Eros Ramazzotti

Eros Walter Luciano Ramazzotti (; born 28 October 1963) is an Italian pop and rock singer, songwriter and record producer. He is popular in Italy and most European countries, and throughout the Spanish-speaking world, as he has released most of his albums in both Italian and Spanish.

Since 1984, Ramazzotti has released 13 studio albums, one EP, three compilation albums, three live albums, and 37 singles. He has sold over 80 million records in his 40-year career.

Ramazzotti recorded songs with international artists such as Cher, Tina Turner, Anastacia, Joe Cocker, Julio Iglesias, Ricky Martin, Alejandro Sanz, Carlos Santana, Alicia Keys, and Italian artists from different music genres, Andrea Bocelli, Ornella Vanoni, Luciano Pavarotti, Laura Pausini, Raf, Giorgia and Elisa.

Throughout his career, Ramazzotti has been recognized with four Italian, Wind & Music Awards, four World Music Awards, three BMI Latin Awards, a Lo Nuestro Awards and a Premios Ondas Career Award.

Biography Childhood and early beginnings (1963–1981) Ramazzotti was born in Cinecittà Est, a suburb of Rome. He is the son of Rodolfo Ramazzotti, a construction worker and Raffaela Molina, a housewife. His father originated from the province of Viterbo in Lazio and his mother from the province of Vibo Valentia in Calabria. He was named after Eros, the Greek god of love. He began playing the guitar at age seven. As a teenager, he wrote songs with the help of his father who was a music lover and played piano. He wanted to attend a musical conservatory but failed the admission examination, and started training in bookkeeping, but dropped out. He occasionally appeared as an extra in films while dreaming of having a career as a pop-star. Soon after, Eros met Renato Brioschi, At his third Sanremo Festival appearance in 1986 his memorable single, "Adesso tu" from Nuovi eroi won the overall competition.

His 1991 double-CD release Eros in Concert was followed by another long tour, including a concert in Barcelona, Spain before 20,000 fans on 4 December, the day of his live CD's release. The album earned Ramazzotti four Platinums in Switzerland for sales of over 200,000 units, a Platinum in Germany for sales of over 500,000 units, Tutte storie eventually sold five million copies worldwide which played a significant role in helping Ramazzotti get his contract with BMG International. The album was certified five times Platinum by IFPI (Europe) for selling well over five million units in Europe alone. That year, Ramazzotti was awarded "Best International Male Artist of the Year" at Germany's Echo Music Awards.

In 1998, he released the live CD Eros Live, which included two duets recorded during the world tour, "Cose della vita-Can't Stop Thinking of You" featuring Tina Turner, and "That's All I Need to Know-Difenderò" with Joe Cocker, performed in Munich. In 1999, Ramazzotti again collaborated with Italian superstar Andrea Bocelli, singing "Nel Cuore Lei" (In Your Heart) for Bocelli's album, Sogno (Dream). The album sold over 10 million albums worldwide, gaining more recognition for Ramazzotti. In 1999, he was again awarded as "Best International Male Artist of the Year" at Germany's Echo Music Awards. Throughout his career, Ramazzotti has done duets with some very well known artists such as Cher, Andrea Bocelli, Joe Cocker, Carlos Santana, Tina Turner, Anastacia, Luciano Pavarotti, and Laura Pausini. In the course of the international tour for Stilelibero, Ramazzotti also appeared in eastern European countries including Moscow, Russia where he gave a three-day sold-out concerts at Kremlin Palace. contains the duet hit single "I Belong to You" with American singer Anastacia, the single went No. 1 in several countries including Italy, Germany and Switzerland. Throughout the years, Eros has gained popularity especially in Germany, Switzerland, Austria, France, Chile, Bolivia, Peru, Argentina, Venezuela, and most Spanish-speaking countries.

More than ten years after Ramazzotti's first compilation album Eros, which has sold a total of 7.5 million copies worldwide and has reached No. 1 in many countries including Germany, In Spain, the Spanish-language version "No estamos solos" was certified four times Platinum for having been downloaded over 80,000 times in Digital format, whereas it was certified six times Platinum for having been downloaded 120,000 in Original Tone format (equivalent to US Master Ringtone).

