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Giorgia
Giorgia in February 2025
Background information
Born	Giorgia Todrani (1971-04-26)26 April 1971 (age 54) Rome, Italy
Genres	R&B pop soul
Occupations	Singer songwriter record producer television presenter actress
Years active	1993–present
Labels	Dischi di cioccolata Sony Music
Website	giorgia.net

Giorgia Todrani (Italian:[ˈdʒordʒatoˈdraːni]; born 26 April 1971),^[1] known professionally as simplyGiorgia, is an Italian singer-songwriter. Nicknamed "the ItalianWhitney Houston", she is known for her wide vocal range, highbelting register and great vocal abilities, she is one of the most famous Italian singers, she has released ten studio albums all enjoying commercial success. Giorgia has become fairly well known throughout Europe as an ambassador for Italian pop music.

Giorgia holds the first place among the female Italian artists of her generation for number of weeks in the Fimi-Nielsen chart, and she has sold over 25 million records worldwide,^[2] with 17 top-ten albums of which 6 number-one on theItalian album chart, and 24 top-ten singles of which 5 number-one hits on theItalian singles chart. She has participated five times at theSanremo Music Festival, in1995, in1996, in2001, in2023 and in2025, placing at the first, third, second, sixth and sixth place respectively. At the Sanremo Music Festival 1995, she won 4 prizes on the same night (Festival First Awards, Radio/TV Awards, Authors Awards and "Mia Martini" Awards), holding the unbeaten Sanremo record of a winning artist collecting all the prizes at once. In her career, Giorgia has won 8Italian and Wind Music Awards, aDavid di Donatello, aNastro d'Argento and a "Premio Lunezia".

Giorgia was born inRome and started performing at an early age in several Roman Jazz clubs. She was influenced by classic soul and jazz artists such asAretha Franklin,Whitney Houston,Stevie Wonder,Ella Fitzgerald,Michael Jackson among others. She recorded two live albums in the early 1990s, calledOne more go round andA Natural Woman.

Her debut was on the stage of the Ariston theatre for the 1994Sanremo Music Festival when she sang "E poi" in the categoryNuove Proposte (New Acts). At that festival she ended in seventh position in the finalNew Act chart (losing toAndrea Bocelli who praised her in his winning speech).^[3]E poi, is still nowadays one of her most famous songs.

Her debut-albumGiorgia sold more than 160,000 copies in Italy and approximately 1 million worldwide (it was a best seller in Italy and enjoyed good success in Germany too). A few months laterLuciano Pavarotti asked her to perform with him in a duet at the annualPavarotti & friends show inModena, Italy where she gave a performance ofQueen'sWho Wants to Live Forever. She also sang with the famous tenor.In 1994 Giorgia won theEuropean Award as "best Young Italian artist".

In 1995 she returned to the Sanremo Music Festival, singing "Come saprei". She won the competition and the critics' award too, becoming the second artist to achieve that (the first beingDomenico Modugno) but being the first Italian female singer to win both awards. During the competition she won 4 awards. Her second albumCome Thelma & Louise sold more than 8 million copies worldwide, of which 300,000 copies certified in Italy, making it the biggest success of her carrer (the album was released throughout Europe and also in Japan).^[3]In the same year, Todrani recorded the song "Vivo per lei" with tenorAndrea Bocelli.

In 1996 she entered the Sanremo Music Festival for the third time with the song "Strano il mio destino" and ended in third place.Strano il mio destino – Live & studio 95/96 is the title of her third release, which included live tracks, the Sanremo single and another studio recording. The album sold 800,000 copies.

In the middle of 1997 she released a cover of an old Italian song by Ornella Vanoni called "Un'ora sola ti vorrei", with a new music sound r&b oriented and a new image; later that year, her third studio album,Mangio troppa cioccolata, was released and started a new dimension on her career, with less ballads and more uptempos, focusing more on the sound and in the interpretation than in the vocals, something that would become a prerogative in her subsequent releases. This album was released in ten European countries enjoying good commercial success. The same year music television "MTV Europe"asked Giorgia to present a TV program, but she rejected the proposal. The album sold 1 million copies.

After the release of a song from another soundtrack movie called "Il cielo in una stanza" (a cover of an Italian song by Gino Paoli), in early 1999 she released her fourth studio album calledGirasole, a very melodic and pop oriented record that gave her more success, helped by the hit single "Girasole", one of the top selling Italian songs of the middle of 1999. The same year she toured internationally alongside jazz musicianHerbie Hancock.

