They won Eurovision. Can they conquer the world?

The Italian rock band Maneskin is a hit on the charts, and its members want to become a rare long-term Eurovision success story.

After winning the Eurovision trophy, Maneskin are looking to leverage off their newfound fame. AP

Elisabetta Povoledo

Jun 17, 2021 – 12.37pm

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When the rock group Maneskin won this year’s Eurovision Song Contest, it was little known outside Italy. Then the competition catapulted the band in front of 180 million viewers, and propelled their winning song Zitti e Buoni, or Shut Up and Behave, into Spotify’s global top 10, a first for an Italian band.

As of Wednesday, the song had been streamed on Spotify more than 100 million times. With nearly 18 million listeners in the last month, Maneskin was performing better on the streaming service in the same period than Foo Fighters or Kings of Leon.