Madame (rapper)

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Madame
Birth nameFrancesca Calearo
Born (2002-01-16) 16 January 2002 (age 19)
Vicenza
OriginCreazzo, Italy
Genres
Occupations
  • Rapper
  • singer-songwriter
Years active2018–present
LabelsSugar

Francesca Calearo (born 16 January 2002), known professionally as Madame, is an Italian rapper and singer-songwriter. After signing a recording contract with Sugar Music at the age of 16, she gained popularity in August 2019, when her single "Sciccherie" was shared by Cristiano Ronaldo on his Instagram profile. Between 2019 and 2020, she released several singles as a lead artist and collaborations with, among others, Marracash, Negramaro, DRD, Ghali, Ensi and producer Chris Nolan, and she competed in the 71st Sanremo Music Festival in March 2021. Her entry "Voce", as well as the single "Il mio amico" recorded with Fabri Fibra, were included in her debut album Madame, released on 19 March 2021.

Biography[]

Francesca Calearo was born in Vicenza on 16 January 2002, and raised in Creazzo, also in the province of Vicenza.[1][2] As a child, she developed an interest in music thanks to her father, an amateur musician with an interest in Italian cantautori.[3][4] During the lower secondary school years, Calearo started taking piano lessons, and she later continued to study music as an autodidact, while listening to artists like Ludovico Einaudi.[5] She studied Human Sciences at the liceo Don Giuseppe Fogazzaro in Vicenza.[6] She chose the pseudonym "Madame" after trying a random generator for drag queen names, which produced "Madame Wild" for Calearo.[7] She found it represented the idea of "elegance and sophistication" she wanted to pursue, as well as her will to be "a Woman with capital W".[3]

Madame's debut single, "Anna", was produced by rapper Eiemgei and released in September 2018 by Arcade Army Records.[8][9] At the age of 16, she signed a recording contract with Sugar Music, which released her second single, "Sciccherie", on 14 December 2018.[10][11][3] The song received airplay from Italian radio networks including Radio DeeJay.[12] In August 2019, Cristiano Ronaldo posted an Instagram story on his account, with a video of himself listeing to "Sciccherie" while on his home's terrace. Ronaldo's story attracted media attention on the song, leading several media to talk about Madame's music for the first time.[6][13][14][15]

The singles "17", "La promessa dell'anno", "Baby", "Sentimi" and "Clito" were also released between 2019 and 2020.[16][17][18][19][20] In late 2019, Madame appeared on the album Persona by Italian rapper Marracash, performing as a featured artist in the track named after her pseudonym.[21] In the summer of 2020, producer DRD released the single "Defuera", with vocals by Ghali, Marracash and Madame.[22] She also recorded the song "Non è vero niente" with Italian rock band Negramaro, included in their album Contatto in late 2020.[23]

In 2020 Madame was among the fifty candidates for the title of "Italian Woman of the Year" for D: La repubblica delle donne (lit. 'D: The republic of women'), a magazine attached to the newspaper la Repubblica.[24] Madame made her first appearance on Italian television on 3 December 2020, when she opened the semi-final of the fourteenth season of X Factor on Sky TV, singing her song "Baby" in a duet with contestant Blind.[25] The following week, on 10 December, she was again a guest of the show, performing "Non è vero niente" with Negramaro.[26]

In March 2021, Madame competed in the 71st Sanremo Music Festival, performing the song "Voce".[27] She became the first female rapper to compete in the contest's main section, and the youngest singer among the established artists competing in the 2021 contest.[7][28] During the festival, she came out as bisexual.[29] Her entry "Voce" was included in her self-titled debut album, released on 19 March 2021.[30] The album was also preceded by the single "Il mio amico", featuring Italian rapper Fabri Fibra and released in January 2021.[31] Both the album and the song "Voce" were awarded a Targa Tenco, for Best Debut Album and Best Song, respectively.[32] A new song, titled "Marea", was released as a single on 4 July 2021, and later added to the digital version of her self-titled album.[33][34]

Musical style[]

Among her influences, Madame cites singer-songwriter Fabrizio De André, as well as trap and, despite not having southern origin, Sicilian neomelodic music.[35][9] Instrumental music also played an important role in her artistic development, with artists such as Ludovico Einaudi and Van Halen.[9]

In 2019, her musical style was described by la Repubblica as "urban, a very wide container in which trap and rap can merge, together with several other contemporary sounds".[6] Claudio Cabona wrote for Rockol.it that Madame's lyrical style is sometimes "visceral", and sometimes very explicit, without being banal.[36] He added that all her songs are characterized by very particular voice sounds.[36] On Klamour, Gabriele Zangarini compared her voice in "Sciccherie" to La Rappresentante di Lista, describing it as "sometimes enraged, then whispered, often theatrical".[8]

