Annalisa Scarrone (born 5 August 1985), better known as simply Annalisa or Nali, is an Italian singer-songwriter, record producer and TV personality. After being part of two bands, Elaphe Guttata and leNoire (formerly Malvasia), she became famous after participating in the tenth edition of the talent show Amici di Maria De Filippi in 2010–2011, where she finished in second place. Subsequently, Annalisa participated in the Sanremo Music Festival 2013 with the song “Scintille” and finished ninth.

Annalisa participated at the Sanremo Music Festival 2015 with the song “Una finestra tra le stelle” and finished fourth. In 2016, she returned to the Sanremo Music Festival with the single “Il diluvio universale” finishing eleventh, and again in the 2018 edition with “Il mondo prima di te”, finishing third, and most recently she finished seventh with “Dieci” in Sanremo 2021.

In 2023, she topped the Italian singles chart for the first time with the song “Mon amour”, becoming the first female soloist to do so in over three years. Throughout her career she has received several awards including an MTV Europe Music Award, a Wind Music Award and a Lutezia Award for her songwriting, as well as nominations at the Kid’s Choice Award and World Music Awards. In 2023 Forbes Italia listed Annalisa among “the 100 successful women in Italy” of the year.

She has released 7 albums and 32 singles as a solo artist, receiving 25 platinum and 13 gold certifications and selling over 2.1 million copies in Italy. She has also written songs for other artists including Gianna Nannini, Fedez, Benji & Fede and collaborated with Boomdabash, J-Ax, Antonello Venditti, Gianluca Grignani, Marcella Bella and Nomadi.

From 2015 to 2019, she presented the documentary series Tutta colpa di … on Italia 1, focusing on the scientists Albert Einstein, Galileo Galilei, Charles Darwin and Leonardo da Vinci.

 She grew up in Carcare and studied music and singing from an early age. From the age of 13, she worked as a bartender and musician. In 2009 she graduated from the University of Turin in Physics.

On 29th June 2023, she got married in Assisi, to Francesco Muglia, the Vice President of Global Marketing of Costa Crociere. In 2011 Annalisa took part at the 10th edition of the Italian talent show Amici di Maria De Filippi where she finished second and also received the critics’ prize. In March 2011 her first album Nali was released; it reached number 2 in the official Italian album chart by FIMI and was certified platinum. Her first single “Diamante lei e luce lui”, that reached the ninth position in the official Italian single chart in 2012, was certified gold. In addition this single won the Premio Videoclip Italiano 2011. Her second single “Giorno per giorno” was released on 27 May 2011.

“Senza riserva”, from the second album Mentre tutto cambia, was released on 16 March 2012 and later certified platinum. The second single of her second album was “Tra due minuti è primavera”. The last single from Mentre tutto cambia was “Per una notte o per sempre”. At the end of the same year Annalisa sang “Pirati”, which featured in the Italian version of the film Ice Age: Continental Drift.

In 2013, she participated at the Sanremo Music Festival and finished ninth, with the single “Scintille”. At the same time, her third album Non so ballare was released and reached the sixth position in the official Italian album chart.[citation needed] Also during 2013, Annalisa represented Italy at the OGAE Song Contest with the song “Alice e il blu”, the second single from the album Non so ballare, and finished third. At the same time, she had two nominations for Best Female Artist and Best Video with the song “Alice e il blu” at World Music Awards. She subsequently represented Italy at the International Song Contest: The Global Sound with “Scintille”, and in November won the competition. The third single from Non so ballare was “A modo mio amo” and its videoclip was a collage of the previous ones.