First of all, I wanted to thank all the people who responded with the list of the most popular Italian singers abroad. 🙂❤️
I asked you to do this “experiment”, because an Italian newspaper published the list of these singers, but in my opinion it was not very correct.
Of course it was logical that Bocelli was at number 1. His success and popularity are indisputable. But I wanted to know the position of the remaining singers, which logically varies according to the country, where a singer can be more or less known, if he has been in that country to do concerts, or if the radios of that place broadcast his songs .
This is why I asked for a list that did not take into account the affection you have for singers, (it was logical for us it was IL VOLO), but only for the success, their popularity.
Of course this experiment was only useful to understand in what position was IL VOLO, after the first place certainly by Bocelli.
As I expected, the results were these:
1 BOCELLI 2 IL VOLO for most of you
In short, IL VOLO ranks second, if we consider those who live in Canada and the US.
It can also be in third place, if we consider part of South America (where is very well known Ramazzotti and Pausini).
All other singers are little known or even unknown, by most of you.
The situation is different if we take Europe, those who live in Europe know the other singers and IL VOLO is only from Eurovision that has been known in Europe, therefore for a short time. Moreover, singers like Albano, Cutugno, Zucchero, known in Europe, have for many years been in their careers and are even older than our boys, so it’s been more time since we’ve heard of them.
Therefore, I would conclude that by mixing everything, the result can be this:
1 BOCELLI IL VOLO for popularity among those who answered, is positioned between the seat n. 2 and the n.3.
Now I publish the list as required by the Italian newspaper.
01 – Laura Pausini
02 – Andrea Bocelli
03 – Eros Ramazzotti
04 – Marco Mengoni
05 – Al Bano
06 – Toto Cutugno
07 – Il Volo
08 – Tiziano Ferro
09 – Zucchero
10 – Adriano Celentano
I tell you right away that the newspaper says “Ranking of the best known Italian singers abroad”, do you understand? Writes “abroad” ….. if they had written Europa, maybe I would have accepted the ranking, but abroad ???
Bocelli is not even at No. 1. AND IL VOLO at no. 7 ??????
For me, those who have written this ranking do not have exactly the right vision. Your lists confirm this. Some singers who have been listed before IL VOLO are almost unknown to most of you.
For those who want, here is the link to the original article.
Ok, we played and it was fun too. Did you like being able to say your opinion freely? What do you think of the newspaper’s ranking? Thanks again so much for participating.
Piero, Gianluca and Ignazio arrived in Japan, the tour begins and it starts from the east.
At the airport in Japan, they were greeted by fans who kindly waited for a welcome.
Always followed by the inevitable, sweet Barbara, who does not abandon them for a moment.
But there is also another female presence, Mrs. Lenora, Gianluca’s mother, followed her son in this oriental adventure.
And because today is Mother’s Day, let’s talk a little about the mothers of these fantastic boys.
Here they are:
Eleonora, Caterina and Lenora, are three very sweet women, not at all intrusive or obsessive with their famous children.
Surely, at the beginning these women suffered the distance and all the worries, for these children, little more than little boys, distant thousands of kilometers.
At home there were other children, and the presence could not be divided, but the maternal love, that one, could overcome the enormous distances and make itself felt strong and vigorous, always.
For this reason the role of their fathers, associated with that of the extraordinary Barbara, was also fundamental.
Lenora, Gianluca’s mother.
Caterina, Ignazio’s mother.
Eleonora, Piero’s mother.
Mamma Eleonora, mother of Piero, has a big problem, she has the phobia of flying, so on tours abroad she didn’t follow her son, except perhaps rare cases.
For this reason we have often seen photos of Lenora and Caterina together, that during the tours of the children, they keep each other company.
Do you recognize Piero’s gaze in Signora Eleonora’s eyes?
For this reason Eleonora was not there during the special PBS, when the boys sang and were filmed with their mothers.
Really sweet this video !!
But let’s also see the splendid concert in Taormina, where Ignazio, Piero and Gianluca sang “MAMMA” clutching their mothers warmly.
Fantastic, what adorable kids.
Who wouldn’t want to be in place of those three moms ??
