Sandro Cavazza

Sandro Cavazza
Sandro Cavazza in 2024
Background information
Birth name	Alessandro Michele Cavazza
Born	(1992-09-11) 11 September 1992 (age 32)
Origin	Stockholm, Sweden
Genres	Pop
Occupations	Singer songwriter
Years active	2014–present

Alessandro Michele "Sandro" Cavazza (Italian pronunciation: [(ales)ˈsandro miˈkɛːle kaˈvattsa]; born 11 September 1992) is a Swedish singer-songwriter of Italian origin. Besides his solo career he was also a member of the pop group Estraden.

He names his musical influences as Eagle-Eye Cherry, Nirvana, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Westlife, ABBA, Max Martin, Bon Iver and Queen, in particular Freddie Mercury.^[1]

Cavazza is well known as a good friend of the Swedish producer Avicii. They made two songs together ("Gonna Love Ya" and "Sunset Jesus") for Avicii's album Stories. Cavazza is also featured on "Without You" which was nominated for a Grammis in 2017. During a road-trip through America, Avicii and Cavazza wrote multiple songs together. After Avicii's death in 2018, only "Forever Yours" was released in 2020, after it was finished by Norwegian producer and DJ Kygo.

Despite his intention to retire as a performer after that, he has since featured on songs by other artists, including "All for Love" by Felix Jaehn (May 2023),^[2] "Fade Away" from Kygo's fifth album Kygo (June 2024) and “Young Again” by Don Diablo (September 2024)

Personal life

In an interview in June 2018, Cavazza described his background as "very Swedish and part Italian", consisting of Sunday dinners with his Italian family partnered with a very secure social system in Sweden. This allowed him the opportunity to attend music school.^[1] On 23 November 2021, Cavazza announced his intention to "end his career" as an artist, claiming the reasons to be that "some things like social media, competition and being at the center of attention do not make me happy". He intended to solely focus on his career as a songwriter and held one final concert in Stockholm in 2022.^[3]

Discography

Extended plays

Title	Details
Sandro Cavazza	Released: 28 April 2017[4] Label: Ineffable Music, Universal Formats: Digital download
Weird & Talkative	Released: 13 November 2020[5] Label: Ineffable Music, Universal Formats: Digital download, streaming

Singles

As lead artist

Title	Year	Peak chart positions								Certifications	Album
		SWE [6]	AUS [7][8]	BEL (FL) [9]	BEL (WA) [10]	GER [11]	NL [12]	NOR [13]	SWI [14]
"What It Feels Like"[15]	2017	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		Sandro Cavazza
"Don't Hold Me"[16]		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	GLF: Gold[17]
"So Much Better" (Remix)[18]		12	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"High with Somebody" (with P3GI-13)	2018	9	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	GLF: 3× Platinum[19]	Non-album singles
"Here"[20]		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Used To" (featuring Lou Elliotte)[21]		63	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	GLF: Gold[19]
"Enemy"[22]	2019	43	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	GLF: Platinum[19]
"Forever Yours (Avicii Tribute)" (with Avicii and Kygo)[23]	2020	4	96	58	49	65	65	5	25
"Sad Child" (with Brother Leo)[24]		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	GLF: Gold[25]	Weird & Talkative
"Lean on Me"[26]		44	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	GLF: Platinum[19]
"Love to Lose" (with Georgia Ku)[27]	2021	—[A]	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	GLF: Gold[29]	Non-album singles
"Don't Deserve This" (with Nea)[30]		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Shameless"[31]		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"The Days"[32]	2022	68	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Hold on Me" (with Kygo)	2024	49	—	—	—	—	—	25	—		TBA
"—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

