Zucchero Fornaciari discography explained

Artist:Zucchero
Studio:15
Live:4
Compilation:9
Soundtrack:1
Option:1
Option Name:Side projects

The discography of Zucchero, an Italian rock blues singer-songwriter, consists of 15 studio albums, one soundtrack album, seven compilation albums, two live albums and more than sixty singles. In 1993, Zucchero has also released a studio album with the band Adelmo e i suoi Sorapis, also including Equipe 84's Maurizio Vandelli and Pooh's Dodi Battaglia.

Zucchero's first two studio albums didn't reach commercial success and failed to chart in Italy, while 1986's Rispetto entered the Top 10 in his home country, where it sold more than 220,000 copies.[1] Its follow-up, titled Blue's, became the best-selling album in Italy of 1987, while 1989's Oro Incenso & Birra was certified eight-times platinum in Italy. For the latter as of 2015 are reported sales of over 8 million copies worldwide.[2]

In 1991, Zucchero released his self-titled compilation, featuring the English-language version of some of his biggest hits, including the single "Senza una donna (Without a Woman)", a duet with Paul Young which charted in the Top 5 in the United Kingdom and United States and topped the European Hot 100. The album Spirito DiVino, released in 1995, has sold more than 2.5 million copies worldwide and was certified Platinum by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry for European sales exceeding million units. The following studio albums were also million selling.

As of 2017, Zucchero has released 10 Italian number-one studio albums, including his last effort Black Cat, and 4 Italian number-one compilation albums, including 1996's The Best of Zucchero Sugar Fornaciari's Greatest Hits, which was certified triple platinum in Europe, and 2004's Zu & Co., which was also certified platinum in Europe.

Zucchero has sold over 50 million records around the world.[3]

Albums

Studio albums

Title! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:16em;"
Album detailsPeak chart positionsSalesCertifications
ITA
AUT
BEL (FL)
BEL (WA)
FRA
GER
NLD
SWE
SWI
US
World
[4]
Un po' di Zucchero
  • Released: 1983
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: LP, cassette, CD
Zucchero & The Randy Jackson Band
  • Released: 8 March 1985
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: LP, cassette, CD
Rispetto
  • Released: 28 April 1986
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: LP, cassette, CD
7
  • ITA: 220,000
  • ITA: Platinum[5]
Blue's
  • Released: 15 June 1987
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: LP, cassette, CD
1 43 18
  • ITA: 1,500,000[6]
  • ITA: Platinum
  • SWI: Platinum
Oro incenso e birra
  • Released: 13 June 1989
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: LP, cassette, CD
1 17 36 50 1
  • ITA: 2,000,000[7]
Miserere
  • Released: 1 October 1992
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: LP, cassette, CD
1 33 73 8
  • ITA: 1,400,000[9]
  • SWI: Platinum
Spirito DiVino
  • Released: 27 May 1995
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: LP, cassette, CD
1 15 14 4 17 29 3
  • SWI: Platinum
  • FRA: Platinum
  • BEL: Platinum
  • EU: Platinum
BlueSugar
  • Released: 5 November 1998
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: LP, cassette, CD
1 14 46 72 6
  • SWI: Platinum
Shake
  • Released: 14 September 2001
  • Label: Polydor, Universal
  • Formats: cassette, CD
1 16 39 22 40 25 67 1
  • SWI: 3× Platinum
  • FRA: Gold
  • BEL: Gold
  • EU: Platinum
Fly
  • Released: 22 September 2006
  • Label: Polydor, Universal
  • Formats: CD, download
1 3 48 40 68 23 29 1
  • AUT: Gold
  • SWI: 2× Platinum
Chocabeck
  • Released: 3 November 2010
  • Label: Polydor, Universal
  • Formats: CD, LP, download
1 7 47 53 112 16 31 2
  • ITA: 5× Platinum
  • AUT: Gold
  • SWI: Platinum
Black Cat
  • Released: 29 April 2016
  • Label: Universal
  • Formats: CD, LP, download
1 2 33 29 60 13 24 1 9
  • ITA: 2× Platinum
  • AUT: Gold
  • SWI: Gold
D.O.C.[13]
  • Released: 8 November 2019
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: CD, LP, download
2 6 73 30 127
[14]
1
  • ITA: Platinum
Inacustico - D.O.C. & More
  • Released: 14 May 2021[15]
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: 2CD, 3LP, download
7
Discover
  • Released: 19 November 2021
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: CD, 2LP, download
4 16 98 51 10
  • ITA: Gold
"—" denotes albums that did not chart or were not released

