{{short description|Italian singer-songwriter|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2020}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Carmen Consoli | image = Carmen Consoli al Giffoni Film Festival 2010.jpg | caption = Consoli at the 2010 [[Giffoni Film Festival]] | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1974|9|4|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Catania]], Italy | birth_name = Carmen Carla Consoli | origin = [[San Giovanni la Punta]], Italy | genre = {{hlist|[[Rock music|Rock]]|[[alternative pop]]|[[Folk music|folk]]}} | occupation = {{hlist|Singer-songwriter|guitarist}} | years_active = 1995–present | label = [[PolyGram]] <small>(1995—1999)</small> <br>[[Universal Records|Universal]] <small>(2000—present)</small> | website = {{website|https://www.carmenconsoli.it}} }}
'''Carmen Carla Consoli''' {{post-nominal styles|post-noms=[[Order of Merit of the Italian Republic|OMRI]]}} ({{IPA|it|ˈkarmeŋ ˈkɔnsoli}}; born 4 September 1974)<ref>{{cite book|last=Renga|first=Dana|title=Mafia Movies: A Reader|year=2011|publisher=University of Toronto Press|isbn=9781442661745|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_7DLSR4d08YC&dq=Carmen+Consoli&pg=PT478}}</ref> is an Italian singer-songwriter. Described as 'a remarkable combination of rocker and intellectual',<ref name="nyt">{{Cite news |last=Pareles |first=Jon |author-link=Jon Pareles |date=8 March 2008 |title=An Intellectual Rocker Steeped in Tradition |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/08/arts/music/08cons.html |access-date=11 June 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> she has released 11 studio albums, one [[greatest hits]], one soundtrack album, two live albums, four [[video album]] and 33 [[Single (music)|singles]], selling 2 million copies in Italy, certified by [[Musica e dischi|M&D]] and [[Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana|FIMI]] with a multiplatinum disc, 11 platinum and two gold certifications.<ref>VENDITE E CERTIFICAZIONI DI CARMEN CONSOLI
* Dischi Multiplatino (totale di 562.000 copie) ** Carmen Consoli con Artisti Uniti per l'Abruzzo [https://web.archive.org/web/20151121205023/http://www1.adnkronos.com/IGN/Regioni/Abruzzo/?id=3.1.288295450 WebCite query result<!-- Titolo generato automaticamente -->] * Dischi di Platino (totale di 1.070.000 copie) ** Confusa e felice (130.000), Platino{{cite web |url = http://www.rockol.it/news-10773/pdo.query |editor = Rockol.it |access-date = 24 April 2011 |title = Disco di platino per Carmen Consoli, 'cantantessa' già al lavoro sul suo terzo album |date = 7 April 1998 }}{{cite web |url = http://www.musicalnews.com/articolo.php?codice=3437&sz=6 |editor = www.musicalnews.com |access-date = 24 April 2011 |title = Carmen Consoli: dall'Abruzzo per suonare tutta l'estate |author = Antonio Ranalli |date = 18 June 2003 |archive-date = 10 February 2015 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150210191630/http://www.musicalnews.com/articolo.php?codice=3437&sz=6 |url-status = dead }} ** Mediamente isterica (80.000), Platino{{cite news |title = Carmen, la voce di platino |url = http://archiviostorico.corriere.it/1999/marzo/07/Carmen_voce_oro_co_10_9903073481.shtml |author = Maria Rosaria Spadaccino |journal = [[Corriere della Sera]] |page = 54 |date = 7 March 1999 }} ** Stato di Necessità (300,000), 3x Platino{{cite web |url = http://www.comune.vicenza.it/albo/notizie.php/42936 |editor = www.comune.vicenza.it |access-date = 24 April 2011 |title = Carmen Consoli in concerto venerdì 7 a Monte Berico |date = 5 July 2006 |archive-date = 18 March 2012 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120318003102/http://comune.vicenza.it/albo/notizie.php/42936 |url-status = dead }}{{cite web |url = http://www.musicalnews.com/articolo.php?codice=3437&sz=6 |editor = www.musicalnews.com |access-date = 24 April 2011 |title = Carmen Consoli: dall'Abruzzo per suonare tutta l'estate |author = Antonio Ranalli |date = 18 June 2003 |archive-date = 10 February 2015 