In 2010, Mengoni hit number one on the Italian albums chart with his second extended play, "Re matto", and with the live album "Re matto live". His first full-length studio set, "Solo 2.0", was released in 2011, and it became his third consecutive number one. In 2013, Mengoni released the single "L'essenziale", which won the 63rd Sanremo Music Festival and represented Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest. The single topped the Italian Top Digital Downloads chart for eight consecutive weeks, and it became a minor hit in other European countries, including Switzerland, Spain and the Netherlands. Mengoni's second studio album, "#prontoacorrere", was released in March 2013.