Soundtracks

Title! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:16em;"
Album detailsPeak chart positions
ITA
Snack Bar Budapest
  • Released: 11 November 1988
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: LP, cassette, CD
14

Compilation albums

Title! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:16em;"
Album detailsPeak chart positionsCertifications
ITA
AUT
BEL (FL)
BEL (WA)
GER
NLD
SWE
SWI
UK
US
[16]
Six Mix
  • Released: 1988 (Germany only)
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: LP, cassette
Zucchero
  • Released: 1991
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: LP, cassette, CD
9 13 20 7 29
  • FRA: Gold
  • SWI: Platinum
Diamante
  • Released: 24 February 1992
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: LP, cassette, CD
The Best of Zucchero Sugar Fornaciari's Greatest Hits
  • Released: 19 November 1996
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: LP, cassette, CD
1 7 4 4 10 15 53 2
  • FRA: 3× Platinum
  • SWI: 3× Platinum
  • AUT: Gold, Platinum
  • BEL: Gold
  • GER: Gold
  • NLD: Gold
  • POR: Gold
  • EU: 3× Platinum
Overdose d'amore the ballads
  • Released: 1 January 1999
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: CD, cassette
Zu & Co.
  • Released: 14 May 2004
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: CD
1 1 1 26 4 14 1 84
  • SWI: 2× Platinum
  • AUT: Platinum
  • GER: 3x Gold
  • EU: Platinum
  • FRA: Gold
  • NLD: Gold
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  • BEL: Gold
  • ITA: Gold
All the Best
  • Released: 23 November 2007
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: CD, download
1 6 51 50 16 64 2
  • ITA: Platinum
  • SWI: Platinum
  • GER: Gold
  • AUT: Gold
La Sesion Cubana 1 1 52 65 40 57 5
  • ITA: 3× Platinum
  • AUT: Gold
  • SWI: Gold
All the Best + Zu & Co.
  • Released: 14 November 2014
  • Label: Universal
  • Formats: 2xCD, download
  • Edition: Limited
37
Wanted (The Best Collection)
  • Released: 3 November 2017
  • Label: Universal
  • Formats: CD, download
1 20 113 115 94 15
  • ITA: Platinum
"—" denotes albums that did not chart or were not released.

Live albums

Title! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:16em;"
Album detailsPeak chart positionsCertifications
ITA
(FIMI)

[17]
ITA
(M&D)

[18]
AUT
SWI
Zucchero Live at the Kremlin
  • Released: 4 November 1991
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: CD, VHS
6 28
Live in Italy
  • Released: 27 November 2008
  • Label: Polydor, Universal
  • Formats: 2×CD + 2×DVD
7 12 31 91
  • ITA: Gold
Una Rosa Blanca
  • Released: 3 December 2013
  • Label: Polydor, Universal
  • Formats: 2×CD + DVD
10 8 51
  • ITA: Gold
"—" denotes albums that did not chart or were not released

Side projects

Title! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:16em;"
Album detailsPeak chart positionsCertifications
ITA
Walzer d'un blues
  • Album by Adelmo e i suoi Sorapis
  • Released: 1993
  • Label: Mercury
  • Formats: LP, musicassette, CD
11
  • ITA: Gold

Singles

As lead singer

1982–1990

Single! scope="col" rowspan="2"
YearPeak chart positionsCertificationsAlbum
ITA
[19]
FRA
NLD
"Una notte che vola via"1982Un po' di Zucchero
"Nuvola"1983
"Sandra"
"Donne"
(feat. The Randy Jackson Band)
198521 Zucchero & The Randy Jackson Band
"Quasi quasi"
(feat. The Randy Jackson Band)
"Canzone triste (Canzone d'amore)"1986Rispetto
"Come il sole all'improvviso"
(feat. Gino Paoli)
"Rispetto"
"Nella casa c'era"
"Con le mani"198718 Blue's
"Senza una donna"14 28
"Pippo"
"Solo una sana e consapevole libidine salva il giovane dallo stress e dall'Azione Cattolica"1988
"Bambino yo, bambino tú (Leyenda)"
"Diavolo in me"198939 Oro incenso e birra
"Overdose (d'amore)"
"Il mare impetuoso al tramonto salì sulla luna e dietro una tendina di stelle..."
"Nice (Nietzsche) che dice"
"A Wonderful World"
"Diamante"199018
  • FIMI: Platinum
"Madre dolcissima" / "Mama"49

1991–2000

Single! scope="col" rowspan="2"
YearPeak chart positionsCertificationsAlbum
ITA
BEL
(FL)

