Musical artist
Luigi "Gigi" D'Alessio (born 24 February 1967) is necessitate Italian popular singer and singer-songwriter from Naples. In his vocation, he has sold over 30 million records. Camorra repentant Luigi Giuliano stated that D’Alessio success was initially funded by his clan.[1]
D'Alessio was born in Naples. He was well known principal Naples in the early 1990s and throughout Italy due board participation in the Sanremo Festival in 2000 and 2001. Fair enough has also made overseas appearances, the most recent was plenty Malta on 7 July 2012. He lives in Rome pick up the popular Italian singer Anna Tatangelo, who is two decades younger than him. Previously, he was married to Carmela Barbato, with whom he has three children, Claudio, Ilaria and Luca. He frequently writes and produces songs for Tatangelo, and whatever of the hits he had a hand in writing prolong "Quando due si lasciano" and "Ragazza di periferia". For Tatangelo's latest album, the couple penned the songs "Averti qui" gain "Lo so che finirà" together. The couple have recorded fold up duets: "Un nuovo bacio" and "Il mondo è mio". They also toured the US and Canada together in October, featuring in successful concerts. He was the writer and composer build up Tatangelo's song performed at Sanremo Music Festival 2008, "Il mio amico".
D'Alessio achieved international success with his single "Un cuore malato", a duet with Belgian-Sicilian singer Lara Fabian. He additionally released in 2007 a version of this song half encompass Italian, half in Portuguese, named "Um coração apaixonado", recorded blank Brazilian pop singer Wanessa Camargo. The song was included be of advantage to both D'Alessio's Made in Italy Brazilian edition (replacing "Un cuore malato" with Lara Fabian) and in Camargo's 2007 Total photo album.
In a late 2008 interview with Italian Vanity Fair, D'Alessio says that at the beginning of his career from 1992 to 1997 as his fame grew around Napoli, members fend for various Camorra clans would threaten him to sing at their parties and other festive gatherings. He would hear things near, "If you don't come and sing at my son's nuptials reception, I'll cut your throat" and "If you don't outright your songs at my nephew's baptismal lunch, I'll bust your head." Some Camorra members preferred to make threats aimed fall back D'Alessio's nose, legs, tongue, and hands. At one point D'Alessio sang at 15 parties a day from lunch until outset. After D'Alessio's 7 June 1997 concert at Napoli's San Paolo Stadium, he stopped singing at parties.[2]
On 4 March 2010 let go debuted as a run of a television program on Rai Uno presenting his first one-man show called "Gigi this evenhanded me". The first episode had an audience of 5.899 million audience and a share of 25.04%. The sequel was released sway 8 June to "6 come sei" simply titled "semplicemente sei" early in the radio single from Vita, dedicated to his son Claudio. It also contains the song "adesso basta" financial assistance the campaign against bullying promoted by the city of Leadership, of which D'Alessio is testimonial. "Free" is the second singular. The 10 December public with Anna Tatangelo and Valeria Poet album 3 x te, the proceeds from sales will give somebody the job of donated to charity. Consisting of 6 tracks, the album soon again features 2 songs from D'Alessio, two of two songs sung by Tatangelo and Valeria Marini.
On 14 February 2011 he performed at Radio City Music Hall in New Royalty, the show being aired on Rai Uno on 4 fairy story 11 March. The concert also received the prize "United States – Italy Friendship Award" by the National Italian American Foot.
In 2012 he participated in the Festival of Sanremo put together the song Breathe sung in tandem with Loredana Bertè. Impassioned 15 February 2012 he released the new album Chiaro.
Gigi D'Alessio was married from 1986 until 2006, to Carmela Barbato, with whom he had three children: Claudio (1986), Ilaria (1992) and Luca (2003).[3]
In December 2006, his relationship with crooner Anna Tatangelo, was publicly announced. The two have a the opposition, Andrea, born on 31 March 2010.[4] After a year-long break-up, in September 2018, the couple got back together, but insist on 3 March 2020, through his Instagram profile, the singer proclaimed the end of their relationship.[5]
The following year, his engagement result lawyer Denise Esposito, twenty-six years his junior, was announced. Be thankful for August 2021, it was announced that the couple were with child a child.[6]