Italian singers of the 20th and 21st centuries

2024 Author: Leah Sherlock | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 05:25

Italian singers have always been and remain popular in our country. Every decade has its idols. But the stars of the Italian stage of the last century do not lose popularity so far. Their music and voices have their own unique style and color.

Popular Italian artists of the 20th century

At the beginning of the 20th century, the Italian singer Caruso Enrico was the most popular. This is one of the world's greatest opera soloists, tenor. Glory came to him in 1897. After 3 years, he was invited to the La Scala Theatre. In 1902 - in London's Covent Garden. And since 1903 he became a soloist of the Metropolitan Opera. E. Caruso had a unique timbre. His voice combined great tenor highs and baritone lows. To this day, he is a model for all opera singers in the world.

In the last 3 decades of the 20th century, Italian singers of another genre, pop singers, were popular in Russia and in the world. A special hype around them fell on the eighties. Their songs are still interesting and loved.

Popular Italian singers of the 80s of the 20th century:

• Toto Cutugno.
• Al Bano and RominaPower.
• Baby.
• Ricardo Foli.
• Adriano Celentano.
• Umberto Tozzi.
• Tony Esposito.
• Lucio Dala.
• Zucchero.
• Angela Cavagna.
• Raffaella Kara.
• Paolo Conte.
• Gianni Morandi.
• Gianna Nannini.
• Sidney Rom.
• Antonella Ruggiero.
• Sabrina Salerno.
• Marina Feordaliso.

Popular Italian singers of the 21st century

Music in Italy has always been and remains at a high level. Thanks to what she is one of the most beloved in the world. Today, both long-loved and recently appeared Italian singers are very popular in the world. Modern performers of the most musical country:

• Michelangelo Loconte.
• Andrea Bocelli.
• Carla Bruni.
• Alex Britty.
• Georgia Gelho.
• Nina Zilli.
• Ingrid.
• Simone Christicchi.
• Emma Marone.
• Simona Molinari.
• Violante Placido.
• Noemi.
• Eros Ramazzotti.
• Alessandro Safina.
• Anna Tatangelo.
• Christina Scabbia.
• Juzy Ferreri.
• Tiziano Ferro.
• Massimo Ranieri.

Toto Cutugno

Many famous Italian singers performed songs composed by Salvatore Cutugno. He is known throughout the world as Toto. He performed his songs himself, and also wrote for such celebrities as Joe Dassin, Adriano Celentano, Dalida. Toto Cutugno was born in 1943. FROMchildhood began to study music. He plays the accordion, trumpet and drums. The most famous and popular songs of Joe Dassin were written by T. Cutugno: "Salute", "If it weren't for you." Fame came to Toto in 1980, after he won the San Remo competition, performing the song Solo noi. And then there was the famous L'italiano. This song has become a real hallmark of the artist. In 1983, she brought T. Cutugno another victory in the San Remo competition, in which he repeatedly became a laureate after that. In 1990, Toto became the winner of Eurovision.

Al Bano

Another very popular Italian. The real name of the singer is Albano Corrisi. Year of birth - 1943. The artist's parents had nothing to do with the art world. The name was given to the boy by his father. He served in Albania during World War II. In fact, there is no such name in Italian. "Albano" means "Albanian". Later, the artist himself divided the name into two words. Al Bano wrote his first song at the age of 12. Four years later, he left his native home for Milan, determined to make a career as a singer. However, he had to work both as a worker and as a waiter, until he won the New Voices competition, organized by A. Celentano. After that, his artistic career began. In the same year he recorded his first album. In 1967, the singer gained fame.

In 1970, Al Bano married singer Romina Power. In the same year, the couple recorded the first joint song. Glory came to the duet in 1982 thanks to the compositionFelicita. In 1984, Al Bano and Romina became the winners of San Remo. After 10 years, a tragedy occurred in the family of artists. Their eldest daughter has disappeared. It is still unknown what happened to the girl. This event destroyed the marriage of Al Bano and Romina, soon the couple divorced and their duo broke up. After that, the singer made a solo career. Romina did not go on stage for many years. Since 2013, the former spouses have again begun to give joint concerts.

Eros Ramazzotti

In this article, the most famous Italian singers in the 21st century were listed above. One of the most famous performers today is Eros Ramazzotti. He is loved and known all over the world. His records are sold in millions of copies. The full name of the artist is Eros Luciano W alter. The artist was born in 1963. At the age of 7 he started playing the guitar. Since childhood, he began to write songs. The boy dreamed of studying at the conservatory, but due to the poor financial situation of the family, his wish was not destined to come true. At the age of 18, he performed at the New Voices competition. Although he failed to win the first prize, he was noticed by the producers. He became famous all over the world, performing songs in a duet with such stars as Adriano Celentano, Cher, Luciano Pavarotti, Andrea Bocelli, Tina Turner, etc.

Juzy Ferreri

Many Italian singers are the winners of a large number of music awards. Modern popular performers work in various genres: pop, rock, rap and so on. And there are those who perform songs of differentmusical directions. Giusy Ferreri is one of them. She sings blues, rock and pop. The first recorded album, which the artist released in 2008, brought her worldwide popularity. According to the results of sales, it became multi-platinum. And one of the songs from this album was in the first lines of the charts for five weeks. Juzy has a very strong and unusual voice, she is artistic and plastic.