| Cesare Cremonini | |
| Birth Date: | 27 March 1980 |
| Birth Place: | Bologna, Italy |
| Years Active: | 1999–present |
| Genre: | Pop |
Cesare Cremonini (pronounced as /it/; born 27 March 1980) is an Italian singer-songwriter, record producer and actor.
Cremonini started his career as the lead vocalist of Italian band Lùnapop between 1999 and 2002. In 2002, he signed with Warner Music Group publishing three studio albums Bagus, Maggese and Il primo bacio sulla Luna, reaching the top-ten of the Italian Albums Chart. In 2011, Cremonini signed with Universal Music Italia publishing his fourth studio album La teoria dei colori promoted by the singles "Il comico (Sai che risate)" and "La nuova stella di Broadway".
In 2014, he released his first number one album Logico and the relative live album Più che logico (Live), both promoted by several successful singles including "Logico #1", "Buon viaggio (Share the Love)" and "Lost in the Weekend". In 2017, Cremonini released Possibili scenari, his second number one album on the Italian Album Chart and the singles "Poetica" and "Nessuno vuole essere Robin". In 2021, he published his second greatest hits album Cremonini 2C2C - The Best Of and in 2022 his seventh studio album La ragazza del futuro.[1] [2]
In 2013, he won a Nastro d'Argento for Best Original Song writing and composing "Amor mio", performed by Gianni Morandi, for the film The Landlords directed by Edoardo Gabbriellini.[3] He also won several Italian Music Awards and the MTV History for his career at the MTV Italian Music Awards.
Cremonini was born in Bologna, Italy, on March 27, 1980, second son of Carla, a professor of literature, and Giovanni Cremonini, a medical nutritionist (1924-2019).[4] From an early age, he began studying piano. After listening to British rock band Queen, he started listening to pop rock music and writing his first songs at age of 14.[5] In 1996, along with some friends and classmates at the liceo scientifico Sabin, he formed a group called Senza filtro, with whom he performed at parties and clubs in Bologna, singing covers of The Beatles, Oasis, Radiohead and Queen.[6] In late 1996, he met Walter Mameli, who has since become his music producer and manager.[7]
In 1999, he became the frontman of Italian banf Lùnapop, with Nicola Balestri, Gabriele Galassi, Alessandro De Simone and Michele Giuliani,[8] publishing the album …Squérez? and several commercial successful songs, including "50 special" and "Qualcosa di grande".[9] [10] In 2002, for management and contractual reasons, the group stopped producing music, leading the members to take different working directions.[11] [12] Cremonini consequently launched his solo career, publishing his debut solo studio album Bagus in November 2002 through Warner Music Italy.[13] The album peaked at number nine on the Italian Albums Chart and was promoted by the single "Gli uomini e le donne sono uguali" and "Vieni a vedere perché", both reaching the top-ten of the Italian Singles Chart.[14] [15]
After three years of music break, Cremonini published his second studio album Maggese on 10 June 2005, which debuted at number seven on the Italian Album Chart.[16] The lead single "Marmellata #25" peaked at number 11 on the Italian Singles Chart and was certified double platinum by FIMI.[17] In November 2006, he published his first live album 1+8+24.[18] In 2008, Cremonini published the third studio album Il primo bacio sulla Luna, becoming his third top-ten album, which featured the single "Dicono di me".[19]
In 2010, Cremonini collaborated with Jovanotti on "Mondo",[20] which anticipated the singer's first greatest hits album 1999-2010 The Greatest Hits. The second single was "Hello!" with the pop singer Malika Ayane, girlfriend of Cremonini at the time.[21] The same year, Cremonini also co-wrote with musician Alessandro Magnanini the theme song for the radio program 105 all'una, hosted daily on Radio 105 by Alessandro Cattelan.
