Sanremo Music Festival winners discography explained

The discography of the Sanremo Music Festival winners includes all the winning singles of the annual Festival della Canzone Italiana, an Italian song contest better known as the Sanremo Music Festival, held in the Ligurian city of the same name since 1951 and broadcast by RAI.As of 2024, the Festival has awarded 74 songs, but from 1953 to 1955, from 1957 to 1971, in 1990 and in 1991, each entry was performed by two different acts, resulting in two different releases for each winning song, for a total of 94 singles.

Between 1959, when the first singles chart was introduced in Italy, and 1996, 21 Sanremo Music Festival winning songs reached the top spot of the Musica e dischi Singles Chart. In the following years, thirteen other winning singles topped the official chart compiled by the Federation of the Italian Music Industry since 1997. Some of the winning songs of the Sanremo Music Festival became international hits after being performed at the Eurovision Song Contest, like Domenico Modugno's "Nel blu dipinto di blu", which took third place in the 1958 contest, Gigliola Cinquetti's "Non ho l'età", which won the European competition in 1964, Mahmood's "Soldi", which placed second in 2019, and the 2021 winning song, "Zitti e buoni" by rock band Måneskin.

1951–1959

YearSongArtistPeak chart positionsSalesCertifications
ITA
AUT
BEL
(FL)
BEL
(WA)
FRA
GER
[1]
NLD
NOR
SWI
UK
US
1951"Grazie dei fiori"Nilla Pizzi
1952"Vola colomba"Nilla Pizzi
1953"Viale d'autunno"Carla Boni
Flo Sandon's
1954"Tutte le mamme"Giorgio Consolini
Gino Latilla
1955"Buongiorno Tristezza"Claudio Villa
Tullio Pane
1956"Aprite le finestre"Franca Raimondi
1957"Corde della mia chitarra"Claudio Villa
Nunzio Gallo
1958"Nel blu dipinto di blu"Domenico Modugno55 17 2 2 10 1
  • ITA: 1,000,000[2]
Johnny Dorelli
1959"Piove (Ciao, ciao bambina)"Domenico Modugno1 1 14 12 1 29 97
Johnny Dorelli
"—" denotes singles that did not chart or were not released

1960–1969

YearSongArtistPeak chart positionsSales
ITA
AUT
BEL
(FL)
BEL
(WA)
FRA
GER
NLD
NOR
[4]
SWI
UK
[5]
US
[6]
1960"Romantica"Tony Dallara1
Renato Rascel15
1961"Al di là"Betty Curtis11
Luciano Tajoli3
1962"Addio, addio"Domenico Modugno1
Claudio Villa
1963"Uno per tutte"Tony Renis1
Emilio Pericoli16
1964"Non ho l'età"Gigliola Cinquetti11132 317
  • ITA: 850,000[7]
Patricia Carli
1965"Se piangi, se ridi"Bobby Solo1239
The New Christy Minstrels
1966"Dio, come ti amo"Domenico Modugno1
Gigliola Cinquetti6
1967"Non pensare a me"Claudio Villa10
Iva Zanicchi21
1968"Canzone per te"Sergio Endrigo2
Roberto Carlos7
1969"Zingara"Bobby Solo17
Iva Zanicchi9
"—" denotes singles that did not chart or were not released

1970–1979

YearSongArtistPeak chart positionsCertifications
ITA
AUT
BEL
(FL)
BEL
(WA)
FRA
GER
NLD
NOR
SWI
UK
US
1970"Chi non lavora non fa l'amore"Adriano Celentano1
Claudia Mori57
1971"Il cuore è uno zingaro"Nada5
Nicola Di Bari1
1972"I giorni dell'arcobaleno"Nicola Di Bari3
1973"Un grande amore e niente più"Peppino Di Capri1
1974"Ciao, cara, come stai?"Iva Zanicchi7
1975"Ragazza del sud"Gilda13
1976"Non lo faccio più"Peppino Di Capri25
1977"Bella da morire"Homo Sapiens9
1978"...E dirsi ciao"Matia Bazar1
1979"Amare"Mino Vergnaghi3
"—" denotes singles that did not chart or were not released

