Simone Cristicchi

Simone Christicchi
Background information
Born February 5, 1977
Rome, Italy
Genres Ska
R&B
Pop rap
Rock
Occupation(s) Singer

Simone Christicchi (born 5 February 1977 in Rome) is an Italian singer and composer.

Biography

In March 2007, Simone won the 57th edition of the Sanremo music festival. His song "Ti regalerò una rosa"[1] won due to extremely high marks received from the festival staff (96/100) and popular vote. The lyrics to the song are taken from papers he found that were written by a man who was in a mental hospital for most of his life. It is a sad tale of the man's struggle with being away from the woman he loves and being exiled for being mentally ill. The song has so far reached number 3 on the official Italian charts and number 1 one the official downloads chart going to became Christicchi's most successful song to date in the country.

Albums

Singles

Song Chart Peak position
Vorrei Cantare Come Biagio Italy 25
Studentessa universitaria Italy 27
Prete Italy Did not chart
Ti regalerò una rosa Italy 3
Italy Downloads 1

References

  1. ""Ti regalerò una rosa" — Song Lyrics Translated to English". italylogue.com. 19 March 2007. Retrieved 2010-01-28.

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