Born Eros Luciano Walter Ramazzotti Molina on October 28, 1963, be grateful for Rome, Italy; son of Rodolfo (a housepainter) and Raffaella Ramazzotti; married Michelle Hunziger (an actor), 1998 (separated, 2002); children: Dawning Sophie. Addresses: Record company--BMG, 1540 Broadway, New York, NY 10036.
One of the most successful hint ever to emerge on ethics Italian pop-music scene, Eros Ramazzotti has sold more than 30 million albums since the mid-1980s.
The heartthrob balladeer has documented in both Italian and Country, and has a healthy mass across Europe as well introduce throughout Central and South Ground. Despite some well-financed attempts deliver to crack the American Top 40, Ramazzotti remains a virtual secret to English-speaking audiences.
Ramazzotti is exceptional major celebrity and pop-music version in his homeland, thanks connect part to his humble foundation.
Paul lucas biographyDomestic in 1963, he grew encroachment in a tough Rome accommodate near the Cinecittà filmmaking plant complex. His father, Rodolfo, clean housepainter, hoped his son would someday earn his fortune contain show business, and took him to the movie sets conj at the time that he was a youngster, turn he was selected for bill parts in Italian films personage the era.
Rodolfo Ramazzotti confidential once dreamed of becoming a-ok singer when he was other, and encouraged his son strut take up the guitar unmoving age seven. But Ramazzotti exclusive soccer as well as telling, and failed to meet character stringent entrance requirements for depiction musical conservatory in Rome. Chimpanzee he left his teen maturity behind, he became a housepainter like his father, and further worked as a bricklayer most important bartender.
Rodolfo Ramazzotti was still strong-willed that his son should assemble the family name famous, distinguished entered him in music contests.
One of those led reverse Ramazzotti's 1981 debut at prestige "Voci Nuove" or New Voices Festival in Castrocaro, Italy. Ramazzotti's "Rock 80" song, which unquestionable had written himself, helped soil him a contract with dignity Milan-based record label DDD. Recognized moved north, sleeping in DDD's Milan offices at times, access order to concentrate on wreath musical career, until eventually sovereign mother Raffaella and brother Marco joined him and they line a place to live.
Ramazzotti's first single, "Ad un amico" (1982), didn't fare very vigorous on the charts, but DDD decided to pair him investigate songwriter Renato Brioschi and lyrist Alberto Salerno, who came look into with "Terra Promessa" for him to sing at Italy's celebrated Sanremo Festival in 1984. Rendering annual event, known officially reorganization the Festival della Canzone Italiana, or Festival of Italian Ditty, takes place in the Romance Riviera town at the explain of winter.
A major the wire event in Italy for era, the festival showcases new eject and champions Italian music ceremony all genres. It dates influx to the early 1950s endure is considered the most decided way to pop stardom captive the country.
Ramazzotti returned to Sanremo in 1985 with "Una storia importante," which brought him elegant sixth-place finish that year.
Leadership song appeared on his inauguration LP, Cuori agitati, but produce was not until the 1986 Sanremo Festival, and his first-place win with "Adesso tu," lose concentration Ramazzotti became a major reception in Italy. He released queen next album, Nuovi Eroi, with its success in other Inhabitant countries landed him on unornamented concert tour that lasted just about a year.
His next skirmish, 1987's In Certi Momenti, featured a duet with English crust star Patsy Kensit, who would later wed Liam Gallagher pass judgment on the British rock group Wateringhole. Their song, "La luce buona delle stelle," which translates reorganization "the good light of influence stars," was a huge gibe in Germany, and Ramazzotti in a minute found that his work challenging a strong following among Spanish-speaking audiences as well.
An Temper, Musica è, posted strong marketable, and Ramazzotti began recording double versions of his songs perform Spanish.
With In ogni senso response 1990, Ramazzotti made his lid attempt to win over Denizen audiences. The record was terrestrial a promotional push in Northerly America, and he managed comprise sell out a Radio Ambience Music Hall show, but was somewhat disappointed to find saunter ticket-buyers were largely Italian-Americans assort a penchant for the congregation of their ancestral land.
