Eros Ramazzotti
Eros Luciano Walter Ramazzotti (Rome, October 28, 1963), known simply as Eros Ramazzotti, is an Italian pop, Latin pop, pop rock, Latin rock and romantic ballads. Both in his country of origin and in Europe and Latin America, he is a recognized figure on the music scene. He is also known for his nasal voice, which has been a hallmark of his throughout his career.
He has managed to sell more than 65 million records worldwide, making him the best-selling Italian male artist in his country's history and along with his compatriots Laura Pausini, Andrea Bocelli, and Umberto Tozzi, as one of the most prominent Italian artists worldwide.
He is part of the Nazionale Italiana Cantanti, a soccer team made up of Italian singers, of which he has been president and captain, playing as a striker. He is a recognized fan of Juventus. His album & # 34; In every way & # 34; It contributed to a large extent, to be recognized for his style and talent in Latin America.
Biography
He is the son of Rodolfo Ramazzotti, originally from Viterbo (in Lazio, near Rome) and Raffaela Molina, a native of Vibo Valentia (a city in the Italian region of Calabria), he was born on October 28, 1963 in the hospital of San Giovanni, in Rome, and lived in the Cinecittà neighborhood in Rome, next to the big movie studios. In his childhood he participated as an extra with his friends in some movies, and even stated in an interview on Italian television that he appears in Federico Fellini's Amarcord (a film that won the Oscar for best foreign film in 1973).. As a teenager he was about to emigrate to Australia with his family; in fact, he was taking English classes at an academy near Termini station, but the application was rejected. His father was a painter, but in the past he tried to dedicate himself to singing, recording two songs: Lui è uno and Voglio andare sulla luna .
He tries to get into the conservatory, but is rejected for not knowing how to read music. He introduces himself with a song by Francesco De Gregori ( Pezzi di vetro ). He left the Margarita Bosco school, which still exists today, the same school where the footballers Alessandro Nesta and Francesco Totti would later study. He studied Accounting for two years, but dropped out at the end of the '70s and began to take his first steps in music.
1982-1986: Beginnings and musical career
In 1982 he released what was his first single Ad un amico, dedicated to his two friends Ivano and Marco, who died as teenagers (by car accident and lung disease, respectively). He had formed a group with them in his youth, they were called I Santana. The first two songs are Ad un amico (To a friend) and Sole che viene (Sun that comes).
In 1984 he appeared with his second single Terra promessa (Promised Land), composed by himself and helped by renowned Italian composers, Alberto Salerno in the lyrics and Renato Brioschi in the music. This second single includes the tracks Terra promessa and Bella storia (Beautiful story). This year is also the debut year at the Sanremo Song Festival, which he wins in the New Voices category. In 1985 he released his first album Cuori agitati (Rebel Souls), and the single Una storia importante (An important story) sells one million copies in France alone. That album is also released in Spain (its first Spanish-speaking market), but, curiously, it does not include the two singles recorded in that language Almas rebeldes / An important story >but only the second An important story, not even in its future reissues in CD format, thus making 'Rebel Souls' a highly sought after album by collectors around the world for its its uniqueness and rarity (it was only released, in Spanish and in Spain, as a single on vinyl) success of the album: Ora (Ahora) that gave Eros Ramazzotti fame at the beginning of his career, since that this song was only recorded in Italian speaking, half a million copies of that single were sold in Italy. It was with Una storia importante with which he appears for the second year at the Sanremo festival, but this time among the greats of Italian song, he comes sixth.
In 1986 he released his second album Nuovi eroi (Héroes de hoy), which included Adesso tu (Ahora tu), a song with which he did manage to win in San Remo and thus become the first to win the Festival twice in less than three years. The autobiographical song of the ...ragazzo di peripheria... thus becomes an anthem for an entire generation.
1987-1989: Confirmation
In 1987 he released his third album In certi momenti (In certain moments) includes the first duet of his entire career, La luce buona delle stelle sung with Patsy Kensit, vocalist of the group Eighth Wonder. On the same album is Ma che bello questo amore (Fantastic love) , one of the songs that cannot be missing in her concerts and others like Occhi di wait Eros.
