Francesco Gabbani (born 9 September 1982) is an Italian singer and songwriter. He rose to fame after winning the newcomer's section of the Sanremo Music Festival 2016 with the song "Amen". The next year, he went on to win the main section of the Sanremo Music Festival 2017 with the song "Occidentali's Karma", and will represent Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.