They will be very proud to huddle with their children, in front of all those people.
Really beautiful images, which move us and prove the great love that binds these guys to their mothers.
An interviewer, one day asked the boys, if they considered themselves “mammons” (very close to their mother, often said in the negative sense) and they answered, “What is wrong with loving their mother?” We have to admit this is a sign of a great son’s love.
We owe a great thank you to these women for having raised children with sound principles, with great education and respect.
A mother’s love goes beyond time and circumstances, and is forever.
Naturally we are all linked to our mothers, certainly is not a party to remind us of them, but it serves to make us linger a little and distract ourselves from the daily life of this frenetic world and send our thoughts, to the one who created us, our mum, wherever she is.
I think of you too, mum, and I know you’re always here with me.
After waiting for them, the tango has arrived. The boys were guests at Ballando con le Stelle (Dancing with the Stars), but let’s review how the facts took place…
Milly Carlucci(program presenter) sends us a video from the backstage, before the beginning of live TV.
MC = Il Volo, sing, we know, Il Volo, dance !!
Piero = Embarrassing.
Gianluca = Again, after 5 years.
MC = But with another dance.
Ignazio = Absolutely, but with another elegance and bearing.
Gianluca = You will say it, hopefully good.
MC = A kiss, see you later.
But before we see them dance, and after a good two hours of waiting, here come our darlings.
Below is the video that summarizes all the moments of the evening with IL VOLO.
MC = We have announced them several times, even during the week, because it is always a pleasure to embrace these guys who have conquered our hearts already many years ago, even if they are very young, but then they really managed to conquer the world, because they brought the Italian voice, the Italian song everywhere, from the US, to Japan, to Australia, everywhere.
Gentlemen, it is a pleasure to welcome, here in Dancing with the Stars: IL VOLO.
MC = How nice to have you here and how nice to see the public, who not only did the “ola” but sang with you, with a blissful face that meant “how nice”.
Ignazio = Yes, but when they see us dance they will change their mind.
MC = But it is not true.
Meanwhile, let’s talk about your immense success, because we have just heard “A CHI MI DICE” that it is your last single just released.
Piero = It is part of the last album called MUSICA. A tour will follow, now we leave for Japan, after tomorrow, but in June and July we will be in Italy with 17 dates.
MC = The beautiful thing is this, they have conquered the Italian public like a hurricane, but then they have conquered the public all over the world, everywhere. Actually there is a warmth around you, it is very beautiful, because music is a universal language, so if it comes so powerful, it means that you did the right thing.
Gianluca = We want to say that we are celebrating our 10-year career.
MC = Yes, of course.
Gianluca = We also wanted to thank the public that supports us every time, and we can’t wait to go back on tour in Italy too to bring our music to the most beautiful places.
MC = But you have two important appointments here in Italy, soon.
Ignazio = Yes, there will be Matera which is very important for us. Matera is the city of culture 2019 and we are very happy, but with the tour we will also be here in Rome
MC = And then also Verona, so there is really a way to follow you and support you.
You, who through this 10-year friendship, have brought Italian music all over the world, and it’s not easy, because we export little.
Gianluca = We do our best to continue to bring this kind of music, not only to those who like it, to those who grew up with this music, but also to the youngest, trying to do something unique.
MC = Sure, then now, we come to this evening’s story, because they are magical when you see them and listen to them, but they must prove to be magical even when they dance.
Piero = Can we leave?
MC = NO! Meanwhile, can we let your teachers enter?
Ladies, please sit down and take your partially protected place.
We have formed new dance couples.
Our three heroes will now have to fly, even in tango, so this is the challenge.
Gianluca = We will try.
MC = I saw them try this afternoon, they will make it.
Gentlemen, we look forward to seeing you on this track with a magical tango: IL VOLO.
MC = Dancing with the stars and we are waiting to see IL VOLO, this time, not as singers, but as tango dancers, and meanwhile we tell these three wonderful Italian boys.
(moments of the 2015 Sanremo Festival)
Ignazio = We met 10 years ago.
Piero = We are celebrating 10 years of career.