1989-1999: Consecration in the 1990s
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After a year without launching anything new on the market, came In ogni senso (In every way) (1990), which included songs such as Se bastasse una canzone (If they were enough a couple of songs) and Amarti è l'immenso per me (Loving you is total) sung as a duet with Antonella Bucci. The album also includes Dolce Barbara (A Violent Sunset) dedicated to the mother of Bárbara Polidori, a young fan from the town of Caserta, sick with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Eros, aware of her illness, turns to her, takes her to concerts, stays with her, and when she dies, her best tribute is done in the form of music.
In 1993 Eros surprised with Tutte storie (All stories) and the chords of the first single Cose della vita (Things of life), the most rock that the singer has done. Said single had another surprise, the video was directed by Spike Lee, and it was the first time that the director worked with a European. On the same album is Silver e Missie (Silver and Missie), a song that deals with the story of two dolphins, who were part of the project, Into the blue, they tried to save and free them, and the entire transalpine country was mobilized. Also noteworthy was the song Favola (Fable) , inspired by the story Píktor's Transformations , by Hermann Hesse. Esodi (Exodus) which talks about the exiles of the former Yugoslavia, Un'altra te (Another like you) ...
On May 21, 1996, Dove c'è música (Where there is music) came out, the album that has sold the most (more than seven million worldwide). This album is important because it is the first that Eros himself produces with the recently created Radiorama, a music agency run by his brother Marco de él, and because it is the first that the artist releases without the collaboration of his usual producer, Piero Cassano. Più bella cosa (The most beautiful thing), also known in Spain as "Thank you for existing" it was the most radioed single in 1996. L'Aurora (La Aurora) is dedicated to his daughter Aurora Sophie. Lettera al futuro (Letter to the Future) is inspired by The Masque of the Red Death, a short story by Edgar Allan Poe. Me without you, which is the only song that is present in Spanish on both editions of the two albums (version in Spanish and Italian). Eros composed the music and the lyrics for the album in Spanish were adapted by Nacho Mañó, one of the members of the group Presuntos Implicados, José Mañó and Javier Bori. With this album, what will be the future Eros working group is also gestated, since he meets his current co-author of the Eros melodies, Professor Claudio Guidetti.
2000-2010: 9 and Wings and Roots
After the break, in the year 2000, Eros returned to the scene with Stilelibero (Estilolibre) produced halfway between Eros and his friend-composer-assistant Claudio Guidetti. by Rick Nowell, Trevor Horn, and Celso Valli (his longtime arranger). In it he returns with another duet Più che puoi, this time with Cher and other songs like Fuoco nel fuoco (Fire in the fire), first simple and Per me per sempere (For me it will be forever).
On June 3, 2003, 9 saw the light of day, the most autobiographical album the singer has made, on the album are Un'emozione per sempre (An emotion forever), the first single from the album and originally written for his friend Alex Baroni, but he was never able to sing, since months before he died after a motorcycle accident in Rome, Piccola pietra (Small Stone) which is based on the book entitled The Motionless Dance, by the Peruvian writer Manuel Scorza. Ti vorrei rivivere (Revive you again) which is dedicated to Donatella, the girl who appears on the cover of In certi momenti ( At certain times) with him and that it was his first great love. The album, which broke all records for permanence on the Italian sales charts, once again embarked on a new world tour, which passed through Rome on July 7, 2004, before 60,000 spectators at the Olympic Stadium. Months later the concert was released on DVD called Eros Roma Live.
In October 2005, the album Calma apparente (Apparent calm ), which contains a duet with Anastacia, appears in October and on her birthday, as other times. whose song is called I belong to you/Il ritmo della passione (I belong to you/The rhythm of passion), the return is made with La nostra vita (Our life) breaking the record for broadcasts of a song on Italian stations.
Almost simultaneously, Eros, lo giuro, the first authoritative book on the life of Eros Ramazzotti, came out in Italy, the result of conversations with the journalist and writer Luca Bianchini. It becomes the best-selling book in Italy.