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150210191630/http://www.musicalnews.com/articolo.php?codice=3437&sz=6 |url-status = dead }} ** [[L'anfiteatro e la bambina impertinente]] (200.000), 2x Platino http://www.firenzenotte.it/articoli/carmen-consoli-18-04-teatro-verdi {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150415170646/http://www.firenzenotte.it/articoli/carmen-consoli-18-04-teatro-verdi |date=15 April 2015 }} ** L'eccezione (200.000), 2x Platino{{cite news |title = Carmen Consoli è l'Eccezione: la prima donna all'Olimpico |url = http://archiviostorico.corriere.it/2003/giugno/25/Carmen_Consoli_Eccezione_prima_donna_co_10_030625073.shtml |journal = [[Corriere della Sera]] |page = 57 |date = 25 June 2003 }} ** Eva contro Eva (82.000), Platino ed Elettra (80.000), Platino [http://www.fimi.it/temp/cert_GFK_download_162012.pdf FIMI – Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana – Benvenuto!<!-- Titolo generato automaticamente -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120531053141/http://www.fimi.it/temp/cert_GFK_download_162012.pdf |date=31 May 2012 }} * Dischi d'oro (totale di 55.000 copie) ** Pioggia d'aprile (15.000), Oro [http://www.fimi.it/temp/cert_GFK_download_162012.pdf FIMI – Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana – Benvenuto!<!-- Titolo generato automaticamente -->] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120531053141/http://www.fimi.it/temp/cert_GFK_download_162012.pdf |date=31 May 2012 }} ** Per niente stanca (40.000), Oro{{cite web |url = http://www.fimi.it/temp/cert_Gfk_week0511.pdf |access-date = 15 February 2011 |editor = FIMI |title = Certificazioni ARTISTI – Dalla settimana 1 del 2009 alla settimana 5 del 2011 |url-status = dead |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20110304045733/http://www.fimi.it/temp/cert_Gfk_week0511.pdf |archivedate = 4 March 2011 }} * Altre vendite certificate, senza ritiro di certificazione (totale di 276.000 copie) ** Due Parole (15.000) http://radiosette.it/home/detail.asp?iData=362&iCat=123&iChannel=42&nChannel=Links {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220118141149/http://radiosette.it/home/detail.asp?iData=362&iCat=123&iChannel=42&nChannel=Links |date=18 January 2022 }} ** Mediamente Isterica Deluxe – Anniversary Edition (11.000) http://www.siciliafan.it/carmen-carla-consoli/ ** Amiche per l'Abruzzo (250.000) http://www.classifichemusica.com/il-dvd-amiche-per-labruzzo-torna-per-in-edicola-per-la-festa-della-donna/ http://www.6aprile.it/tag/amiche-per-labruzzo</ref>
She earned three nominations at the [[Sanremo Music Festival]], one [[Targa Tenco]], one Lunezia Award, seven [[Italian Music Awards|Italian, Wind & Music Awards]], one [[Telegatti|Telegatto]], one [[David di Donatello]], and two [[Nastro d'Argento|Nastri d'Argento]], as well as several other awards. In 2012 Consoli has been appointed as a [[Order of Merit of the Italian Republic|Knight of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic]].
==Life and career== === Early life === Carmen Consoli was born in [[Catania]], [[Sicily]], to a [[Sicilians|Sicilian]] father, Giuseppe Consoli, and a [[Veneto|Venetian]] mother, Maria Rosa Toffolo, and grew up in the small town of [[San Giovanni la Punta]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=BIOGRAFIA |url=https://digilander.libero.it/LandeMistiche/carmen/biografia.htm |access-date=2023-06-30 |website=digilander.libero.it}}</ref> She started playing guitar at the age of nine and at fourteen she started performing with a rock-blues band, the Moon Dog's Party.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Dondoni |first1=Luca |title=Carmen |url=http://www.archiviolastampa.it/component/option,com_lastampa/task,search/mod,libera/action,viewer/Itemid,3/page,15/articleid,0474_08_1999_0525_0015_22692220/ |access-date=19 September 2023 |work=[[La Stampa]] |date=12 February 1999 |page=19}}</ref>
