Elisa (Italian singer)

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Elisa Toffoli 2008

Elisa Toffoli (born December 19, 1977 in Trieste ) is an Italian singer and songwriter who became known as an artist under the name Elisa . In 2001 she won the Sanremo Festival , but the singer also had international success.

life and career

Beginnings

Elisa Toffoli was born in Trieste and grew up in Monfalcone ( Gorizia ), a small town in north-eastern Italy on the border with Slovenia . As a child she showed great interest in art : she danced, painted, acted in the theater and wrote short stories. Her love of art grew even greater when she discovered both Rudyard Kipling's poems and the lyrics by Doors front man Jim Morrison . But she soon realized that music was her way: at the age of eleven, she wrote her first lyrics and melody. A few years later, when her interest in music became concrete, Elisa began performing with various local bands and was so quickly introduced to the world of music.

When Elisa was 16 years old, Caterina Caselli , the owner of the Sugar record company , got a demo recording of her and recognized Elisa’s talent. She immediately arranged for her to travel to the United States to improve Elisha's English and record her first album, Pipes & Flowers . The album was produced by Corrado Rustici ( Whitney Houston , Zucchero ) and finally released in September 1997 by Caselli's record company. The critics and the audience were very impressed by the young singer. The debut album was later released in other European countries. In Italy, the album received many critical awards, such as the 1998 Targa Tenco for best debut and the Italian PIM music award . In addition, Elisa received the offer from Eros Ramazzotti to open his concerts across Europe as an opening act and she took this opportunity.

breakthrough

The singer 2007

In the years 2000 and 2001 Elisa released two albums: Asile's World and Then Comes the Sun . Asile's World was a significant step away from the debut with experimental electronic arrangements; the album was created in collaboration with various producers. The second edition eventually contained one of Elisha's greatest hits - her first song in Italian: Luce (tramonti a Nord Est) , which was already known by the original English title Come Speak to Me . The Italian text was from Zucchero, Elisa won the 2001 Sanremo Festival with the song .

The third album again showed a return to more traditional arrangements and was characterized by the collaboration with Corrado Rustici . An international CD called Elisa with songs from her first three albums was released in more than 20 countries in 2002. Her fourth album, Lotus , was released in 2003, followed by a tour of theaters in Italy. The main theme of the CD and the tour was very different from the previous albums. These were acoustic versions of some of their older songs as well as some new acoustic songs, including covers of Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah and Lou Reeds Femme Fatale . Lotus has been sold more than 300,000 times.

In 2005 Elisa flew to Los Angeles to record her fifth album, which was now to be produced by Glen Ballard ( Alanis Morissette , Anastacia , Christina Aguilera ). The result was Pearl Days - in collaboration with drummer Matt Chamberlain ( Tori Amos , Macy Gray ) and guitarists Tim Pierce ( Phil Collins , Rod Stewart ) and Michael Landau ( Seal , Miles Davis ). In addition, she sang at the closing ceremony of the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City , sang in a duet with Luciano Pavarotti for Pavarotti & Friends , played the lead role in Giovanni Sollima's opera Ellis Island and recorded a duet with Tina Turner ( Teach Me Again ), with whom written by Elisa songs text for the documentary All the Invisible children ( all children of the world ); a collaboration between various directors such as Spike Lee and John Woo .

In late 2006 the album Soundtrack '96 -'06 was released in Italy , a compilation of the hit singles from her ten-year artistic career. The album contains four new songs, three of them in Italian. She sang the song Luce during the closing ceremony of the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin . Less than six months later, Elisa retired to the studio to work on another international release called Caterpillar , which features many of the songs from Soundtrack '96 -'06 . The album was released on July 20, 2007 in various European countries. The first single ( Stay ) is dedicated to her father.

Elisa as part of the Amiche per l'Abruzzo with Fiorella Mannoia, Laura Pausini, Gianna Nannini and Giorgia

On July 5, 2007 Elisa performed at the Teatro del Silenzio as part of a concert by Andrea Bocelli and sang the song La voce del silenzio with him . On November 16, 2007, the live album "Soundtrack '96 -'06 Live" was released in Italy, which also contains a DVD for a concert on the tour. At the end of 2009 Elisha's first daughter was born, the father was the guitarist Andrea Rigonat, who was also involved in Elisha's next album Heart . It contains titles sung in Italian and English, including a version of the Tears-for-Fears hit Mad World from 1982. In support of the victims of the L'Aquila earthquake , Elisa was also part of the Amiche per l'Abbruzzo (group of 90 Italian singers, including Laura Pausini , Gianna Nannini , Fiorella Mannoia and Giorgia ), who gave a charity concert in San Siro .

The single Nostalgia introduced the next album Ivy in 2010 . In 2012 Elisa was featured on the soundtrack to Quentin Tarantino's Django Unchained with Ancora qui . On March 20, 2013 Elisa gave birth to her son and in the same year a new album called L'anima vola was released , which was for the first time completely in Italian. In 2014 an asteroid was named after her: (147766) Elisatoffoli .

