Sacro (; Sacred) is the fourth studio album by the Italian singer-songwriter Serena Brancale, released on 10 April 2026 through Atlantic Records and Warner Music Italy.
The album includes the singles "Anema e core" and "Qui con me", which serve as Brancale's entries for the Sanremo Music Festival 2025 and Sanremo Music Festival 2026, respectively.
Composition The album features sixteen tracks, written and composed by the singer-songwriter herself in collaboration with songwriters and producers, including Jacopo Ettorre, Alessandro La Cava, Federica Abbate, Manuel Finotti, Massimiliano Marchio and the production duo Merk & Kremont. The project features several collaborations with other artists, including Alborosie, Alessandra Amoroso, Delia, Gregory Porter, Levante, Omara Portuondo, Richard Bona and Sayf. In an interview with Il Fatto Quotidiano, the singer-songwriter explained the choice of the project’s title Sacro:"Sacro because it contains so many very important tracks; because it’s a project that began four years ago with extensive research into the local dialect, folklore, and songs like "Baccalà", "La zia’ and "Stu cafè". Sacro because it tells the story of my family, which simply had to be included. Sacred because there’s a track I wrote with my sister, which, incidentally, I left in its raw form without even going into the studio to record it. Sacred because there’s also a jazz-inspired approach to music, blending genres in a slightly more international way. So for me it’s sacred because it’s given me a way to always feel like myself on stage, on tour, on the Sanremo stage"
Track listing
Note indicates a vocal producer
Personnel Credits are adapted from Tidal. Musicians
Serena Brancale – vocals (all tracks), piano (track 1) Manuel Finotti – drum programming (1, 3, 11), synthesizer programming (1, 3, 12), programming (5, 9, 14), bass programming (11), synthesizer (14), guitar (16) Andrea Braido – bass, guitar (1, 9) Daniele Raimondi – trumpet (1) Carlo Avarello – programming (2, 4), guitar (3, 9, 11), acoustic guitar (5), piano (15) Gorbaciof – programming (2) Itaca – programming (2) Franco Notarberardino – bass (3) Cripo – drum programming (3) Alessandro Canini – drums, electric guitar (4, 7); electric bass (4), bass (7), percussion (7) Fabio Barnaba – programming (4, 15, 16); piano, synthesizer (4); strings programming (11) Antonio Filippelli – programming (5) Delia – vocals (5, 11) Pietro Giola – trumpet (5) Levante – vocals (5) Dropkick_m – instrumentation (6, 13), synthesizer (12, 14), drum programming (12), programming (14) Gregory Porter – vocals (7, 11) Sayf – vocals (7) Richard Bona – vocals, bass, guitar, programming (10) Alborosie – vocals (12) Omara Portuondo – vocals (15) Pamela – vocals (15) Corinne Ragona – chorus vocals (16) Giordana Nausica – chorus vocals (16) Giulia Gentile – violin (16) Agnese Antonelli – viola (16) Livia De Romanis – cello (16)
Technical Manuel Finotti – engineering (1–3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 12, 15), mixing (1–3, 5, 9–12, 14, 15), mastering (16) Itaca – engineering (2) Antonio Filippelli – engineering (5) Gianmarco Manilardi – engineering (5) Richard Bona – engineering, mixing (10) Jim Clinco – engineering (16) Alessandro Canini – mixing, mastering (3, 4, 7); engineering (4, 7) Pietro Caramelli – mastering (1, 2, 5, 9–12, 14, 15)
Charts + Chart performance for Sacro Chart (2026) Peakposition Italian Albums (FIMI) 9
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