Genesi (Gaia album) explained

Genesi
Type:Studio
Artist:Gaia
Cover:Cover of Genesi album by Gaia 2020.jpeg
Recorded:2019–2020
Genre: Pop
Length:29:31
Language:Italian, Portuguese
Label:Sony Music Italy
Next Title:Alma
Next Year:2021

Genesi is the debut studio album by Italian singer-songwriter Gaia, released by Sony Music Italy on 20 March 2020.[1] [2] On 22 May 2020 the project was reissued in a double album, Nuova Genesi.[3] [4]

The album, which featured ten song in Italian and Portuguese, peaked at number three on the Italian Albums Chart and was certified gold by FIMI.[5] [6] The album was promoted by the singles "Chega" and "Coco Chanel".

Background and composition

After the publication of her debout EP New Dawns through Sony Music Italy, in 2019 Gaia was cast in the nineteenth edition of the talent show Amici di Maria De Filippi, becoming the winner of the edition in May 2020.[7] [8] During the TV program she wrote and produced severals songs, including "Chega", "Coco Chanel" and "Fucsia".[9]

In an interview with Vanity Fair Italia the singer shared about her desire to keep both the Italian and Brazilian languages in the songs lyrics in order to maintain her cultural identity in the album.[10] [11] In an interview with Rockol Gaia also explained the meaning of Genesi and the music and sound productions:[12]

Critic reception

Mattia Marzi of Rockol compared the album to Francesca Michielin's album di20 and, praising the "minimal electronics, South American music echoes and acoustic guitars that squeeze between synths and keyboards", calling it "an interesting proposition and not at all trivia".[13]

Commercial performance

The album debouted at number five on the Italian Albums Chart.[14] With the reiussed of the album in May 2020, Nuova Genesi peaked at number three on the chart, being certificed god by FIMI in November 2020.[15]

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2020)! scope="col"
Peak
position
Italian Albums (FIMI)[16] 3

Year-end charts

Chart (2020)!scope="col"
Position
Italy (FIMI)[17] 49

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Alicandri . Alessandro . 26 March 2020 . "Amici": ecco gli album di Gaia, Giulia, Nyv e Jacopo . 5 June 2024 . . it.
  2. Web site: 4 April 2020 . Gaia, vincitrice ad Amici 19. Il suo album Genesi in classifica degli album più venduti . 5 June 2024 . . it.
  3. Web site: 23 April 2020 . Gaia presenta la Nuova Genesi: "Spero sia una colonna sonora per momenti felici" . 5 June 2024 . . it.
  4. Web site: 22 April 2020 . Gaia, torna ‘Genesi’ con nuove canzoni (e in formato fisico) . 5 June 2024 . . it.
  5. Web site: Alicandri . Alessandro . 12 November 2020 . Gaia: "Sono ancora quella bambina che sperava di poter far ascoltare la sua voce a tutti" . 5 June 2024 . . it.
  6. Web site: Maddalena . Roberta . 18 November 2021 . Bossa nova in salsa italiana. Gaia si racconta a Forbes: "La musica sarà una costante nella mia vita" . 5 June 2024 . Forbes Italia.
  7. Web site: Zani . Simone . 9 April 2020 . Videointervista a Gaia: "Fare canzoni belle è importante, ma la mia ricerca va oltre" . 5 June 2020 . All Music Italia . it.
  8. Web site: Raiola . Francesco . 6 April 2020 . Gaia Gozzi, Amici 19, Genesi e Maria De Filippi: "Mi ha tutelata, ed è uscita la mia vera identità" . 5 June 2024 . . it.
  9. Web site: Avellina . Giuditta . 28 August 2020 . Chi è Gaia, cantante italobrasiliana di "Chega" e "Coco Chanel" . 5 June 2024 . . it.
  10. Web site: Manca . Mario . 5 April 2020 . Gaia Gozzi, la vincitrice di Amici 19: "La musica ci aiuterà a tornare alla normalità" . 5 June 2024 . . it.
  11. Web site: Dondoni . Luca . 11 March 2020 . Escono gli album delle star di Amici Gaya, Giulia, Nyv e Jacopo . 5 June 2024 . . it.
  12. Web site: 5 April 2020 . Amici 2020, la vincitrice Gaia Gozzi: “Trasformo in musica le mie diverse identità” . 5 June 2024 . . it.
  13. Web site: Marzi . mattia . 20 March 2020 . Lo stile suadente e ammaliante di Gaia, tra elettropop e echi sudamericani . 5 June 2024 . . it.
  14. Web site: 28 March 2020 . The Weeknd primo in classifica, bene Gaia quinta, ma Amici non sfonda . 5 June 2024 . . it.
  15. Web site: Zani . Simone . 19 May 2020 . Classifiche di vendita Fimi Settimana #22: Drefgold e Irama sbaragliano la concorrenza . 5 June 2024 . All Music Italia . it.
  16. Web site: Album – Classifica settimanale WK 22 (dal 22.05.2020 al 28.05.2020). . Italian . 5 June 2024.
  17. Web site: Classifica annuale 2020 (dal 27.12.2019 al 31.12.2020). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. it. 5 June 2024.

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