Discography[]

Studio albums[]

List of studio albums, with chart positions and certifications
Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
ITA
[37][38] 		SWI
[39]
Madame
  • Released: 19 March 2021
  • Label: Sugar Music
  • Format: CD, LP, digital download, streaming
 1 38

Singles[]

As lead artist[]

List of singles, with chart positions, album name and certifications
Single Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album or EP
ITA
[37]
"Anna" 2018 — Non-album single
"Sciccherie" —
"17" 2019 —
"La promessa dell'anno" —
"Baby" 2020 36 Madame
"Sentimi" 25 Non-album single
"Clito" 47 Madame
"Il mio amico"[42]
(Madame featuring Fabri Fibra) 		11
"Voce"[43] 2021 2
  • FIMI: 3× Platinum[37]
"Marea" 7
"Tu mi hai capito"
(Madame featuring Sfera Ebbasta) 		— Non-album single
"—" denotes an item that did not chart in that country.

As featured artist[]

List of singles, with chart positions, album name and certifications
Single Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
ITA
[37]
"Mira"[44]
(Ensi featuring Madame) 		2019 — Clash Again
"Spaccato"[45]
(Don Joe featuring Madame and Dani Faiv) 		2020 38 Non-album single
"Fck U"[46]
(Psicologi featuring Madame) 		89 Millennium Bug
"Defuera"[47]
(Dardust featuring Ghali, Madame and Marracash) 		2020 33 Non-album singles
"Nuove strade"[49]
(Ernia, Rkomi, Gaia, Madame, Samurai Jay and Andry the Hitmaker) 		51
"Euforia"
(Chris Nolan featuring Tedua, Madame, Aiello and Birthh) 		89
"—" denotes an item that did not chart in that country.

Other album appearances[]

List of non-single apparances on compilation albums or other artists' albums, with chart positions, album name and certifications
Song Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album or Extended Play
ITA
[37]
"Farabutto"[50]
(Tredici Pietro featuring Madame) 		2019 — Assurdo
".Rosso"
(Night Skinny featuring Madame and Rkomi) 		26 Mattoni
"Madame – L'anima"[51]
(Marracash featuring Madame) 		7
  • FIMI: 2× Platinum[52]
 Persona
"Andromeda"[53]
(Elodie featuring Madame – Merk & Kremont X BB Team Remix) 		2020 — This Is Elodie
"Fuoriluogo"[54]
(Ernia featuring Madame) 		— Gemelli
"Weekend"
(Bloody Vinyl, Slait & Young Miles featuring Lazza, Madame & Massimo Pericolo) 		6 BV3
"Alibi"
(Mecna featuring Madame) 		76 Mentre nessuno guarda
"Non è vero niente"
(Negramaro featuring Madame) 		74 Contatto
"Acqua"[57]
(Mace featuring Rkomi and Madame) 		2021 24
[58] 		Obe
"Airforce"[59]
(Massimo Pericolo featuring Madame) 		19 Solo tutto
"Poi poi poi"
(Leon Faun and Duffy featuring Madame) 		— C'era una volta
"—" denotes an item that did not chart in that country.

Music videos[]

Song Release Director YouTube views[60] Ref.(s)
Anna 13 September 2018 Dimitri Bertetto 1,688,002 [61]
Sciccherie 21 December 2018 Dalilù 14,368,878 [62]
17 26 June 2019 Dalilù 8,735,404 [63]
Baby 12 March 2020 Martina Pastori 6,249,246 [64]
Sentimi[65] 30 April 2020 Thaevil 2,245,773 [66]
Voce 3 March 2021 Attilio Cusani 23,387,662 [67]
Marea 28 June 2021 Attilio Cusani 10,123,334 [68]

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  59. ^ Giovanni Ansaldo (26 March 2021). "Massimo Pericolo dice sempre la verità". Internazionale (in Italian). Retrieved 27 March 2021.
  60. ^ As of 28 August 2021
  61. ^ Madame – Anna (Prod. Eiemgei) on YouTube
  62. ^ Madame – Sciccherie (prod. Eiemgei) on YouTube
  63. ^ Madame – 17 on YouTube
  64. ^ Madame – Baby on YouTube
  65. ^ Lyric video.
  66. ^ Madame – Sentimi (lyric video) on YouTube
  67. ^ Madame – Voce (Sanremo 2021) on YouTube
  68. ^ Madame – Marea on YouTube

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