As featured artist

Title	Year	Peak chart positions										Certifications	Album
		SWE [6]	AUS [7]	AUT [33]	BEL (FL) [9]	BEL (WA) [10]	FRA [34]	GER [11]	NL [12]	NOR [13]	SWI [14]
"Beautiful Life" (Lost Frequencies featuring Sandro Cavazza)	2016	—	—	51	1	1	39	50	65	—	—	BEA: 2× Platinum[35] BVMI: Gold[36] NVPI: Platinum[37] SNEP: Gold[38]	Less Is More
"Without You" (Avicii featuring Sandro Cavazza)	2017	1	20	7	15	15	59	18	13	3	10	GLF: 7× Platinum[39] BEA: Platinum[35] BVMI: Platinum[36] IFPI AUT: Gold[40] SNEP: Platinum[38]	Avīci (01)
"Happy Now" (Kygo featuring Sandro Cavazza)[41]	2018	3	50	53	26	13	168	53	—	6	20	GLF: 3× Platinum[19] ARIA: Gold[42] BEA: Gold[35] BVMI: Gold[36] IFPI SWI: Gold[43] SNEP: Gold[38]	Non-album single
"All for Love" (Felix Jaehn featuring Sandro Cavazza)[2]	2023	—[B]	—	—	33	—	—	—	—[C]	—	—		TBA
"—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Non-single album appearances

Title	Year	Peak chart positions		Certifications	Album
		SWE [6]	NOR [13]
"Gonna Love Ya" (Avicii featuring Sandro Cavazza)	2015	3	25	GLF: 3× Platinum[39]	Stories
"Sunset Jesus" (Avicii featuring Gavin DeGraw, John Dhani Lennevald, Mike Posner & Sandro Cavazza)		37	—
"Beautiful" (Kygo featuring Sandro Cavazza)	2020	—	—		Golden Hour
"Fade Away" (Kygo featuring Sandro Cavazza)	2024	—	—		Kygo
"—" denotes a song that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Other certified songs

Title	Year	Certifications	Album
"What Kind of Man"	2017	GLF: Gold[46]	Sandro Cavazza

Notes

1. "Love to Lose" did not enter the Swedish Singellista Chart, but peaked at number three on the Swedish Heatseeker Chart.^[28]
2. "All for Love" did not enter the Swedish Singellista Chart, but peaked at number six on the Swedish Heatseeker Chart.^[44]
3. "All for Love" did not enter the Dutch Single Top 100, but peaked at number one on the Dutch Single Tip chart.^[45]

