TODAY'S CELEBRITY BIRTHDAY... GIORGIA

TODAY'S CELEBRITY BIRTHDAY... GIORGIA

Italian singer, songwriter and record producer Giorgia Todrani was born in Rome 53 years ago, is in a relationship and has a son.

After being inspired by music icons like Whitney Houston, Michael Jackson and Stevie Wonder amongst others, she began to sing in Jazz clubs and subsequently released two live albums in the early 90s.

In 1994, she made her singing debut at the San Remo Music Festival with the song ‘E Poi’, which positioned in 7th place.  Over 160,000 copies of her debut album were sold, which was also successful in Germany.  Later, she was invited by famous tenor Luciano Pavarotti to sing in duet with him at the ‘Pavarotti & Friends’ show, as well as sang the famous track ‘Who Wants to live Forever’ by Queen.

Triumph arrived in 1995, when she competed again in the San Remo Music Festival and won with the hit ‘Come Saprei’ and consequently, her second album was issued.  That same year, she and the famous tenor Andrea Bocelli recorded the song ‘Vivo per Lei’.  The following year, she once again participated in the Festival and placed 3rd with the song ‘Strano il mio Destino’.  In 2001, she participated for the 3rd time with the song ‘Di Sole e D’Azzurro’ and placed 2nd.  Giorgia returned to competing in the festival in 2023 with the track ‘Parole dette Male’ and finished in 6th place.  This year, she co-hosted this prestigious event alongside Amadeus on the second night.

To date, Giorgia released 11 studio, 3 live, 2 compilation and 1 video albums, plus 61 singles, 30 music videos and 1 EP.  She sang in duet with several famous artists like Lionel Richie, Ronan Keating, Laura Pausini, Eros Ramazzotti, and Sir Elton John, who praised her to have one of the world’s best and most beautiful voices.

So far, Giorgia won 11 awards during her career, namely 1 Premio Lucrezia, 1 Nastro D’Argento, 1 David di Donatello and 8 Italian and Wind Music awards.

 

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