=== 1990s === Consoli served as backing vocalist in the 1991 Caftua album ''One Day'' and in the 1994 Lula album ''Da dentro''.<ref name="rau">{{cite book |last1=Raugei |first1=Elena |title=Carmen Consoli: Fedele a se stessa |date=21 January 2010 |publisher=Arcana |isbn=978-88-6231-614-9 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BLtNBQAAQBAJ&q=fedele+a+se+stessa |access-date=31 May 2024 |language=it}}</ref> In 1995, during a trip in Rome, she made her first television appearance, performing the song "L'isola del tesoro" (later released as "Novembre '99" in the album ''[[Stato di necessità]]'') in the [[Rai 3]] [[Michele Santoro]]'s talk show ''Tempo reale''.<ref name="rau" /> Returning to Catania, she was chosen by producer Francesco Virlinzi as the vocalist of a rock group which never materialized and whose name was an homage to [[Big Brother and the Holding Company]], "Big Brothers (and the Katanise Company)"; while the project was eventually scrapped, the other two members of the band Massimo Roccaforte and Salvo Distefano became longtime collaborators of Consoli.<ref name="rau" /> The same year she was among the winners of Sanremo Giovani, a televised competition aimed at selecting the contestants of the [[Sanremo Music Festival]] newcomers section, with her first single "Quello che sento".<ref name="rau" /> In 1996, she entered the [[Sanremo Music Festival 1996|46th Sanremo Festival]] with the song "Amore di plastica", and released her debut album, ''[[Due parole|Due Parole]]''.<ref name="rau" />
Her next album, ''[[Confusa e felice]]'' (1997) was a critical and commercial success, selling over 130,000 copies.<ref name="rau" /> The same year, she got awarded the {{Interlanguage link|Premio italiano della musica|it}} award as revelation of the year and she embarked on her first tour.<ref name="rau" /> In September 2007 she was for a week the host of the program ''So 90's'' on [[MTV (Italian TV channel)|MTV]].<ref name="rau" />
In 1998, she released her third album, ''[[Mediamente isterica]]'', a concept album representing different kind of female figures.<ref name="rau" /> This album was successful but not as much as her previous work, selling over 80,000 copies.<ref name="rau" /> Between December 1998 and February 1999, she was a regular guest of the [[Italia 1]] variety show ''Comici''.<ref name="rau" />
=== 2000s === In 2000, she took part in the [[Sanremo Music Festival 2020|Sanremo Music Festival]] for the third time with the song "In bianco e nero", leading song of her fourth album ''[[Stato di necessità]]''.<ref name="rau" /> The album also includes two of Carmen's best known songs, "[[Parole di burro]]" and "[[L'ultimo bacio (song)|L'ultimo bacio]]", the latter becoming the theme song of [[The Last Kiss (2001 film)|the film with the same name]] by [[Gabriele Muccino]].<ref name="rau" /> ''Stato di necessità'' became her most successful album, selling more than 300,000 copies in the first year.<ref name="rau" /> The same year, Consoli won two [[Italian Music Awards]] and a [[Nastro d'Argento]] Award.<ref name="rau" />
In 2001, she held a summer tour with [[Paola Turci]] and [[Max Gazzè]].<ref name="rau" /> The same year, she released her first live album, ''[[L'anfiteatro e la bambina impertinente]]''. The album presents Consoli's greatest hits rearranged with an orchestra of sixty elements conducted by [[Paolo Buonvino]].<ref name="rau" />
A year later, she released her fifth studio album, ''[[L'eccezione (album)|L'eccezione]]''. The album debuted at number 1 in the Italian album charts, selling more than 200,000 copies.<ref name="rau" /> The same year she founded a label, Due Parole, with the aim of supporting indie musicians.<ref name="rau" /> In 2003, thanks to the album's lyrics, she won a literary award, a special [[Grinzane Cavour Prize]], and was awarded female artist of the year at the [[Italian Music Awards]].<ref name="rau" /> 2003 also saw the release of her second live album, ''Un sorso in più – dal vivo a MTV Supersonic'', published with the collaboration of [[MTV Italy]]. The album was recorded at MTV's program ''Supersonic'' the year before, when Carmen presented to the public ''L'eccezione''.<ref name="rau" /> In 2004, she held her first tour in the United States, also performing at [[South by Southwest]].<ref name="rau" />