References

1. "You Should Know... Sandro Cavazza". Joe. 5 June 2018. Retrieved 9 June 2018.
2. "Felix Jaehn ft. Sandro Cavazza • All For Love". MTV. 26 May 2023. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
3. "Sandro Cavazza tar farväl med en sista EP och avskedskonsert i vår". Mynewsdesk (in Swedish). 23 November 2021. Archived from the original on 14 February 2022. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
4. "Sandro Cavazza – EP by Sandro Cavazza on Apple Music". Apple Music (AU). 28 April 2017. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
5. "Weird & Talkative – EP by Sandro Cavazza on Apple Music". Apple Music (AU). 13 November 2020. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
6. Peak positions in Sweden:
   • For all except noted: "Discography Sandro Cavazza". Swedish Charts Portal. Hung Medien.
   • For "Gonna Love Ya": "swedishcharts.com – Avicii – Gonna Love Ya". Swedish Charts Portal. Hung Medien.
   • For "Sunset Jesus": "swedishcharts.com – Avicii – Sunset Jesus". Swedish Charts Portal. Hung Medien.
   • For "High with Somebody": "swedishcharts.com – Sandro Cavazza & P3GI-13 – High With Somebody". Swedish Charts Portal. Hung Medien.
   • For "Used To": "swedishcharts.com – Sandro Cavazza feat. Lou Elliotte – Used To". Swedish Charts Portal. Hung Medien.
7. "Discography Sandro Cavazza". Australian Charts Portal. Hung Medien.
8. "The ARIA Report: Week Commencing 17 February 2020". The ARIA Report. No. 1563. Australian Recording Industry Association. 17 February 2020.
9. "Discografie Sandro Cavazza". Belgium (Flanders) Charts Portal. Hung Medien.
10. "Discographie Sandro Cavazza". Belgium (Wallonia) Charts Portal. Hung Medien.
11. "Discographie Sandro Cavazza" (enter "Sandro Cavazza" into the "Suchen" box). GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
12. "Discografie Sandro Cavazza". Dutch Charts Portal. Hung Medien.
13. Peak positions in Norway:
    • For all except noted: "Discography Sandro Cavazza". Norwegian Charts Portal. Hung Medien.
    • For "Gonna Love Ya": "norwegiancharts.com – Avicii – Gonna Love Ya". Norwegian Charts Portal. Hung Medien.
14. "Discographie Sandro Cavazza". Swiss Charts Portal. Hung Medien.
15. "What It Feels Like – Single by Sandro Cavazza on Apple Music". iTunes Store (AU). 3 February 2017. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
16. "Don't Hold Me – Single by Sandro Cavazza on Apple Music". iTunes Store (AU). 17 March 2017. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
17. "Sandro Cavazza – Don't Hold Me" (in Swedish). Grammofonleverantörernas förening. Archived from the original on 18 April 2024. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
18. "So Much Better (Remix) – Single by Sandro Cavazza on Apple Music". iTunes Store (AU). Archived from the original on 6 September 2017. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
19. "Sverigetopplistan – Sandro Cavazza" (in Swedish). Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
20. "Here – Single by Sandro Cavazza on Apple Music". iTunes Store (AU). 24 August 2018. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
21. "Used To – Single by Sandro Cavazza ft. on Apple Music". uMusic. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
22. "Enemy – single". iTunes Australia. Archived from the original on 1 May 2019. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
23. "Forever Yours (Avicii Tribute) – single". iTunes United States. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
24. ""Sad child" – single". Apple Music. 26 June 2020. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
25. "Sandro Cavazza & Brother Leo – Sad Child" (in Swedish). Grammofonleverantörernas förening. Archived from the original on 2 April 2024. Retrieved 2 April 2024.
26. "Lean on Me – Single". Apple Music. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
27. "Love to Lose – single". Apple Music. 19 February 2021. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
28. "Veckolista Heatseeker, vecka 8". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 27 February 2021.
29. "Sandro Cavazza & Georgia Ku – Love to Lose" (in Swedish). Grammotex. Retrieved 9 May 2025.
30. "Don't Deserve This – single". Apple Music. 5 March 2021. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
31. "Shameless – single". Apple Music. 20 October 2021. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
32. "Sandro Cavazza - The Days". YouTube. 4 March 2022. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
33. "Discografie Sandro Cavazza". Austrian Charts Portal. Hung Medien.
34. "Discographie Sandro Cavazza". French Charts Portal. Hung Medien.
35. "Ultratop − Goud en Platina – singles 2019". Ultratop. Hung Medien. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
36. "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Sandro Cavazza)" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
37. "Dutch certifications – Sandro Cavazza" (in Dutch). Nederlandse Vereniging van Producenten en Importeurs van beeld- en geluidsdragers. Retrieved 7 January 2024. Enter Sandro Cavazza in the "Artiest of titel" box.
38. "French certifications – Sandro Cavazza" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
39. "Sverigetopplistan – Avicii" (in Swedish). Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
40. "Austrian certifications – Sandro Cavazza" (in German). IFPI Austria. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
41. Bein, Kat (24 September 2018). "Kygo and Sandro Cavazza Debut 'Happy Now' Collab at iHeartRadio Music Festival". Billboard. Retrieved 15 October 2018 – via MSN.
42. "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2019 Singles" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
43. "The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community: Awards (Sandro Cavazza)". IFPI Switzerland. Hung Medien. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
44. "Veckolista Heatseeker, vecka 22". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 3 June 2023.
45. "Dutch Single Tip 05/08/2023". dutchcharts.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 5 August 2023.
46. "Sandro Cavazza – What Kind of Man" (in Swedish). Grammofonleverantörernas förening. Archived from the original on 27 April 2024. Retrieved 27 April 2024.