Andrea Bocelli
22 September 1958 – present
Andrea Bocelli is an Italian tenor and singer-songwriter who came to prominence after winning the newcomers' section of the Sanremo Music Festival in 1994. Blind since the age of twelve, he built a career spanning opera and popular music, with albums such as Romanza and Sacred Arias selling in very large numbers worldwide. His duet with Sarah Brightman, Time to Say Goodbye, became one of the best-selling singles of the 1990s.
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Life events
Born on his family's farm in the province of Pisa.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgBorn with congenital glaucoma, he became completely blind at the age of twelve after a head injury.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgTook a law degree while singing in piano bars to support himself.
The couple had two sons and separated in 2002.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgTook first place with the song Il mare calmo della sera.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHis international breakthrough record, which sold many millions of copies.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgThe duet version of Con te partirò topped charts across Europe.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgA collection of sacred music that became one of the best-selling classical albums by a solo artist.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgThe couple, who have a daughter, married in the province of Livorno.
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