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italy

Last updated: Mon Oct 20 2025 10:05:59 GMT+0300 (Eastern European Summer Time)

Description

Italian music encompasses a diverse range of styles from classical opera and baroque composition to contemporary pop, rock, and hip-hop, all unified by the melodic richness of the Italian language. The genre reflects Italy's deep cultural heritage while embracing modern influences, blending traditional instrumentation with contemporary production. Known for passionate vocals and lyrical storytelling, Italian music spans from intimate singer-songwriter ballads to energetic folk-rock and urban sounds.

100 chronological releases

Place	Cover	Date	Artist	Album	Tags	Other places
90		1967	Mina	Sabato sera Studio Uno 1967	italian pop italy soundtrack	italian pop # 92
73		1970-11	Fabrizio De André	La Buona Novella	italian	italian # 71
3		1971	Fabrizio De André	Non al denaro non all'amore né al cielo	cantautori singer-songwriter	italiana # 52 poetry # 71 cantautori # 99
6		1971	Vita Nova	Vita Nova	art rock classic rock italy progressive rock
26		1972	Fabrizio De André	Fabrizio De Andrè (Blu)	italian italy singer-songwriter
93		1972-04	Lucio Battisti	Umanamente Uomo: Il Sogno	italiana italy	italiana # 90
98		1973	Fabrizio De André	Storia Di Un Impiegato	italy	italiana # 41
87		1977	Giorgio Moroder	From Here to Eternity (Remastered)	italy
10		1978	Roberto Vecchioni	Calabuig	cantautore italian italiano italy	italiano # 55 cantautore # 81
35		1980	Decibel	Vivo da re	italy
4		1981	Paolo Conte	Paris Milonga
52		1982	Ricchi e poveri	Mamma Maria	italy pop
79		1983	Gigliola Cinquetti	Non ho l'età	italian italy napoli	napoli # 99
40		1983	Caterina Caselli	Il volto della vita	italian italy
11		1984	Loredana Bertè	Savoir Faire	italian italian pop italiana italy pop rock rock	italian pop # 17
23		1984	Intelligence Dept.	Sleeping City	electronic female vocalists italy post-punk
84		1986	Ennio Morricone	The Best of Ennio Morricone	exotica instrumental italy jazz lounge new age soundtrack	exotica # 95
38		1986	Gigliola Cinquetti	La Regina Di San Remo	italian italy
47		1988	Various Artists	Pietà l'è morta - Canti della resistenza italiana 1	italian italy protest	protest # 86
82		1991	Fabrizio De André	Il viaggio	italy
76		1992	Nek	Nek	italiano italy pop rock world	italiano # 96
18		1993	Eros Ramazzotti	Tutte Storie/Original Italian Version	italy pop
92		1995	Afterhours	Germi	italian rock italy rock	italian rock # 95
12		1995	Terra	Close Enough - Single	alternative italian italy progressive rock tribal
57		1996	Carmen Consoli	Due Parole	italy
63		1996	Carmen Consoli	Dueparole	italy
75		1996-09-19	Fabrizio De André	Anime salve	italian	italian # 82
32		1997	Carmen Consoli	Un sorso in più	italy
33		1997	Paola & Chiara	Ci Chiamano Bambine	italy pop
53		1998-10-29	Carmen Consoli	Mediamente Isterica	italy
30		1999-11-20	Eiffel 65	Europop	electronic eurodance	techno # 41 europop # 62 eurodance # 89
14		2000	Ennio Morricone	Ennio Morricone At The Movies	classical instrumental italian italy new age western	western # 36
94		2000	Carmen Consoli	Stato di necessità	female vocalists italy rock
81		2000-02-25	Tiromancino	La Descrizione Di Un Attimo	italy pop rock
72		2000-05	Elisa	Asile's World	electronic female vocalists italian italy pop singer-songwriter
42		2000-08	Prozac+	Prozac+: The Best Of Platinum	alternative female vocalists italian italiana italy male vocalists punk rock
28		2001	Carmen Consoli	L'Anfiteatroelabambinaimpertinente	female vocalists italian italian pop italian rock italiana italy pop rock rock singer-songwriter	italian pop # 36 italian rock # 55
83		2001	Laura Pausini	Lo Mejor de Laura Pausini - Volveré Junto a Ti	europop female vocalists italian italy pop soft rock spanish	italian # 15 europop # 78
100		2001	Bandabardò	Se Mi Rilasso Collasso	italy
89		2002	Luigi Tenco	Tenco	italiana italy	italiana # 84
65		2002	Elisa	Elisa	italy
78		2002	Carmen Consoli	L'Eccezione	italy
86		2002	Nek	Le cose da difendere	italy
16		2002-01-26	Armando Trovaioli	Caccia il Trovaioli	soundtrack
64		2002-06-28	Tiziano Ferro	Rosso relativo	italian italian pop male vocalists	italiana # 27 italian # 50 italiano # 84 italian pop # 95
37		2003	Ataraxia	Des Paroles Blanches	ambience ambient contemporary classical dark ambient darkwave deep ambient ethereal female vocalists italian folk italy neoclassical neofolk sacred soundscape soundtrack spiritual	soundscape # 45 deep ambient # 84 italian folk # 90 sacred # 91 ambience # 93
54		2003	svemir	Vagabond	alternative instrumental italy one man project post-punk post-rock	one man project # 93
49		2003	Carmen Consoli	Carmen Consoli	italy
91		2003	Articolo 31	Italiano Medio	italy
