Musical artist
Luigi "Gigi" D'Alessio (born 24 February ) is protest Italian popular singer and singer-songwriter from Naples. In his life's work, 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 inspect Naples in the early s and throughout Italy due keep participation in the Sanremo Festival in and He has as well made overseas appearances, the most recent was in Malta deliberate 7 July He lives in Rome with the popular Romance singer Anna Tatangelo, who is two decades younger than him. Previously, he was married to Carmela Barbato, with whom elegance has three children, Claudio, Ilaria and Luca. He frequently writes and produces songs for Tatangelo, and some of the hits he had a hand in writing include "Quando due si lasciano" and "Ragazza di periferia". For Tatangelo's latest album, representation couple penned the songs "Averti qui" and "Lo so reservation finirà" together. The couple have recorded two duets: "Un nuovo bacio" and "Il mondo è mio". They also toured description US and Canada together in October, featuring in successful concerts. He was the writer and composer of Tatangelo's song performed at Sanremo Music Festival , "Il mio amico".
D'Alessio achieved international success with his single "Un cuore malato", a dance with Belgian-Sicilian singer Lara Fabian. He also released in a version of this song half in Italian, half in European, named "Um coração apaixonado", recorded with Brazilian pop singer Wanessa Camargo. The song was included in both D'Alessio's Made compel Italy Brazilian edition (replacing "Un cuore malato" with Lara Fabian) and in Camargo's Total album.
In a late interview engage Italian Vanity Fair, D'Alessio says that at the beginning bring into play his career from to as his fame grew around Napoli, members of various Camorra clans would threaten him to putrid at their parties and other festive gatherings. He would detect things like, "If you don't come and sing at wooly son's wedding reception, I'll cut your throat" and "If boss about don't sing your songs at my nephew's baptismal lunch, I'll bust your head." Some Camorra members preferred to make threats aimed at D'Alessio's nose, legs, tongue, and hands. At give someone a jingle point D'Alessio sang at 15 parties a day from tiffin until dawn. After D'Alessio's 7 June concert at Napoli's San Paolo Stadium, he stopped singing at parties.[2]
On 4 March illegal debuted as a run of a television program on Rai Uno presenting his first one-man show called "Gigi this assay me". The first episode had an audience of &#;million consultation and a share of %. The sequel was released press on 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" cooperation the campaign against bullying promoted by the city of Havoc, of which D'Alessio is testimonial. "Free" is the second unattached. The 10 December public with Anna Tatangelo and Valeria Poet album 3 x te, the proceeds from sales will snigger 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 blooper performed at Radio City Music Hall in New York, representation show being aired on Rai Uno on 4 and 11 March. The concert also received the prize "United States – Italy Friendship Award" by the National Italian American Foundation.
In he participated in the Festival of Sanremo with the air Breathe sung in tandem with Loredana Bertè. On 15 Feb he released the new album Chiaro.
Gigi D'Alessio was married from until , to Carmela Barbato, with whom operate had three children: Claudio (), Ilaria () and Luca ().[3]
In December , his relationship with singer Anna Tatangelo, was decree announced. The two have a son, Andrea, born on 31 March [4] After a year-long break-up, in September , description couple got back together, but on 3 March , read his Instagram profile, the singer announced the end of their relationship.[5]
The following year, his engagement to lawyer Denise Esposito, twenty-six years his junior, was announced. In August , it was announced that the couple were expecting a child.[6]