Giorgia

Giorgia Todrani (; born 26 April 1971), known professionally as simply Giorgia, is an Italian singer-songwriter. Nicknamed "the Italian Whitney Houston", she is known for her wide vocal range, high belting register and great vocal abilities, she is one of the most famous Italian singers, she has released twelve studio albums all enjoying commercial success. Giorgia has become fairly well known throughout Europe as an ambassador for Italian pop music.

Giorgia holds the first place among the female Italian artists of her generation for number of weeks in the Fimi-Nielsen chart, and she has sold over 25 million records worldwide, with 17 top-ten albums of which 6 number-one on the Italian album chart, and 24 top-ten singles of which 5 number-one hits on the Italian singles chart. She has participated five times at the Sanremo Music Festival, in 1995, in 1996, in 2001, in 2023 and in 2025, placing at the first, third, second, sixth and sixth place respectively. At the Sanremo Music Festival 1995, she won 4 prizes on the same night (Festival First Awards, Radio/TV Awards, Authors Awards and "Mia Martini" Awards), holding the unbeaten Sanremo record of a winning artist collecting all the prizes at once. In her career, Giorgia has won 8 Italian and Wind Music Awards, a David di Donatello, a Nastro d'Argento and a "Premio Lunezia".

Biography Giorgia was born in Rome and started performing at an early age in several Roman Jazz clubs. She was influenced by classic soul and jazz artists such as Aretha Franklin, Whitney Houston, Stevie Wonder, Ella Fitzgerald, Michael Jackson among others. She recorded two live albums in the early 1990s, called One more go round and A Natural Woman.

Career Debut album Her debut was on the stage of the Ariston theatre for the 1994 Sanremo Music Festival when she sang "E poi" in the category Nuove Proposte (New Acts). At that festival she ended in seventh position in the final New Act chart (losing to Andrea Bocelli who praised her in his winning speech). E poi, is still nowadays one of her most famous songs.

Her debut-album Giorgia sold more than copies in Italy and approximately 1 million worldwide (it was a best seller in Italy and enjoyed good success in Germany too). A few months later Luciano Pavarotti asked her to perform with him in a duet at the annual Pavarotti & friends show in Modena, Italy where she gave a performance of Queen's Who Wants to Live Forever. She also sang with the famous tenor. In 1994 Giorgia won the European Award as "best Young Italian artist".

Sanremo Music Festival and second album In 1995 she returned to the Sanremo Music Festival, singing "Come saprei". She won the competition and the critics' award too, becoming the second artist to achieve that (the first being Domenico Modugno) but being the first Italian female singer to win both awards. During the competition she won 4 awards. Her second album Come Thelma & Louise sold more than 8 million copies worldwide, of which copies certified in Italy, making it the biggest success of her career (the album was released throughout Europe and also in Japan). The song reached the top 40 of the European singles chart. Gocce di Memoria was the original theme-song from Turkish-Italian film-maker Ferzan Ozpetek's movie "la Finestra di fronte" Facing Windows starring Giovanna Mezzogiorno, it gained Giorgia many awards including the "David di donatello", the "Silver ribbon" and three "Italian music awards".

Mtv Unplugged (2005) In 2005, Giorgia was the first Italian artist to release an MTV Unplugged recorded in Milan. The live CD includes acoustic versions all of her major hits. The album has been certified triple platinum in Italy and gained Giorgia many awards. She was supported by the band of Prince, Terence Blanchard and during the concert she dueted with soul star Ricky Fanté.

Stonata (2007) In 2007 she released her seventh studio album, Stonata. The album debuted at the second position of the Italian chart and was certified double platinum. The album featured a duet with the Italian singer Mina. The song was Poche Parole and was the first duet for Mina, in her fifty-year-long career, with an Italian female.

Spirito libero Viaggi di voce 1992–2008 (2008) On 21 November, Giorgia released her second greatest hits compilation (the first one was released in 2002), but this will be her first "Anthology" album with 3 cds full of hits, new songs, covers and new versions of some of her old songs; the first single is "Per fare a meno di te", which is the soundtrack of the movie "Solo un padre" directed by Luca Lucini, that hit Italian screens on 28 November 2008.

Dietro le apparenze (2011)

In 2011 Giorgia released her 8th studio album, Dietro le apparenze, which included the 2011 summer hit: "Il mio giorno migliore" (platinum, with more than copies). The album also featured a duet with one of the most important Italian singers, Eros Ramazzotti, in "Inevitabile"; as well as other collaborations: Passerà l'estate by Marina Rei; "È l'amore che conta", the second single, written by Busbee; and "Tu mi porti su" performed with Jovanotti (single certified double platinum, with more than copies). The album Dietro le apparenze debuted at the first position of the Italian chart and was certified double platinum.

