Lùnapop was an Italian
pop rock
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music group active between 1999 and 2001.
Lùnapop released its lone full length
Italian language
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album, ''...Squérez?'', in 1999. The album quickly became a commercial success, with the single "50 special", hitting the number one spot in the Italian charts in 1999, and ''...Squérez?'' being the third-best selling album in Italy in 2000. The band won awards as Italy's best band, best album, and best newcomer in 2000.
Lùnapop was also nominated for a
2000 MTV Europe Music Awards
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, and won the 2000
Festivalbar
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award with their single "Qualcosa di grande".
Break up
Lùnapop split up in 2001. Lead singer
Cesare Cremonini pursued a successful solo career. His Lùnapop bandmate, Nicola 'Ballo' Balestri, joined him in his new band, along with other musicians. Since going solo, Cremonini has released six solo studio albums: ''Bagus,'' ''Maggese,'' ''Il primo bacio sulla Luna,'' ''La teoria dei colori,'' ''Logico,'' and ''Possibili scenari.'' Solo hits include "Vieni a vedere perché", "Latin Lover", "Gongi-Boy", "Marmellata #25", "Dicono di me" and "Figlio di un re".
Alessandro De Simone, Gabriele Galassi and Andrea Capoti formed the band Liberpool in 2008. Their first single, "Sotto i portici", was released in 2009 and was followed by an album called ''LP.''
Michele Giuliani retired from the music industry.
Members
*
Cesare Cremonini (born in
Bologna
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, 27 March 1980) – vocals and piano
*Andrea Capoti (
Gallipoli
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, 3 July 1980) – percussion
*Michele Giuliani (Bologna, 14 August 1980) – electric guitar
*Alessandro de Simone (Bologna, 19 October 1980) – drums
*Gabriele Galassi (Bologna, 27 January 1981) – acoustic guitar
*Nicola "Ballo" Balestri (Bologna, 20 June 1982) – bass guitar
Discography
Albums
*1999: ''...Squérez?''
Singles
*1999: "50 special"
*2000: "Un giorno migliore"
*2000: "Qualcosa di grande"
*2000: "Se ci sarai"
*2001: "Resta con me"
*2001: "Vorrei"
References
External links
Official website(in Italian)
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Italian pop music groups
Musical groups established in 1999
Musical groups disestablished in 2002
Musical groups from Bologna
1999 establishments in Italy