"Emma Marrone" born 25 May 1984, known professionally as Emma, is an Italian pop singer, songwriter, and actress.
After working with several bands, she won the Italian talent show Amici di Maria De Filippi in March 2010 and signed a contract with the record label Universal Music. Since 2010, she has released 7 solo studio albums, 1 extended play and 39 singles, peaking on the Italian Singles Chart and the Italian Albums Chart four times and selling more than 1.6 million records in Italy. On 18 February 2012, she won the Sanremo Music Festival 2012 with her song “Non è l’inferno” and she represented Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 with the song “La mia città”, finishing 21st.
She has worked with international artists like Thirty Seconds to Mars and Álvaro Soler, and Italian artists and songwriters such as Elisa, Alessandra Amoroso, Modà, Fabrizio Moro, Vasco Rossi, Giuliano Sangiorgi and Roberto Casalino. Marrone figured also as a songwriter and producer for other artists like Elodie and Antonino.
In 2013, 2015, and 2016 Marrone was selected as the artistic director of one of the teams in Amici di Maria De Filippi, which gave her two Italian Television Direction Awards, and acted in several Italian TV series and films, including Gabriele Muccino’s film The Best Years in 2020.
She received several Italian and international awards and nominations including three MTV Italian Music Awards, and one TRL Award and was nominated for the MTV Europe Music Award and the World Music Awards.
On January 15, 2021, was published the collaboration with Alessandra Amoroso “Pezzo di Cuore”. The song was certified platinum by FIMI and was sung by the singers at the Sanremo Festival as special guests. On June 4 of the same year was the time of “Che Sogno incredible”, a single recorded with Loredana Bertè. The two singles anticipate Best of Me a collection of the main hits of the singer published on June 24, 2021.
After last season as a coach on X-Factor, Marrone stars in Gabriele Muccino’s Sky Italia series A casa tutti bene, which aired between December 2021 and January 2022. Emma competes at the Sanremo Music Festival 2022 with the song “Ogni volta è così”, placing sixth in the final classification. The song peaked at number 13 on the Italian Singles Chart and was certified gold, selling over 50,000 units. Later that year Marrone was cast for the film Il ritorno, directed by Stefano Chiantini. Her success goes on and on, we are amazed at what she has achieved and we can assure you she won’t stop.
2003–2009: TV experience on Superstar Tour and performing with Lucky Star, Mjur and Anonimo Soul
2009–2010: Amici, first solo record Oltre and rise to success
2010–2011: A me piace così, and second place in the Sanremo Music Festival 2011
2011–2012: Sarò libera and victory at the Sanremo Music Festival 2012
2013–2014: Schiena, Eurovision Song Contest 2014 and E Live
2015–2018: Adesso, Essere qui and television
2019–2020: Fortuna, X-Factor Italia and acting debut
2021–present: Best of Me and new projects