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Adriano Celentano (born January 6, 1938) is an Italian singer, songwriter, comedian, actor, and TV host. He was born in Milan at 14 Gluck Street (about which he later wrote the song "Il ragazzo della via Gluck"), his parents were from Puglia and had moved north for work.

Heavily influenced by his idol, Elvis Presley, and the 1950s rock revolution, he is also known as the most famous dancer of the Hula hoop fad. For the last 40 years he has retained his popularity in Italy, selling millions of records and appearing in numerous TV shows and movies. In the latter respect, he has also been a creator of a comic genre, with his characteristic walking and his facial expressions. For the most part, his films were commercially successful, in fact in the 1970s and part of the 1980s, he was the king of the Italian box office in low budget movies. As an actor, critics point to Serafino (1968), directed by Pietro Germi, as his best effort.

As a director he frequently casts Ornella Muti, Eleonora Giorgi and his wife Claudia Mori. He and Claudia are the parents of Rosita and Rosalinda Celentano, the latter most notable to worldwide audiences for playing the Satan character in Mel Gibson`s The Passion of the Christ. He also works often as a host for several Italian television shows.

His 1960 song "Azzurro" (written by Paolo Conte) has regained popularity in 2006, due to it being the anthem of the Italian national football team (the Azzurri) who won the 2006 FIFA World Cup. The artist Fiorello has also created a remix of the song.

He has 44 albums. His most-liked album is "Il Concerto di Adriano".

• La festa (1965)
• Il ragazzo della via Gluck (1966)
• Una carezza in un pugno (1968)
• Adriano Rock (1969)
• Il forestiero (1970)
• Er più (1971)
• I mali del secolo (1972)
• Prisencolinensinainciusol (1973)
• Yuppi du (1974)
• Svalutation (1976)
• Tecadisk (1976)
• Geppo il folle (1978)
• Ti avrò (1978)
• Soli (1979)
• Me live! (1979)
• Un po` artista un po` no (1980)
• Deus (1981)
• Atmosfera (1983)
• I miei americani 2 (1984)
• Joan Lui (1985)
• I miei americani (1986)
• La pubblica ottusità (1987)
• Il re degli ignoranti (1991)
• Super best (1992)
• Quel Punto (1994)
• Arrivano gli uomini (1996)
• Alla corte del remix (1997)
• Mina Celentano (1998)
• Io non so parlar d'amore (1999)
• Esco di rado e parlo ancora meno (2000)
• Il cuore, la voce (2001)
• Per sempre (2002)
• Le volte che Celentano è stato 1 (2003)
• C'è sempre un motivo (2004)
• L'indiano (single) (2005)
• La Tigre e il Molleggiato (2006)

• La Dolce Vita (1960)
• Super rapina a Milano (1965)
• Serafino (1968)
• Er Più - storia d'amore e di coltello (1971)
• Bianco rosso e... (1972)
• L'emigrante (1973)
• Rugantino (1973)
• Le cinque giornate (1973)
• Yuppi Du (1974)
• Di che segno sei? (1975)
• Culastrisce nobile veneziano (1976)
• Bluff - storia di truffe e di imbroglioni (1976)
• Ecco noi per esempio (1977)
• L'altra metà del cielo (1977)
• Geppo il folle (1978)
• Zio Adolfo in arte Führer (1978)
• Mani di velluto (1979)
• La locandiera (1980)
• Qua la mano (1980)
• Sabato, domenica e venerdì (1980)
• Il bisbetico domato (1980)
• Innamorato pazzo (1981)
• Asso (1981)
• Bingo Bongo (1982)
• Grand Hotel Excelsior (1982)
• Segni particolari: bellissimo (1983)
• Sing Sing (1983)
• Lui è peggio di me (1984)
• Joan Lui (1985)
• Il burbero (1986)
• Jackpot (1991)

• List of best-selling music artists
• The complete Adriano Celentano discography (from Music City)
• Fans