solo".

The 000577 Project

In 2004, Negramaro met Italian producer Corrado Rustici to work on a few songs. The collaboration between them spawned a brand new track, "Scusa Se Non Piango", and three remixes of previous songs: "Es-Senza", "Evidentemente" and "Come Sempre". The four tracks were added to the other songs from their first album to create 000577, a new edition of their debut work.

This new edition gave the band a more pop-rock feeling, which was more suitable for the Italian public. The 2004 version of "Come Sempre" was released as a single with better success of the previous ones, and was even chosen as the soundtrack to celebrate the 50th birthday of the Italian TV network RAI.

Mentre Tutto Scorre: Commercial success

Negramaro performed the song "Mentre Tutto Scorre" at the Sanremo Music Festival 2005, but were eliminated at the first turn. The song was the first single released from their eponymous second album.

After the festival, eight of their songs were chosen as the soundtrack of the Italian film La Febbre, starring Fabio Volo.

This helped the band to launch their success: despite the Sanremo disappointment, the single "Mentre Tutto Scorre" was a success. The second single, "Estate", was even more successful, giving the band their first #1 in the Italian airplay chart. "Solo3min" and "Nuvole e Lenzuola" followed the success of the first two singles.

Thanks to hit singles, good performances and critics, their album Mentre Tutto Scorre gained a lot of success, being certified 6× platinum in Italy.

This album was different from the first one: it was entirely produced by Corrado Rustici, and took the band in a pop rock direction rather than their classic alternative style. Their change gave them success through radio, music marketing and fans.

The album was accompanied by a tour later released on the Negramaro Live DVD in 2006.

Their single "Nuvole e Lenzuola" is included in the game Guitar Hero World Tour.

Their fifth studio album Casa 69 was recorded at Metalworks Studios in Mississauga, Ontario.

Their sixth studio album La rivoluzione sta arrivando was released on 25 September 2015.[1]

2020s

Negramaro will compete in the Sanremo Music Festival 2024 with the song "Ricominciamo tutto".[2][3]

Discography

Albums

Year Title Chart positions
ITA SWI
2003 Negramaro
  • First studio album
 98 —
2004 000577
  • Second studio album
 76 (Platinum) —
2005 Mentre Tutto Scorre
  • Third studio album
 3 (6× Platinum) —
2007 La Finestra
  • Fourth studio album
 1 (5× Platinum) 96
2008 San Siro Live
  • First live album
 4 (3× Platinum) —
2010 Casa 69
  • Fifth studio album
 1 (3× Platinum) —
2015 La rivoluzione sta arrivando
  • Sixth studio album
 1 (2× Platinum) —
2017 Amore che torni
  • Seventh studio album
 1 (2× Platinum)
[4]		 91
2020 Contatto
  • eighth studio album
 —

Singles

Year Single Peak positions Album
Italy Europe
2003 "Mono" —— Negramaro
"Solo" ——
"Notturno" (video only) ——
2004 "Come Sempre" (2004 version) —— 000577
"Es-Senza" (2004 version) (video only) ——
2005 "Mentre Tutto Scorre" 947 Mentre Tutto Scorre
"Estate" ——
"Solo3min" ——
2006 "Nuvole e Lenzuola" 1054
2007 "Parlami D'Amore" 238 La Finestra
"L'Immenso" —137
"Senza Fiato" (feat. Dolores O'Riordan) ——
"Cade La Pioggia" (feat. Jovanotti) 15140
2008 "Via Le Mani Dagli Occhi" 4[5]42
"Safari" (with Jovanotti) 1698 Safari
"Un Passo Indietro" —72 La Finestra
"Meraviglioso" 132 San Siro Live
2010 "Singh-iozzo" 2— Casa 69
2011 "Voglio molto di più" ——
"Basta così" (with Elisa) 749
2017 "Fino all'imbrunire" — — Amore che torni
"La prima volta" 7
[6]		—

Filmography

  • 2007 – Dall'altra parte della luna (documentary, directed by Dario Baldi e Davide Marengo)
  • 2019 – L'anima vista da qui (documentary, directed by Gianluca Grandinetti)

References

  1. ↑ "La rivoluzione sta arrivando". Retrieved 2015-09-28.
  2. ↑ "Italy 2024: 'Sanremo' lineup revealed". Eurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union (EBU). 2023-12-03. Retrieved 2023-12-03.
  3. ↑ "Sanremo 2024: i cantanti e le canzoni, gli ospiti e i conduttori. Tutto sul Festival" [Sanremo 2024: the singers and the songs, the guests and the hosts. Everything about the Festival]. TV Sorrisi e Canzoni (in Italian). 2023-12-20. Retrieved 2023-12-20.
  4. ↑ "Album – Classifica settimanale WK 47 (dal 2017-11-17 al 2017-11-23)" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
  5. ↑ "Negramaro - Via Le Mani Dagli Occhi - Music Charts". Acharts.us. Retrieved 2012-08-16.
  6. ↑ "Classifica settimanale WK 41" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
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