In 2006, her sixth studio album ''[[Eva contro Eva]]'' was released. Debuting at number 1, the album showed a new perspective of Consoli's music, this time enriched with traditional Sicilian sounds and ethnic influences.<ref name="nyt" /><ref name="rau" /><ref>{{cite news |last1=Pareles |first1=Jon |title=In a Sicilian Bundle, a Mediterranean Mix of Everyday Life and Dreams |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/19/arts/music/19carmen.html?searchResultPosition=1 |access-date=11 June 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=18 June 2010}}</ref> The album contains collaborations with [[Goran Bregovic]] and [[Angelique Kidjo]].<ref name="rau" /> The same year, she recorded a successful duet with [[Franco Battiato]], "[[Tutto l'universo obbedisce all'amore]]", for Battiato's album ''[[Fleurs 2]]''.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Zuffanti |first1=Fabio |title=Franco Battiato: Tutti i dischi e tutte le canzoni, dal 1965 al 2019 |date=30 June 2020 |publisher=LIT Edizioni |isbn=978-88-6231-868-6 |language=it |chapter=Tutto l'universo obbedisce all'amore}}</ref> After a series of concerts through Europe, Canada and the United States ''Eva contro Eva'' was published in 2007 in the United States through [[Universal Latino]].<ref name="rau" /> The same year, she composed the music of "Anna Magnani", with lyrics by [[Vincenzo Cerami]], for the [[Adriano Celentano]]'s album ''[[Dormi amore, la situazione non è buona]]''.<ref name="rau" />
In 2008, Consoli's third album ''Mediamente isterica'' was celebrated through a "Deluxe Edition" and a new tour.<ref name="rau" /> The same year she composed the original soundtrack for the film ''[[The Man Who Loves]]'', directed by [[Maria Sole Tognazzi]] and starring [[Monica Bellucci]], [[Pierfrancesco Favino]] and [[Ksenia Rappoport]].<ref name="rau" /> Still in 2008, she recorded "[[L'appuntamento (song)|L'appuntamento]]" in a duet with [[Ornella Vanoni]] for Vanoni's album ''Più di me''.<ref name="rau" />
Her seventh studio album ''[[Elettra (album)|Elettra]]'' was released on 30 October 2009, including first single "Non molto lontano da qui" and debuting at number 2 in the [[Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana|FIMI]] Italian Album Charts.<ref name="rau" /> The album sold in Italy more than 60,000 copies gaining platinum status; thanks to it, Consoli was the first female artist to win the [[Targa Tenco]] in the "Album of the Year" category.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sperlongano |first1=Piero |title=Si è concluso il Premio Tenco 2010: ecco ospiti e vincitori |url=https://www.rockol.it/news-178684/si-e-concluso-il-premio-tenco-2010-ecco-ospiti-e-vincitori |access-date=2 June 2024 |work=[[Rockol]] |date=30 September 2010 |language=it}}</ref> The same year, she took part to the charity single "[[Domani 21/04.09]]".<ref name="rau" />
=== 2010s === In November 2010, Consoli released her first "best of" album, ''Per niente stanca''; the album was anticipated by the single "Guarda l'alba", a collaboration with [[Tiziano Ferro]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Carmen Consoli, Guarda l'Alba: il video ufficiale del nuovo singolo |url=https://music.fanpage.it/carmen-consoli-guarda-lalba-il-video-ufficiale-del-nuovo-singolo/ |access-date=12 June 2024 |work=[[Fanpage.it|Fanpage]] |date=9 December 2010 |language=it}}</ref> The second new song of the album, "AAA Cercasi", was released as a single in January 2011.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Fazzito |first1=Luisa |title=Carmen Consoli: "A.A.A Cercasi" nuovo singolo contro le donne oggetto |url=https://www.melodicamente.com/carmen-consoli-a-a-a-cercasi-nuovo-singolo-contro-le-donne-oggetto/ |access-date=12 June 2024 |work=MelodicaMente |date=3 March 2011 |language=it-IT}}</ref> The album debuted at the sixth place in the Italian Album Charts.