{{Infobox album | name = Senza Paura | type = studio | artist = Giorgia | cover = Senza paura.jpg | alt = | released = 5 November 2013 | recorded = | studio = * Hollywood (Sunset Sound Studios) * Milan | genre = * Pop * R&B * soul | length = {{Duration|m=54|s=01}} | language = {{hlist|Italian|English}} | label = Sony Music | producer = {{hlist|Michele Canova|Giorgia Todrani}} | prev_title = Dietro le apparenze | prev_year = 2011 | next_title = Oronero | next_year = 2016 | misc = {{Singles | name = Senza paura | type = Studio | single1 = Quando una stella muore | single1date = 4 October 2013 | single2 = I Will Pray (Pregherò) | single2date = 29 November 2013 | single3 = Non mi ami | single3date = 21 March 2014 | single4 = Io fra tanti | single4date = 11 July 2014 | single5 = La mia stanza | single5date = 24 October 2014 }} }}
'''''Senza Paura''''' is the ninth studio album by Italian singer Giorgia, released on 5 November 2013 by Sony Music.<ref>{{Cite web |date=7 October 2013 |title=Giorgia, il nuovo album è 'Senza paura' ed esce il 5 novembre |url=https://www.rockol.it/news-541650/giorgia-nuovo-album-senza-paura-cover |access-date=12 June 2024 |website=Rockol |language=it}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=4 November 2013 |title=Giorgia "Senza paura": nel nuovo album duetto da brividi con Alicia Keys |url=https://www.ilmessaggero.it/spettacoli/musica/giorgia_album_senza_paura_alicia_keys_disco_cd-211412.html |access-date=12 June 2024 |website=Il Messaggero}}</ref>
The album featured several successful songs, including the singles "Quando una stella muore", "Non mi ami" and the international collaboration "I Will Pray (Pregherò)" with Alicia Keys.<ref>{{Cite web |date=8 November 2013 |title=Giorgia, senza paura tra le stelle: nuovo album e incontro con i fan |url=https://video.repubblica.it/edizione/roma/giorgia-senza-paura-tra-le-stelle-nuovo-album-e-incontro-con-i-fan/145985/144505 |access-date=12 June 2024 |website=La Repubblica |language=it}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=15 October 2013 |title=Giorgia, c'è anche Alicia Keys nel nuovo album: le canzoni di 'Senza paura' |url=https://www.rockol.it/news-543954/giorgia-alicia-keys-ospite-nuovo-album-canzoni-senza-paura |access-date=13 June 2024 |website=Rockol |language=it}}</ref>
The album peaked at number one on the Italian Albums Chart, being certified double platinum by Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. It was nominated at the 2014 World Music Awards.
== Background and composition == The album, produced by the singer herself with Michele Canova Iorfida, was recorded at the Sunset Sound Recorders di Los Angeles.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Andreetti |first=Marco |date=15 December 2013 |title=Sotto le stelle Giorgia canta "Senza paura" |url=http://www.corriere.it/notizie/cultura_e_spettacoli/14_dicembre_14/sotto-stelle-giorgia-canta-senza-paura-c6af8da6-83b4-11e4-a2cc-02f7f9acc66f.shtml |access-date=12 June 2024 |website=Corriere della Sera |language=it }}{{Dead link|date=January 2026 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=7 August 2013 |title=Giorgia, nel nuovo album un duetto e una 'preziosa firma italiana' |url=https://www.rockol.it/news-524264/giorgia-il-nuovo-album-uscira-a-novembre |access-date=17 November 2025 |website=Rockol |language=it}}</ref> It involved in writing and composition international artists such as Natasha Bedingfield, Olly Murs, Michael Landau, Alex James, Norma Jean Martine and Alicia Keys.