1. Emma Marrone has collaborated with international artists like Thirty Seconds to Mars and Alvaro Soler, and Italian artists and songwriters such as Elisa, Alessandra Amoroso, Moda, Fabrizio Moro, Vasco Rossi, Giuliano Sangiorgi and Roberto Casalino.
Emma Marrone figured as a songwriter and producer for other artists such as Elodie and Antonino.
In 2013,2015, and 2016 Emma 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.
Emma Marrone received several Italian and international awards and nominations including three MTV Italian Music Awards, one TRL Awards and was nominated at the MTV Europe Music Award and the World Music Awards.
Emmanuela Marrone was born in Florence to Rosario and Maria Marrone, originally from Aradeo in the province of Lecce.
Emma Marrone acquired her passion for music from her father, who was a guitarist in a band from Aradeo called "Karadreon" and in a band called "H2O".
Emma Marrone graduated from classical high school, writing a thesis on music.
Emma Marrone worked in a warehouse and was a saleswoman for three years.
Emma Marrone started her professional musical career in 2003, when she took part in the second Italian edition of Popstars ; she won the talent show, and along with Laura Pisu and Colomba Pane formed Lucky Star.
Between 2007 and 2009, she was in the band Anonimo Soul with her uncle Emidio Emma Marrone, performing soul and funk.
Until 2009 she played with H2O, a band in which her father Rosario Emma Marrone was a member.
Emma Marrone participated in the Sanremo Music Festival 2011 with the group Moda with the song "Arrivera", finishing in second place, behind Roberto Vecchioni.
On 15 March 2011, Emma Marrone opened the only Italian date of Taylor Swift's tour.
In summer 2011, Emma Marrone embarked on her second tour, A me piace cosi Tour 2011.
In July 2011 Emma Marrone participated in a festival dedicated to Italian singer Giorgio Gaber, singing two songs, "Io non-mi sento italiano" and "La liberta".
On 20 September 2011, Emma Marrone released her third solo studio album, Saro libera, preceded by the single of the same name, which was released on 2 September 2011.
In January 2012, Emma Marrone made a cameo in the final scene and credits of Benvenuti al Nord, singing "Nel blu dipinto di blu".
In February 2012, Emma Marrone was nominated for a Kids' Choice Award 2012 in the category of Best Italian singer.
On 31 March 2012, Emma Marrone returned to the talent show Amici di Maria De Filippi, competing in the category "BIG", which was won by Alessandra Amoroso.
At the TRL Awards 2012, Emma Marrone received nominations in the categories Best Fan and Italians Do It Better, winning the latter.
On 27 April 2012, Emma Marrone released "Cercavo amore", the fourth single from her album Saro libera.
On 2 July 2012, Emma Marrone performed "Cercavo amore" at the Wind Music Awards 2012.
Emma Marrone sang a duet with Pino Daniele to the tune of "Io per lei" and "Quando".
On 8 October 2012, Emma Marrone performed in concert for Puglia Sounds at the Koko Club in London, promoting music from the region of Apulia.
On 11 November 2012, a preview of the music video for the song "Non sono solo te", of which Emma Marrone was both producer and screenwriter, was released on the site of Corriere della Sera.
In February 2013, for the second consecutive year, Emma Marrone received a nomination for the Kids' Choice Award 2013 in the category of Best Italian Singer.
On 15 February, on the fourth evening of Sanremo Music Festival 2013, dedicated to Sanremo Story, Emma Marrone performed the song "Per Elisa" by Alice, as a duet with Annalisa.
On 9 April 2013, Emma Marrone released her third solo studio album, Schiena, through Universal Music.
On 21 January 2014, it was announced by RAI that Emma Marrone would represent Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 in Copenhagen, Denmark, with the song "La mia citta".
On 11 November 2014, Emma Marrone released her first live album E Live.
The song was written by Emma Marrone, but had originally been released as a single by Antonino in 2012.
On 19 June 2015, Emma Marrone released the song "Occhi profondi" as the lead single from her fourth solo studio album, Adesso.
On 9 September 2016, Emma Marrone was featured on Alvaro Soler's single "Libre" from the Italian edition of his album Eterno agosto.
On 5 January 2018, Emma Marrone released "L'isola" as the lead single from her fifth solo studio album, Essere qui.
In February 2019, Emma Marrone embarked on the Essere qui tour in promotion of the album.
On 6 September 2019, Emma Marrone released "Io sono bella" as the lead single from her sixth solo studio album Fortuna.
On 20 September 2019, Emma Marrone announced that she would be taking a break for health reasons, cancelling a concert set to take place in Malta on 4 October.
On 16 October 2019, Emma Marrone announced that her sixth solo studio album Fortuna would be released on 25 October 2019, via a video on her social media accounts.
In February 2020, Emma Marrone appeared in the film Gli anni piu belli, directed by Gabriele Muccino.
Emma Marrone said that she was excited to appear in the film, as she wanted "to live all the opportunities in life to the fullest".
On 28 February 2020, Emma Marrone was a guest on Amici di Maria De Filippi, performing "Stupida allegria" and "Luci blu", the latter of which was announced as the next single.
Emma Marrone competed at the Sanremo Music Festival 2022 with the song "Ogni volta e cosi", placing sixth in the final ranking.
Later that year, Emma Marrone was cast for the film Il ritorno, directed by Stefano Chiantini.
On 28 August 2023, Emma Marrone announced Souvenir, her seventh studio album which was released on 13 October 2023.
In support of the album, Emma Marrone embarked on the Souvenir in Da Club tour in November and December 2023.
Emma Marrone competed in the Sanremo Music Festival 2024 with the song "Apnea", placing 14th overall.
Emma Marrone collaborated with Fabri Fibra and Baby Gang on a new version of the former's 2008 single "In Italia", titled "In Italia 2024", which was released on 23 February 2024.
Emma Marrone will embark on the Emma in Da Town tour of Italian arenas in November 2024.
Emma Marrone is a pop and rock musician, with a powerful voice, which is hoarse and raspy.
Emma Marrone's timbre biting was noted by critic Mario Luzzatto Fegiz.
Emma Marrone then launched a campaign to raise awareness of cancer prevention among young people.
From May 2011 Emma Marrone offered a testimonial to AIRC to help cancer research.
Emma Marrone was born in Florence, graduated in Aradeo, and now lives in Frascati.
Emma Marrone, who played the guitar during her Schiena Tour, is accompanied in her concerts by her official band, formed in 2013.