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Genesi
Studio album by
Gaia
Released20 March 2020 (2020-03-20)
Recorded2019–2020
GenrePop
Length29:31
LanguageItalian, Portuguese
LabelSony Music Italy
Producer
  • Simon Says
  • Machweo
  • Gianmarco Manilardi
  • Antonio Filippelli
  • Piero Romitelli
  • Gerardo Pulli
  • Alex Uhimann
Gaia chronology
Genesi
(2020) 		Alma
(2021)
Singles from Genesi
  1. "Chega"
    Released: 16 March 2020
  2. "Coco Chanel"
    Released: 21 August 2020

Genesi is the debut studio album by Italian singer-songwriter Gaia, released by Sony Music Italy on 20 March 2020.[1][2] On 22 May 2020 the project was reissued in a double album, Nuova Genesi.[3][4]

The album, which featured ten song in Italian and Portuguese, peaked at number three on the Italian Albums Chart and was certified gold by FIMI.[5][6] The album was promoted by the singles "Chega" and "Coco Chanel".

Background and composition

After the publication of her debout EP New Dawns through Sony Music Italy, in 2019 Gaia was cast in the nineteenth edition of the talent show Amici di Maria De Filippi, becoming the winner of the edition in May 2020.[7][8] During the TV program she wrote and produced severals songs, including "Chega", "Coco Chanel" and "Fucsia".[9]

In an interview with Vanity Fair Italia the singer shared about her desire to keep both the Italian and Brazilian languages in the songs lyrics in order to maintain her cultural identity in the album.[10][11] In an interview with Rockol Gaia also explained the meaning of Genesi and the music and sound productions:[12]

"[This album] is my rebirth, the result of many hours of study and work. I turned my different identities into music. This is because I wanted a few things that I could defend and that reflected me. Inside there is electronic music, there is bossanova, there are the influences that come from my Brazilian origins and also a treatment of the Italian language. I was not at all sure I wanted to sing in Italian, I always experienced it as a kind of “you have to do it because we are in Italy.” Then slowly, even with the help of great authors like Antonio Di Martino, I realized that it was actually what I really wanted. And I freed myself."

Critic reception

Mattia Marzi of Rockol compared the album to Francesca Michielin's album di20 and, praising the "minimal electronics, South American music echoes and acoustic guitars that squeeze between synths and keyboards", calling it "an interesting proposition and not at all trivia".[13]

Tracklist

Genesi track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Chega"
Simon Says!3:04
2."Densa"
  • Gozzi
  • Privitera
  • Jacopo Ettore
Simon Says!3:20
3."What I Say"
  • Gozzi
  • Privitera
Simon Says!2:46
4."Mi ricordo un po' di me"
  • Gozzi
  • Privetta
  • Davide Napoleone
  • Giorgio Spedicato
  • Martina Beltrami
  • Simone Sproccati
  • Machweo
  • Simon Says!
3:06
5."Coco Chanel"
  • Gozzi
  • Privetta
  • Gerardo Pulli
  • Piero Romitelli
  • Gerardo Pulli
  • Piero Romitelli
  • Simon Says!
2:24
6."Fucsia"
  • Gozzi
  • Andrea Bonomo
  • Gianluigi Fazio
  • Niccolò Bolchi
  • Alex Uhlmann
  • ETNA
3:01
7."Stanza 309"
  • Gozzi
  • Antonio Dimartino
  • Gianmarco Manilardi
  • Valerio Smordoni
  • Antonio Filippelli
  • Gianmarco Manilardi
3:05
Nuova Genesi edition tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
8."Il rosso delle rose"
  • Gozzi
  • Privitera
  • Giorgio Spedicato
  • Ettore
  • Machweo
  • Simon Says!
3:05
9."Bela Flor"
  • Gozzi
  • Privitera
  • Gozzi
  • Simon Says!
2:36
10."Calma"
  • Gozzi
  • Privitera
Simon Says!3:04
Total length:29:31

Commercial performance

The album debouted at number five on the Italian Albums Chart.[14] With the reiussed of the album in May 2020, Nuova Genesi peaked at number three on the chart, being certificed god by FIMI in November 2020.[15]

