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ANDREA BOCELLI

Andrea Angel Bocelli was born September 22, 1958 in Lajatico, Italy and is an Italian opera singer, songwriter and record producer.

Born with congenital glaucoma which caused problems with his sight, Bocelli went completely blind at the age of 12. Andrea Bocelli’s career began when Italian singer Zucchero held auditions for tenors to sing on a demo which he intended to record as a duet with opera giant Pavarotti. Instead, Pavarotti encouraged Zucchero to use Bocelli and the song Miserere became a big hit across Europe.

Bocelli entered the world of classical music in December 1993 and made his opera debut in Verdi's Macbeth at the Teatro Verdi in Pisa. He has since recorded 15 solo studio albums of both pop and classical music, and nine complete operas.

Andrea Bocelli’s UK chart career got off to a flying start in 1997, on a duet of Time To Say Goodbye with Sarah Brightman and in November 2018 he landed his first UK Official Charts Number 1 album in the UK with Si, the first classical album to hit Number 1 in almost 21 years.

Andrea Bocelli is also the recipient of six Classical BRIT Awards, including an Outstanding Contribution to Music award in 2002. 

In 2023 Andrea Bocelli sound-tracked the always-iconic annual John Lewis Christmas TV ad campaign, inspired by the enduring and changing ways the nation now celebrates Christmas. The ad features the rousing track, ‘Festa’, released on Decca Records, which means ‘celebration’, with lyrics written especially for and approved by Maestro Bocelli. On his involvement, Bocelli commented “I am delighted to take part in this wonderful and unique tradition of Christmas storytelling. It is very special for me given the great support this will bring to both the John Lewis and Andrea Bocelli foundations. Joy to all of your worlds this Christmas!"

ANDREA BOCELLI Songs stats

UK No1s
0
UK Top 10s
1
UK Top 40s
2
UK Top 75s
4
Weeks at No1
0
Weeks in the Top 10
5
Weeks in the Top 40
15
Weeks in the Top 75
26

ANDREA BOCELLI Albums stats

UK No1s
1
UK Top 10s
13
UK Top 40s
24
UK Top 75s
24
Weeks at No1
1
Weeks in the Top 10
51
Weeks in the Top 40
181
Weeks in the Top 75
289

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