1980–1989

YearSongArtistPeak chart positionsCertifications
ITA
AUT
BEL
(FL)
BEL
(WA)
FRA
GER
NLD
NOR
SWI
UK
US
1980"Solo noi"Toto Cutugno22
1981"Per Elisa"Alice1417 5
1982"Storie di tutti i giorni"Riccardo Fogli1 30 7
1983"Sarà quel che sarà"Tiziana Rivale5
1984"Ci sarà"Al Bano and Romina Power1 13 51 7
1985"Se m'innamoro"Ricchi e Poveri670
1986"Adesso tu"Eros Ramazzotti1 1 1
1987"Si può dare di più"Gianni Morandi, Enrico Ruggeri & Umberto Tozzi1 15
1988"Perdere l'amore"Massimo Ranieri1
  • FIMI: Platinum[9]
1989"Ti lascerò"Anna Oxa & Fausto Leali3
"—" denotes singles that did not chart or were not released

1990–1999

YearSongArtistPeak chart positionsCertifications
ITA
AUT
BEL
(FL)
BEL
(WA)
FRA
GER
NLD
NOR
SWI
UK
US
1990"Uomini soli"Pooh2
"Angel of the Night"Dee Dee Bridgewater9
1991"Se stiamo insieme"Riccardo Cocciante1 4329
"I'm Missing You"Sarah Jane Morris11
1992"Portami a ballare"Luca Barbarossa4
1993"Mistero"Enrico Ruggeri1
1994"Passerà"Aleandro Baldi
1995"Come saprei"Giorgia
1996"Vorrei incontrarti fra cent'anni"Ron with Tosca
1997"Fiumi di parole"Jalisse
1998"Senza te o con te"Annalisa Minetti
1999"Senza pietà"Anna Oxa15
"—" denotes singles that did not chart or were not released

2000–2009

YearSongArtistPeak chart positionsCertifications
ITA
AUT
BEL
(FL)
BEL
(WA)
FRA
GER
NLD
NOR
SWI
UK
US
2000"Sentimento"Piccola Orchestra Avion Travel9
2001"Luce (Tramonti a nord est)"Elisa1 91 70
2002"Messaggio d'amore"Matia Bazar16
2003"Per dire di no"Alexia11 83
2004"L'uomo volante"Marco Masini8
2005"Angelo"Francesco Renga1
2006"Vorrei avere il becco"Povia
2007"Ti regalerò una rosa"Simone Cristicchi3
2008"Colpo di fulmine"Giò Di Tonno & Lola Ponce1
2009"La forza mia"Marco Carta2
"—" denotes singles that did not chart or were not released

2010–2019

YearSongArtistPeak chart positionsCertifications
ITA
AUT
BEL
(FL)
BEL
(WA)
FRA
GER
NLD
NOR
SPA
SWI
UK
2010"Per tutte le volte che..."Valerio Scanu1 30
  • FIMI: Platinum
2011"Chiamami ancora amore"Roberto Vecchioni2
  • FIMI: Gold
2012"Non è l'inferno"Emma1 19
  • FIMI: 2× Platinum[16]
2013"L'essenziale"Marco Mengoni1 6079694336
  • FIMI: 4× Platinum[17]
2014"Controvento"Arisa148
2015"Grande amore"Il Volo1550421455419
  • FIMI: 2× Platinum[19]
2016"Un giorno mi dirai"Stadio3
2017"Occidentali's Karma"Francesco Gabbani1571101425
2018"Non mi avete fatto niente"Ermal Meta & Fabrizio Moro213416
2019"Soldi"Mahmood11250673218165573

2× Platinum[23]

Gold[24]

"—" denotes singles that did not chart or were not released

2020–present

YearSongArtistPeak chart positionsCertifications
ITA
AUT
BEL
(FL)
BEL
(WA)
FRA
GER
NLD
NOR
SPA
SWI
UK
2020"Fai rumore"Diodato1 36
2021"Zitti e buoni"Måneskin2224310791216217
2022"Brividi"Mahmood & Blanco1951
  • FIMI: 8× Platinum[33]
2023"Due vite"Marco Mengoni1502
  • FIMI: 6× Platinum[34]
  • IFPI SWI: Gold[35]
2024"La noia"Angelina Mango457637911
  • FIMI: 3× Platinum[36]
"—" denotes singles that did not chart or were not released