After an extensive tour, the singer took part in the casting show Amici di Maria De Filippi in 2015 as an expert and was a. a. responsible for the band The Kolors , which won that year. At the end of the year she started work on a new album, which was produced by Curt Schneider . After a guest appearance at the Sanremo Festival 2016 , Elisa released the album On on March 25th, 2016. This year she worked for Amici again, this time together with Emma Marrone .

Discography

Studio albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)
Remarks
IT IT DE DE AT AT CH CH
1997 Pipes & Flowers IT9 (35 weeks)
IT
- - -
Sugar / Universal
2000 Asile's World IT7 (20 weeks)
IT
- - -
Sugar / Universal
2001 Asile's World (Sanremo Repackaging) IT5 (20 weeks)
IT
- - -
Sugar / Universal
Then comes the sun IT10 (55 weeks)
IT
- - -
Sugar / Universal
2003 lotus IT2 (30 weeks)
IT
- - -
Sugar / Universal
2004 Pearl Days IT2 (24 weeks)
IT
- - -
Sugar / Universal
2005 Pearl Days (2005 edition) IT16 (25 weeks)
IT
- - -
Sugar / Universal
2009 Heart IT1
Double platinum
× 2
Double platinum

(47 weeks)IT
- - -
Sugar / Warner
sales: + 140,000
2010 Ivy IT4th
platinum
platinum

(46 weeks)IT
- - -
Sugar / Warner
sales: + 60,000
2012 Un giorno questo dolore ti sarà utile IT46 (2 weeks)
IT
- - -
Andrea Guerra & Elisa
Soundtrack by You'll see what it's good for
2013 L'anima vola IT1
Double platinum
× 2
Double platinum

(93 weeks)IT
- - -
Sugar / Warner
sales: + 100,000
2016 On IT1
platinum
platinum

(45 weeks)IT
- - -
Sugar / Warner
sales: + 50,000
2018 Diari aperti IT2
Double platinum
× 2
Double platinum

(… Where.)Template: chart table / maintenance / preliminary / 2018IT
- - CH53 (2 weeks)
CH
Island / Universal
Sales: + 100,000

Live albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)
Remarks
IT IT DE DE AT AT CH CH
2007 Soundtrack '96 -'06 Live IT11 (29 weeks)
IT
- - -
Sugar / Warner

Compilations

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)
Remarks
IT IT DE DE AT AT CH CH
2002 Elisa - - - CH84 (3 weeks)
CH
Sony
2006 Soundtrack '96 -'06 IT1
Gold (2011)
Gold (2011)

(94 weeks)IT
- - CH58 (10 weeks)
CH
Sugar / Warner
sales: + 30,000
2007 Caterpillar IT34 (7 weeks)
IT
- - -
Sugar / Warner
2017 Soundtrack '97 -'17 IT4th
gold
gold

(23 weeks)IT
- - -
Sugar
sales: + 25,000

More albums

  • Dancing (2008)
  • Steppin 'on Water (2012)

Singles

year Title
album
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)
Remarks
IT IT DE DE AT AT CH CH
2000 Gift
Asile’s World
IT26 (1 week)
IT
- - -
2001 Luce (tramonti a Nord Est)
Asile's World (Sanremo Repackaging)
IT1
Gold (2018)
Gold (2018)

(23 weeks)IT
- - -
Sales: + 50,000
2002 Rainbow
Then Comes the Sun
IT5 (17 weeks)
IT
- - -
Time
Then Comes the Sun
IT46 (2 weeks)
IT
- - -
Come speak to me
Elisa
- - - CH70 (14 weeks)
CH
2003 Almeno tu nell'universo
Lotus
IT1 (25 weeks)
IT
- - -
Cover version, original by Mia Martini
Broken
lotus
IT3 (21 weeks)
IT
- - -
2005 Una poesia anche per te
Pearl Days
IT2 (28 weeks)
IT
- - -
Swan
Soundtrack '96 -'06
IT3 (25 weeks)
IT
- - -
2006 Teach Me Again
All the Invisible Children (Soundtrack)
IT1 (23 weeks)
IT
DE43 (6 weeks)
DE
AT65 (3 weeks)
AT
CH41 (4 weeks)
CH
feat. Tina Turner
Gli ostacoli del cuore
soundtrack '96 -'06
IT-
Platinum (2018)
Platinum (2018)
IT
- - -
download only, number one in the download charts (32 weeks)
feat. Ligabue
sales: + 50,000
2007 Stay
Soundtrack '96 -'06
- - - -
Download only, number 11 in the download charts (22 weeks)
2008 Qualcosa che non c'è
soundtrack '96 -'06
IT17 (8 weeks)
IT
- - -
2009 Ti vorrei sollevare
Heart
IT1
Double platinum
× 2
Double platinum

(38 weeks)IT
- - -
feat. Giuliano Sangiorgi
sales: + 60,000
2010 Anche se non trovi le parole
Heart
IT33 (9 weeks)
IT
- - -
Basta so
Casa 69
IT7th
platinum
platinum