Ramazzotti's 11-track album, Ali e radici (Wings and Roots), was released on 22 May 2009, produced by Eros himself as well as his longtime musical partner Claudio Guidetti; in addition, six tracks on the album are co-produced by Michele Canova who has previously worked with artists such as Laura Pausini, Tiziano Ferro and Jovanotti. The first single "Parla con me" ("Talk to Me"), released on 17 May 2009, off his 11th studio album, is a catchy pop song which has peaked at No. 1 in Italy and No. 8 in Switzerland. The album was available both in a standard-edition as well as in a deluxe-edition, which includes 64-page booklet of photographs, and it entered the Top-5 in Germany, Austria, the Netherlands, France, Sweden, and was number-one in Italy and Switzerland.

Continued success (2012–present) Ramazzotti's studio album, Noi was released on 13 November 2012 in Italy and 16 November in other European territories including Germany. The album contains 14 tracks including duets with Andy Garcia, Nicole Scherzinger as well as collaborations with Club Dogo, Il Volo and Hooverphonic. which peaked at No.5 in Ramazzotti's home market, Italy. The album Noi has gone four times Platinum in Italy for shipment of over 240,000 units, while in Germany, the album has shipped over 100,000 units reaching status of Gold.

Ramazzotti's next studio album was released in Italy on 12 May 2015, entitled Perfetto. The album contains 14 tracks, which have been recorded in Los Angeles, Milan and Rome. The songs are produced by Ramazzotti and his longtime partner Claudio Guidetti. The first single from the album is "Alla Fine Del Mondo", which was released on 27 March 2015.

Ramazzotti's 14th studio album Vita ce n'è was released on 23 November 2018 in some of the European markets including Italy, Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands. The album contains duets with Alessia Cara on the track called "Vale per sempre" as well as a duet with Luis Fonsi on the track called "Per le strade una canzone". In its first week of release, Vita ce n'è entered the Italian album chart at No.1, in Germany at No.7.

Between 2019 and 2021 Ramazzotti took adiscographic hiatus. On 16 September 2022 through Universal he published his fifteenth studio album Battito Infinito, which peaked at number one in Italy and Switzland and charted on severals erupean charts, including number eight in Spain. In March 2026, Ramazzotti released the single "Come nei film" featuring Max Pezzali. The official music video was directed by Claudio Zagarini and Giovanni Abitante, produced by Borotalco.tv for Sony Music, and created entirely using generative AI, marking one of the first fully AI-generated music videos released by a major international record label.

Personal life Ramazzotti is very private about his personal life, keeping a small circle of friends. Ramazzotti had a poor childhood, and recalls growing up:

As a child growing up, there were no books in my parents' home, no suggestions were ever made how to even have a decent conversation, no guidance was provided in search of oneself. The only source of information that I would get from my father was the inappropriate photos of women. The first thing as a support that I received from my father was a guitar after he recognized my passion for music. Nowadays, I try to self-educate myself by purchasing good books which I almost never read because I become lazy after glancing at a football game on TV.

His 320-page autobiography, co-written by Luca Bianchini, was published on 13 April 2006.

Marriages Ramazzotti was married to Swiss model and actress Michelle Hunziker from 1998 to 2002, with whom he has a daughter Aurora Sophie (born 5 December 1996). Ramazotti's 1996 hit song "Più bella cosa" was dedicated to then-girlfriend Michelle (who appears in the song's music video), and his follow-up release "L'Aurora" in February 1997 to his newborn.

Ramazzotti remarried at age 50 to Italian model and actress Marica Pellegrinelli (born 1988), on 6 June 2014 at the Royal Palace of Milan. They have a daughter, Raffaela Maria (born 3 August 2011) and a son, Gabrio Tullio (born 14 March 2015).

Discography

Cuori agitati (1985) Nuovi eroi (1986) In certi momenti (1987) Musica è (1988) In ogni senso (1990) Tutte storie (1993) Dove c'è musica (1996) Stilelibero (2000) 9 (2003) Calma apparente (2005) Ali e radici (2009) Noi (2012) Perfetto (2015) Vita ce n'è (2018) Battito Infinito (2022) Una storia importante (2025)

Awards and nominations

Ramazzotti has received many Italian and international awards and nominations for his music work. It includes winning as Best Italian Artist three times (1997, 2001 and 2004) and Best Italian Pop/Rock Male Artist (2003) during the World Music Awards. He also won International Male Artist of the Year six times during the Echo Awards (1997, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2004, 2013).