Francesco Renga

Pierfrancesco "Francesco" Renga (born 12 June 1968) is an Italian singer-songwriter. He won the Sanremo Music Festival 2005 with the song "Angelo",^[1] after winning the Mia Martini critics award at the 2001 Festival. He took part again in Sanremo in 2009 with "Uomo senza età",^[2] in 2012 with "La tua bellezza",^[3] in 2024 (alongside Nek) with "Pazzo di te",^[4][5] and is set to take part once more in the 2026 edition with "Il meglio di me".^[6]

Francesco Renga
Ambra Angiolini and Francesco Renga in 2009
Background information
Born	Pierfrancesco Renga (1968-06-12) 12 June 1968 (age 57) Udine, Italy
Origin	Brescia, Italy
Genres	Pop rock
Occupations	Singer songwriter
Years active	1986–present
Website	www.francescorenga.it

In 2010 he dedicated to his then longtime girlfriend Ambra Angiolini (2004–2015) the song "Stai con me", written by Emilio Munda.^[7]

Discography

Albums

• 2001 Francesco Renga (ITA #46)
• 2002 Tracce (ITA #6 - Platinum 100,000+)
• 2004 Camere con vista (ITA #4 - 2× Platinum 200,000+)
• 2007 Ferro e cartone (ITA #1 - Platinum 120,000+)
• 2009 Orchestraevoce (ITA #7 - Platinum - 100,000+)
• 2010 Un giorno bellissimo (ITA #7 - Gold - 30,000+)
• 2012 Fermoimmagine (ITA #15)
• 2014 Tempo Reale (ITA #1)
• 2016 Scriverò il tuo nome (ITA #1)
• 2019 L'altra metà (ITA #2^[8])