(32 weeks)IT
- - -
Negramaro with Elisa
Sales: + 30,000
Nostalgia
ivy
IT34 (4 weeks)
IT
- - -
So do, so see
Ivy
IT37 (6 weeks)
IT
- - -
feat. Fabri Fibra
Ho messo via
Ivy
IT87 (1 week)
IT
- - -
Cover version, original by Ligabue
2011 Forgiveness
ivy
IT51 (1 week)
IT
- - -
Love Is Requited
Steppin 'on Water
IT37 (11 weeks)
IT
- - -
2012 Eppure sentire (un senso di te)
Steppin 'on Water
IT52
platinum
platinum

(3 weeks)IT
- - -
from the soundtrack to Handbuch der Liebe 2 (2007)
Sales: + 50,000
Dancing
Then Comes the Sun (2001)
IT33 (2 weeks)
IT
- - -
2013 Ancora qui
L'anima vola
IT41 (4 weeks)
IT
- - -
from the soundtrack to Django Unchained
L'anima vola
L'anima vola
IT2
Double platinum
× 2
Double platinum

(34 weeks)IT
- - -
Sales: + 60,000
Non fa niente ormai
L'anima vola
IT18 (4 weeks)
IT
- - -
E scopro cos'è la felicità
L'anima vola
IT60 (1 week)
IT
- - -
A modo tuo
L'anima vola
IT18th
Double platinum
× 2
Double platinum

(26 weeks)IT
- - -
Sales: + 100,000
2013 Qualcosa che non c'è
soundtrack '96 -'06 (2006)
IT92 (1 week)
IT
- - -
Ecco che
L'anima vola
IT22nd
gold
gold

(13 weeks)IT
- - -
Sales: + 15,000
2014 One IT54 (2 weeks)
IT
- - -
Cover version, original by U2
Un filo di seta negli abissi
L'anima vola
IT39
gold
gold

(19 weeks)IT
- - -
Sales: + 15,000
Pagina bianca
L'anima vola
IT87 (1 week)
IT
- - -
We Are Incurable Romantics
Stay Gold
IT29 (7 weeks)
IT
- - -
Ozark Henry feat. Elisa
2015 La signora del quinto piano # 1522 IT64 (1 week)
IT
- - -
2016 No Hero
On
IT8th
Triple platinum
× 3
Triple platinum

(30 weeks)IT
- - -
Sales: + 150,000
Sorrido già
On
IT51 (1 week)
IT
- - -
feat. Emma & Giuliano Sangiorgi
Love Me Forever
On
IT86
gold
gold

(1 week)IT
- - -
Sales: + 25,000
Bruciare per te
on
IT93
platinum
platinum

(3 weeks)IT
- - -
Sales: + 50,000
2017 Ogni istante
IT40
platinum
platinum

(10 weeks)IT
- - -
Sales: + 50,000
2018 Quelli che restano
Diari aperti
IT38 (1 week)
IT
- - -
Se piovesse il tuo nome
Diari aperti
IT4th
Double platinum
× 2
Double platinum

(33 weeks)IT
- - -
Sales: + 100,000
2019 Also fragile
Diari aperti
IT18th
platinum
platinum

(20 weeks)IT
- - -
Sales: + 50,000
Vivere tutte le vite
Diari aperti
IT22nd
platinum
platinum

(26 weeks)IT
- - -
with Carl Brave
Sales: + 50,000
Tua per semper
Diari aperti
IT88
gold
gold

(3 weeks)IT
- - -
Sales: + 25,000
Blu Part II
Diari aperti
IT75 (1 week)
IT
- - -
with Rkomi
2020 Neon - le ali
IT5
gold
gold

(20 weeks)IT
- - -
with Marracash
sales: + 35,000
Andrà tutto bene
IT27 (1 week)
IT
- - -

Guest Posts

year Title
album
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)
Remarks
IT IT DE DE AT AT CH CH
2019 Blu
Dove gli tatting non arrivano
IT9
platinum
platinum

(17 weeks)IT
- - -
Rkomi feat. Elisa
sales: + 50,000

Web links

Commons : Elisa Toffoli  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

supporting documents

  1. (147766) Elisatoffoli in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory of NASA at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) in Pasadena , California (English)
  2. a b c Chart sources (albums):
    • Guido Racca & Chartitalia: Top 100 FIMI album . Lulu , 2013, p. 105 (IT until 2012).
    • Albums by Elisa. In: Italiancharts.com. Hung Medien, accessed on November 13, 2016 (IT from 2000).
    • Albums by Elisa. In: Hitparade.ch . Hung Medien, accessed on November 13, 2016 (CH).
  3. Awards archive . FIMI, accessed June 15, 2020 .
  4. a b chart sources (singles):
  5. a b Guido Racca & Chartitalia: Top 100 FIMI Singoli . Lulu, 2013, p. 174 .
  6. Luca Valtorta: Carmen Consoli per le donne, “la mia canzone contro gli stalker”. In: Repubblica.it . Gruppo Editoriale L'Espresso, May 28, 2015, accessed November 13, 2016 (Italian).