On Tuesday, November 13, 2007, a double anthology was released, whose name is e² (e squared), and which commemorates the 25-year career of Eros. The first single from this album is a duet with Ricky Martin called Non siamo soli (We are not alone).
In addition, this Greatest Hits contains a duet with Amaia Montero, a collaboration with Carlos Santana, another with the mythical Steve Vai, with the vocal group Take 6 and many other surprises, which raises the expectations of this one very high. Parallel to this, Eros has collaborated with the Sardinian group Tazenda singing Domo Mia and was recently invited to sing a duet with the Guatemalan singer-songwriter Ricardo Arjona on his new album Quién dijo ayer, the theme To you.
On June 2, 2009, his new album was released, called Alas y raíces and whose first single is titled Dímelo a mí. In September his second single entitled Contra el viento began to be heard on the radio.
The world tour of Ali e Radici (Wings and Roots) has given rise to 21.00: Eros, a name that comes from the time the concerts began during the tour. 21.00: Eros has been released on double CD, DVD, DVD+2CD and triple vinyl. The first single was the tremendous start of the show Appunti e note (Notes and notes). The album in concert shows the most rocky side of the singer, full of guitars.
2010-2018: We are, Perfect and "There is life".
After three years without releasing a new album, in November 2012 Ramazzotti released a new album, Somos, (Noi in its Italian version. The album consists of 14 songs, 5 of them with collaborations. I am You, with actor Andy García; Hasta el écstasis with Nicole Scherzinger; Like this with Il Volo; One more with Hooverphonic; and Testa o Cuore with Club Dogo. The same year the compilation Eros Best Love Songs or in Spanish Eros Romántico was published, with its 18 most romantic songs in the singer's history. In 2014 another compilation appeared, Eros 30 to commemorate the artist's 30 years on stage. The album with the title of "Perfecto" appears in 2015, being a great work by the Italian singer-songwriter. His last album to date is Hay Vida, he embeds himself in a relaxed and successful way in the youthful music of these times, but preserving the grace and demonstrating the capacity and open mind of Eros. On this album he performs duets with Luis Fonsi, Helene Fischer and Alessia Cara.
2022: Infinite Battito
Personal life
In late 1996, he had a daughter (Aurora Sophie) with Swiss model/presenter Michelle Hunziker, whom he married in 1998 at Bracciano Castle outside Rome. In 2002, after more than seven years of relationship and four years of marriage, there was a separation between the singer and the model. Currently both share custody of Aurora Sophie. He was also in a relationship with Italian-based Paraguayan supermodel Claudia Galanti.
Ramazzotti and his current wife, Marica Peregrinelli, have two children together, Rafaella Maria and Gabrio Tullio.
Greatest Hits
1997 is the year chosen by Eros for the release of the first album by the greatest hits singer Eros, and it includes a duet with Tina Turner, it is a version of Cose della vita/Can't stop thinking of you (Cosas de la vida/Can't stop thinking of you) sung in Italian (Spanish and Portuguese) and English. It also includes a version of Musica è (Music is) sung with Andrea Bocelli that was released only in Italian.
When it seemed that another three years would pass before a new album by the singer would appear, Eros live, (Eros live) came out in 1998, an authentic jewel of live music, an album which includes the duets with Tina Turner (Cose della vita/Can't stop thinking of you) and Joe Cocker (That's all I need to know/Difenderò) at the concert that Eros gave in Munich in July of that year.