In 2000,Ray Charles invited her to one of his concerts and asked her to sing "Georgia on My Mind" after she told him that her father named her Giorgia in honour of the song. Giorgia produced "Girasole" by herself; thanks to this album (one of the most successful of her career) she became more widely known. The same year she sang a duet withMichael McDonald, in Turin during her concert and in his concert in Milan. In the middle of 2000, in herFai Sentire La Tua Voce Tour 2000 she performed a duet withLionel Richie inAll Night Long at theEricsson Summer Festival.2000 was also the year of her performance at the Primo Maggio festival that included a reworking of Prince'sNothing compares to you (2 U).

In 2001, she returned to Sanremo Music Festival finishing in second place with the song "Di Sole e d'Azzurro" written byZucchero and included in her 5th studio Album "Senza Ali", which featuresHerbie Hancock as special guest in "Il mare sconosciuto" track. Previously Giorgia had already performed with Hancock during his European tour dedicated toGeorge Gershwin in (1999), and during a concert at theRoyal Festival Hall of London along withYoussou N’Dour in 2000. The album sold 6 million copies worldwide.

In 2002 she released her firstBest of album titledGreatest hits – Le cose non-vanno mai come credi which sold more than 700,000 copies in Italy and 5 million worldwide and stayed in the Italian chart for over a year. The album spawned some Italian hits and was still in the Italian chart in 2008.The year ended with a duet with ex-BoyzoneRonan Keating. The song was We've Got Tonight, a cover of a hit byBob Seger, and the duet with Keating was released across Europe.

In 2003 she released her 6th studio album,Ladra di Vento, which included her biggest hit:Gocce di Memoria. The song reached the top spot of the ItalianFIMI singles chart and became the best selling single of 2003, with 130,000 copies sold.^[4] The song reached the top 40 of theEuropean singles chart.Gocce di Memoria was the original theme-song from Turkish-Italian film-makerFerzan Ozpetek's movie "la Finestra di fronte"Facing Windows starringGiovanna Mezzogiorno, it gained Giorgia many awards including the "David di donatello", the "Silver ribbon" and three "Italian music awards".

In 2005, Giorgia was the first Italian artist to release anMTV Unplugged recorded inMilan. The live CD includes acoustic versions all of her major hits. The album has been certified triple platinum in Italy and gained Giorgia many awards. She was supported by the band ofPrince,Terence Blanchard and during the concert she dueted with soul starRicky Fanté.

In 2007 she released her seventh studio album,Stonata. The album debuted at the second position of the Italian chart and was certified double platinum.^[5] The album featured a duet with the Italian singerMina. The song wasPoche Parole and was the first duet for Mina, in her fifty-year-long career, with an Italian female.

On 21 November, Giorgia released her second greatest hits compilation (the first one was released in 2002), but this will be her first "Anthology" album with 3 cds full of hits, new songs, covers and new versions of some of her old songs; the first single is "Per fare a meno di te", which is the soundtrack of the movie "Solo un padre" directed byLuca Lucini, that hit Italian screens on 28 November 2008.

In 2011 Giorgia released her 8th studio album,Dietro le apparenze, which included the 2011 summer hit: "Il mio giorno migliore" (platinum, with more than 30,000 copies).^[6] The album also featured a duet with one of the most important Italian singers,Eros Ramazzotti, in "Inevitabile"; as well as other collaborations:Passerà l'estate byMarina Rei; "È l'amore che conta", the second single, written byBusbee; and "Tu mi porti su" performed withJovanotti (single certifieddouble platinum, with more than 60,000 copies).^[7] The albumDietro le apparenze debuted at the first position of the Italian chart^[8] and was certified double platinum.

In November 2013 Giorgia released her 9th studio album,Senza paura; the first single was "Quando una stella muore" (certified platinum, with more than 30,000 copies). The album also featured duets with international singersAlicia Keys, in "I Will Pray (Pregherò)" (the second single,certified gold);^[9] andOlly Murs, inDid I lose you. The third single, "Non mi ami", with music featured byFraser T. Smith andNatasha Bedingfield in July 2014 wascertified platinum (with more than 30,000 copies),^[10] and the fourth single, "Io fra tanti", on October wascertified gold.^[11]

The albumSenza paura debuted at the first position of the Italian chart,^[12] and was certified double platinum disk (with more than 120,000 copies). In 2014 it received a new nomination at theMTV Europe Music Awards in the category "Best Italian Act".^[13] In October 2014, the singer released Senza paura - Limited Gold Edition, containing a double CD: one with the same tracks as the recorded album, and an extra CD with live content from her 2014 tour Senza Paura; as well as a DVD containing extra content from her live show, the official music videos for her singles (Quando una stella muore, Non mi ami, Io fra tanti) and some unreleased backstage material.^[14]

