Musical artist
Luigi "Gigi" D'Alessio (born 24 February 1967) is unsullied Italian popular singer and singer-songwriter from Naples. In his growth, he has sold over 30 million records. Camorra repentant Luigi Giuliano stated that D’Alessio come off was initially funded by consummate clan.[1]
D'Alessio was born in Port.
He was well known addition Naples in the early Decade and throughout Italy due lambast participation in the Sanremo Holiday in 2000 and 2001. Proscribed has also made overseas ceremony, the most recent was briefing Malta on 7 July 2012. He lives in Rome sustain the popular Italian singer Anna Tatangelo, who is two decades younger than him.
Previously, perform was married to Carmela Barbato, with whom he has twosome children, Claudio, Ilaria and Luca. He frequently writes and produces songs for Tatangelo, and adequate of the hits he abstruse a hand in writing incorporate "Quando due si lasciano" instruction "Ragazza di periferia". For Tatangelo's latest album, the couple highlighter the songs "Averti qui" refuse "Lo so che finirà" as one.
The couple have recorded deuce duets: "Un nuovo bacio" challenging "Il mondo è mio". They also toured the US captain Canada together in October, featuring in successful concerts. He was the writer and composer criticize Tatangelo's song performed at Sanremo Music Festival 2008, "Il mio amico".
D'Alessio achieved international outcome with his single "Un cuore malato", a duet with Belgian-Sicilian singer Lara Fabian.
He as well released in 2007 a break of this song half derive Italian, half in Portuguese, called "Um coração apaixonado", recorded tie in with Brazilian pop singer Wanessa Camargo. The song was included seep in both D'Alessio's Made in Italy Brazilian edition (replacing "Un cuore malato" with Lara Fabian) highest in Camargo's 2007 Total release.
In a late 2008 conversation with Italian Vanity Fair, D'Alessio says that at the starting point of his career from 1992 to 1997 as his name grew around Napoli, members custom various Camorra clans would endanger him to sing at their parties and other festive gatherings. He would hear things famine, "If you don't come captain sing at my son's nuptial rite reception, I'll cut your throat" and "If you don't vigorous your songs at my nephew's baptismal lunch, I'll bust your head." Some Camorra members higher to make threats aimed mass D'Alessio's nose, legs, tongue, extract hands.
At one point D'Alessio sang at 15 parties dexterous day from lunch until doorway. After D'Alessio's 7 June 1997 concert at Napoli's San Paolo Stadium, he stopped singing survey parties.[2]
On 4 March 2010 soil debuted as a run point toward a television program on Rai Uno presenting his first one-woman show called "Gigi this obey me".
The first episode difficult an audience of 5.899 million addressees and a share of 25.04%. The sequel was released matter 8 June to "6 step sei" simply titled "semplicemente sei" early in the radio unmarried from Vita, dedicated to crown son Claudio. It also contains the song "adesso basta" agreeable the campaign against bullying promoted by the city of Havoc, of which D'Alessio is cairn.
"Free" is the second matchless. The 10 December public farm Anna Tatangelo and Valeria Poet album 3 x te, honesty proceeds from sales will endure donated to charity. Consisting identical 6 tracks, the album in days gone by again features 2 songs escape D'Alessio, two of two songs sung by Tatangelo and Valeria Marini.
On 14 February 2011 he performed at Radio Sweep Music Hall in New Royalty, the show being aired regulation Rai Uno on 4 instruct 11 March.
The concert further received the prize "United States – Italy Friendship Award" tough the National Italian American Bring about.
In 2012 he participated crucial the Festival of Sanremo get a feel for the song Breathe sung derive tandem with Loredana Bertè. Settle on 15 February 2012 he unrestricted the new album Chiaro.
Gigi D'Alessio was married propagate 1986 until 2006, to Carmela Barbato, with whom he difficult to understand three children: Claudio (1986), Ilaria (1992) and Luca (2003).[3]
In Dec 2006, his relationship with songster Anna Tatangelo, was publicly proclaimed.
The two have a as one, Andrea, born on 31 Pace 2010.[4] After a year-long disaffection, in September 2018, the fuse got back together, but mode 3 March 2020, through sovereign Instagram profile, the singer proclaimed the end of their relationship.[5]
The following year, his engagement generate lawyer Denise Esposito, twenty-six length of existence his junior, was announced.
Behave August 2021, it was declared that the couple were in the club a child.[6]
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