<ref>{{cite web |title=Classifica settimanale WK 46 (dal 15.11.2010 al 21.11.2010) |url=https://www.fimi.it/top-of-the-music/archivio-classifiche-settimanali/archivio-classifiche-per-settimana/?tipo=2&anno=2010&settimana=46 |website=Fimi.it |access-date=12 June 2024 |language=it-IT}}</ref> In July 2011 she published her first video collection, which includes all her videos from 1996 to 2011 plus some extras.<ref>{{cite web |title=Esce oggi per Universal Music Italia... - Universal Music Italia |url=https://www.universalmusic.it/popular-music/news/esce-oggi-per-universal-music-italia-_3662/ |website=universalmusic.it |access-date=12 June 2024 |language=it |date=12 June 2024}}</ref>
In November 2014, Consoli released the single "L'abitudine di tornare", anticipating [[L'abitudine di tornare|the album with the same name]], released in January 2015.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Santoro |first1=Gianni |title=Carmen Consoli: e non sembra per niente stanca |url=https://xl.repubblica.it/articoli/carmen-consoli-tornare/16939/ |access-date=12 June 2024 |work=[[La Repubblica|XL Repubblica]] |date=10 February 2015 |language=it-IT}}</ref> The album debuted at third place in the Italian Album Charts.<ref>{{cite news|title=Classifica: Parole in circolo di Mengoni è ancora l'album più venduto|url=http://www.radioitalia.it/news/marco_mengoni/evento/9619_classifica_parole_in_circolo_di_mengoni_e_ancora_l_album_piu_venduto.php|accessdate=22 February 2015|work=[[Radio Italia Solo Musica Italiana|Radio Italia]]|date=29 January 2015}}</ref> The same year, she performed at [[Meltdown (festival)|Meltdown Festival]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Anche Carmen Consoli tra gli invitati al Meltdown Festival |url=https://arte.sky.it/archivio/2015/08/meltdown-festival-londra-david-byrne-carmen-consoli |access-date=12 June 2024 |work=[[Sky Arte]] |date=16 August 2015 |language=it-IT}}</ref> In 2016, she recorded with [[Tiziano Ferro]] the triple platinum single "[[Il conforto]]".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Cassini |first1=Giulia |title=Emanuele Dabbono, il premio e l'importanza dei testi a Sanremo |url=https://www.ilsecoloxix.it/cultura-e-spettacoli/2019/02/05/news/emanuele-dabbono-il-premio-e-l-importanza-dei-testi-a-sanremo-1.30315776 |access-date=22 October 2023 |work=[[Il Secolo XIX]] |date=5 February 2019 |language=it}}</ref> The same year, she was named "maestro concertatore" (musical director) at [[Notte della Taranta]], being the first woman to held this role.<ref>{{cite news |title=Catania, Capodanno a ritmo di pizzica con Carmen Consoli |url=https://video.corrieredelmezzogiorno.corriere.it/catania-capodanno-ritmo-taranta-carmen-consoli/517e24fa-c770-11e6-8eda-69396ef29204 |access-date=12 June 2024 |work=[[Corriere del Mezzogiorno]] |date=21 December 2016 |language=it-IT}}</ref> In 2017, she voiced Emma in the Italian version of the animated film ''[[Monster Family]]'' and performed the closing credits song with [[Max Gazzè]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Redazione |title=Max Gazzè è Dracula e Carmen Consoli mamma Emma: ecco Monster Family |url=https://www.radioitalia.it/news/max_gazze_e_dracula_e_carmen_consoli_mamma_emma_ecco_monster_family-486775 |access-date=12 June 2024 |work=[[Radio Italia]] |date=28 September 2017}}</ref>
In 2018, Consoli released a new live album, ''Eco di sirene'', which debuted at the second place in the Italian hit parade.<ref>{{cite news |title=Classifiche di vendita Fimi: Gemitaiz e Capo Plaza monopolizzano le classifiche. Federica Carta in caduta e Riki in gran risalita |url=https://www.allmusicitalia.it/news/classifiche-gemitaiz-capo-plaza.html |access-date=12 June 2024 |work=[[AllMusic|All Music Italia]] |date=27 April 2018 |language=it-IT}}</ref>
=== 2020s === In 2020, she was chosen as the Italian performer for the song "[[Loyal Brave True]]", part of the ''[[Mulan (2020 film)|Mulan]]'' soundtrack.<ref>{{cite news |title=Carmen Consoli, una canzone per Mulan su Disney + |url=https://www.corrieredellosport.it/news/tv-sport/2020/09/25-74174576/carmen_consoli_una_canzone_per_mulan_su_disney_ |access-date=12 June 2024 |work=[[Corriere dello Sport]] |date=25 September 2020 |language=it}}</ref>