CAN
[20]
FRA
GER
NLD
NOR
SWE
SWI
UK
"Senza una donna (Without a Woman)"
(feat. Paul Young)
19911 1 14 2 2 2 1 1 2 4 Zucchero
"Wonderful World"
(feat. Eric Clapton)
23 71 42 17
"Diamante"
(feat. Randy Crawford)
9 39 207 11 44
"Anytime"Live at the Kremlin
"L'urlo"1992Miserere
"Miserere"
(feat. Luciano Pavarotti)
24 37 41 22 15
"Come Back the Sun"
"Un'orgia di anime perse"
"It's All Right (La promessa)"
"Povero Cristo"1993
"Il pelo nell'uovo"
"Chicas"1994Diamante
"Voodoo Voodoo"1995Spirito DiVino
"Papà perché"
"X colpa di chi?"20
"Il volo" / "My Love"5 2 23 17 20
"Pane e sale" / "Feels Like a Woman"22
"Così celeste" / "She's My Baby"199698 73
  • FIMI: Gold
"Senza rimorso"
"Così celeste"
(feat. Luciano Pavarotti)
Pavarotti & Friends Together for the Children of Bosnia
"Un oceano di silenzi"
(feat. Sergio Mendes)
Oceano
"Menta e rosmarino" / "I Won't Be Lonely Tonight"50 92 The Best of Zucchero Sugar Fornaciari's Greatest Hits
"Niente da perdere"
"Eppure non t'amo" / "I Don't Know"1997
"Va, pensiero"10 52 17 19
"What Are We Waiting For"
(feat. Alannah Myles)
48 Prince Valiant (Original Soundtrack)
"Happy Birthday to Me"1998Widows (Original Soundtrack)
"Blu" / "Blue"6 70 35 BlueSugar
"Puro amore" / "If Not Tonight"1999
"You Make Me Feel Loved"
"Arcord"
"Diavolo in me"
(with Nabil)
Non-album single
"Va, pensiero"
(feat. Sinéad O'Connor)
The Best of Zucchero Sugar Fornaciari's Greatest Hits
"White Christmas"BlueSugar & WhiteChristmas
"—" denotes singles that did not chart or were not released

2001–2010

Single! scope="col" rowspan="2"
YearPeak chart positionsCertificationsAlbum
ITA
(FIMI)

ITA
(M&D)

AUT
BEL
(WA)

BEL
(FL)

FRA
GER
NLD
SWI
"Baila (Sexy Thing)"20011 2 18 23 97 90 3
  • FIMI: Platinum
  • IFPI SWI: Gold
Shake
"Ahum" / "I'm in Trouble"16 29 44 57 84 72
"Dindondio"200231 56
"Music in Me"
"Sento le campane"
"Ali d'oro" / "I Lay Down"
(feat. John Lee Hooker)
91
"Rossa mela della sera"
"Scintille"
"World"
(with Anggun)
200337 Non-album single
"Il grande Baboomba"
(feat. Mousse T.)
20048 7 16 Zu & Co.
"Everybody's Got to Learn Sometime" / "Indaco dagli occhi del cielo"
(feat. Vanessa Carlton)
56 48 63 39 90
"Così Celeste"
(feat. Cheb Mami)
99
"Pure Love"
(feat. Dolores O'Riordan)
"Like the Sun"
(feat. Macy Gray)
2005
"Blue"
(feat. Ilse DeLange)
10
"Baila Morena"
(feat. Maná)
20063 1 10
"Bacco perbacco"2 22 32 Fly
"Cuba libre"
"Occhi" / "Flying Away"5 22 60 56
  • FIMI: Gold
"È delicato"200735
  • FIMI: Gold
"Un kilo"12 22
"Wonderful Life"4 24 54 All the Best
"Amen"200842
"Tutti i colori della mia vita" / "I Won't Let You Down"7
"Una carezza"4 9 Live in Italy
"È un peccato morir"20105 2 41
  • FIMI: Gold
Chocabeck
"Someone Else's Tears"47
"Chocabeck"38 34 74 43
"—" denotes singles that did not chart or were not released

2011–present

Single! scope="col" rowspan="2"
YearPeak chart positionsCertificationsAlbum
ITA
(FIMI)

[22]
ITA
(M&D)

BEL
(WA)

