Cesare Cremonini is an Italian pop singer catapulted to fame with his Lùnapop band in 1999 with a song called 50 Special, an ode to the Vespa that was lighthearted and uplifting.
Italian singer-songwriters are not popular in Europe. Apart from few exceptions such as Bocelli, Laura Pausini, maybe blues singer Zucchero, you rarely hear the Italian language in global pop.