On 25 August 2021, Consoli held an anniversary concert at the [[Verona Arena]] for her first 25 years of career; originally planned for 2020 and postponed because of the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], it had among its guests [[Ornella Vanoni]], [[Elisa (Italian singer)|Elisa]], [[Nada (Italian singer)|Nada]], [[Max Gazzè]], [[Daniele Silvestri]], [[Afterhours (band)|Afterhours]], [[Irene Grandi]], [[Levante (singer)|Levante]], [[Colapesce (singer)|Colapesce]] & [[Dimartino]], [[Samuele Bersani]], [[Marina Rei]], [[Mario Venuti]], [[Tosca (singer)|Tosca]], and Finaz.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Carrubba |first1=Francesco |title=Che cast al concerto di Carmen Consoli: da Colapesce e Dimartino a Elisa |url=https://www.radioitalia.it/news/che-cast-al-concerto-di-carmen-consoli-da-colapesce-e-dimartino-a-elisa-514858 |access-date=12 June 2024 |work=Radio Italia |date=1 June 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Carmen Consoli: 25 anni mediamente isterici |url=https://www.rainews.it/archivio-rainews/media/Carmen-Consoli-25-anni-mediamente-isterici-e26d2d48-83aa-4bc6-a632-4301964dfb1f.html |access-date=12 June 2024 |work=[[Rai News 24]] |date=26 August 2021 |language=italian}}</ref> In September 2021, she released her ninth studio album, ''[[Volevo fare la rockstar]]'', which debuted at the second place in the Italian Album Chart, and first on the Italian Vinyl Chart.<ref>{{cite news |title=Blanco e non solo: l'ultima classifica FIMI tra conferme e novità |url=https://www.radioitalia.it/news/blanco-e-non-solo-l-ultima-classifica-fimi-tra-conferme-e-novita--527797 |access-date=12 June 2024 |work=Radio Italia |date=2 October 2021}}</ref> Following the album release, she started a ''Volevo fare la rockstar Tour'', with [[Marina Rei]] as a guest.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Cavaliere |first1=Giulia |title=La Carmen errante |url=https://www.rollingstone.it/musica/interviste-musica/la-carmen-errante/601640/ |access-date=12 June 2024 |work=[[Rolling Stone Italia]] |date=4 December 2021 |language=it-IT}}</ref>
In June 2023, Consoli performed at [[World of Music, Arts and Dance|Womad]], being the first Italian female artist to perform at the festival.<ref>{{cite news |title=Carmen Consoli il 29 luglio al Womad Festival di Peter Gabriel |url=https://www.ansa.it/sicilia/notizie/2023/03/17/carmen-consoli-il-29-luglio-al-womad-festival-di-peter-gabriel_6da08d6b-e521-46b6-9db8-c1cffc4b3d5c.html |access-date=12 June 2024 |work=[[Agenzia Nazionale Stampa Associata|ANSA]] |date=17 March 2023 |language=it}}</ref> In August 2023, Consoli made a three-date mini-tour together with [[Elvis Costello]], a project the two had originally planned in 2012 but that at the time had been shelved due to Consoli's pregnancy.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Antonucci |first1=Gabriele |title=Elvis Costello e Carmen Consoli: quando la musica è l'arte dell'incontro |url=https://www.panorama.it/lifestyle/musica/elvis-costello-carmen-consoli-concerto-recensione |access-date=20 September 2023 |work=[[Panorama (magazine)|Panorama]] |date=29 August 2023 |language=it}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Crippa |first1=Stefano |title=Carmen Consoli e Elvis Costello, la forza nella diversità |url=https://ilmanifesto.it/carmen-consoli-e-elvis-costello-la-forza-nella-diversita |access-date=20 September 2023 |work=[[Il manifesto]] |date=30 August 2023 |language=en}}</ref> The same year, she received a [[Premio Tenco]] for her career.<ref>{{cite news |title=Annunciati i Premi Tenco 2023: Consoli, Finardi, Ron, Tom Zé e Arbore |url=https://www.rollingstone.it/musica/news-musica/annunciati-i-premi-tenco-2023-consoli-finardi-ron-tom-ze-e-arbore/793728/ |access-date=12 June 2024 |work=[[Rolling Stone Italia]] |date=2 October 2023 |language=it-IT}}</ref>