Charts

Certifications

Certifications for Nuova Genesi
Region Certification Certified units/sales
Italy (FIMI)[19] Gold 25,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ^ Alicandri, Alessandro (26 March 2020). ""Amici": ecco gli album di Gaia, Giulia, Nyv e Jacopo". TV Sorrisi e Canzoni (in Italian). Retrieved 5 June 2024.
  2. ^ "Gaia, vincitrice ad Amici 19. Il suo album Genesi in classifica degli album più venduti". Leggo (in Italian). 4 April 2020. Retrieved 5 June 2024.
  3. ^ "Gaia presenta la Nuova Genesi: "Spero sia una colonna sonora per momenti felici"". Fanpage.it (in Italian). 23 April 2020. Retrieved 5 June 2024.
  4. ^ "Gaia, torna 'Genesi' con nuove canzoni (e in formato fisico)". Rockol (in Italian). 22 April 2020. Retrieved 5 June 2024.
  5. ^ Alicandri, Alessandro (12 November 2020). "Gaia: "Sono ancora quella bambina che sperava di poter far ascoltare la sua voce a tutti"". TV Sorrisi e Canzoni (in Italian). Retrieved 5 June 2024.
  6. ^ Maddalena, Roberta (18 November 2021). "Bossa nova in salsa italiana. Gaia si racconta a Forbes: "La musica sarà una costante nella mia vita"". Forbes Italia. Retrieved 5 June 2024.
  7. ^ Zani, Simone (9 April 2020). "Videointervista a Gaia: "Fare canzoni belle è importante, ma la mia ricerca va oltre"". All Music Italia (in Italian). Retrieved 5 June 2020.
  8. ^ Raiola, Francesco (6 April 2020). "Gaia Gozzi, Amici 19, Genesi e Maria De Filippi: "Mi ha tutelata, ed è uscita la mia vera identità"". Fanpage.it (in Italian). Retrieved 5 June 2024.
  9. ^ Avellina, Giuditta (28 August 2020). "Chi è Gaia, cantante italobrasiliana di "Chega" e "Coco Chanel"". GQ Italia (in Italian). Retrieved 5 June 2024.
  10. ^ Manca, Mario (5 April 2020). "Gaia Gozzi, la vincitrice di Amici 19: "La musica ci aiuterà a tornare alla normalità"". Vanity Fair Italia (in Italian). Retrieved 5 June 2024.
  11. ^ Dondoni, Luca (11 March 2020). "Escono gli album delle star di Amici Gaya, Giulia, Nyv e Jacopo". La Stampa (in Italian). Retrieved 5 June 2024.
  12. ^ "Amici 2020, la vincitrice Gaia Gozzi: "Trasformo in musica le mie diverse identità"". Rockol (in Italian). 5 April 2020. Retrieved 5 June 2024.
  13. ^ Marzi, mattia (20 March 2020). "Lo stile suadente e ammaliante di Gaia, tra elettropop e echi sudamericani". Rockol (in Italian). Retrieved 5 June 2024.
  14. ^ "The Weeknd primo in classifica, bene Gaia quinta, ma Amici non sfonda". Fanpage.it (in Italian). 28 March 2020. Retrieved 5 June 2024.
  15. ^ Zani, Simone (19 May 2020). "Classifiche di vendita Fimi Settimana #22: Drefgold e Irama sbaragliano la concorrenza". All Music Italia (in Italian). Retrieved 5 June 2024.
  16. ^ "Album – Classifica settimanale WK 22 (dal 22.05.2020 al 28.05.2020)" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Retrieved 5 June 2024.
  17. ^ "Swisscharts.com – Gaia – Genesi". Hung Medien. Retrieved 5 June 2024.
  18. ^ "Classifica annuale 2020 (dal 27.12.2019 al 31.12.2020)" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Retrieved 5 June 2024.
  19. ^ "Italian album certifications – Gaia – Nuova Genesi" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Retrieved 3 November 2020. Select "2020" in the "Anno" drop-down menu. Type "Nuova Genesi" in the "Filtra" field. Select "Album e Compilation" under "Sezione".
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