The discography of Nek, an Italian pop rock singer, contains thirteen Italian-language studio album, nine Spanish-language studio albums, five Italian and Spanish compilation albums, and forty-eight singles.

Nek discography
Studio albums13
Compilation albums5
Singles48

Nek's debut album, the self-titled Nek, was released by Fonit Cetra in Italy in 1992 after he had come in second at the Castrocaro Song Festival.[1] In 1993 Nek released his second album In te followed by his third album Calore umano in the summer of 1994. In 1997 he took part in the Sanremo Music Festival, in the "Star" category, with the song "Laura non c'è" which reached number one on the Italian Singles Chart and went on to become his international breakthrough as it reached the Top Ten in Germany, Switzerland, Austria and Belgium. Lei, gli amici e tutto il resto, his fourth album and his first for WEA/Warner Music, went on to sell two million copies worldwide and was his first album to also be recorded in a Spanish-language version.[1][2]

Nek's fifth album, In due was released in June 1998 and he followed it with La vita è in 2000 and Le cose da difendere in 2002. Nek celebrated his first ten years as a recording artist with The Best of Nek: L'anno zero in October 2003. The album sold over 300,000 copies in Italy alone, and soared to the top of the charts, where it stayed for 11 weeks in the Top 10.[3] All of Nek's studio albums since 1997 have reached the Top 10 on the Italian Albums Chart.[4] Una parte di me, which was released in May 2005, sold over 200,000 copies in Italy[1] and included the hit single "Lascia che io sia", one of the Top Ten best-selling singles of 2005 in Italy. Nek released his 10th album Nella stanza 26 in 2006, and in 2007 he recorded a new version of the Spanish-language version of "Lascia che io sia", titled "Para ti seria", with the Spanish band El Sueño de Morfeo, which was hugely successful on Spanish Download chart and sold more than 250,000 downloads.

Another international collaboration followed in 2008 when he recorded a duet version of "Walking Away" with Craig David, which was included on Nek's tenth studio album Un'altra direzione, which became his first number-one album on FIMI's Italian Albums Chart.[1] In November 2010 Nek celebrated his first twenty years as an artist with the compilation album Greatest Hits 1992–2010: E da qui.

Albums

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Studio albums

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List of albums, with selected chart positions and certifications
Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
ITA
[5]
AUT
[6]
FIN
[7]
FRA
[8]
GER
[9]
SPA
[10]
SWE
[11]
SWI
[12]
US Latin
[13]
Nek
In te
  • Released: 1993
  • Labels: Fonit Cetra
  • Formats: LP, CD, Musicassette
Calore umano
  • Released: 27 September 1994
  • Labels: Fonit Cetra
  • Formats: CD, Musicassette
Lei, gli amici e tutto il resto /
Nek
  • Released: 21 February 1997
  • Labels: Don't Worry / WEA
  • Formats: CD, Musicassette
3 2 17 55 14 4 36 24 27
In due /
Entre tú y yo
  • Released: 28 May 1998
    15 September 1998 (Spanish)
  • Labels: Don't Worry / WEA
  • Formats: CD, Musicassette
2 3 17 9 2
La vita è /
La vida es
  • Released: 2 June 2000
    11 July 2000 (Spanish)
  • Labels: Don't Worry / WEA
  • Formats: CD, Musicassette
8 30 31 33 6 44
Le cose da difendere /
Las cosas que defenderé
  • Released: 24 May 2002
    28 May 2002 (Spanish)
  • Labels: Don't Worry / WEA
  • Formats: CD, Musicassette
4 67 81 34 48 16
Una parte di me/
Una parte de mí
3 46 170 75 34 3
Nella stanza 26 /
En el cuarto 26
  • Released: 17 November 2006
    3 April 2007 (Spanish)
  • Labels: Warner Bros.
  • Formats: CD, digital download
5 56 5
  • ITA: 2×Platinum[23]
Un'altra direzione /
Nuevas direcciones
  • Released: 30 January 2009
    28 April 2009 (Spanish)
  • Labels: Warner Bros.
  • Formats: CD, digital download
1 25 3
Filippo Neviani
  • Released: 16 April 2013
  • Labels: Warner Bros.
  • Formats: CD, digital download
2 30 16
Prima di parlare /
Antes de que hables
  • Released: 3 March 2015
    19 June 2015 (Spanish)
  • Labels: Warner Bros.
  • Formats: CD, digital download
3 75 14
  • ITA: Platinum
Unici
  • Released: 14 October 2016
  • Labels: Warner Bros.
  • Formats: CD, digital download, LP
2
[25]
22
  • ITA: Gold
Il mio gioco preferito – Parte prima 3 27
"—" denotes albums that did not chart or were not released