SWI
"Un soffio caldo"201141 25
"Alla fine"
"Vedo nero"16 9 71
  • FIMI: Platinum
"L'écho des dimanches"
(feat. Patrick Fiori)
77
"Guantanamera (Guajira)"201211 3 La sesión cubana
"Love Is All Around (Still)"2013
"Nena"43
"Quale senso abbiamo noi"27 23 Una rosa blanca
"Un Zombie a la Intemperie"
(with Alejandro Sanz)
2015Sirope
"Partigiano reggiano"201660 31
  • FIMI: Gold
Black Cat
"Voci (Voices)"43 157
"13 buone ragioni"38
  • FIMI: Gold
"Turn the World Down"
"Ci si arrende" / "Streets of Surrender"
(feat. Mark Knopfler)
201744
"L'anno dell'amore"
"Un'altra storia"26 Wanted
"Freedom" / "My Freedom"201984 D.O.C.
"Spirito nel buio"
"La canzone che se ne va"2020
"September" Duets
"Overdose d'amore 2024" 202468
[23]
"—" denotes singles that did not chart or were not released

As featured artist

Single! scope="col" rowspan="2"
YearPeak chart positionsCertificationAlbum
ITA
(FIMI)

ITA
(M&D)

[24]
"Domani 21/04.09"
(Artisti Uniti per l'Abruzzo)
200911
  • FIMI: 2× Platinum
Charity single
"A muso duro"
(Italia Loves Emilia)
20122016Italia Loves Emilia – Il concerto

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Italy. Music & Media. 10. 2 June 1988. 22 August 2023.
  2. Web site: Zucchero Celebra Con Radio Italia I 26 Anni Di "Oro, Incenso & Birra" . 4 June 2015 . it . Radio Italia . 2 March 2016 . il sesto album di Zucchero uscito nel 1989 che ha venduto più di 8 milioni di copie in tutto il mondo.
  3. News: D'Orrico . Antonio . 9 November 2011 . Zucchero: "Ecco il romanzo della mia vita" . Zucchero: "Here's the novel of my life" . Italian . . 2 March 2016.
  4. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20211119203648/https://www.billboard.com/artist/zucchero/. 19 November 2021. Zucchero Chart History. Billboard. 13 June 2022. Click "Billboard 200", then in the list that pops up, click "World Albums".
  5. Gold & Platinum Awards 1987. Music & Media. 42–46. 26 December 1987. 22 August 2023.
  6. News: Europa - Martedì 3 Ottobre 1989 . . 22 August 2023.
  7. News: "ORO INCENSO E BIRRA" compie 30 anni e ZUCCHERO festeggia. Latte Miele. 23 May 2019. 22 August 2023. it. subscription.
  8. Italy. Zucchero. 21 April 2022.
  9. News: Gian Piero Moretti. Gino Paoli e Zucchero: ecco le star. La Stampa. it. 11 July 1999. 23 August 2023.
  10. Web site: Zucchero illumina agosto Concerto all'hotel Cala di Volpe sotto le stelle di San Lorenzo. La Nuova Sardegna. it. 22 August 2023.
  11. News: Il Festivalbar a Jovanotti. La Stampa. it. 5 September 1999. 22 August 2023.
  12. Web site: LE CIFRE DI VENDITA 2006. Musica e dischi. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140106032032/http://www.musicaedischi.it/mdonline/7046.pdf. 6 January 2014.
  13. Web site: D.O.C. by Zucchero on iTunes – Apple Music. iTunes. 8 November 2019.
  14. Web site: Top Albums (Week 46, 2019). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. fr. 19 November 2019.
  15. Web site: INACUSTICO D.O.C. & MORE di Zucchero - Musica. Universal Music Italia. 31 May 2021.
  16. Web site: Zucchero Chart History (Billboard 200). https://web.archive.org/web/20211119203648/https://www.billboard.com/artist/zucchero/. dead. 19 November 2021. Billboard. 13 June 2022.
  17. Web site: History. it. FIMI. 13 June 2022. Set "Ricerca per" on "Artista/band", then search "Zucchero" and click "Classifiche".
  18. Web site: Classifiche. Musica e dischi. it. 13 June 2022. Set "Tipo" on "Album". Then, with "Zucchero" in the "Artista" field, click "cerca".
  19. Web site: Classifiche. Musica e dischi. it. 13 June 2022. Set "Tipo" on "Singoli". Then, with "Zucchero" in the "Artista" field, click "cerca".
  20. Web site: Top RPM Singles: Issue 1690. RPM. Library and Archives Canada. 13 June 2022.
  21. France. single. infodisc. Zucchero / Paul Young.
  22. Web site: Kirk . McElhearn . 15 years of iTunes: A look at Apple's media app and its influence on an industry . . . January 9, 2016 . December 16, 2017.
  23. Web site: Top Singoli – Classifica settimanale WK 25. Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. it. 22 June 2024.
  24. Web site: Classifiche. Musica e dischi. it. 13 June 2022. Set "Tipo" on "Singoli". For "A muso duro", search that (down to capitalization) in the "Titolo" field. Do the same for the peak position for "Domani 21/4.09".