Morgan (singer)

{{Short description|Italian musician}}

{{Distinguish|Morgan Singer}}

{{BLP sources|date=June 2015}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2022}}

{{Expand Italian|topic=bio|Morgan (cantante)|date=May 2023}}

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| name = Morgan

| image = Marco “Morgan” Castoldi, “Morgan50 compleanno in concerto”, Teatro Parioli, Rome, Italy (23-12-2022) · © Danilo Samà.jpg

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| caption = “Morgan50: birthday in concert” at the Parioli Theater in Rome in 2022

| birth_name = Marco Castoldi

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1972|12|23|df=y}}

| birth_place = Milan, Italy

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| occupation = {{flatlist|

  • Singer
  • songwriter
  • musician

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| instrument = {{flatlist|

  • Vocals
  • bass
  • piano
  • keyboards
  • guitars
  • ukulele
  • harmonica
  • glockenspiel

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| current_member_of = Bluvertigo

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Marco Castoldi (born 23 December 1972), better known by his stage name Morgan, is an Italian singer, songwriter and musician. His musical genres are mainly alternative rock and electronic rock, sometimes experimental rock and synth-pop. He has also been a judge for eight seasons in the Italian version of The X Factor, winning five of them through acts he mentored: Aram Quartet (series 1 – 2008), Matteo Becucci (series 2 – 2008–9), Marco Mengoni (series 3 – 2009), Chiara Galiazzo (series 6 – 2012) and Michele Bravi (series 7 – 2013). He was also a coach on The Voice Of Italy 2019.

He is also a founding member of Bluvertigo, an Italian band formed in 1992.

Morgan has 3 daughters; the first, Anna Lou Castoldi, with Asia Argento.

Discography

=Solo=

  • 2003: Canzoni dell'appartamento
  • 2004: Il suono della vanità
  • 2005: Non al denaro, non all'amore né al cielo
  • 2007: Da A ad A
  • 2008: È successo a Morgan
  • 2009: Italian Songbook Volume 1
  • 2010: Morganicomio
  • 2012: Italian Songbook Volume 2
  • 2020: La musica seria
  • 2023: ...e quindi, insomma ossia

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=With Bluvertigo=

  • 1995: Acidi e basi
  • 1997: Metallo non metallo
  • 1999: Zero - ovvero la famosa nevicata dell'85
  • 2001: Pop Tools
  • 2008: MTV Storytellers (live)

=Collaborations=

=Producer=

  • Mao in Black Mokette
  • Soerba in Playback
  • La Sintesi in L'eroe romantico
  • Aram Quartet in the song Chi (Who)

Filmography

=Film=

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2003

|Lost Love

|Bassist

|Uncredited

2004

|{{nowrap|The Vanity Serum}}

|Cat-Man

|Cameo

rowspan=2|2006

|Il quarto sesso

|Karl Marx

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Transylvania

|{{nowrap|Milan Agustin}}

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=Television=

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2001

|Sanremo Music Festival 2001

|Himself / Contestant

|Performing "L'assenzio" (16th place)

2008–2014; 2023

|X Factor

|Himself / Judge

|Talent show (1-3, 5-8, 17)

2010

|Le invasioni barbariche

|Himself / Guest

|Talk show

2013

|MTV Spit

|Himself / Judge

|Talent show (season 2)

rowspan=2|2016

|Sanremo Music Festival 2016

|Himself / Contestant

|Performing "Semplicemente" (16th place)

rowspan=2|Amici di Maria De Filippi

|Himself / Judge

|Talent show (season 15, final stage)

2017

|Himself / Coach

|Talent show (season 16, final stage)

2017–2019

|Premio Tenco

|Himself / Host

|Annual cerimony

rowspan=2|2019

|Sanremo Music Festival 2019

|Himself / Guest performer

|Performing with Achille Lauro in the duets night

The Voice of Italy

|Himself / Coach

|Talent show (season 6)

rowspan=2|2020

|Sanremo Music Festival 2020

|Himself / Contestant

|Performing "Sincero" (disqualified)

Sanremo Giovani

|Himself / Judge

|Talent show

2021

|Ballando con le Stelle

|Himself / Contestant

|Reality competition (season 16)

2023

|StraMorgan

|Himself / Host

|Variety show

Bibliography

  • 1998: Dissoluzione (Bompiani - I buchi neri)
  • 2008: In pArte Morgan (Eleuthera)
  • 2014: "Il libro di Morgan - Io l'Amore la Musica gli Stronzi e Dio" (Einaudi stile libero)
  • 2022: Parole d'aMorgan (with Pasquale Panella)