Annalisa Scarrone

Annalisa Scarrone (born 5 August 1985), better known as simply Annalisa or Nali, is an Italian singer-songwriter, and record producer. After being part of two bands, Elaphe Guttata and leNoire (formerly Malvasia), she became famous after participating in the tenth edition of the talent show Amici di Maria De Filippi in 2010–2011, where she finished in second place. Subsequently, Annalisa participated in the Sanremo Music Festival 2013 with the song "Scintille" and finished ninth.Annalisa participated at the Sanremo Music Festival 2015 with the song "Una finestra tra le stelle" and finished fourth. In 2016, she returned to the Sanremo Music Festival with the single "Il diluvio universale" finishing eleventh, and again in the 2018 edition with "Il mondo prima di te", finishing third, and most recently she finished seventh with "Dieci" in Sanremo 2021; she was once again selected to compete in Sanremo in 2024 with "Sinceramente".

In 2023, she topped the Italian singles chart for the first time with the song "Mon amour", becoming the first female soloist to do so in over three years. Throughout her career she has received several awards including an MTV Europe Music Award, a Wind Music Award and a Lutezia Award for her songwriting, as well as nominations at the Kid's Choice Award and World Music Awards. In 2023 Forbes Italia listed Annalisa among "the 100 successful women in Italy" of the year.She has released 8 albums and 34 singles as a solo artist, receiving 31 platinum and 13 gold certifications and selling over 2.8 million copies in Italy. She has also written songs for other artists including Gianna Nannini, Fedez, Benji & Fede and collaborated with Boomdabash, J-Ax, Antonello Venditti, Gianluca Grignani, Marcella Bella and Nomadi.

From 2015 to 2019, she presented the documentary series Tutta colpa di ... on Italia 1, focusing on the scientists Albert Einstein, Galileo Galilei, Charles Darwin and Leonardo da Vinci.