Ora (album)
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Ora is the twelfth studio album
Studio album
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 by Italian singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriter
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 and rapper Jovanotti
Jovanotti
Lorenzo Cherubini, better known as Jovanotti, is an Italian singer-songwriter and rapper.The name Jovanotti derives from the plural form of the Italian word giovanotto , i.e. giovanotti. Lorenzo Cherubini originally auditioned a band with the name "I Giovanotti", but the record producer only was...

, released by Universal Music
Universal Music Group
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 on 25 January 2010.

Preceded by the single "Tutto l'amore che ho", released on 2 December 2010, the album debuted atop the Italian Albums Chart and peaked at number one for three consecutive weeks. It also spawned the singles "Le tasche piene di sassi", "Il più grande spettacolo dopo il Big Bang" and "La notte dei desideri".

Background

During the presentation of the album, which took place on the top floor of the Pirelli skyscraper in Milan
Milan
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, It has now been defined by the same Jovanotti as "an album where I try to enter modernity, to be contemporary, particularly in the sounds." Jovanotti has also expressed about the sound of the disc, saying that "it sounds very electronic, and I realized in a primordial way. Alone, with machines, samplers, turntables, drums and keyboards"

Track listing

Charts

Classifica (2011) Posizione
raggiunta
Austrian Albums Chart
IFPI
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69
Italian Albums Chart 1
Swiss Albums Charts
Swiss Music Charts
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2

Certifications

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