Notes and References

  1. Peak positions on the German Media Control Singles Chart:
  2. Book: Popstrology: The Art and Science of Popstars. 2008. Bloomsbury Publishing. 21 March 2023. 235.
  3. Italy. single. Gold. 2021. Domenico Modugno. Nel blu dipinto di blu.
  4. Peak positions on the VG-lista Singles Chart:
  5. Peak chart positions on the UK Singles Chart:
  6. Peak positions in the Billboard Hot 100:
    • For Domenico Modugno's "Nel blu dipinto di blu" and "Piove (Ciao, ciao bambina): [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=domenico modugno|chart=all}} Domenico Modugno Album & Song Chart History - Hot 100 ]. 15 December 2012 . Billboard.
  7. San Remo Background. 15 March 1975. Billboard. Germano Ruscitto. 21 March 2023. 70.
  8. Italy. Gold. Eros Ramazzotti. 26 June 2023. Adesso tu. 2023. 11021.
  9. Italy. Platinum. Massimo Ranieri. 4 October 2021. Perdere l'amore. 2021. 9091.
  10. Italy. Gold. Anna Oxa & Fausto Leali. 19 January 2020. Ti lascerò. 2019.
  11. Italy. single. Gold. 2021. Pooh. Uomini soli. 26 July 2021.
  12. Italy. single. Gold. 2019. Giorgia. Come saprei.
  13. Italy. Gold. Ron con Tosca. 4 October 2021. Vorrei incontrarti fra cent'anni. 2021. 9068.
  14. Italy. single. Elisa. Luce (tramonti a nord est). 12811. 1 July 2024.
  15. Italy. Gold. Francesco Renga. single. Angelo. 19 February 2024. 12066.
  16. Web site: Certificazione Singoli Digitali dalla settimana 1 del 2009 alla settimana 52 del 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130123160238/http://www.fimi.it/temp/cert_GFK_download_522012.pdf . 23 January 2013 . . 1 June 2013 . dead .
  17. Italy. single. Marco Mengoni. L'essenziale. 5 December 2014.
  18. Italy. single. Arisa. Controvento. 1 July 2014.
  19. Italy. Platinum. Il Volo. single. 30 December 2015. 2015.
  20. Italy. Gold. Stadio. single. 31 March 2016. 2016.
  21. Italy. single. Ermal Meta & Fabrizio Moro. 2018. 29 October 2018.
  22. Italy. Mahmood. 24 January 2020. single. Soldi.
  23. Web site: Top 100 Songs Weekly − Year 2019 − Week 45. Elportaldemusica.com. PROMUSICAE. 29 January 2020.
  24. Web site: Les certifications - Mahmood - Soldi. Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. French. 24 January 2020.
  25. Italy. Måneskin. single. 25 October 2021.
  26. Belgium. 31 March 2022. 2022. Måneskin. Zitti e buoni. single.
  27. United Kingdom. 14 October 2022. Måneskin. Zitti e buoni. 18437-5668-1.
  28. Austria. single. Måneskin. Zitti e buoni. 17 November 2022.
  29. Web site: Edelmetall – Zitti e buoni. Swisscharts.com. Hung Medien. 26 October 2021. de.
  30. Norway. Måneskin. 29 June 2022.
  31. Web site: Zitti e buoni - Måneskin. es. 12 November 2023. Elportaldemusica.es.
  32. France. Måneskin. Zitti e buoni. single. 21 September 2023.
  33. Italy. Mahmood & Blanco. single. 1 August 2024. Brividi. 12970.
  34. Italy. Marco Mengoni. single. 6 May 2024. Due vite. 12525.
  35. Switzerland. Marco Mengoni. 28 May 2023.
  36. Italy. Angelina Mango. single. 6 June 2024. La noia. 12664.