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Biography
of Eros Ramazzotti
Eros Ramazzotti was
born in the Cinecittà district of Rome on
28 October 1963. At school he studied
half-heartedly, but right from his
childhood cultivated two passions,
football and singing. At the age of
eighteen he made his singing debut at the
Castrocaro Festival and signed his first
record contract. A year later, in 1982, he
released his first single (Ad un amico),
but it was another two years before his
first big break, a period that allowed him
to hone his guitar technique. In 1984 he
took part successfully in the New
Performers section at the Sanremo Festival
with Una terra promessa. This
entitled him to take part in the 1985
Sanremo Festival. He presented Una
storia importante (featured on his
first album, Cuori agitati), which
was so successful that he decided to
attempt to break into the European market.
A year later he again took part in the
Sanremo Festival and won the established
performers category with Adesso tu
(on his album Nuovi eroi). At the
age of twenty-two he was so popular that
he was able to establish himself in
various European markets. The tour that
followed the release of his album lasted
for nine months and confirmed his
popularity. His third LP, In certi
momenti, came out in 1987 (with Patsy
Kensit singing in La luce buona delle
stelle) and established his reputation
once and for all. From now on, with every
new album he also produced a Spanish
version for the Latin American market. In
Spring 1988 he released a mini-album
entitled Musica è, which even
surpassed sales of In certi momenti.
In 1990, after a two-year absence from the
record market, he released the album In
ogni senso, and decided to attempt to
break into the US market. He performed in
the Radio City Music Hall in New York and
the show enjoyed a triumphant success. His
next lengthy tour culminated in the double
live album (Eros in concert)
recorded at the concert in Barcelona
broadcast by Mondovisione. Three years
went by before he produced another record,
but his next album Tutte storie
proved to be the most ambitious work of
his career. Although success was
guaranteed, the results surpassed all
expectations, largely thanks to the video
clip produced by film director Spike Lee.
After releasing the album he set off for
another tour. Besides Europe, this tour
also included numerous Latin American
countries. In November 1994 he took part
in the MTV Awards in Berlin. On returning
to Italy, he was involved in the project
of the Trio (Ramazzotti, Pino
Daniele and Jovanotti), which was to
become the musical event of the year. In
the meantime he signed an exclusive world
contract with BMG Ricordi and during the
summer of 1995 took part in the Summer
Festivals in seven European cities (including
Berlin, Munich and Bucharest) together
with Elton John, Rod Stewart, Robert Plant,
Sheryl Crow, Jimmy Page and Joe Cocker. In
1996 he released his first self-produced
album, Dove c'è musica, recorded
in Italy and California with the
collaboration of international musicians.
His next album was not long in coming and
sold more than six million copies. He
finished his next European tour just a few
days before his companion Michelle gave
birth to their daughter Aurora Sophie.
Over the following months Ramazzotti wrote
That's all I need to know for his
friend Joe Cocker. The album Eros (which
came out in 1997) was the second record
produced by Eros and was arranged by Celso
Valli. The album contains 16 songs from
his repertoire, including a couple of
surprise duets, Musica è with
Andrea Bocelli, and Cose della vita/Can't
stop thinking of you with Tina Turner.
It was intended to represent the
culmination of a career in which he
conquered the world and rose to incredible
heights of popularity (more than 5,800,000
copies sold worldwide). In October 1998 he
released Eros Live, his second live
CD with 15 tracks recorded during the
tour, including two guest appearances, Joe
Cocker (recorded on 5 July in the
Koenigplatz in Munich) and Tina Turner.
In October 2000 he released the original Stilelibero,
twelve tracks recorded in collaboration
with prominent international producers
including Trevor Horn and Rick
Nowels besides his established producers
Celso Valli, Claudio Guidetti and Adelio
Cogliati.
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