photo Tenco Prize 2025 credits Renzo Chiesa
The five finalists of the 2026 TENCO PLATES were revealed today, Monday 29 June, a prestigious award assigned since 1984 to “The best albums of the year” of songwriting published during the year (i.e. made available in any way to the public from 1 June 2025 to 31 May 2026).
From today, Monday 29 June, the second round of voting will begin, the run-off, which will end on 7 July and which will decide the winner of each section.
The works of the artists nominated for the Tenco Plaques are voted by a jury made up of experts, journalists and professionals chosen by the Tenco Club, who express their votes in the ways and times that are communicated to the jurors by the association. Starting today, the jurors will vote on one of the finalists for each category.
Below are the five (in the case of the BEST SINGLE SONG the songs this year are 6 instead of 5 as there is an ex aequo), in alphabetical order, of the finalists of the Targhe Tenco 2026 divided into the 6 sections provided.
THE CANDIATURES
BEST ALBUM EVER
A place on earth – ERICA BOSCHIERO
Orbit Orbit – CAPAREZZA
A very long shadow – ANDREA LASZLO DE SIMONE
And then choose the words carefully – MAURO ERMANNO GIOVANARDI
Disenchantment – ​​MADAME
BEST ALBUM IN DIALECT (or minority language spoken in Italy)
Ce Sta Sempe Na Via – ROBERTO COLELLA
Amuri lights – CARMEN CONSOLI
Briar – FRANCESCA INCUDINE
Zénta – CHIARA RAGGI
40N 14E – DANIELE SEPE / Captain Capitone & the Brothers of the Coast
BEST FIRST WORK ALBUM (first long-form album by the owner, singer-songwriter or group)
Bitte Leben – FRANKLY
Black Jewelry – SARA GIOIELLI
It's recording audio… – PIJI
Crooked souls – SANTAMAREA
Satantango – SATANTANGO
BEST INTERPRETER ALBUM
Avincola sings Carella – AVINCOLA
Dduje paravise – GNUT & ALESSANDRO D'ALESSANDRO
Fanigliulo, the artist – OLDEN
The roots and the moon – PAO
Feminae – TOSCA
BEST SINGLE SONG* (the award goes to the authors of the song)
*6 songs instead of 5 as there is an ex aequo
Zero Years – MAURO ERMANNO GIOVANARDI
How annoying! – FINGERPLEA
Palestine, land of pain – MONI OVADIA, GIOVANNA FAMULARI, MICHELE GAZICH
Spring – TOSCA
What must be will be – EMMA NOLDE
Foreigner – BIANCA D'APONTE
BEST PROJECT ALBUM (the award goes to the producer of the project album)
80 Happy Birthday Ivan (live in Teramo)
Happy Birthday Elvis Covered
Penelope's secret – SBAM Collective
We, Piero – Jambona Collective
LAZY – Teramo plays Ivan
THE DATES
The 2026 TENCO AWARD will be held on 22, 23 and 24 October at the Ariston Theater in Sanremo (Imperia). The event dedicated to the most prestigious and renowned songwriting in our country, which has passed the important milestone of 50 years, will also in this edition reward one or more artists with the Tenco Prize, assigned by the Tenco Club to the careers of those who have made a significant contribution to world songwriting.
The Tenco Club will also award the Tenco Prize to the Cultural Operator and the Yorum Prize, established in collaboration with Amnesty International Italia since 2020 to give visibility to artists who, often putting their lives at risk, fight for human rights and freedom of expression all over the world.
WEB & SOCIAL
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