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Annalisa Scarrone (born 5 August 1985), better known mononymously as simply Annalisa or Nali, is an Italian singer-songwriter and record producer. After being part of two bands, Elaphe Guttata and leNoire (formerly Malvasia), she rose to fame after coming in second in the tenth season of the Italian talent show Amici di Maria De Filippi (2010–2011). Subsequently, Annalisa participated for the first time at the Sanremo Music Festival 2013 with the song "Scintille".

After her first participation, Annalisa took part in the Sanremo Music Festival 5 more times, reaching the podium twice, in 2018 with "Il mondo prima di te" and in 2024 with "Sinceramente". 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 at the Billboard Women in Music 2024 becoming the first Italian artist to receive this recognition. She also received two MTV Europe Music Awards (2018 and 2024), a Wind Music Award and a Lutezia Award for her songwriting, as well as nominations at the Kids' Choice Awards and World Music Awards. In 2023, Forbes Italia listed Annalisa among "the 100 successful women in Italy" of the year.

Annalisa has released 8 albums and 45 singles as a solo artist, receiving 52 platinum and 14 gold certifications and selling over 4,8 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 David Guetta, Marco Mengoni, Boomdabash, J-Ax, Antonello Venditti, Gianluca Grignani, Vanesa Martín, Achille Lauro, and Tedua. 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. In 2024, the main-belt asteroid (20014) 1991 RM29 was named Annalisa in her honour.

Early and personal life

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. Scarrone attended the University of Turin and graduated with a degree in physics in 2009. On 29 June 2023, Scarrone married Francesco Muglia, Chief Commercial Officer of Costa Crociere, in Assisi.

Music career

2011–2013: Nali, Mentre tutto cambia and Non so ballare

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. Her first single "Diamante lei e luce lui", which in 2012 reached the ninth position in the official Italian single chart, was certified gold. In addition, this single won the Premio Videoclip Italiano 2011. Her second single "Giorno per giorno" was released on 27 May 2011. "Senza riserva", from the second album Mentre tutto cambia, was released on 16 March 2012 and later certified platinum. The second single of Mentre tutto cambia was "Tra due minuti è primavera". The last single from her second albun was "Per una notte o per sempre".

At the end of 2012, Annalisa sang "Pirati", which featured in the Italian version of the film Ice Age: Continental Drift. Annalisa participated at the Sanremo Music Festival 2013 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. 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. She also had two nominations for Best Female Artist and Best Video with the song "Alice e il blu" at World Music Awards.

Annalisa 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, 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".

2014–2016: Splende and Se avessi un cuore

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, Annalisa 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. "Siamo amore" was added to Giada album called Da capo and was released as a single on 20 June 2014. In September 2014, she released the single "L'ultimo addio". The text of the song was written by Annalisa and Marco Ciappelli, while the music was written by Francesco Sighieri. Annalisa collaborated with Italian rapper Raige, on the single "Dimenticare", released on 9 December 2014.

On 14 December 2014, the singer was announced as a competitor of Sanremo Music Festival 2015 with the song "Una finestra tra le stelle" and finished fourth. Along with the songs "Sento solo il presente" and "L'ultimo addio", "Una finestra tra le stelle" anticipated the release of the fourth album. On 23 January 2015, through the official page of Facebook of the singer, is also announced the title of the new album, Splende, available from 12 February. Annalisa also announced the first two dates of her Splende tour, on 1 April, at the Teatro Nuovo of Milan and 3 to Auditorium Parco della Musica of Rome, with pre-sales open from 26 January. On 8 May 2015, "Una finestra tra le stelle" was certified platinum for sales exceeding 50,000 copies.

The fourth single from Splende, "Vincerò", was published on 15 May 2015 and on 7 September 2015 was certified gold for sales over 25,000 copies. On 12 September 2015, Annalisa announced the release of the album's fifth single, via her official Facebook page. Following a countdown game, with images for clues, on 14 September the singer announced that the next single would be the title track, "Splende". The single was released on 18 September 2015. Annalisa participated at the Sanremo Musical Festival 2016 with the single "Il diluvio universale", finishing eleventh. The song anticipated her fifth album, Se avessi un cuore, which debuted at number four on the Italian Album Chart. On 15 April 2016, the singer released the second single from the album, "Se avessi un cuore", which was later certified gold by Fimi.

2017–2021: Bye Bye and Nuda

On 30 August 2017, Annalisa revealed she was working on her next studio album and on 13 October, the first single, "Direzione la vita", was released. On 16 February 2018, she released the studio album Bye Bye. The album peaked at number two of FIMI's chart, receiving platinum certification. Annalisa took part at the Sanremo Music Festival for the fourth time in 2018 and finished third, with the song "Il mondo prima di te". The song reached number three on the Italian singles chart. Throughout 2018, she released…