Samuel Umberto Romano

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| name = Samuel Umberto Romano

| background = solo_singer

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1972|3|7|df=y}}

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| origin = Turin, Italy

| instrument = Vocals, guitar

| genre = {{flatlist|

• Pop rock
• soft rock

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| occupation = {{flatlist|

• Singer
• songwriter
• guitarist

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| years_active = 1996–present

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Samuel Umberto Romano (born 7 March 1972) is an Italian singer and songwriter, better known as the frontman of Italian rock band Subsonica.{{cite web |url=http://www.subsonica.it/storia_eng.asp |title=Subsonica |publisher=Subsonica.it |accessdate=August 16, 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130106010734/http://www.subsonica.it/storia_eng.asp |archivedate=January 6, 2013 }}{{cite web |url=http://www.subsonica.it/id_samuel_eng.asp |title=Subsonica |publisher=Subsonica.it |accessdate=August 16, 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120315223924/http://www.subsonica.it/id_samuel_eng.asp |archivedate=March 15, 2012 }}

He was also a founding member of the group Motel Connection,{{cite web|url=https://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/2014/03/14/brani-piu-famosi-dei-motel-connection.html|work=la Repubblica|language=it|title=I brani più famosi dei Motel Connection|author=Andrea Morandi|date=14 March 2014|access-date=27 June 2021}} and in 2017 he launched his solo career, under the mononym Samuel.

As a solo artist, he released the studio albums Il codice della bellezza in 2017 and Brigata bianca in 2021, both of which entered the top ten of the FIMI Italian Albums Chart.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.wired.it/play/musica/2017/01/30/samuel-codice-bellezza-pop/?refresh_ce=|language=it|title=Samuel svela il suo Codice della Bellezza pop|author=Michele Primi|date=30 January 2017|magazine=Wired|access-date=27 January 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://www.gqitalia.it/show/article/brigata-bianca-samuel-recensione-cose-da-sapere|work=GQ|language=it|title=Brigata Bianca di Samuel, 5 cose da sapere|author=Valentina Caiani|date=24 January 2021|access-date=27 June 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://italiancharts.com/search.asp?search=samuel&cat=a|publisher=Hung Medien. Italiancharts.com|access-date=27 June 2021|title=Italian Charts - Samuel - Albums}}

In 2017, he competed in 67th Sanremo Music Festival, placing tenth with the song "Vedrai".{{cite web|url=https://www.sorrisi.com/musica/sanremo/sanremo-2017-la-classifica-della-serata-finale/|work=TV Sorrisi e Canzoni|language=it|title=Sanremo 2017, la classifica della serata finale|date=12 February 2017|access-date=27 January 2021}} In 2019 he also was a judge on the 13th season of Italian talent show X Factor.{{cite web|url=https://www.lastampa.it/torino/2019/06/03/news/samuel-giudice-a-x-factor-ho-bisogno-di-riaccendere-la-mia-creativita-1.36537670|work=La Stampa|language=it|title=Samuel giudice a X Factor: Ho bisogno di riaccendere la mia creatività|author=Pierfrancesco Carcassi|date=3 June 2019|access-date=27 June 2021}} In 2021 he released "Cinema" with Francesca Michielin, which peaked at number 93 on the FIMI Italian Singles Chart and was certified Gold by FIMI.{{cite web|url=https://www.fimi.it/top-of-the-music/classifiche.kl#/charts/1/2021/27|publisher=Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana|language=it|title=Top of the Music – Singoli – Classifica settimanale WK 27 (dal 2.07.2021 al 8.07.2021)|access-date=9 July 2021}}{{Cite certification|region=Italy|type=single|artist=Samuel & Francesca Michielin|title=Cinema|access-date=14 September 2021|id=8984}}