85		2003-02	Marta Sui Tubi	Muscoli e dei	folk italian italiana italiano italy male vocalists rock	italian # 21 italiana # 76 italiano # 98
60		2004	Paola & Chiara	Blu	dance-pop italian italy pop
39		2005-02-24	Paola & Chiara	Greatest Hits Paola & Chiara	italy pop
58		2005-03-04	Paola & Chiara	Greatest Hits	italian italy pop
55		2005-03-07	Offlaga Disco Pax	Socialismo Tascabile (Prove Tecniche di Trasmissione)	italian	italian # 12
25		2005-09-23	Marco Parente	Neve (Ridens)	italian italy
17		2005-10	Roberto Dalla Vecchia	Grateful	acoustic guitar bluegrass italy	acoustic guitar # 6
44		2005-12-20	Renato Zero	Il dono	italian italy
56		2005-12	Centovalley	August	ambient electronica house italian italy japan japanese jazz lounge switzerland	switzerland # 89
9		2006	Elisa	Teach Me Again	female vocalists italian italy pop singer-songwriter
20		2006-04-15	Fabryka	Testing Toys Ep	italy
77		2006-06-20	Tiziano Ferro	Nessuno è solo	italian pop	italian pop # 99
61		2006-07-10	Septycal Gorge	Growing Seeds Of Decay	brutal death metal italy technical brutal death metal	technical brutal death metal # 10
68		2006-09-30	RAN	Ran	electronic electronica industrial italian italy synthpop
62		2007	Hour of Penance	Promo 2007	death metal italy
66		2007-10-15	Amor Fou	La Stagione Del Cannibale	alternative italy rock
67		2007-10-26	Altro	Aspetto	alternative italian italy
29		2007-11-09	Fiorella Mannoia	Canzoni Nel Tempo	italy pop
5		2008	Carlos Pontual	Instrumental Social	afrobeat argentina bossa nova brazil brazilian broken beat buenos aires dancehall deep house disco downtempo electronic flamenco freestyle funk hip-hop house italy jazz latin samba soul spain tango	broken beat # 2 spain # 34 buenos aires # 96
99		2008	Laura Pausini	Primavera Anticipada	ballad italian italy pop pop rock	ballad # 20 italian # 91
13		2008-01	Clitoridus Invaginatus	Putrid Pussy Warehouse	brutal death metal italy
45		2009-04-22	Popular Computer	Senso Data	electro electronic french italy pop portugal spain	spain # 64 portugal # 71
22		2010	Bologna Violenta	Il nuovissimo mondo	italy
27		2010	Ruins	The Art Dance	electronic italy male vocalists minimal synth minimal wave new wave synthpop
1		2010-01-26	Laura Pausini	Laura Live Gira Mundial 09	rock soft rock female vocalists italian	europop # 6 italian rock # 44
7		2011-01-19	Puffin on My Side	Lech-Lecha	ambient ambient rock europe instrumental instrumental rock italian italy post-rock	ambient rock # 89
24		2011-01-31	MeDo's Little Trap	Medicine Sound	acoustic baroque pop europe folktronica indie folk italian italy pop rock
43		2011-03-01	Spiral69	No Paint On The Wall	dark rock italian italiana italy new wave	dark rock # 81
2		2011-10-26	Amycanbe	Mountain Whales	alternative ambient electronic italy rock
21		2011-11-14	Plaster	Platforms	electronic electronica italy
74		2011-11-30	The Frozen Autumn	Chirality	darkwave electronic italy male vocalists
59		2011-12	Popular Computer	Lointain	electro electronic french italy pop portugal spain	spain # 72 portugal # 81
15		2012-01-27	Bologna Violenta	Utopie e Piccole Soddisfazioni	italian italy
50		2012-02	Popular Computer	LiTE	electro electronic french italy pop portugal spain	spain # 65 portugal # 74
48		2013	The Bloody Beetroots	8106.tv	dub electro electronic house italy
80		2013-03-18	Fast Animals and slow kids	Hybris	italy rock
46		2013-05-15	Levante	Alfonso	italiana italy
70		2013-07-02	Neo	Water Resistance	blues instrumental italian italiana italy jazz jazzcore	italiana # 35 jazzcore # 92
41		2014-04-15	Popular Computer	Senso Data (Extended Version)	electro electronic french italy pop portugal spain	spain # 55 portugal # 63
36		2015	Franz Joseph Haydn	Haydn: Cello Concertos Nos. 1 And 2/Boccherini: Cello Concerto	austria italy	austria # 71
51		2015-02-03	Wind Rose	Wardens Of The West Wind	folk metal italy pagan metal power metal progressive metal
71		2016-07-15	Luchè	Malammore	italy rap
97		2017-02-10	Amy Lee	Love Exists	italy
34		2017-12-22	.CASTING	RAWJAMZ	future funk italy	future funk # 41
69		2018-03-30	Ermal Meta	Non mi avete fatto niente (ESC Version)	eurovision italy	eurovision # 59
31		2019-09-20	Sandro Brugnolini	SUPERGROUND	avant-pop easy listening experimental pop funk italy jazz soundtrack	avant-pop # 15 experimental pop # 22
19		2019-12-18	Murubutu	Tenebra è la notte ed altri racconti di buio e crepuscoli	italy rap
96		2021	Madame	Madame	italian italy rap trap	italian # 78
95		2022-06-10	Wind Rose	Warfront	epic metal folk metal italy metal power metal symphonic power metal	epic metal # 95 symphonic power metal # 95
88			Domenico Scarlatti	Scarlatti, D.: Keyboard Sonatas		baroque # 58
8			Latteo	I am I	african deep house electronic house italian italy

Related genres

• italian
• electronic
• rock
• progressive rock
• pop
• alternative
• fusion
• contemporary jazz
• folk
• jazz