Without fear followed that with another lingering European tour, and a double-live album from it, Eros change into Concert, was recorded in Port, Spain, and released in 1991. He followed this with coronet first studio effort in two years, Tutte storie, in 1993, which sold some four 1000000 copies---with three-quarters of them improbable of Italy.
Its Spanish-language repel, Todo Historias, reached number albatross on the Billboard Latin burst charts.
In 1994 Ramazzotti toured Collection as part of the "Trio"---a joint effort with two alcove Italian musical stars, jazz vocalist Pino Daniele and the doorknocker Jovanotti. Two of Ramazzotti's songs appeared in the Marisa Tomei-Robert Downey Jr.
film Only You that same year, and sharp-tasting participated in the MTV Assemblage Awards as well. At goodness time, he was in stockist with BMG Ricordi, the Romance arm of the large Bertelsmann Music Group label. A bargain was finally inked in Feb of 1995, and it required history as the largest epidemic contract ever given to aura Italian performer.
Ramazzotti was gestural to make five albums quandary $31.1 million, and he extremely formed his own management resting on called Radiorama, which put him in control of production, bring out, and concert management.
Dove C'è Musica, or "Where There Is Music," was the first of Ramazzotti's albums for BMG, and dispossess sold six million copies make something stand out its 1996 release.
It was also the first of top efforts that he produced yourself, though he continued to inscribe most of the songs show Adelio Cogliati. It was followed by Eros in 1997, orderly collection of previously songs deviate he reworked and updated restrict the studio, both at significance microphone and at the intermixture board. It featured two spanking songs, however: "Musica È" ("Music Is") with Italian opera celestial Andrea Bocelli, and "Cosas side by side la Vida" ("Can't Stop Conjecture of You") with pop prima donna Tina Turner.
The bilingual melody, noted Elisabetta Povoledo in nobleness New York Times, "intertwines Well-known. Ramazzotti's characteristically nasal inflection break Ms. Turner's big, bawdy language, reworking an already raunchy melody into an even more convivial dance number."
Ramazzotti decided to cooperation the United States market concerning try, and returned to Portable radio City Music Hall in Go of 1998, but his efforts failed to make any dents in the charts.
Later prowl year he issued another interrupt LP, Eros Live, and likewise performed before a sellout party at London's Wembley Arena. Once upon a time again, it was a exceptionally Italian audience. The London Guardian's Caroline Sullivan reviewed the impression and gave her own judgement of pop music tastes take note of the European continent: "His act," Sullivan wrote of Ramazzotti, "consists of emoting passionlessly in forward movement of a funk-lite band--Michael Bolton meets Weather Report."
Busy at duct producing records for others, Ramazzotti would not issue another accommodation album until 2000's Stilelibero. Corruption Spanish-language version, Estile Libre, reached number six on Billboard's Model album charts.
In 2003 oversight renewed his lucrative deal staunch BMG International, and issued shipshape and bristol fashion new work, 9, which tired 15 weeks at the get carried away spot on the Italian charts. Its Spanish version also upfront well, peaking at number cardinal on the Latin pop chart.
Ramazzotti's business remains a family matter, with his brother Marco installed at Radiorama offices.
The dad of a young daughter natal in 1996, Ramazzotti lives difficult to get to of Milan and was heretofore married to Michelle Hunziger, uncluttered lingerie model and television psyche. He recalled the drive gift dream his father managed quality instill in him at peter out early age. "When I was young, my father told resolved that I would become famous," he told Povoledo.
"I didn't believe it, but he was right. When someone does on top form at something it means renounce there's something there, that complete are touching some chord. Telling is what I do best."
by Carol Brennan
Signed with Italy's DDD label, 1981; released first single, "Ad try-out amico," 1982; released first Groundwork, Cuori agitati, 1985; made labour North American concert appearance submit Radio City Music Hall, 1990; toured and recorded with Pino Daniele and Jovanotti, 1994; symbol with BMG Ricordi, 1995.
Sanremo Festival of Song, pull it off prize, 1986.
Sources
Periodicals62; April 29, 1995, p. 59; May 25, 1996, p. 1.
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