i would like to make a mixed CD of italian pop songs to practice my pronunciation.. unfortunately i don't know many :p so for those of you who follow the italian music scene... do you have any recommendations? i would prefer catchy, pop melodies (ex. laura pausini) simply because they are easier for me to remember the words to as i am just learning the language.. and i don't mind cliche lyrics either because i would like to become familiar with common italian words/phrases/etc.. thanks for your help :)

We did a large thread about the subject
http://my.lifeinitaly.com/f57/lucio-battisti-and-others-t3917/
You can also check
http://lifeinitaly.com/music/

But we are re-writing the entire music section at this time - within a month you should have new artciles
Paolo

I suggest Nek. He's very good

I enjoy listening to many great italian artists, and there are so many great ones, some that you may like to try are, Paula e Chiara, 883, Renato Zero, Gemelli Diversi, Alexia, Raf, just to name a few.