Ignazio = We are three very different people, one from the other, with three different ideas, three different ways of thinking, sometimes it is not easy to reconcile ……
Piero = For example, today we said that we had to come dressed in black, with gym clothes, and look at him (Ignazio) as he arrived, blue.
With the song, we engage, with the dance ….. you know, three tree trunks ??
Gianluca = I am the worst of the three to dance.
Ignazio = I have the pelvis movement, guys !!
Gianluca = But I’ll try.
Piero = This year we decided to dance tango, because we have grown physically, mentally, so tango is more passionate.
Ignazio = Growing up …… you are always the same height, not that you have grown, the tuft of hair is higher.
Piero = Come on, lately I’ve also lowered the tuft.
Gianluca = Getting in the game is always nice, and then it is really a game, we have fun, we come here with great pleasure, we will surely have fun, you will see some good ones.
Piero = At the disco, do you know how we dance? So (rocking on the feet) all the time.
Ignazio = He doesn’t go to the disco.
Piero = At the disco, I go there, not every week, but when I’m with friends, I go and dance, and when I watch videos while I’m dancing, I’m clumsy, I can’t move, and I laugh.
This is the truth.
I’m worried about this evening.
Ignazio = Can I tell you a secret? There was a time when I went to the disco and dance Latin American on Sunday evening.
Gianluca = So are you ready for the challenge? Tell the public.
Ignazio = But that was salsa, not tango.
Gianluca = So you will give us the advice.
Ignazio = Absolutely boys.
Piero = So if we take bad grades it’s Ignazio’s fault.
Ignazio = I take the responsibility, for me, but not for Gianluca, for him I don’t take the responsibility exactly.
Piero = Gentlemen and ladies, a Dancing with the Stars, a dance at IL VOLO
Ignazio = What a bad thing it is ??
Ladies and gentlemen, with “MUSICA CHE RESTA” in tango version, IL VOLO.
Gianluca = Not bad.
Ignazio = Other than Pippo Baudo (presenter).
MC = So, I am very satisfied, then now you tell me (addressed to the judges).
Carolyn Smith = Can I say something? I am moved, really moved, because Gianluca last time (5 years ago) was a disaster, I must say that the other two are already fantastic, because in concerts, they dance, I am a witness because I go to their concerts and I have them seen, but I must say that you learned something, good, but you have to dance more.
Gianluca = Have you seen? The look, sensual!
Carolyn = Passion really, you’re good.
Ignazio = Nureyev in tango version.
Carolyn = Let’s not exaggerate.
Gianluca = It was cool, we had fun, I danced twice in my life, the salsa the other time and the tango this time, so I’m happy with the result.
MC = (addressed to the judge) So, Mariotto?
Mariotto = I love IL VOLO. He (Gianluca) was the one who promised less but did a nice tango, certainly with that teacher!
I saw them here behind the door, she instructed him, “You put yourself like that, I put myself like this.”
MC = But it wasn’t like they were touching, they were trying tango.
Mariotto = Yes, but they did it very aggressively.
Piero = More than anything else they seemed like foreplay.
Gianluca = We were passionate, the tango must be passionate, we must have the look, enter into passion.
Ignazio = Being passionate is one thing, playing the playboy, another.
Gianluca = See, everyone makes fun of me.
Mariotto = But no, you were really passionate.
MC = Jury, we give this score to IL VOLO.
10 + 10 + 10 + 10 + 10 = 50 points, the maximum.
In live video, Paolo Belli (coach of the national soccer team singers), greet the boys and announces that soon there will be the charity football match which should also be attended by Piero, Ignazio and Gianluca returning from Japan.
MC = So gentlemen, it was a real pleasure to have Piero, Ignazio and Gianluca with us, that is IL VOLO.
P + I + G = Goodbye, see you next time.
Il Volo and Milly Carlucci.
Some shots of the evening.
(A new feature has been used for these photos. Please click on one and it will show as the full size image. There are arrows on both sides of each photo so you can scroll through them all!)
(photos by Deborah Georgini Beaupre and Il Volo Sicilia Fanpage)
Ok, and so after a long wait we admired our beloved boys, try a tango.
They were good, during the evening they sang their new single, with an informal elegance (Ignazio do you want to stop wearing baggy pants?).
