Gigi D'Alessio

Gigi D'Alessio (born Luigi D'Alessio, February 24 1967) is an Italian popular singer and Neapolitan singer-songwriter.

D'Alessio was born in Naples. Well-known in Naples beginning in the early 1990s and throughout Italy due to participation in the Sanremo Festival in 2000 and 2001. He has also made overseas apperiences, the most recent is in Malta August 11 2007. He is engaged to the popular Italian singer Anna Tatangelo, who is two decades junior than him. Previously, he was married to Carmela Barbato, with whom he has three children. He frequently writes and produces songs for Tatangelo, and some of the hits he had a hand in writing include "Quando due si lasciano" and "Ragazza di periferia". For Tatangelo's latest album, the couple penned the songs "Averti qui" and "Lo so che finirà" together. The couple have recorded two duets: "Un nuovo bacio" and "Il mondo è mio". They also toured the US and Canada together in October, featuring in successful concerts. He was the writer and composer of Tatangelo's song performed at Sanremo Music Festival 2008, "Il mio amico".

D'Alessio achieved international success with his recent single "Un cuore malato", a duet with Belgian-Sicilian singer Lara Fabian. He also released in 2007 a version of this song half in Italian, half in Portuguese, named "Um coração apaixonado", recorded with Brazilian pop singer Wanessa Camargo. The song was included in both D'Alessio's "Made in Italy" Brazilian edition (replacing "Un cuore malato" with Lara Fabian) and in Camargo's 2007 "Total" album.

His more recent singles including "Non dirgli mai" and "Dove sei" were part of an Italian sampler from an original Sicilian band called Santo e i Giovani.

Albums

*"Lasciatemi cantare "(1992)
*"Scivolando verso l'alto "(1993)
*"Dove mi porta il cuore "(1994)
*"Passo dopo passo"(1995)
*"Fuori dalla mischia "(1996)
*"È stato un piacere "(1997)
*"Tutto in un concerto "(1998)
*"Portami con te"(1999)
*"Quando la mia vita cambierà"(2000)
*"Il cammino dell'età"(2001)
*"El camino de la etad"(2001)
*"Uno come te"(2002)
*"Buona vita"(2003)
*"Buona vita spagnolo"(2003)
*"Quanti amori"(2004)
*"Cuorincoro"(2005)
*"Made in Italy"(2006)
*"Mi faccio in quattro"(2007)
*"Superamore"(2008) (It doesn't publicate)

Films

*"Annaré" (1998)
*"Cient'anne" (1999)

External links

* [http://www.gigidalessio.com/ Official website] it icon