Senza paura (2013) and the Limited Gold Edition In November 2013 Giorgia released her 9th studio album, Senza paura; the first single was "Quando una stella muore" (certified platinum, with more than copies). The album also featured duets with international singers Alicia Keys, in "I Will Pray (Pregherò)" (the second single, certified gold); and Olly Murs, in Did I lose you. The third single, "Non mi ami", with music featured by Fraser T. Smith and Natasha Bedingfield in July 2014 was certified platinum (with more than copies), and the fourth single, "Io fra tanti", on October was certified gold.

The album Senza paura debuted at the first position of the Italian chart, and was certified double platinum disk (with more than copies). In 2014 it received a new nomination at the MTV Europe Music Awards in the category "Best Italian Act". In October 2014, the singer released Senza paura - Limited Gold Edition, containing a double CD: one with the same tracks as the recorded album, and an extra CD with live content from her 2014 tour Senza Paura; as well as a DVD containing extra content from her live show, the official music videos for her singles (Quando una stella muore, Non mi ami, Io fra tanti) and some unreleased backstage material.

On 24 October 2014, she released her fifth single from the album Senza Paura, "La mia stanza".

Oronero and Pop Heart (2016–2019) On 15 February 2016, Giorgia's official site confirmed that she was working on a new album. The album was produced by Michele Canova, who also produced her previous two albums. On 12 September Giorgia revealed the title of her new single, "Oronero", announcing that it would be available for digital download from 20 September. On 28 November 2016, the track was certified platinum in Italy, after having sold more than copies.

The album of the same name is the tenth studio album released by the Roman singer, and was released on 28 October 2016. It contains 15 tracks, 10 of which were written by Giorgia herself, as well as numerous collaborations with Italian and international artists. On 18 April 2018, the album was certified double platinum disk (with more than copies). Between 2017 and 2018 the singer embraced the Oronero Live Tour, which was recorded for the live album Oronero Live, promoted by the collaboration "Come neve" with Marco Mengoni.

On 16 November 2018 Giorgia publieshed the cover album Pop Heart, which pealed at number two on the Italian Albums Charts. The album featured covers in Italian and Enghish, including "Le tasche piene di sassi", "I Feel Love", "Una storia importante" and duets with Elisa on "Gli ostacoli del cuore". On March 22, 2019, she announced a summer tour, the Pop Heart Summer Nights, with a first date at the Lucca Comics & Games Festival, alongside Janelle Monáe.

Blu and G (2022–present) After four years without publishing music, on 14 January 2022 she collaborated on "Parentesi" with Mara Sattei. On 4 December 2022, Giorgia participation in the Sanremo Music Festival 2023 was announced. She competed with the song "Parole dette male". The single was announced as the lead track of Giorgia's new album Blu¹, the first of a multi-part project, which was released on 17 February 2023. In 2023, it was released the film Scordato by Rocco Papaleo, which marked Giorgia's acting debut.

On 7 February 2024, Giorgia co-hosted the second night of the Sanremo Music Festival 2024 alongside Amadeus. In October 2024 she published the single "Niente di male" and hosted X Factor Italia. In December 2024, she was announced as one of the participants in the Sanremo Music Festival 2025 with the song "La cura per me". In the same month she appeared on the special 'Andrea Bocelli 30 - The Celebration', where she performed "Vivo per lei" alongside the legendary tenor. She won the cover night of the festival performing "Skyfall" with Annalisa, and ultimately finished the competition in 6th place. On 7 November 2025 her twelfth studio album G was published through Michroponica, and distributed by Sony Music.

Other ventures She was nominated as Best Italian act at the MTV Europe Music Awards 2005 in Lisbon for the Italian hit "Gocce di Memoria". She is the only Italian artist to have sung with Elton John. The British singer called Giorgia One of the best and beautiful voices in the world. On 21 June 2009, Giorgia was involved in the charity concert "Amiche per l'Abruzzo" organized by Laura Pausini at the San Siro Stadium in Milan for the people hit by the earthquake in Abruzzo. She had duets with Elisa, Laura Pausini and other famous Italian female singers.

For her vocal qualities, Giorgia has been compared to Whitney Houston and Mina, and has been defined "fourth-best voice in the world". Billboard magazine called her "one of the most popular Italian singers" and stated that "she could have made it (a great success) in the USA too".

Personal life Giorgia is a fan of football team Lazio.

From 1997 to 2001, Giorgia was in a relationship with fellow singer Alex Baroni, who died in 2002 in a car accident. In the winter of 2009, Giorgia confirmed rumors that she and her fiancé, singer Emanuel Lo, were expecting their first child. On 18 February 2010, during the third night of the Sanremo Music Festival, it was announced that Giorgia had given birth to a baby boy, Samuel.

Discography

Albums Giorgia (1994) Come Thelma & Louise (1995) Mangio troppa cioccolata (1997) Girasole (1999) Senza ali (2001) Ladra di vento (2003) Stonata (2007) Dietro le apparenze (2011) Senza paura (2013) Oronero (2016) Pop Heart (2018) Blu¹ (2023) G (2025)

Filmography Film

Television

Awards and nominations