Lùnapop
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Lùnapop was an Italian
pop rock
music group, active between 1999 and 2002.
Lùnapop released its lone full length Italian-language
album, ...Squérez?, in 1999. The album quickly became a commercial success: its lead single, "50 Special," hit number one on the Italian charts in 1999, and ...Squérez? was the third-best selling album in Italy in 2000. The band won awards as Italy's best band, best album, and best newcomer in 2000.
Lùnapop was also nominated for a 2000 MTV Europe Music Award
, and won the 2000 Festivalbar
award for their single "Qualcosa di grande."
Lùnapop split up in 2002. Lead singer Cesare Cremonini
embarked on a solo career, and has since established himself as a popular Italian singer and songwriter.
Italy
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pop rock
Pop rock
Pop rock is a music genre which mixes a catchy pop style and light lyrics in its guitar-based rock songs. There are varying definitions of the term, ranging from a slower and mellower form of rock music to a subgenre of pop music...
music group, active between 1999 and 2002.
Lùnapop released its lone full length Italian-language
Italian language
Italian is a Romance language spoken mainly in Europe: Italy, Switzerland, San Marino, Vatican City, by minorities in Malta, Monaco, Croatia, Slovenia, France, Libya, Eritrea, and Somalia, and by immigrant communities in the Americas and Australia...
album, ...Squérez?, in 1999. The album quickly became a commercial success: its lead single, "50 Special," hit number one on the Italian charts in 1999, and ...Squérez? was the third-best selling album in Italy in 2000. The band won awards as Italy's best band, best album, and best newcomer in 2000.
Lùnapop was also nominated for a 2000 MTV Europe Music Award
MTV Europe Music Awards 2000
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, and won the 2000 Festivalbar
Festivalbar
The Festivalbar was an Italian singing competition that took place in the most important Italian squares during summer, such as the Piazza del Duomo, Milan; the first time it was held was in 1964...
award for their single "Qualcosa di grande."
Lùnapop split up in 2002. Lead singer Cesare Cremonini
Cesare Cremonini
Cesare Cremonini [IPA: 'tʃεzare kremo'nini] is an Italian singer-songwriter.Cremonini was the leader of Lùnapop, a successful and popular Italian pop band between 1999 and 2002. In 2002 Lùnapop was disbanded. He has since pursued a successful solo career...
embarked on a solo career, and has since established himself as a popular Italian singer and songwriter.