- Daughter, Teresa, born in Cortona (Tuscany, Italy) (1998)
- Younger brother of Bernardo Cherubini.
- He is in Cortona, Arezzo, Tuscany (Italy) (June 2005)
- Jovanotti has a friendship with Bono due to their mutual quest for the cancellation of foreign debt in poor African countries.
- Most of his songs are sung in Italian; he also released a Spanish-language greatest hits album.
- The name Jovanotti derives from giovanotti, the plural form of the Italian word giovanotto ("young man").
- Jovanotti gradually departed from his early mix of hip hop, rap and disco, taking in funk, world music and even classical arrangements and ska influences.
- After completing his high-school studies, he started working as a disc jockey in several discothèques and radio stations in the province of Rome.
- The song "Piove" was released for the second season of The Sopranos as an ending credits track.
- On 6 September 2008, Jovanotti married Francesca Valiani at Cortona, in the Church of Santa Maria Nuova. Their daughter Teresa was born in 1998.
- Cherubini initially chose "Joe Vanotti" as his stage name, but a promotional poster for a night club incorrectly billed him as "Jovanotti" and the name stuck.
- In 1998, Jovanotti played a brief role in the movie I Giardini dell'Eden, directed by Alessandro D'Alatri.
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