Rap and Italian music continue to win in the national charts in the first half of the year. The balance of the first half of 2024 is all in favor of Italian music: the Top of the Music by FIMI/GfK chart for the first six months of the year confirms the predominance of the local repertoire, which entirely occupies the top ten Albums and Singles. After five consecutive weeks in first place in the weekly chart, “Icon” by Tony Effe leads the Album chart (physical, download and free & premium streaming), which completes the podium with “I nomi del diavolo” by Kid Yugi in second place and “La Divina Commedia” by Tedua in third. 95% of the Top 20 is in fact by Italian artists: only the international phenomenon Taylor Swift manages to place a title (the most recent “The Tortured Poets Department”) in thirteenth position. Among the Singles (download, free & premium streaming, video streaming) in first place stands out “Tuta gold” by Mahmood, followed by Geolier with “I p' me, tu p' te” and in third place Annalisa with “Sinceramente”. With the exception of two titles, the top ten is occupied by Sanremo singles: a phenomenon that has now consolidated in recent years, which marks a growth curve compared to 2023 (where the Festival songs in the top ten stopped at 5).
As recorded in the end-of-year charts, the growth trend of female presence continues also in the first six months of 2024, which sees the number of female artists present in the Top 100 Albums go from 12 (1st semester 2023) to 15, whose top ten hosts two female positions (Annalisa and Rose Villain) compared to the total absence of the previous year in the same segment of the chart. The balance of the Singles chart also opens up to a rosy outlook, which records an increase in the top 100 from 25 to 32 female artists in 2024 (with Annalisa, Angelina Mango and a double Rose Villain among the top ten). In the new CD, vinyl and cassette chart – inaugurated at the beginning of 2024 together with a renewed methodology – Club Dogo are ranked first with their eponymous comeback project, followed by Kid Yugi (“I nomi del diavolo”) and Ultimo (“Altrove”), in a Top 20 dotted with both historic titles (such as the timeless “The Dark Side Of The Moon (50th Anniversary)” by Pink Floyd) and more recent musical projects. According to GfK data, in the first half of 2024 the streaming market saw its volumes grow by a significant 31.7%, with over 46 billion total streams. And although the physical segment recorded a slight decline of 3.7%, vinyl continues to strengthen its presence on the market with a growth of 15.3% – a sign of an increasingly mixed combination of consumption as revealed by IFPI data, which highlight an increasingly strong growth in the time dedicated to listening to music by Italians.
Here is the top ten best-selling albums in the first six months of 2024:
1. Icon – Tony Effe (Island-Universal Music)
2. The Names Of The Devil – Kid Yugi (Emi-Universal Music)
3. The Divine Comedy (deluxe) – Tedua (Epic-Sony Music)
4. Club Dogo – Club Dogo (Island – Universal Music)
5. X2vr – Sfera Ebbasta (Island-Universal Music)
6. And Then We Were In The Vortex – Annalisa (Warner Music)
7. Radio Sakura – Rose Villain (Warner Music)
8. In Other People's Beds – Mahmood (Island-Universal Music)
9. Wounds – Capo Plaza (Plaza Music/Warner Music)
10. The Courage of Children – Act II – Geolier (Columbia-Sony Music)
This is the one for the individuals:
1. Gold Suit – Mahmood (Island-Universal Music)
2. IP' Me – Tu P' Te – Geolier (Warner Music-Warner Music)
3. Sincerely – Annalisa (Warner Music-Warner Music)
4. 100 Messages – Lazza (Island-Universal Music)
5. Boredom – Angelina Mango (Lz Tarma Ada/Warner Music)
6. My Home – Ghali (Warner Music-Warner Music)
7. Like Thunder – Rose Villain Feat. Guè (Warner Music-Warner Music)
8. Click Boom! – Rose Villain (Warner Music-Warner Music)
9. The Last Poem – Geolier & Ultimo (Warner Music-Warner Music)
10. A Boy A Girl – The Kolors (Warner Music-Warner Music)
And this one vinyls, CDs and cassettes:
1. Club Dogo, Club Dogo (Island-Universal Music)
2. The Names Of The Devil, Kid Yugi (Emi-Universal Music)
3. Elsewhere, Last (Ultimo Records-Believe)
4. The Tortured Poets Department, Taylor Swift (Island-Universal Music)
5. Sanremo 2024, Various Artists (Sme Strategic Marketing Group-Sony Music)
6. The Divine Comedy (Deluxe), Tedua (Epic-Sony Music)
7. The Dark Side Of The Moon (50TH Anniversary), Pink Floyd (Warner Music)
8. God Knows, Geolier (Warner Music)
9. Poké Melodrama, Angelina Mango (La Tarma Ada/ Warner Music)
10. Cvlt – Hellraisers, Salmo & Noyz Narcos (Columbia-Sony Music)
Antonio Santini for SANREMO.FM