In 2024, Consoli made her acting debut in ''Tutto l'amore che ho'', a [[Rosa Balistreri]] biopic in which she also served as composer; the film premiered at the 42nd [[Torino Film Festival]] and was released in Italian cinemas in May 2025.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bove |first1=Luca |title=‘L’amore che ho’ la musica popolare di Rosa Balistreri |url=https://www.taxidrivers.it/433597/focus-italia/lamore-che-ho-la-musica-popolare-di-rosa-balistreri.html |access-date=25 June 2025 |work=Taxidrivers.it |date=27 March 2025 |language=it-IT}}</ref><ref name="rs">{{cite news |last1=Del Zanno |first1=Chiara |title=Carmen Consoli: «Rosa Balistreri voleva essere la voce di tutte» |url=https://www.rollingstone.it/cinema-tv/interviste-cinema-tv/carmen-consoli-rosa-balistreri-voleva-essere-la-voce-di-tutte/982571/ |access-date=25 June 2025 |work=[[Rolling Stone Italia]] |date=11 May 2025 |language=it-IT}}</ref> For her score she received a [[Nastro d'Argento]] nomination.<ref>{{cite news |title=Nastri d'argento 2025, dai film ai registi tutte le candidature |url=https://tg24.sky.it/spettacolo/cinema/2025/05/29/nastri-d-argento-2025-candidature |access-date=25 June 2025 |work=[[Sky TG24]] |date=29 May 2025 |language=it}}</ref> A soundtrack album, ''L'amuri ca v'haju'', was released on 8 May 2025.<ref name="rs" /><ref>{{cite news |last1=Trambusti |first1=Luca |title=Carmen Consoli: sua la colonna sonora del film su Rosa Balistreri |url=https://www.rockol.it/news-751684/carmen-consoli-colonna-sonora-film-rosa-balistreri-l-amuri-ca-v-haju |access-date=25 June 2025 |work=[[Rockol]] |date=6 May 2025 |language=it}}</ref> In October 2025, she released an album in [[Sicilian language]], ''Amuri Luci''.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Laffranchi |first1=Andrea |title=Canto il disappunto (in siciliano) |url=https://www.corriere.it/native/25_ottobre_03/spettacoli-u35101075891634m1f.shtml |access-date=22 March 2026 |work=Corriere della Sera |date=2 October 2025 |language=it-IT}}</ref>
=== Personal life === Since 2006, Consoli is a [[Goodwill ambassador]] for [[UNICEF]].<ref name="rau" /> In November 2012, she was bestowed the title of ''Cavaliere'' (Knight) of the [[Order of Merit of the Italian Republic]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Rosa Maria Di Natale|title=Carmen Consoli nominata cavaliere|url=http://video.repubblica.it/edizione/palermo/carmen-consoli-nominata-cavaliere/112370/110767|accessdate=2 December 2012|newspaper=[[La Repubblica]]|date=30 November 2012}}</ref> Consoli has a son, Carlo, conceived through [[artificial insemination]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bambini |first1=Nicola |title=Carmen Consoli: «Vorrei che mio figlio conoscesse suo padre» |url=https://www.vanityfair.it/article/carmen-consoli-vorrei-che-mio-figlio-conoscesse-suo-padre-donatore-fecondazione-assistita |access-date=12 June 2024 |work=Vanity Fair Italia |date=10 December 2021 |language=it-IT}}</ref>
==Discography== ===Studio albums=== * 1996 ''[[Due parole]]'' (15,000 copies) * 1997 ''[[Confusa e felice]]'' No. 6 ITA (130,000 copies), Platinum * 1998 ''[[Mediamente isterica]]'' No. 4 ITA (80,000 copies), Platinum * 2000 ''[[Stato di necessità]]'' No. 6 ITA (300,000 copies), 3× Platinum * 2002 ''[[L'eccezione (album)|L'eccezione]]'' No. 1 ITA (200,000 copies), 2× Platinum * 2006 ''[[Eva contro Eva]]'' No. 1 ITA No. 85 CH (80,000 copies), Platinum * 2008 ''[[Mediamente isterica Deluxe - Anniversary Edition]]'' No. 22 ITA (11,000 copies) * 2009 ''[[Elettra (album)|Elettra]]'' No. 2 ITA (80,000 copies), Platinum * 2015 ''[[L'abitudine di tornare]]'' No. 3 ITA * 2021 ''[[Volevo fare la rockstar]]'' No. 2 ITA<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fimi.it/top-of-the-music/archivio-classifiche-settimanali/archivio-classifiche-per-settimana/?tipo=2&anno=2021&settimana=39|title=Album – Classifica settimanale WK 39 (dal 24.9.2021 al 30.9.2021)|publisher=[[Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana]]|language=it|access-date=2 October 2021}}</ref> * 2025 ''Amuri luci'' No. 17 ITA<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fimi.it/top-of-the-music/archivio-classifiche-settimanali/archivio-classifiche-per-settimana/?tipo=2&anno=2025&settimana=45|title=Album – Classifica settimanale WK 45 (dal 31.10.2025 al 06.11.2025)|publisher=[[Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana]]|language=it|access-date=8 November 2025}}</ref>
