Overview

• The 2025 Targhe Tenco awards considered records published between June 2024 and May 2025 and were voted on by 241 experts, journalists and industry professionals.
• Lucio Corsi’s “Volevo essere un duro” claimed both Best Album in Absolute and Best Single, making him the fourth artist to achieve a Targhe Tenco double after Fabrizio De André, Paolo Conte and Samuele Bersani.
• La Niña’s “Furèsta” secured the Targa Tenco for Best Dialect Album, reflecting a resurgence of Italy’s regional songwriting traditions.
• Anna Castiglia won Best Debut Album with “Mi Piace”; Ginevra Di Marco’s “Kaleidoscope” was named Best Interpreter Album; Caroline Pagani’s “Pagani per Pagani” received Best Project Album.
• All laureates will be formally honoured at the Premio Tenco ceremony from October 23 to 25 at Sanremo’s Teatro Ariston, where the Premio Yorum will highlight artists’ human rights advocacy.