Collaborations and works for others
In addition to his own records, Eros begins to produce other Italian singers and groups, Gianni Morandi being the first. In addition, he writes Nadie for Cristian Castro, That & # 39; s All I Need To Know for Joe Cocker, among many other songs for Italian singers like Sposati ! Subito! for the Italian singer, Irene Grandi. In addition to the aforementioned collaborations, Eros has sung with Biagio Antonacci (Almeno Non Tradirmi Tu), Antonella Bucci (Amarti È L'Immenso Per Me), Umberto Tozzi (Tu Vivrai), Gianni Morandi (Così Vanno Le Cose), Laura Pausini (Volare), Massimo Di Cataldo (Una Ragione Di Più), Luciano Pavarotti (Se Bastasse Una Canzone), Ricky Martin (Noi Non Siamo Soli), Cher (Più Che Puoi) and duets with Ricardo Arjona (A Ti), Tina Turner (Cose Della Vita), Anastacia, Amaia Montero Essta pasando noviembre (I Belong To You), Steve Vai (Dove c'è musica), Dado Moroni (Dolce Barbara), Carlos Santana (Fuoco nel fuoco), Andrea Bocelli ("musica è" and "nel cuore lei") and with the pop-lyrical group Il Volo ("così") and with British singer Nicole Scherzinger (Eros Ramazzotti - Fino All'Estasi ft. Nicole Scherzinger)
Miscellaneous
Eros composes his songs with the help of Adelio Cogliati and Claudio Guidetti, and plays the guitar, percussion, piano and drums.
If he hadn't been a singer, he always says he would have been a soccer player (soccer and Juventus is his other great passion), in fact he is president of the Nazionale Italiana Cantanti, a team made up of Italian singers who play matches for the benefit of the most disadvantaged. Also, he likes motorcycles and cars, especially Ferraris. The year 2004 that Gianmaria Bruni raced in Formula 1 with a Minardi, Eros was one of the sponsors.
The video for the song Otra como tu was recorded in the port of Hamburg, Germany, and directed by Dario Piana; in it appears the Italian actress Francesca Neri.
In 1996 the Oscar winner, Giuseppe Tornatore, was in charge of directing the video clip Stella gemella and its Spanish version Estrella gemela belonging to the album Dove c& #39;è musica.
Apart from Italy, his greatest successes have been in Spain and Latin America (singing in Spanish) and Germany.
In November 2006, an album by the Italian Laura Pausini was released, entitled Yo canto (I canto in Italian); which collects songs that have marked the life of the artist and comes to be a tribute to the Italian composers of the last decades. In this album she interprets the song Twin Star , composed by Eros Ramazzotti. In addition, in her mega-concert Laura Pausini Live in San Siro 2007 she performs her hit Favola by her.
Merits
– Commander of the Order to Merit of the Italian Republic: he was decorated with the fourth highest civil honor in Italy by the President of the Republic Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, on February 6, 2006.
Discography
In Italian
- 33 RPM
- 1981 Rock '80 - Castrocaro '81 XXIII Concorso Nazionale Voci Nuove Per la Canzone
- 45 RPM
- 1982 Ad amico
- 1984 Terra Promessa
- CD
- 1985 Cuori agitati
- 1986 Nuovi eroi
- 1987 In certi momenti
- 1988 Musica è
- 1990 In ogni senso
- 1991 Eros in concert
- 1993 Tutte storie
- 1996 Dove c'è music
- 1997 Eros
- 1998 Eros Live
- 2000 Stilelibero
- 2003 9
- 2005 Calma apparente
- 2007 e2
- 2009 Ali e radici
- 2012 Noi
- 2014 Eros 30 (Recollection)
- 2015 Perfetto
- 2017 Eros Duets (Recollection)
- 2018 Vita ce n'è
- 2022 Infinite battery
In Spanish
- 1985 Souls Rebels
- 1986 Heroes of today
- 1987 At times
- 1988 Music is
- 1990 In every way
- 1991 Eros in Concert
- 1993 All stories
- 1996 Where there is music
- 1997 Eros
- 1998 Eros Live
- 2000 Freestyle
- 2003 9
- 2005 Apparent calm
- 2007 e2
- 2009 Wings and roots
- 2012 Best love songs
- 2012 We are
- 2014 Eros 30
- 2015 Perfect.
- 2017 Duets
- 2018 There's life.
- 2022 Infinite choice
Live
- 1991 Eros in concert
- 1998 Eros live
- 2010 21:00 Eros Live World Tour 2009/2010