Claudio Baglioni

Claudio Baglioni (; born 16 May 1951) is an Italian pop singer-songwriter and musician. His career has been going on for over 50 years. Some songs from the 70s are part of Italian culture such as "E tu come stai?". In the 80s he released the two best-selling albums ever in Italy "Strada facendo" and "La vita è adesso". And in the 90's he embraced World Music with records like "Oltre" and "Io sono qui." In 2006 he composed the anthem of the 2006 Winter Olympics.
Biography.
Around 1968 he composed the "Annabel Lee" musical suite, based on a poem by Edgar Allan Poe. In 1969 he released his first single and recorded the single "Signora Lia"; a comic song that tells of a lady's marital infidelity, over time the song will become a cult of Italian pop music despite its poor initial success.
Success came only in 1972 with the album "Questo piccolo grande amore"; the homonymous song in 1985 will be awarded as the Italian song of the century. In 1974 he recorded the album "E tu ..." with Vangelis. In 1975 it comes out "Sabato pomeriggio"; a concept album about waiting, based on Giacomo Leopardi's poems. In 1977 the album "Solo"; the first in which he makes lyrics, music and production on his own. In 1978 comes the incredible success with the album "E tu come stai?".
In 1981 he produced the hugely successful album "Strada facendo"; the first Italian album to reach one million copies sold. The following year the "Ale-Oo tour" starts, the first tour of an Italian singer in the big stadiums. The name of the tour in fact takes its cue from a typical chorus of football matches. In 1985 comes the incredible success of the album "La vita è adesso", the best-selling album of all time in Italy, in 1986 the "Assolo tour" starts. In 1988 he participated in a concert of the "Human Right Now!" tour with Peter Gabriel, Sting and Bruce Springsteen.
In 1990 after 3 years of work he released the double album "Oltre", an ambitious project with 20 songs that embrace World Music and the participation of great international artists; the album will radically change the Italian music industry. The concert of 1991 will be decreed by Billboard magazine as the best concert of the year in the world, due to the stage that is located in the center of the stadium with the public surrounding it in the round. In 1995 he released the album "Io sono qui" and in 1999 the album "Viaggiatore sulla coda del tempo", Baglioni will subsequently declare that the three albums make up a trilogy of time where each represents the past, present and future respectively. 
On 6 June 1998 he made the last concert of the millennium at the Olympic stadium in Rome, the concert totaled over 100,000 spectators thanks to the stage in the center and the spectators who filled the stadium, still this record remains undefeated by any event, both musical and sporty.
In the 2000s he released the album "Sono io", In 2010 he did a series of concerts around the world. In 2013 he released the album "Con voi" and in 2020 the album "In questa storia, che è la mia".
In 2019 to celebrate 50 years of career, he realizes an incredible concert at the Verona Arena which for the first time is open to the public in its entirety. With the stage in the center and the spectators filling the entire arena in the round.
Discography.
Studio albums