Claudio Baglioni

Claudio Baglioni first saw the light of day in Rome during 1951. Although singing formed part of his upbringing, he devoted the closing years of the 1960s to acting. By the decade’s end the Italian branch of RCA had placed him under contract, prompting a return to music that materialized with his self-titled debut in 1970. Six further albums appeared on the label through 1977’s Solo before he transferred to CBS, which brought out E Tu Come Stai? the following year. Recording continued under the CBS banner until a temporary withdrawal in 1986.

Activity resumed in 1990 with the CBS release Oltre, after which Sony Music issued 1992’s Assieme. Over the ensuing eight years five additional studio sets and two live albums followed, among them the 2000 title Acustico, Sogno di Una Notte di Note. Exclusively through his own site, a 2001 live recording called InCanto presented the vocalist accompanied solely by piano. Sony welcomed Sono Io: L’uomo Della Storia Accanto in 2003 and maintained a steady flow of further albums across the next ten years.

Baglioni supplied the official anthem for the 2006 Winter Olympics staged in Turin. He also wrote the score for the 2009 romantic comedy Questo Piccolo Grande Amore, whose title echoed his 1972 LP and whose story drew upon several of his songs. The world tour that came afterward yielded the live album Per il Mondo: World Tour 2010. Entering his sixties yet still active across multiple media, he published the 2015 collection of brief reflections and verse titled Inter Nos. Concerts shared with fellow Italian pop legend Gianni Morandi were documented on Capitani Coraggiosi: Il Live, issued by Sony Music in 2016; the set reached the summit of the domestic album chart.