Sandro Cavazza

Alessandro Michele "Sandro" Cavazza (Italian pronunciation: [(ales)ˈsandro miˈkɛːle kaˈvattsa]; born 11 September 1992) is a Swedish singer-songwriter of Italian origin. Besides his solo career he was also a member of the pop group Estraden.

Sandro Cavazza
Sandro Cavazza in 2024
Background information
Birth name	Alessandro Michele Cavazza
Born	(1992-09-11) 11 September 1992 (age 32)
Origin	Stockholm, Sweden
Genres	Pop
Occupations	Singer songwriter
Years active	2014–present

He names his musical influences as Eagle-Eye Cherry, Nirvana, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Westlife, ABBA, Max Martin, Bon Iver and Queen, in particular Freddie Mercury.^[1]

Cavazza is well known as a good friend of the Swedish producer Avicii. They made two songs together ("Gonna Love Ya" and "Sunset Jesus") for Avicii's album Stories. Cavazza is also featured on "Without You" which was nominated for a Grammis in 2017. During a road-trip through America, Avicii and Cavazza wrote multiple songs together. After Avicii's death in 2018, only "Forever Yours" was released in 2020, after it was finished by Norwegian producer and DJ Kygo.

Despite his intention to retire as a performer after that, he has since featured on songs by other artists, including "All for Love" by Felix Jaehn (May 2023),^[2] "Fade Away" from Kygo's fifth album Kygo (June 2024) and “Young Again” by Don Diablo (September 2024)

Personal life

In an interview in June 2018, Cavazza described his background as "very Swedish and part Italian", consisting of Sunday dinners with his Italian family partnered with a very secure social system in Sweden. This allowed him the opportunity to attend music school.^[1] On 23 November 2021, Cavazza announced his intention to "end his career" as an artist, claiming the reasons to be that "some things like social media, competition and being at the center of attention do not make me happy". He intended to solely focus on his career as a songwriter and held one final concert in Stockholm in 2022.^[3]

Discography

Extended plays

Title	Details
Sandro Cavazza	Released: 28 April 2017[4] Label: Ineffable Music, Universal Formats: Digital download
Weird & Talkative	Released: 13 November 2020[5] Label: Ineffable Music, Universal Formats: Digital download, streaming

Singles

As lead artist

Title	Year	Peak chart positions								Certifications	Album
		SWE [6]	AUS [7][8]	BEL (FL) [9]	BEL (WA) [10]	GER [11]	NL [12]	NOR [13]	SWI [14]
"What It Feels Like"[15]	2017	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		Sandro Cavazza
"Don't Hold Me"[16]		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	GLF: Gold[17]
"So Much Better" (Remix)[18]		12	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"High with Somebody" (with P3GI-13)	2018	9	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	GLF: 3× Platinum[19]	Non-album singles
"Here"[20]		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Used To" (featuring Lou Elliotte)[21]		63	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	GLF: Gold[19]
"Enemy"[22]	2019	43	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	GLF: Platinum[19]
"Forever Yours (Avicii Tribute)" (with Avicii and Kygo)[23]	2020	4	96	58	49	65	65	5	25
"Sad Child" (with Brother Leo)[24]		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	GLF: Gold[25]	Weird & Talkative
"Lean on Me"[26]		44	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	GLF: Platinum[19]
"Love to Lose" (with Georgia Ku)[27]	2021	—[A]	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	GLF: Gold[29]	Non-album singles
"Don't Deserve This" (with Nea)[30]		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Shameless"[31]		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"The Days"[32]	2022	68	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Hold on Me" (with Kygo)	2024	49	—	—	—	—	—	25	—		TBA
"—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

As featured artist

Title	Year	Peak chart positions										Certifications	Album
		SWE [6]	AUS [7]	AUT [33]	BEL (FL) [9]	BEL (WA) [10]	FRA [34]	GER [11]	NL [12]	NOR [13]	SWI [14]
"Beautiful Life" (Lost Frequencies featuring Sandro Cavazza)	2016	—	—	51	1	1	39	50	65	—	—	BEA: 2× Platinum[35] BVMI: Gold[36] NVPI: Platinum[37] SNEP: Gold[38]	Less Is More
"Without You" (Avicii featuring Sandro Cavazza)	2017	1	20	7	15	15	59	18	13	3	10	GLF: 7× Platinum[39] BEA: Platinum[35] BVMI: Platinum[36] IFPI AUT: Gold[40] SNEP: Platinum[38]	Avīci (01)
"Happy Now" (Kygo featuring Sandro Cavazza)[41]	2018	3	50	53	26	13	168	53	—	6	20	GLF: 3× Platinum[19] ARIA: Gold[42] BEA: Gold[35] BVMI: Gold[36] IFPI SWI: Gold[43] SNEP: Gold[38]	Non-album single
"All for Love" (Felix Jaehn featuring Sandro Cavazza)[2]	2023	—[B]	—	—	33	—	—	—	—[C]	—	—		TBA
"—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Non-single album appearances

Title	Year	Peak chart positions		Certifications	Album
		SWE [6]	NOR [13]
"Gonna Love Ya" (Avicii featuring Sandro Cavazza)	2015	3	25	GLF: 3× Platinum[39]	Stories
"Sunset Jesus" (Avicii featuring Gavin DeGraw, John Dhani Lennevald, Mike Posner & Sandro Cavazza)		37	—
"Beautiful" (Kygo featuring Sandro Cavazza)	2020	—	—		Golden Hour
"Fade Away" (Kygo featuring Sandro Cavazza)	2024	—	—		Kygo
"—" denotes a song that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Other certified songs

Title	Year	Certifications	Album
"What Kind of Man"	2017	GLF: Gold[46]	Sandro Cavazza

Notes

1. "Love to Lose" did not enter the Swedish Singellista Chart, but peaked at number three on the Swedish Heatseeker Chart.^[28]
2. "All for Love" did not enter the Swedish Singellista Chart, but peaked at number six on the Swedish Heatseeker Chart.^[44]
3. "All for Love" did not enter the Dutch Single Top 100, but peaked at number one on the Dutch Single Tip chart.^[45]