1. Renato Zero replied to the criticisms he received by taking on the pseudonym Renato Zero.
12 Facts About Renato Zero
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Renato Zero had several different jobs, including an appearance in an advertisement for ice-cream; work as a dancer in a TV show; playing and dancing in two musicals; and minor roles in two Fellini movies.
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Renato Zero became friend to sisters Mia Martini and Loredana Berte.
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On numerous occasions fans would participate in the gigs, made-up like Renato Zero and dressed in his typical costumes.
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In 1979 Renato Zero played himself in the movie Ciao Ni.
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In 1991 Renato Zero participated in the Sanremo Music Festival with the song "Spalle al muro", and from that moment on his career began to rise again.
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In 2012 Sei Renato Zero was certified as the top selling DVD of 2011.
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Renato Zero is the only artist to have reached number 1 on the Italian charts in six different decades.
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Renato Zero has had no fewer than 30 albums in the Top 10.
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Renato Zero has an album certified Diamond by FIMI, a goal officially achieved in the Italian charts history by only five artists.
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Renato Zero has admitted to having two relationships; one with Enrica Bonaccorti, a famous television host, and another with Lucy Morante, his former secretary.
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Renato Zero's image has changed through the decades, from the flamboyant, makeup-wearing transvestite of the mid-1970s, reminiscent of Marc Bolan or The Rocky Horror Picture Show's Dr Frank'N'Furter, to today's somber, blue-suit-clad icon of no specific gender and unspecified age, his only affectation a head of jet-black hair and a thin veil of foundation and lip gloss.