A week after the launch, the album debuted at third place in the standings FIMI / Nielsen with over 40 thousand copies sold and got the gold disc.

Subsequently, in August, the album reached the 70 thousand copies sold mark, achieving platinum status.

[11] He joined the animated film Impy superstar – Mission Luna Park as voice and interpreter of the cover That's the Way (I Like It) inserted in the soundtrack.

[12] On 21 February 2009, he won the 59th Sanremo Festival in the category Artists with the song "La forza mia" written by Paolo Carta, the producer, songwriter and guitarist of Laura Pausini, winning 57.62% of the preference votes of the public[13][14] On 20 February, he published and released his third album, La forza mia.

Just four days after release, La forza mia wins platinum status with over 80 thousand copies sold.

[17][18] The "Marco Carta Tour 2009", which started on 30 April, had a great success with the public, to the point that some dates were canceled for being overcrowded.

[23] From the album, which reached number 2 in the Italian chart,[24] the single, and title-track, "Necessità lunatica" was released (7 September 2012).

In September 2012 Marco Carta recorded his first single in Spanish, thanks to the agreement with Warner Music Spain: this is the Spanish version of "Mi hai guardato per caso", entitled "Casualmente miraste" and published simultaneously on 21 September in Spain, Mexico, Argentina, Chile and Italy.

In November 2012 the singles "Mi hai guardato per caso" and "Necessità lunatica" are certified gold disc for sales of over 15.000 digital.

The single was included in the album Ti Brucia, also released in 2008, with songs by him and other contestants of the TV show Amici di Maria de Filippi.