Compilation albums

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Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
ITA
[5]
SPA
[10]
SWI
[12]
Stai con me
  • Released: 1997
  • Labels: Hommage
  • Formats: CD, Musicassette
The Best of Nek: L'anno zero /
Lo mejor de Nek: El año cero
  • Released: 10 October 2003
  • Labels: WEA
  • Formats: CD, digital download, Musicassette
3 14 12
  • ITA: 3× Platinum[26]
Esencial
Greatest Hits 1992–2010: E da qui /
Greatest Hits 1992-2010: Es así
  • Released: 16 November 2010
  • Labels: Warner Music
  • Formats: CD, digital download
7 29
5030
  • Released: 2 December 2022
  • Labels: Warner Music
  • Formats: CD, digital download
21
[27]
"—" denotes albums that did not chart or were not released

Collaborative albums

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Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
ITA
[28]
NZ
[29]
SPA
[10]
The Ballroom
  • with Dance Floor Virus
  • Released: 1995
  • Labels: Dance Pool
  • Formats: CD, Musicassette, LP
41
Max Nek Renga - Il disco 3
"—" denotes albums that did not chart or were not released

Singles

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As lead artist

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List of singles, with selected chart positions, showing year released and album name
Single Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
ITA
[31]
AUT
[6]
BEL
(WA)

