''Il mare calmo della sera'' is the debut album by

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singer

Andrea Bocelli Andrea Bocelli (; born 22 September 1958) is an Italian tenor and multi-instrumentalist. He was born visually impaired, with congenital glaucoma, and at the age of 12, Bocelli became completely blind, following a brain hemorrhage resulting fr ...

, following his win of the

Sanremo Festival The Sanremo Music Festival, officially the Italian Song Festival () and commonly known as just (), is the most popular Italian culture, Italian song contest and awards ceremony, held annually in the city of Sanremo, Liguria. It is the longes ...

in 1994, singing his first single and the leading single of the album of the same name. It was certified Gold in the Netherlands. It was followed by the release of '' Bocelli'', which topped charts all over

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, in 1995.

History

In 1992, Bocelli's first break as a singer came when Italian rock singer

Zucchero Fornaciari Adelmo Fornaciari (; born 25 September 1955), more commonly known by his stage name Zucchero Fornaciari or simply Zucchero (), is an Italian singer, musician and songwriter. His stage name is the Italian word for "sugar", as his elementary teach ...

auditioned tenors to record a demo version of "Miserere", which he had written. Successfully passing the audition, Bocelli recorded the tune as a duet with

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, with whom he became very close friends, even singing at his second wedding, and funeral. After touring all over

with Zucchero in 1993, Bocelli was then invited to perform at the ''Pavarotti & Friends'', held in Modena in September 1994. Bocelli was then signed to Sugar Music by

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, who persuaded him to participate in the

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. He eventually won the newcomer section of the competition in 1994, with "Il mare calmo della sera", a song written by Zucchero for him. After the Festival, Bocelli released his first studio single also titled '' Il mare calmo della sera''. The single was also included in both of Bocelli's

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albums, ''

Romanza ''Romanza'' is the first compilation album by Italian singer Andrea Bocelli, released internationally in 1997. Although a compilation, ''Romanza'' is considered Bocelli's breakthrough album and remains his most commercially successful to date, ...

'' in 1997, and '' The Best of Andrea Bocelli: Vivere'' in 2007.

Track listing

#" Il mare calmo della sera" #"Ave Maria no morro" #"Vivere (feat. Gerardina Trovato)" #"Rapsodia" #"La Luna che non c'è" #" Caruso" #"Miserere" #"

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" #"Ah, la paterna mano (from Macbeth)" #" E lucevan le stelle (from

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)" #"Le fleur que tu m'avais jetée (from Carmen)" #"L'anima ho stanca (from Adriana Lecouvreur)" #"Sogno"

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications and sales

References

External links

Bocelli on Ultratop.be
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