In 2011, Cremonini signed with Universal Music Italia with the singer company that owns his recording rights Trecuori srl.[22] The following year he published his fourth studio album La teoria dei colori, debuting at number two on the Italian Albums Chart and being certified double platinum by FIMI.[23] [24] It was promoted by several commercial successful singles, including "Il comico (Sai che risate)" and "La nuova stella di Broadway"; the latter peaked at number nine and was certified quadruple platinum.[25]
In 2014, he published his fifth studio Logico, which debuted at number one on the Album Chart becoming Cremonini first number one album in his career.[26] [27] The album featured several successful singles, including "Logico #1", which peaked at number four on the Singles Chart.[28] [29] The following year, he published his second live album Più che logico (Live).[30] It reached number two on the chart and was certified platinum.[31] It was promoted by "Buon viaggio (Share the Love)" and "Lost in the Weekend".[32] [33] On 24 November 2017, Cremonini released Possibili scenari, his second number one album on the Italian Album Chart and was certified double platinum.[34] The lead single "Poetica" peaked at number two on the Italian Singles Charts and was certified triple platinum.[35] The second single "Nessuno vuole essere Robin" was published on 23 February 2018.[36]
On 29 November 2019, he published his second greatest hits Cremonini 2C2C - The Best Of,[37] becoming his third number one chart project, promoted by the new songs "Al telefono" and "Giovane stupida".[38] [39] On 20 June 2020, the list of new dates for the 2021 stadium tour was announced,[40] following the postponement of the 2020 tour due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy.[41]
On 25 February 2022, he published his seventh studio album La ragazza del futuro, which peaked at number two on the Italian Album Charts and was certified gold by FIMI.[42] The album was anticipated by the singles "Colibr'" and "La ragazza del futuro", both performed live on the night the singer-songwriter was a guest artist at the Sanremo Music Festival 2022.[43]
| Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ITA [44] | ||||
| Bagus |
| 9 |
| |
| Maggese |
| 7 |
| |
| Il primo bacio sulla Luna |
| 6 |
| |
| La teoria dei colori |
| 2 |
| |
| Logico[46] |
| 1 |
| |
| Possibili scenari[47] |
| 1 |
| |
| La ragazza del futuro |
| 2 [48] |
|
| Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ITA | |||
| 1+8+24 |
| 37 | |
| Più che logico[49] |
| 2 |
|
| Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ITA | ||||
| 1999–2010 The Greatest Hits |
| 3 |
| |
| Cremonini 2C2C: The Best Of |
| 1 [50] |
|
| Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album or EP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ITA [51] | ||||
| "Gli uomini e le donne sono uguali" | 2002 | 8 | Bagus | |
| "Vieni a vedere perché" | 3 |
| ||
| "PadreMadre" | 2003 | 21 |
| |
| "Latin lover" | 20 |
| ||
| "Gongi Boy" | 13 | |||
| "Marmellata #25" | 2005 | 11 |
| Maggese |
| "Maggese" | 41 | |||
| "Le tue parole fanno male" | 2006 | 38 | ||
| "Ancora un po'" | 48 | |||
| "Dev'essere così" | — | 1+8+24 | ||
| "Dicono di me" | 2008 | 10 |
| Il primo bacio sulla Luna |
| "Le sei e ventisei" | — |
| ||
| "Figlio di un re" | 2009 | — | ||
| "Il pagliaccio" | — | |||
| "L'altra metà" | — | |||
| "Mondo" (feat. Jovanotti) | 2010 | 4 |
| 1999–2010 The Greatest Hits |
| "Hello!" (feat. Malika Ayane) | 7 |
| ||
| "Il comico (Sai che risate)" | 2012 | 13 |
| La teoria dei colori |
| "Una come te" | 30 |
| ||
| "La nuova stella di Broadway" | 2013 | 9 |
| |
| "I Love You" | 38 | |||
| "Logico #1" | 2014 | 4 |
| Logico |
| "GreyGoose" | 16 |
| ||
| "Io e Anna" | 2015 | — | ||
| "Buon viaggio (Share the Love)" | 6 |
| Più che logico – Live | |
| "Lost in the Weekend" | 2016 | 46 |
| |
| "Eccolo qua il Natale (Una notte tra tante)" (with Massena Boys) | 2 | |||
| "Poetica" | 2017 | 2 |
| Possibili scenari |
| "Nessuno vuole essere Robin" | 2018 | 28 |
| |
| "Kashmir-Kashmir" | 77 |
| ||
| "Possibili scenari" | 66 |
| ||
| "Al telefono" | 2019 | 53 |
| Cremonini 2C2C – The Best Of |
| "Giovane stupida" | 2020 | — | ||
| "Colibrì" | 2021 | 94 |
| La ragazza del futuro |
| "La ragazza del futuro" | 2022 | 87 |
|
| Year | Peak chart positions | Certification | Album | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ITA [54] | ||||
| "Domani 21/04.09"[55] (Artisti Uniti per l'Abruzzo) | 2009 | 1 |
| Charity single |
| "The Creationist" (Kerli featuring Cesare Cremonini) | – | Love Is Dead | ||
| Year | Album | |
|---|---|---|
| "Innocenti evasioni"[57] | 2006 | Innocenti evasioni by Various Artists |
| "Un cuore giovane"[58] (Mario Venuti feat. Cesare Cremonini) | 2009 | Recidivo by Mario Venuti |
| "Believe in Love"[59] (Malika Ayane feat. Cesare Cremonini) | 2010 | Grovigli by Malika Ayane |
| "I pesci grossi"[60] (Jovanotti feat. Cesare Cremonini) | 2011 | Ora by Jovanotti |
| "L'orgia"[61] | 2012 | ...Io ci sono by Various Artists |
| "Gli anni"[62] (Max Pezzali feat. Cesare Cremonini) | 2013 | Max 20 by Max Pezzali |
| Television | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2001 | Via Zanardi 33 | Gustavo[63] | 1 episode |
| Films | |||
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2002 | Un amore perfetto[64] | Celestino | |
| 2011 | Il cuore grande delle ragazze[65] | Carlino Viggetti | |
| 2024 | The American Garden | ||
| Year | Ceremony | Category | Work | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Italian Music Awards | Best Italian Male Artist[66] | Himself | |
| Lunezia Award | Poetic Rock Award[67] | "PadreMadre" | ||
| 2008 | Premio Videoclip Italiano | Videography Special Award[68] [69] | Himself | |
| 2009 | TRL Awards | History Award[70] | ||
| 2011 | Too Much Award[71] | |||
| Super Man Award | ||||
| 2012 | MTV Europe Music Awards | Best Italian Act[72] | ||
| 2013 | Nastro d'Argento | Best Original Song | "Amor mio"[73] (written by Cremonini, performed by Gianni Morandi) | |