Irene Grandi (born 6 December 1969) is an Italian singer and songwriter. During her career she has sung in

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and has performed duets in German, French,

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and in

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, selling around 5 million records and earning 9 top-ten albums and 6 top-ten singles of which one number-one on the Italian music charts. She has participated five times at the

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gaining the podium in 2000. Grandi has performed for six times at the

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, conquering twice the platform and winning the Radio Awards. In the 2009 she has won a Wind Music Award, and in 2011 a Sanremo Hit Award.

Biography

Irene Grandi was born in

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. She debuted in the

in the category ''New Proposed'' with "Fuori", in 1994, which was later won by

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, who was also debuting the same year. Her first album, ''Irene Grandi'', contained songs written with

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("Sposati subito") and

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("T.V.B."). In 1995, her second album, ''In vacanza da una vita'', was released. It contained such songs as "In vacanza da una vita" and "Bum bum". These albums were followed up by ''Per fortuna purtroppo'', ''Verde rosso e blu'', ''Kose da Grandi'', and ''Indelebile'' among others. In 2000, she placed second in the

with a song written together with

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. She performed lead vocals on the song "Blue", the closing track on French producer

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's 2003 album ''Strong Currents''. In 2004, she made her debut as

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with

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at the

. She participated as a contestant in the 60th edition of the Sanremo Music Festival in 2010 with her song "La cometa di Halley" and again in 2015 with "Un vento senza nome". She participated at the

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with the song "Finalmente io".

Discography

Filmography

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'' (1996)

References

External links

Official page – irenegrandi.it

Warner Music Irene Grandi page

Irene Grandi Fanclub

On MySpace

Concert tickets, Schedule, Tour Dates – livenation.it
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