Emma Marrone was born in Florence on May 25, 1984 (Gemini). She participates for the fourth time in Sanremo, which she won in 2012 with the song Non è l'Inferno. For the 2024 edition of the festival, she arrives at the Ariston with the song "Apnea".
Who is Emma?
After living the first years of her life in Sesto Fiorentino, she moved with her family to Aradeo, in the province of Lecce, the hometown of her parents, Maria Marchese and Rosario Marrone. The latter transmitted to her the love for music and included her at the age of nine in his group Karadreon and on some occasions also in the H2O, of which her father was a guitarist.
After graduating from high school with a thesis on music, she worked first as a warehouse worker and then as a saleswoman for three years.
The Career
Her debut in the music world came in 2003, with the participation and victory in the talent show "SuperStar Tour". The program aimed to create a musical group composed of three girls, but despite the release of some singles, the "Lucky Star" - this name chosen by them - soon disbanded. After singing in several groups, in 2009 she participates in "Amici", the talent show conducted by Maria De Filippi, from which she will emerge as the winner. Then she releases her first EP "Oltre" which contains the debut single "Calore". This is followed by her first tour and then the release of her first album "A me piace così" which debuts at the second position of the FIMI chart and gets a decent success. In 2011 she participates with Modà at the Sanremo Festival where she gets the second place with the song "Arriverà". In the same year, she releases the album, double platinum record, "Sarò libera" which contains the songs "Tra passione e lacrime" and "Io son per te l'amore". In December '22 she is a judge in the inediti competition of Amici which sees Angelina Mango, daughter of the late singer-songwriter, as the winner.
The Festivals
In 2012 Emma participates in the Sanremo Festival as a soloist presenting the song "Non è l'inferno", always written by Kekko Silvestre of Modà. This time she manages to win the Festival and in the same year she returns to Amici in the big section of the program, obtaining the second place behind Alessandra Amoroso. In 2013 comes the fourth studio album "Schiena", in which there are songs like "Amami", written by Marrone herself, "Dimentico Tutto" and "L'amore non mi basta". The album consecrates her as a songwriter and will be very successful. For many editions of Amici she will be artistic director of the team, she participates in the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest, but only ranks 21st. In 2015 she collaborates, for the song Con le nuvole, with Dardust, who writes the text.
Private Life
Emma Marrone is currently single. In 2020 she spent her holidays with the model with a past as a boxer, Nikolai Danielsen. Despite rumors and gossip about a supposed relationship between the two, Emma has denied the existence of a love bond. In the past, Marrone had a relationship with Stefano De Martino. The two met inside the Amici school, but their relationship ended because of his betrayal with Belén Rodriguez right at Amici (she performed as a guest star and dancer). She also had a relationship with actor Marco Bocci, met in 2013, always at Amici, but the two broke up shortly after and currently he has a relationship with Laura Chiatti. Currently Marco and Emma are in good terms. Finally, in 2015, she had a relationship with Fabio Borriello.
The Illness
Emma Marrone has been fighting against ovarian cancer since she was just over 18. In the past, she underwent an operation and on September 24, 2019, she was operated on again.
The Death of the Father
On September 5, 2022, Emma Marrone announced the death of her father Rosario. "Have a good trip, I will always love you", she wrote, posting on Instagram a photo of her with her father. Born and raised in Aradeo (Lecce), Rosario Marrone was 66 years old and had a great passion for music. Emma said: "The death of my father has so devastated me, annihilated me, left me alone in the middle of the world that now absurdly I am no longer afraid of anything. Nothing can scratch my heart anymore".
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