I’ve now completed my research into popular music in Italy and have found a couple that I like (after the inauspicious start it turned out ok after all). First thing I found is that artists seem to have more longevity here so the same artists are popular for decades in a row.
The ones I found that I now want to buy their music:
Tiziano Ferro, good music in the ballad type genre. One of his songs has been on the radio constantly for a year because it was in a really popular movie but, he’s also got some really fun quirky stuff as well like “Raffella è mia” which is about a guy who wins a date from a Italian Vana White in a TV contest.
Ligabue, for all I can tell has been popular since 1985 or so but, he really is good with words. Again ballad type.
Neffa, the only italian rap star that I really like! Had a cool video last year with a girl walking around with a mirror around her neck.
Negramaro, Matt says that they are far to Emo for his taste but, I get a kick out of them. Very angry music. You have to have music for every mood though, right
