Eros Ramazzotti
Eros Walter Luciano Ramazzotti Molina (born October 28, 1963 in Rome ) is an Italian singer and songwriter who also plays guitar , piano and drums . He is one of the most popular Italian artists and has sold over 60 million records worldwide.
Career
Eros Ramazzotti was born to Rodolfo Ramazzotti and Raffaella Molina. His career began in 1981 when he took part in the “Voci nuove” (“New Voices”) competition in Castrocaro with the song Rock 80 and promptly received a record deal with the DDD label. A year later his first single, Ad un amico, was released . In 1984 he took first place in the newcomer category of the Sanremo Music Festival with his song Terra promessa . Ramazzotti released a number of albums containing both autobiographical ballads and rock music, and achieved international success. In addition to Italy, he is best known in Spain, Mexico, Argentina, Germany, Austria, France, Sweden, the Netherlands and Switzerland. Due to his success in many Spanish-speaking countries, his record company decided to release all albums in a Spanish version.
Ramazzotti worked with many international artists. He sang duets with Joe Cocker , Cher , Tina Turner , Anastacia , Helene Fischer , Andrea Bocelli , Tazenda , Giorgia , Umberto Tozzi , Gemelli Diversi , Adriano Celentano and Luciano Pavarotti , among others . On his best-of CD e² , which was awarded ten times platinum and was the best-selling CD in Italy in 2007, a. Ricky Martin , Carlos Santana , Wyclef Jean , Jon Spencer , John Shanks , Rhythms del Mundo , Take 6 , Gian Piero Reverberi , Steve Vai , The Chieftains and Amaia Montero from La Oreja de Van Gogh with.
In addition to his artistic activity, Ramazzotti also played an important role in the popular Nazionale italiana cantanti , the football team of Italian singers. In this he completed 222 charitable games as a striker and scored 123 goals. From 1992 to 2004 he was also President of the Associazione Nazionale Italiana Cantanti .
In February 2012 Eros Ramazzotti was awarded the Golden Camera 2011 in the category Best International Music .
Private life
In 1996 Ramazzotti met the Swiss presenter Michelle Hunziker and dedicated the song Più bella cosa to her . At the end of the year their daughter was born, for whom he wrote the song L'aurora . Ramazzotti was married to Hunziker from 1998 to 2009. In 2014 he married Marica Pellegrinelli, with whom he has two children, a daughter and a son. In July 2019, the couple announced their split.
Discography
Studio albums
- 1985: Cuori agitati
- 1986: Nuovi eroi
- 1987: In certi momenti
- 1988: Musica è
- 1990: In ogni senso
- 1993: Tutte storie
- 1996: Dove c'è musica
- 1998: Live
- 2000: Stilelibero
- 2003: 9
- 2005: Calma apparente
- 2007: E2
- 2009: Ali e radici
- 2012: Noi
- 2015: Perfetto
- 2018: Vita ce n'è
Web links
- Eros Ramazzotti in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Literature by and about Eros Ramazzotti in the catalog of the German National Library
- Official website (multilingual)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Eros Ramazzotti, il bello di compiere 50 anni e riconoscere finalmente la Terra promessa. October 26, 2013, accessed March 31, 2020 (it-IT).
- ↑ biography at alieradici.com
- ^ Eros Ramazzotti in the Nazionale Italiana Cantanti ( Memento of May 11, 2008 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on April 25, 2010
- ↑ Separation from Eros Ramazzotti: "It was ten wonderful years" . In: Spiegel Online . July 9, 2019 ( spiegel.de [accessed July 9, 2019]).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ramazzotti, Eros |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ramazzotti Molina, Eros Luciano Walter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian pop singer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 28, 1963 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rome |