Fabrizio Mobrici (born 9 April 1975), known by his stage name Fabrizio Moro, is an Italian singer-songwriter. He released his debut album in 2000 and he achieved commercial success in 2007, after winning the Newcomers' Section of the
Sanremo Music Festival
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with his entry "Pensa". The song became a number-one hit in Italy, while the album with the same title was certified gold by the Italian Music Industry Federation.
As of 2020, he has released nine studio albums, an extended play and a live album. In 2011, Moro also presented the docu-reality ''Sbarre'', broadcast by
Rai 2
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. He also wrote songs for other artists, including
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Ermal Meta
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Non mi avete fatto niente
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Eurovision Song Contest 2018
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in
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,
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, reaching 5th place overall.
Music career
Fabrizio Moro released his debut single, "Per tutta un'altra destinazione", in 1996. The single was later included in his first self-titled studio album, which was released in 2000 by
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, following his participation in the Newcomers' Section of the 50th
Sanremo Music Festival
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. Moro competed with the song "Un giorno senza fine", placing 13th in a field of 18.
In 2004 Moro recorded a Spanish-language version of the song "Situazioni della vita" for the compilation album ''Italianos para siempre'', released in Latin America by
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and featuring songs performed by several other Italian artists. His following singles, "Eppure pretendevi di essere chiamata amore" and "Ci vuole un business" were released in 2004 and 2005, respectively.
In 2007, Moro rose to national fame after competing for a second time in the Newcomers' Section of the
Sanremo Music Festival
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. His entry "Pensa", a rap-influenced anti-
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song dedicated to
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and
Paolo Borsellino
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won the Newcomers' competition and received the "
Mia Martini
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Italian Singles Chart
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and entered the top 40 in Switzerland. The song was also included in the album with the same title, which was later certified gold by the
Federation of the Italian Music Industry
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.
After his third participation in the
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, the first in the section reserved to established artists, Moro released his third studio album in 2008, titled ''Domani''. The first single from the album, "Eppure mi hai cambiato la vita", placed third in the singing competition and became a top ten hit in Italy.
In 2009 Moro contributed writing the song "Resta come sei" for the album ''Diluvio universale'' by Italian
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band Stadio. Moro also appears as a featured artists in the track. On 5 June 2009, he released his first
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, ''Barabba''. The title track was considered by Italian journalists as a reference to
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's scandal involving teenager Noemi Letizia. Despite this, he denied any reference to Silvio Berlusconi, claiming the song was written before the scandal was revealed.
The following year, Moro competed once again in the
Sanremo Music Festival
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, performing the song "Non è una canzone". During the semi-final, he also performed the song with Spanish band
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, but he failed to qualify for the final night of the competition. The song was included in the album ''Ancora Barabba'' and peaked at number 17 on the Italian
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Top Digital Download.
In November 2011, Moro debuted as a TV personality, presenting the programme ''Sbarre'', a docu-reality about Italian prisons broadcast by
Rai 2
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. Moro also wrote and performed the programme's theme song, "Respiro", released as a single on 23 September 2011 and included in Moro's first live album, ''Live Atlantico''.
As a songwriter, Moro also wrote the songs "Sono solo parole" and "Se non è amore", both released as singles by Noemi and included in the 2012 edition of ''
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'' and in ''Rosso Live'', respectively.
On 11 February 2018, Moro, along with
Ermal Meta
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Non mi avete fatto niente
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, and as such, represented
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at the
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in
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,
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, reaching fifth place overall.
Discography
Studio albums
Live albums
Compilation albums
Extended plays
Singles
Television
* ''Sbarre'' (2011) –
Rai 2
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