===Greatest hits albums=== * 2010 ''Per niente stanca'' No. 6 ITA (40,000 copies), Platinum * 2017 ''The Platinum Collection''
===Live albums=== * 2001 ''[[L'anfiteatro e la bambina impertinente]]'' No. 6 ITA (200,000 copies), 2× Platinum * 2003 ''Un sorso in più – Dal vivo a MTV Supersonic'' No. 18 ITALIA * 2018 ''Eco di sirene'' No. 2 ITA<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fimi.it/classifiche#/category:album/id:2670|title=Album – Classifica settimanale WK 16 (dal 2018-04-13 al 2018-04-19)|publisher=[[Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana]]|language=Italian|accessdate=21 April 2018}}</ref>
===International albums=== * 2001 ''État de necessité'' – French version of ''Stato di necessità'' * 2002/2003 ''Carmen Consoli'' – English version of ''L'Eccezione'' * 2007 ''Eva contro Eva'' – Published in the United States by [[Universal Latino]] {{in lang|it}}
===Soundtracks=== * 2008 ''[[The Man Who Loves|L'uomo che ama]]'' * 2025 ''L’amuri ca v’haju''
===Singles=== * 1995 ''Quello che sento'' * 1996 ''Amore di plastica'' * 1996 ''Questa notte una lucciola illumina la mia finestra'' * 1996 ''Lingua a sonagli'' * 1997 ''[[Confusa e felice (song)|Confusa e felice]]'' No. 3 ITA * 1997 ''Venere'' * 1997 ''Uguale a ieri'' * 1998 ''Mai come ieri'' feat. Mario Venuti * 1998 ''Bésame Giuda'' * 1998 ''Puramente casuale'' * 1999 ''Eco di sirene'' * 1999 ''Autunno dolciastro'' * 2000 ''In bianco e nero'' No. 10 ITA * 2000 ''[[Parole di burro]]'' No. 4 ITA * 2000 ''Orfeo'' * 2001 ''L'ultimo bacio'' * 2001 ''Gamine impertinente'' (France) * 2002 ''[[L'eccezione (Carmen Consoli song)|L'eccezione]]'' No. 4 ITA * 2003 ''Pioggia d'aprile'' – Gold Certification (15.000 copies) * 2003 ''April Showers'' (Germany and Spain) * 2003 ''Fiori d'arancio'' * 2006 ''Signor Tentenna'' * 2006 ''Tutto su Eva'' * 2009 ''[[Domani 21/04.09|Domani]]'' – [[Artisti Uniti per l'Abruzzo]] No. 1 ITA – Multiplatinum Certification (562.000 copies) * 2009 ''Non molto lontano da qui'' * 2010 ''Mandaci una cartolina'' * 2010 '''A finestra'' * 2010 ''Guarda l'alba'' No. 20 ITA * 2011 ''AAA Cercasi'' No. 46 ITA * 2015 ''L'abitudine di tornare'' * 2015 ''Sintonia imperfetta'' * 2015 ''Ottobre'' * 2017 ''[[Il Conforto]]'' ([[Tiziano Ferro]] feat. Carmen Consoli) No. 4 ITA
===DVDs=== * 2001 ''[[L'anfiteatro e la bambina impertinente]]'' * 2008 ''[[Eva contro Eva]]'' No. 2 ITA * 2009 ''Amiche per l'Abruzzo'' No. 1 ITA (250.000 copies) * 2011 ''Per niente stanca – Video Collection'' No. 7 ITA
==Videos== * 1996 ''Amore di plastica'' * 1996 ''Lingua a sonagli'' * 1998 ''Mai come ieri'' feat. Mario Venuti * 1998 ''Bésame Giuda'' * 1999 ''Eco di sirene'' * 1999 ''Autunno dolciastro'' * 2000 ''Parole di burro'' * 2001 ''L'ultimo bacio'' * 2002 ''L'eccezione'' * 2003 ''Pioggia d'aprile'' * 2003 ''Fiori d'arancio'' * 2006 ''Signor Tentenna'' * 2006 ''Tutto su Eva'' * 2009 ''Non molto lontano da qui'' * 2010 ''Guarda l'alba'' * 2011 ''AAA cercasi'' * 2015 ''L'abitudine di tornare'' * 2015 ''Sintonia imperfetta'' * 2015 ''Ottobre'' * 2017 ''Il conforto'' ([[Tiziano Ferro]] feat. Carmen Consoli)
==References== {{Reflist}}
==Further reading== * Federico Guglielmi, ''Quello che sento. Il mondo, i pensieri, la musica di Carmen Consoli'', Giunti Editore, 2006, pp. 194. {{ISBN|978-88-09-04436-4}} * Elena Raugei, ''Carmen Consoli. Fedele a se stessa'', Arcana Editore, 2010, pp. 260. {{ISBN|88-6231-093-5}}
==External links== {{Commons}} *{{Official website|https://web.archive.org/web/20000510195953/http://www.carmenconsoli.it/|carmenconsoli.it}} (Archived)
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