[32]
FRA
[33]
GER
[34]
SPA
[35]
SWI
[36]
UK
[37]
US
Latin

[38]
"Amami" 1992 Nek
"In te" 1993 In te
"Uomo con te"
"Calore umano" 1994 Calore umano
"Angeli nel ghetto"
"Cuori in tempesta"
"Tu sei, tu sai" 1996 Lei, gli amici e tutto il resto /
Nek (1997)
"Vivere senza te" /
Cómo vivir sin ti"
"Fianco a fianco"
"Laura non c'è" / "Laura no está" 1997 1 3 7 11 10 2 59 21
"Sei grande" / "Tu nombre" 6
"Dimmi cos'è" 32
"Espérame"
"Se io non avessi te" /
"Si sé que te tengo a ti"
1998 73 In due /
Entre tú y yo
"Sto con te" / "Quédate"
"Se una regola c'è" /
"No preguntes por qué"
84
"Con un ma e con un se" /
"Su tal vez, su quizá"
29 82
"Ci sei tu" / "Llegas tú" 2000 9 83 58 La vita è /
La vida es
"Sul treno" / "En el tren"
"La vita è" / "La vida es" 26 100
"Lleno de energìa"
"Sei solo tu" / "Tan sólo tú"
(featuring Laura Pausini)
2002 3 55 46 36 Le cose da difendere /
Las cosas que defenderé
"Parliamo al singolare" / "Hablemos en pasado"
"Cielo e terra" / "Cielo y tierra" 32
"Las cosas que defenderé"
"Tutto di te" 2003
"Almeno stavolta" / "Al menos ahora" 5 43 The Best of Nek: L'anno zero /
Lo mejor de Nek: El año cero
"L'anno zero" / "El año cero"
"Lascia che io sia" / "Para ti sería" 2005 2 38 Una parte di me /
Una parte de mí
"Contromano" / "A contramano"
"L'inquietudine" / "La inquietud" 2006
"Instabile" / "Vértigo" 3 47 Nella stanza 26 /
En el cuarto 26
"Notte di febbraio" / "Noche de febrero" 2007
"Nella stanza 26" / "En el cuarto 26"
"La voglia che non vorrei" /
"Deseo que ya no puede ser"
2009 9 37 53 Un'altra direzione /
Nuevas direcciones
"Se non ami" / "Si no amas" 40
"Semplici emozioni" /
"Simples emociones"
"E da qui" / "Es así" 2010 24 Greatest Hits 1992–2010: E da qui /
Greatest Hits 1992-2010: Es así
"Vulnerabile" 2011
"È con te" / "Para tí"
"Neroverdi" 2013
"Congiunzione astrale" /
"Conjunción astral"
39 Filippo Neviani
"La metà di niente" /
"La mitad de nada"
70
"Hey Dio" / "Hey Dios" 2014
"Fatti avanti amore" /
"Sigue hacia adelante"
2015 3 39 Prima di parlare /
Antes de que hables
"Se telefonando" 34
"Io ricomincerei"
"Uno di questi giorni" 2016 49 Unici
"Unici" 61
"Differente"
"Freud"
(feat. J-Ax)
2017 59
"Mi farò trovare pronto" 2019 41 Il mio gioco preferito – Parte prima
"La storia del mondo"
"Sube la radio"
"—" denotes singles that did not chart or were not released.
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List of singles, with selected chart positions, showing year released and album name
Single Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
ITA
[31]
BEL
(WA)
[32]
FRA
[33]
SPA
[44]
SWI
[36]
UK
[45]
"Message in a Bottle"
(Dance Floor Virus featuring Nek)
1995 2 49 The Ballroom
"Don't Stand So Close to Me"
(Dance Floor Virus featuring Nek)
6
"Dedododo Dedadada"
(Dance Floor Virus featuring Nek)
"Laura (Laura non c'è)"[A]
(Cérena featuring Nek)
2005 42 16 21 Cérena
"Walking Away"
(Craig David featuring Nek)
2008 14 Greatest Hits
"Chocar"
(El Sueno de Morfeo featuring Nek)
Nos vemos en el camino
"Domani 21/04.09"
(Artisti Uniti per l'Abruzzo)
2009 1
  • FIMI: 2× Platinum[46]
Charity Single
"Eclissi del cuore"
(L'Aura featuring Nek)
2011 5 Sei come me
"Duri da battere"
(Max Pezzali feat. Nek & Francesco Renga)
2017 Le canzoni alla radio
"Strada facendo"
(Max, Nek, Renga)
2018 Max Nek Renga - Il disco
"Gli anni"
(Max, Nek, Renga)
"Fatti avanti amore"
(Max, Nek, Renga)
"Il mio giorno più bello nel mondo"
(Max, Nek, Renga)
"—" denotes singles that did not chart or were not released

Other charted songs

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List of songs with chart positions, year released and album name
Single Year Peaks Album
ITA
[31]
"Anni luce"
(J-Ax and Fedez featuring Nek)
2017 58 Comunisti col Rolex

Guest appearances

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List of non-single guest appearances, showing year released and album name
Song Year Album
"Non c'è" / "Se fue" (2001 version)[48]
(Laura Pausini featuring Nek playing bass)
2001 The Best of Laura Pausini: E ritorno da te
"Happy Christmas"[49]
(live)
2005 It's Christmas:
Live from the Vatican
"Con la terra sotto di me"[49]
(live)
"Almeno stavolta"[50]
(live)
Live 8 Roma
"Se io non avessi te"[50]
(live)
"Lascia che io sia"[50]
(live)
"Sì, viaggiare"[51]
(Lucio Battisti cover)
2006 Innocenti evasioni 2006
"Come non si fa"[52]
(Claudio Baglioni featuring Roy Paci playing trumpet and Nek playing guitar)
2009 Q.P.G.A.
"Levántate"[53]
(Marta Sánchez featuring Nek)
2010 De par en par
"Nessun rimpianto"[54]
(Max Pezzali featuring Nek)
2013 Max 20
"Anni luce"[55]
(J-Ax and Fedez featuring Nek)
2017 Comunisti col Rolex
"Rossana"[56]
(Cristina D'Avena featuring Nek)
2018 Duets Forever

Notes

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  • A ^ "Laura (Laura non c'è)" did not enter the Ultratop 50, but peaked at number 2 on the Wallonia Ultratip chart, which acts as an extension to the Ultratop 40.[57]

References

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