<ref>{{Cite web |date=6 November 2013 |title=Giorgia si svela Senza paura: Alicia Keys, i talent e Ivano Fossati |url=https://www.radioitalia.it/news/giorgia-si-svela-senza-paura-alicia-keys-i-talent-e-ivano-fossati-496834 |access-date=12 June 2024 |website=Radio Italia |language=it}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Uzzo |first=Cecilia |date=5 November 2013 |title=Giorgia: "Si può vivere Senza paura" |url=https://www.vanityfair.it/show/musica/13/11/05/giorgia-nuovo-album-senza-paura |access-date=12 June 2024 |website=Vanity Fair Italia |language=it}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=11 November 2013 |title=Giorgia, accordo con BMG per l'amministrazione delle edizioni |url=https://musicbiz.rockol.it/news-543106/giorgia-edizioni-accordo-bmg-girasole |access-date=13 June 2024 |website=Rockol |language=it}}</ref> In an interview with ''La Repubblica'':<ref>{{Cite web |last=Castaldo |first=Gino |date=6 November 2013 |title="Senza paura", è Giorgia: "Non inseguo più la perfezione, in studio canto come dal vivo" |url=https://www.repubblica.it/spettacoli/musica/2013/11/06/news/giorgia-70289041/ |access-date=12 June 2024 |website=La Repubblica |language=it}}</ref>{{Blockquote|text="It's a confluence of so many things that I've struggled with for years, without being able to fully amalgamate them, the writing, the singing, the arrangements, let's say that in the end it's like I came together, completely."|title=|source=|author=}}
== Critics reception == ''Rockol'' wrote that it is understood from the tracks that "she seems to have learned to trust her instincts more and more, when recording she proves to be more spontaneous than usual", expressed through passages with "contagious, lively contemporaneity" and others with "universal emotions". The magazine appreciated the collaboration with Keys, writing that it is a "a must-have gem for contemporary soul", appreciating Keys' willingness to "spiritually" enter the song by singing in Italian.<ref>{{Cite web |date=27 November 2013 |title=Giorgia - Senza paura - la recensione di Rockol |url=https://www.rockol.it/recensioni-musicali/album/7558/giorgia-senza-paura |access-date=12 June 2024 |website=Rockol |language=it}}</ref>
Alessandro Alicandri of Panorama wrote that Giorgia has a "solar" approach to lyrics and themes and with ballads that are "few, measured and very intense", affirming the track "Avrò cura di te" as the best on the album. Alicandri considered that the album "looks fashionable without ever becoming experimental" while still remaining "very fresh and enjoyable".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Alicandri |first=Alessandro |date=6 November 2013 |title=Giorgia è "Senza Paura": la recensione dell'album |url=https://www.panorama.it/giorgia-senza-paura-autori-recensione |access-date=12 June 2024 |website=Panorama |language=it}}</ref>
== Track listing == {{Track listing | headline = ''Senza paura'' track listing | extra_column = Producer(s) | title1 = Non mi ami | note1 = | length1 = 3:45 | lyrics1 = Giorgia Todrani | music1 = {{hlist|Fraser Lance Thorneycroft-Smith|Natasha Bedingfield}} | extra1 = Michele Canova Iodrifa | title2 = Quando una stella muore | length2 = 3:21 | lyrics2 = Todrani | music2 = {{hlist|Patrizio Moi|Norma Jean Martine}} | extra2 = Canova | title3 = I Will Pray (Pregherò) | note3 = featuring Alicia Keys | length3 = 3:37 | lyrics3 = {{hlist|Todrani|Alicia Augello Cook}} | music3 = {{hlist|Viktoria Hansen|Andreas Romdhane|Josef Larossi}} | extra3 = Canova | title4 = Io fra tanti | note4 = | length4 = | lyrics4 = {{hlist|Todrani|Emanuel Lo Iacono}} | music4 = {{hlist|Emanuel Lo Iacono}} | extra4 = Canova | title5 = Riflesso di me | note5 = | length5 = | lyrics5 = {{hlist|Lo|Todrani}} | music5 = {{hlist|Lo|Todrani}} | extra5 = Canova | title6 = Perfetto | note6 = | length6 = | lyrics6 = {{hlist|Lo|Todrani}} | music6 = {{hlist|Lo|Todrani}} | extra6 = Canova | title7 = Avrò cura di te | note7 = | length7 = | lyrics7 = {{hlist|Lo|Todrani}} | extra7 = Canova | title8 = La mia stanza | length8 = | lyrics8 = {{hlist|Canova|Todrani}} | music8 = {{hlist|Canova|Todrani}} | extra8 = {{hlist|Canova|}} | title9 = Oggi vendo tutto | note9 = | length9 = | lyrics9 = Ivano Fossati | music9 = Fossati | extra9 = Canova | title10 = Did I lose you | note10 = featuring Olly Murs | length10 = | lyrics10 = {{hlist|Michael James Ryan Busbee|Lauren Evans|Alex James}} | music10 = {{hlist|Busbee|Evans|James}} | extra10 = Canova | title11 = Ogni fiore | note11 = | length11 = | lyrics11 = {{hlist|Lo}} | music11 = Lo | extra11 = Canova | title12 = L’amore s’impara | note12 = | length12 = | lyrics12 = {{hlist|Todrani}} | music12 = {{hlist|Canova|Todrani}} | extra12 = Canova | title13 = Il cielo è sempre il cielo | length13 = | lyrics13 = Lo | music13 = Lo | extra13 = Canova | title14 = Vedrai com’è | note14 = | length14 = | lyrics14 = Lo | music14 = Lo | extra14 = Canova | title15 = Pregherò | length15 = | lyrics15 = Todrani | music15 = {{hlist|Hansen|Andreas Romdhane|Josef Larossi}} | extra15 = Canova | title16 = Quando una stella muore (reprise) | length16 = | lyrics16 = Todrani | music16 = {{hlist|Patrizio Moi |Norma Jean Martine}} | extra16 = Canova }}
== Commercial performance == The album debuted at number one on the Italian Albums Chart, becoming Giorgia's third album to achieve it after ''Mangio troppa cioccolata'' (1997) and ''Dietro le apparenze'' (2011).<ref>{{Cite web |date=14 November 2013 |title=Hit parade, Giorgia al top, segue Eminem |url=https://www.ansa.it/sito/notizie/cultura/musica/2013/11/14/Hit-parade-Giorgia-al-top-segue-Eminem_5ca9c920-87ab-4789-b82a-f373511530b5.html |access-date=17 November 2023 |website=Agenzia ANSA |language=it}}</ref> On the week ending on August 14, 2014, the album peaked again at number one for one week.<ref>{{Cite web |date=14 August 2014 |title=Hit parade, Giorgia a sorpresa in vetta |url=https://www.ansa.it/sito/notizie/topnews/2014/08/14/hit-parade-giorgia-a-sorpresa-in-vetta_4a672d97-10c1-454c-8f77-99ded81eadbc.html |access-date=17 November 2023 |website=Agenzia ANSA |language=it}}</ref>
==Charts==
=== Weekly charts === {|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |- !scope="col"|Chart (2013) !scope="col"|Peak<br />position |- {{album chart|Italy|1|artist=Giorgia|album=Senza Paura|rowheader=true|access-date=2021-08-21}} |- {{album chart|Switzerland|58|artist=Giorgia|album=Senza Paura|rowheader=true|access-date=2021-08-21}} |}
=== Year-end charts === {| class="wikitable" !Chart (2013) !Position |- |Italy (FIMI)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Classifica annuale 2013 (dal 31.12.2012 al 29.12.2013) |url=https://www.fimi.it/top-of-the-music/classifiche.kl#/charts/11/2013/0 |access-date=July 18, 2023 |website=Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana}}</ref> | align="center" |22 |- !Chart (2014) !Position |- |Italy (FIMI)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Classifica annuale 2014 (dal 30.12.2013 al 28.12.2014) |url=https://www.fimi.it/top-of-the-music/classifiche.kl#/charts/11/2014/0 |access-date=July 18, 2023 |website=Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana}}</ref> | align="center" |15 |}
== Certifications == {{Certification Table Top}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Italy|award=Platinum|number=2|type=album|relyear=2013|certyear=2014|salesamount=|artist=Giorgia|title=Senza Paura|refname=itcert|access-date=2021-08-21}} {{Certification Table Bottom | noshipments=true}}
== References == {{reflist}}
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