Italian pop singer Umberto Tozzi began singing at a very young age joining a band called Off Sound in 1968 and later teaming up with Adriano Pappalardo Un Corpo Un Anima became his first hit in 1971 and he recorded his debut album Donna Amante Mia in…

By 2004 roughly a decade after she made her recording debut at the age of 18 Laura Pausini had sold over 25 million albums worldwide quite an impressive feat for someone whod never really broken into the lucrative English-language market The Italian …

Italian singer and composer Lucio Dalla has had a long and notable music career Over the years he has recorded numerous albums that have sold millions of copies under labels like RCA Sony and BMG He has also composed musical scores for both televisio…

Italian Euro-pop vocalist Nek b Filippo Neviani began playing guitar and drums at the age of nine and studied music for several years in the early 80s By the later half of the decade he had begun singing professionally and two of his early singles Wi…

Italian pop singersongwriter Tiziano Ferro became involved in music while attending a local conservatory taking guitar and piano classes in addition to improving his vocal skills At the age of 16 he joined a gospel chorus uncovering his passion for A…

Their name derived from a local grape the inegro amaroi meaning bitter black six-man Italian rock band Negramaro met in Lecce Puglia where some of the members were attending the university When they discovered they had similar tastes in music they be…

Italian singersongwriter Lucio Battisti was born on March 5 1943 in the small town of Poggio Bustone in Rieti Italy His family relocated to Rome in 1950 and by the mid-60s Battisti was performing in local bands one of which was named Campioni Interes…

Italian pop singer Paola Turci made her live debut at San Remos Festival in 1986 two years later making her first record called Ragazza Sola Ragazza Blu The artist breakthrough came in 1989 when her song Bambini included in her self-titled album beca…

Renato Carosone is regarded as the father of Neapolitan singing bringing elements of jazz and swing into traditional Italian songbook Carsone was born on January 3 1920 and started his singing career at the age of 17 after studying piano at a conserv…

Italian rock singer Enrico Ruggeris first experience in a band was Josafat formed in 1973 and inspired by British rock from the late 60s Soon the artist created a new project called Champagne Molotov along with Silvio Cappecia composing their first o…

Italian 1960s teen idol Bobby Solo made his debut while recording his first two singles in 1963 Ora Che Sei Gia Una Donna and Blue Blue The artists breakthrough came in 1964 after participating in San Remos Festival where he sang Una Lacrima Sul Vis…

Italian rock singer Vasco Rossi got involved in music while working as a DJ for a local radio station called Punto In 1978 the artist recorded Ma Cosa Vuoi Che Sia Una Canzone followed by 1979s Non Siamo Mica Gli Americani It was 1980s Colpa dAlfredo…

Italian Edoardo Bennato got involved in music in the early 70s after moving from Naples to Milan to study architecture at the age of 18 In 1973 his debut album called Non Farti Cadere Le Braccia was produced by Sandro Colombini followed by 1974s I Bu…

Italian singersongwriter Francesco Guccini got involved in music in the late-50s while participating in a local band called Hurricanes soon changing its name to Snakers playing rock roll classics After joining Gatti the Cats Francesco Guccini began …