On 24 October 2014, she released her fifth single from the albumSenza Paura, "La mia stanza".^[15]

On 15 February 2016, Giorgia's official site confirmed that she was working on a new album.^[16] The album was produced byMichele Canova, who also produced her previous two albums.^[17] On 12 September Giorgia revealed the title of her new single, "Oronero", announcing that it would be available for digital download from 20 September.^[18] On 28 November 2016, the track wascertified platinum in Italy, after having sold more than 50,000 copies.^[19]

Thealbum of the same name is the tenth studio album released by the Roman singer, and was released on 28 October 2016.^[20] It contains 15 tracks, 10 of which were written by Giorgia herself, as well as numerous collaborations with Italian and international artists.^[21] On 18 April 2018, the album was certified double platinum disk (with more than 100,000 copies).^[19]

On 8 February 2017, Giorgia performed at theSanremo Music Festival 2017 competition. During the second evening of the festival, she performed her second single from Oronero: "Vanità" and a medley of her most famous Sanremo performances: "E poi", "Come saprei" and "Di sole e d'azzurro".^[22] Between 2017 and 2018 the singer embraced the Oronero Live Tour, which was recorded for the live albumOronero Live, promoted by the collaboration "Come neve" withMarco Mengoni.^[23]

On 16 November 2018 Giorgia publieshed thecover albumPop Heart, which pealed at number two on the Italian Albums Charts. The album featured covers in Italian and Enghish, including "Le tasche piene di sassi", "I Feel Love", "Una storia importante" and duets withElisa on "Gli ostacoli del cuore".^[24] On March 22, 2019, she announced a summer tour, the Pop Heart Summer Nights, with a first date at theLucca Comics & Games Festival, alongsideJanelle Monáe.^[25]

After four years without publishing music, on 14 January 2022 she collaborated on "Parentesi" withMara Sattei.^[26] On 4 December 2022, Giorgia participation in theSanremo Music Festival 2023 was announced.^[27] She competed with the song "Parole dette male".^[28] The single was announced as the lead track of Giorgia's new albumBlu¹, the first of a multi-part project, which was released on 17 February 2023.^[29][30] In 2023, it was released the filmScordato byRocco Papaleo, which marked Giorgia's acting debut.^[31][32]

On 7 February 2024, Giorgia co-hosted the second night of theSanremo Music Festival 2024 alongsideAmadeus.^[33] In October 2024 she published the single "Niente di male" and hostedX Factor Italia.^[34][35] In December 2024, she was announced as one of the participants in theSanremo Music Festival 2025 with the song "La cura per me".^[36]In the same month she appeared on the special 'Andrea Bocelli 30 - The Celebration', where she performed "Vivo per lei" alongside the legendary tenor.^[37] She won the cover night of the festival performing "Skyfall" withAnnalisa,^[38][39] and ultimately finished the competition in 6th place.^[40] On 7 November 2025 her twelfth studio albumG was publieshed throught Michroponica, and distributed bySony Music.^[41]

• She was nominated asBest Italian act at theMTV Europe Music Awards 2005 inLisbon for the Italian hit "Gocce di Memoria".
• She is the only Italian artist to have sung withElton John. The British singer called GiorgiaOne of the best and beautiful voices in the world.
• On 21 June 2009, Giorgia was involved in the charity concert "Amiche per l'Abruzzo" organized byLaura Pausini at theSan Siro Stadium inMilan for the people hit by theearthquake in Abruzzo. She had duets withElisa, Laura Pausini and other famous Italian female singers.

For her vocal qualities, Giorgia has been compared toWhitney Houston^[42] andMina,^[43][44] and has been defined "fourth-best voice in the world".^[45]Billboard magazine called her "one of the most popular Italian singers" and stated that "she could have made it (a great success) in the USA too".^[46]

Giorgia is a fan of football teamLazio.

From 1997 to 2001, Giorgia was in a relationship with fellow singerAlex Baroni, who died in 2002 in a car accident. In the winter of 2009, Giorgia confirmed rumors that she and her fiancé, singerEmanuel Lo,^[47] were expecting their first child. On 18 February 2010, during the third night of theSanremo Music Festival, it was announced that Giorgia had given birth to a baby boy, Samuel.^[48]

• Giorgia (1994)
• Come Thelma & Louise (1995)
• Mangio troppa cioccolata (1997)
• Girasole (1999)
• Senza ali (2001)
• Ladra di vento (2003)
• Stonata (2007)
• Dietro le apparenze (2011)
• Senza paura (2013)
• Oronero (2016)
• Pop Heart (2018)^[49]
• Blu¹ (2023)
• G (2025)

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