Alessandro "Alex" Britti (born 23 August 1968) is an Italian singer-songwriter

Singer-songwriter

Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...

 and guitarist

Guitarist

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Biography

At the age of 17 he started his first band playing blues

Blues

Blues is the name given to both a musical form and a music genre that originated in African-American communities of primarily the "Deep South" of the United States at the end of the 19th century from spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts and chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads...

 at various clubs in Rome, eventually he moved to Milan at the center of the Italian pop scene. He worked with other musicians like Buddy Miles

Buddy Miles

George Allen Miles, Jr. , known as Buddy Miles, was an American rock and funk drummer, most known as a founding member of The Electric Flag in 1967, then as a member of Jimi Hendrix's Band of Gypsys from 1969 through to January 1970.-Early life:George Allen Miles was born in Omaha, Nebraska on...

, Billy Preston

Billy Preston

William Everett "Billy" Preston was a musician who gained notoriety and fame, first as a session musician for the likes of Sam Cooke, Ray Charles and The Beatles, and later finding fame as a solo artist with hits such as "Space Race", "Will It Go Round in Circles" and "Nothing from...

 and Louisiana Red

Louisiana Red

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 and toured Europe with Rosa King

Rosa King

Rosa King was an American Jazz and blues saxophonist/singer who made her fame in Amsterdam and recorded many albums under a variety of labels.-Career:...

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He had his first hit in 1998 when Solo una volta (o tutta la vita) made it to the top of the Italian charts.
In 1999 he won in the newcomers category at the
San Remo festival

Festival della canzone italiana

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 with the song ‘’Oggi sono io’’

Albums

• 1998 - It.Pop Ita:3X Platinum 350,000+
• 2000 - La vasca Ita: 3X Platinum 350,000+
• 2003 - 3Ita : Gold 50,000+
• 2005 - Festa
• 2008 - Alex Britti MTV Unplugged
• 2009 - .23 (album) Ita: Gold 30,000+

Singles

• 1998 - Solo una volta (o tutta la vita)
  Solo una volta (o tutta la vita)
  Solo una Volta , meaning "only once " is a single from Alex Britti's 1998 album It.Pop.-Background:The tune is a post-modern Italian popular music song. It was also Britti's debut single. A Spanish promo version was released, and It.pop was released in October, 1998. In November it reached number...
  
  
• 1998 - Gelido
• 1999 - Oggi sono io
• 1999 - Mi piaci
• 2000 - Una su 1.000.000
• 2000 - La vasca
• 2001 - Sono contento
• 2003 - 7000 caffè
• 2003 - La Vita sognata
• 2003 - Lo zingaro felice
• 2005 - Prendere o lasciare
• 2006 - Festa
• 2006 - Quanto ti amo
• 2006 - Solo con te
• 2006 - Notte di mezza estate
• 2008 - Milano
• 2008 - L'isola che non c'è
• 2009 - Piove
• 2009 - Buona fortuna
• 2011 - Immaturi

External references

• Official site