Italian singers of the 20th and 21st centuries

Italian singers have always been and continue to be popular in our country. In each decade, their idols. But the stars of the Italian stage of the last century do not lose popularity until now. Their music and voices have their own unique style and color.

Popular Italian performers of the 20th century

In the early 20th century the most popular was the Italian singer Caruso Enrico. This is one of the greatest opera soloists in the world, a tenor. Glory came to him in 1897. After 3 years he was invited to the theater of La Scala. In 1902 - in London's Covent Garden. And from 1903 he became a soloist of the Metropolitan Opera. E. Caruso had a unique timbre. His voice combined magnificent tenor tops and baritonal bottoms. And to this day it is a model for all opera singers in the world.

In the last 3 decades of the 20th century, Italian singers of a different genre were popular in Russia and in the world - pop singers. A special excitement around them came in the eighties. Their songs are still interesting and loved.

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

• Toto Cutugno.
• Al Bano and Romina Power.
• Pupo.
• Ricardo Folies.
• Adriano Celentano.
• Umberto Tozzi.
• Tony Esposito.
• Lucho Dala.
• Zucchero.
• Angela Cavagna.
• Rafaella Kara.
• Paolo Conte.
• Gianni Morandi.
• Gianna Nannini.
• Sidney Rom.
• Antonella Ruggiero.
• Sabrina Salerno.
• Marina Feordalizo.

Popular Italian singers of the 21st century

The music of Italy has always been and remains at a high level. Due to what it is one of the most loved in the world. To date, very popular in the world, both long-beloved, and recently appeared Italian singers. Contemporary artists of the most musical country:

• Michelangelo Lonconte.
• Andrea Bocelli.
• Carla Bruni.
• Alex Britti.
• Giorgio Gello.
• Nina Dzilli.
• Ingrid.
• Simone Christiks.
• Emma Marone.
• Simone Molinari.
• Violante Placido.
• Noemi.
• Eros Ramazotti.
• Alessandro Safina.
• Anna Tatangello.
• Christina Scabbia.
• Jusi Ferreri.
• Tiziano Ferro.
• Massimo Ranieri.

Toto Cutugno

Some of the most famous Italian singers performed songs, music of which was written by Salvatore Cutugno. He is known all over the world as Toto. He performed his songs himself, and also wrote for celebrities such as Joe Dassin, Adriano Celentano, Dalida. Born Toto Cutugno in 1943. From childhood I began to study music. Owns playing the accordion, trumpet and percussion. The most famous and popular songs of Joe Dassin were written by T. Cutugno: "Salute", "If there was not you." Glory came to Toto in 1980, after he won the San Remo contest, singing the song Solo noi. And then there was the famous L'italiano. This song has become a real business card of the artist. In 1983, she brought T. Cutunho another victory in the San Remo competition, in which he and after that even more than once became a laureate. In 1990, Toto won the Eurovision Song Contest.

Al Bano

Another very popular Italian. The real name of the singer is Albano Corrizi. Year of birth - 1943. The artist's parents had nothing to do with the art world. The name was given to the boy by the father. He served in Albania during the Second World War. In fact, in Italian there is no such name. "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 home in Milan, firmly deciding to make a singer's career. However, he had to work both as a worker and as a waiter until he won the contest "New Voices", organized by A. Celentano. After this began his artistic career. In the same year he recorded the first album. In 1967, the singer became famous.

In 1970, Al Bano married the singer Romine Power. In the same year, the couple recorded the first joint song. Glory came to the duo in 1982 thanks to the composition Felicità. In 1984, Al Bano and Romina became the winners of San Remo. Ten years later, a tragedy occurred in the family of artists. Their eldest daughter disappeared. It is still unknown what became of the girl. This event destroyed the marriage of Al Bano and Rominy, 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 started to give joint concerts again.

Eros Ramazzotti

In this article above were listed the most famous in the 21 century Italian singers. One of the most famous performers to date is Eros Ramazotti. He is loved and known all over the world. His records diverge in millions of copies. Full name of the artist Eros Luciano Walter. The artist was born in 1963. At the age of 7 he started playing the guitar. Since my childhood I began to write songs. The boy dreamed of studying at the conservatory, but because of the poor financial situation of the family, his desire was not to come true. At the age of 18 he spoke at the contest "New Voices". Although he failed to win the first prize, he was noticed by the producers. He became famous all over the world, singing songs with a duet with such stars as Adriano Celentano, Cher, Luciano Pavarotti, Andrea Bocelli, Tina Turner, etc.

Jusi Ferrari

The owners of a large number of music awards are many Italian singers. Modern popular performers work in different genres: pop, rock, rap and so on. And there are those who perform songs of different musical styles. These include Jusi Ferreri. She sings blues, rock and pop. World popularity it brought the first recorded album, which the actress released in 2008. According to the results of sales, it became multi-platinum. And one of the songs from this album was five weeks in the first lines of the charts. Jusie has a very strong and unusual voice, she is artistic and plastic.