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Andrea Bocelli

Songwriter / Singer-songwriter / Record Producer / Lawyer / Composer / Pianist / Guitarist | * 09/22/1958 (65) | Lajatico (Italy)
Andrea Bocelli (Italian: [anˈdrɛːa boˈtʃɛlli]; born 22 September 1958) is an Italian tenor. After performing evenings in piano bars and competing in local singing contests, Bocelli signed his first recording contract with Sugar Music. He rose to fame in 1994 after winning the newcomers' section of the 44th Sanremo Music Festival performing "Il mare calmo della sera". Since 1994, Bocelli has recorded 15 solo studio albums of both pop and classical music, three greatest hits albums, and nine complete operas, selling over 75 million records worldwide. He has had success as a crossover performer, bringing classical music to the top of international pop charts. His album Romanza is one of the best-selling albums of all time, while Sacred Arias is the biggest selling classical album by any solo artist in history. My Christmas was the best-selling holiday album of 2009 and one of the best-selling holiday albums in the United States. The 2019 album Sì debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart and US Billboard 200, becoming Bocelli's first number-one album in both countries. His song "Con te partirò", included on his second album Bocelli, is one of the best-selling singles of all time. In 1998, Bocelli was named one of People magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People. He duetted w... ()
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Andrea Bocelli was born on September 22, 1958 in Lajatico, a province of Pisa in Italy. Born with glaucoma cong nito, very low vision at the age of twelve suffered an accident playing football, losing completely the sense. He grew up on the farm who had his family in Tuscany, where they have a small vineyard from which her father produced "Chanti Bocelli. Very passionate about everything he had to do with the art, Andrea studied piano, flute and SAX, and after studying law at the University of Pisa, coming to obtain the title of doctor. For a year he was defender of the Court and after contacted the tenor Franco Corelli to become his pupil. The young apprentice spent some time singing in bars and nightclubs to pay for their classes and met Enrica, a beautiful woman who fell in love with. Later the couple decided to marry, and they were parents of Amos and Matteo. In 1992 Zucchero rock star, carries out auditions with tenors to perform tape demo of the song that was composed by Bono from U2 entitled Miserere. I wanted to have this great tenor Pavarotti accompany you to the duo, but in the end, Andrea was elected. When Pavarotti heard the tape it was impressed and also recorded the theme with rocker Italian, achieving a tremendous success. Subsequently Zucchero began his tour all over Europe and invited Andrea to sing the theme. It had also a participation in the concert ben fico annual gala of Pavarotti, which unites with the popular classical music, could sing a Duet with Pavarotti and other stars of the music such as Bryan Adams. In 1993 he could sign a contract with the record label Insieme/Sugar, renowned for representing famous artists of Italy. Some time later participates in the Festival of San Remo from where also emerged victorious. Years after became one of his most important dreams reality, the protagonist of La Boheme by Puccini, in Cagliari, Italy. A few months more tardepublicoo his "Aria" album, with themes of opera and Andrea received a nomination for the Grammy Awards. It would be his new work he titled "Sogno", with the same success that had earlier in March 1999 when comes to light. This production features 3 songs in Spanish and had the support of important composers such as Ennio Morricone, and they accompanied him also n Eros Ramazzotti, Celine Dion and Dulce Pontes. In the new millennium, Bocelli received 2 nominations for Grammy Awards and made the tour "World Tour 2000". His new album "Feeling" is recorded at 220 and for 2006 "Amore" is put on sale. Andrea Bocelli has come to sell more than 70 million records worldwide, became staying in one of the most renowned tenors of the planet. His marriage with Enrica ended in 2002 and after begins a new relationship with Veronica Beri.

Most frequent genres for this person: Music | Documentaries | Talk-Shows

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Awards & Nominations for Andrea Bocelli

Order of Merit of Duarte, Sánchez and Mella Billboard Latin Music Lifetime Achievement Award Honorary Degree of The University of Macerata Grand Officer of The Order of Merit of The Italian Republic Crystal Award Star On Hollywood Walk of Fame Echo Awards Juan Pablo Duarte Order of Merit Viña Del Mar International Song Festival Grammy Award for Best New Artist
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Movies with Andrea Bocelli as Actor(26)

TV Shows/Series with Andrea Bocelli as Actor(28)

as himself2009 The Jay Leno Show
as Guest2009 Skavlan
as himself2006 The One Show
as Himself - Musical Guest2005 Dancing with the Stars
as himself2003 imagine…
as Self - Guest Performer2002 American Idol
as himself2001 Star Academy
as himself1998 Vivement dimanche
as himself1998 Die Lotto-Show
as himself1997 The View
as Self - Performer1994 MTV Europe Music Awards
as Self - Singer1991 Musik liegt in der Luft
as himself1988 This Morning
as himself1981 Wetten, dass..?
as himself1974 III nach neun
as himself1971 Great Performances
as himself??? Today

Movies with Andrea Bocelli as Crew(3)

Production/Executive Producer2023 The Journey: A Musical Special from Andrea Bocelli
Sound/Music2022 El beso de Dios
Writing/Writer2017 The Music of Silence

TV Shows/Series with Andrea Bocelli as Crew(1)

Sound/Theme Song Performance1998 Vivo Por Elena

Additional Information

Full Name: Andrea Bocelli
Citizenship: Italy
Born: Monday, 09/22 1958 (September) in Lajatico (Italy) (current age: 65 years + 216 days)
Zodiac sign: Virgo (Chinese zodiac sign: Dog)
Languages: German (DE), Italian (IT), Portuguese (PT)
Educated at: University of Pisa
Member of: Accademia delle Arti del Disegno
Record Label: Decca, Universal Music Group, PolyGram
Children: Matteo Bocelli, Virginia Bocelli
Andrea Bocelli frequently works together with these people:
Elton John (12x, Actor)
Josh Groban (12x, Actor)
Lionel Richie (12x, Actor)
Tyra Banks (9x, Actress)
Mariah Carey (9x, Actress)
Liza Minnelli (9x, Actress)
Tom Jones (9x, Actor)
Mary Roos (9x, Actress)
Howard Carpendale (9x, Actor)
Helen Mirren (8x, Actress)
David Hasselhoff (8x, Actor)
Tony Bennett (6x, Actor)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:317576, Added: 08/13/2018, Last updated: 04/18/2024