Irene Grandi (born 6 December 1969) is an Italian singer-songwriter. During her career she has sung in Spanish and has performed duets in German, French, Indian and in African languages, selling around 5 million records and earning 9 top-ten albums and 6 top-ten singles of which one number-one on the Italian music charts. She has participated five times at the Sanremo Music Festival, reaching the podium in 2000. Grandi has performed for six times at the Festivalbar, conquering twice the platform and winning the Radio Awards. In the 2009 she has won a Wind Music Award, and in 2011 a Sanremo Hit Award.

Biography

Irene Grandi was born in Florence. She debuted in the Newcomers' section of Sanremo Music Festival 1994 with "Fuori"; the category was later won by Andrea Bocelli, who was also at his debut. Her first album, Irene Grandi, contained songs written with Eros Ramazzotti ("Sposati subito") and Jovanotti ("T.V.B."). In 1995, her second album, In vacanza da una vita, was released. It contained such songs as "In vacanza da una vita" and "Bum bum". These albums were followed up by Per fortuna purtroppo, Verde rosso e blu, Kose da Grandi, and Indelebile among others. In 2000, she placed second in that year's Sanremo Festival with "La tua ragazza sempre", a song written together with Vasco Rossi. She performed lead vocals on the song "Blue", the closing track on French producer Hector Zazou's 2003 album Strong Currents. The album brought together a number of well-known soloists, features her alongside Laurie Anderson, Melanie Gabriel and Jane Birkin, among others. In 2004, she made her debut as television presenter with Marco Maccarini at the Festivalbar. She participated as a contestant in the 60th edition of the Sanremo Music Festival in 2010 with her song "La cometa di Halley" and again in the 65th edition in 2015 with "Un vento senza nome". She competed in the Sanremo Music Festival 2020 with the song "Finalmente io".

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