Who is Andrea Bocelli?
Andrea Angel Bocelli is an Italian opera singer, songwriter, and record producer. Celine Dion has said that “if God would have a singing voice, he must sound a lot like Andrea Bocelli.”
Since 1982, Bocelli has recorded 15 solo studio albums of both pop and classical music, three greatest hits albums, and nine complete operas, selling over 90 million records worldwide.
He has had success as a crossover performer, bringing classical music to the top of international pop charts.
He was born with poor eyesight and became completely blind at age 12, following a football accident.
In 1998, Bocelli was named one of People magazine’s 50 Most Beautiful People and In 1999, he was nominated for Best New Artist at the Grammy Awards.
“The Prayer” is his duet with Celine Dion for the animated film Quest for Camelot which won the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song and He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song.
He captured a listing in the Guinness Book of World Records with the release of his classical album Sacred Arias.
As he simultaneously held the top three positions on the US Classical Albums charts.
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