Biography

In March 2007, Simone won the 57th edition of the Sanremo music festival

Festival della canzone italiana

The Festival della canzone italiana di Sanremo is a popular Italian song contest, held annually in the city of Sanremo, in Italy, and consisting of a competition amongst previously unreleased songs...

. His song "Ti regalerò una rosa" won due to extremely high marks received from the festival staff (96/100) and popular vote. The lyrics to the song are taken from papers he found that were written by a man who was in a mental hospital for most of his life. It is a sad tale of the man's struggle with being away from the woman he loves and being exiled for being mentally ill. The song has so far reached number 3 on the official Italian charts and number 1 one the official downloads chart going to became Christicchi's most successful song to date in the country.

Albums

• Fabbricante di canzoni (Italian, BMG 2006)#11 Italy Official Albums Chart
• Dall'altra parte del cancello (Italian, BMG 2007)
• Grand Hotel Christicchi (2010)

Singles

Song	Chart	Peak position
Vorrei Cantare Come Biagio	Italy	25
Studentessa universitaria	Italy	27
Prete	Italy	Did not chart
Ti regalerò una rosa	Italy	3
	Italy Downloads	1

External links

• A Bibliography In Italian