Among the female names that have shaped Italian songwriting, Fiorella Mannoia holds one of the top positions: born in Rome in 1954, she began her musical career in 1968. She steadily gained popularity, culminating in her participation in the Sanremo Festival with Caffè nero bollente in 1981. Her career continued with numerous successes and great songs, including Come si cambia in 1984, and especially Quello che le donne non dicono in 1987, with which she won the Critics’ Award at the Sanremo Festival—a prize she won again in 1988 with Le notti di maggio.
Some of her most important albums include Canzoni per parlare (1988), I treni a vapore (1992), Gente comune (1994), Fragile (2001), Onda tropicale (2006), Sud (2012), Combattente (2016), and Padroni di niente (2020). She has collaborated with numerous artists, including Ivano Fossati, Enrico Ruggeri, Francesco De Gregori, and Caetano Veloso.
She shares the record, alongside four other artists, for the highest number of awards from the Club Tenco, with six Targhe Tenco. She has also been named Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic and won the Nastro d’argento for Best Original Song for the film Perfetti Sconosciuti.