The tango was nice, but too short, maybe because the expectation is high and the moment passes too fast, we would like an entire program with them.
Nice show, but time is short, in two days …… Japan they arrive.
The news has been circulating for some days, but today there was official confirmation: IL VOLO will be at Dancing with the Stars.
Here is the announcement given today by presenter Milly Carlucci which I translate for you:
Saturday night at Dancing with the Stars: IL VOLO.
They came a few years ago, they danced a salsa, this time, as they grew up, they matured, their style will be tango, and I’ll wait for you guys here, we’ll see what you’re made of here!
It will be a good challenge: kisses.
But who does not remember the last edition of November 2014, when IL VOLO participated?
If someone does not remember it we immediately propose the video of the evening.
Really fun, also the guys were great, but let’s also review the dance rehearsal video.
Furthermore the boys will still meet their great friend Carolyn Smith, who has always been very fond of great affection for them.
It will therefore be a wonderful evening, all tuned to RAI 1 at 9.30pm (Italian time).
Also this time I think they will surprise us.
I can’t wait to see Ignazio, Piero and Gianluca commit to dance tango.
Bologna, 27 April 2019 – The Fico Central Eataly World Arena(photo) struggles to contain spectators for the presentation of Ricomincio dai tre. Young, very young and less young, they fill the stands enthusiastically, waiting to be able to hear the sweet and thunderous voices of their idols. Piero Barone, Ignazio Boschetto and Gianluca Ginoble. They are the three youngsters, from whom, ten years ago, Michele Torpedine, manager of VIPs, set off again.
You can perhaps call it a bet, the one that Torpedine faced when he decided to “take three small singers by the hand”. Who would have said that, at the time of pop, overseas music and digitization, two tenors and a baritone would have broken through the national and world music scene to the point of becoming the first Italian artists to sign a contract with Geffen Records, US major? “These three talents are here for their great friend – began Oscar Farinetti, founder of Eataly – who, in the world of music, worked with great artists like Gino Paoli and discovered talents of the caliber of Andrea Bocelli and Giorgia”.
Michele Torpedine, always in the world of music, has seen us along and perceived, right from the start, the potential of the trio ‘Il Volo’ and it is this that is told in his novel, autobiography, Ricomincio dai tre, published from Pendragon. “The first victory at Sanremo was with Bocelli – Torpedine recounts, digging into his memories – an enormous talent that was not easy to break into the music world because of his handicap. But as soon as I put him on the Zucchero tour, everyone noticed the power he had.”
A manager-mentor, who, after working for thirty years as a drummer for big names like Dalla, Orietta Berti wanted “to give” his knowledge to these three boys, today almost godchildren for him. “One thing that all the young people who want to emerge should know is that talent and application are not enough – Torpedine warns in his autobiography – you have to have your head, otherwise you end up off the road before you even get into gear.” Ricomincio dai tre covers the stages of the career of the manager from Puglia with anecdotes, stories, advice and experiences. At Fico, they discussed this, including laughter and chatter, Torpedine, the three of IL VOLO, Farinetti and Red Ronnie.
When, then, the three opera stars took the microphone to sing (video), the spectators reacted with enthusiasm and the boys dominated the Arena as true gladiators. “You have been fundamental for us – Boschetto emphasizes – it is not easy today to find someone to help you realize the dreams and you did this for us.” Piero Barone then underlines: “We are three privileged boys because we travel the world doing what we like.” At the end, they sang “Grande Amore” that moved and united all the fans who are then rushed to the center of the stage to greet the boys and Torpedine without forgetting to get selfies and autographs with the three of IL VOLO.
This nice article was published by the newspaper IL RESTO DEL CARLINO.
A beautiful event, very spontaneous and funny to celebrate Torpedine and promote his book RICOMINCIO DAI TRE. Recall that the proceeds of the book will be donated to a hospital of children.
The event took place at FICO Eataly, you will have recognized Oscar Farinetti of Eataly as the host of the event.
FICO is located near Bologna and the logo means Fabbrica Italiana Contadina (Peasant Italian Factory).
Fico Eataly World is a park, with a food theme.
Did you like this event?
Daniela
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