Domenico Modugno was an Italian singer, actor and, later in life, a member of the Italian Parliament. He is known for his 1958 international hit song "Nel blu dipinto di blu", for which he received the first Grammy Awards for Record of the Year and Song of the Year. He is considered the first Italian cantautore.
Mina Anna Mazzini or Mina Anna Quaini, known mononymously as Mina, is an Italian singer and actress. She was a staple of television variety shows and a dominant figure in Italian pop music from the 1960s to the mid-1970s, known for her three-octave vocal range, the agility of her soprano voice, and her image as an emancipated woman.
Enzo Ghinazzi, best known as Pupo, is an Italian singer, lyricist, television presenter, writer and voice actor.
Nicola Di Bari is an Italian singer-songwriter and actor. He is considered one of the "sacred monsters" of Italian pop music.
Domenica Rita Adriana Bertè, known professionally as Mia Martini, was an Italian singer, songwriter and musician. She is considered, by many experts, one of the most important and expressive female voices of Italian music, characterised by her interpretative intensity and her soulful performance.
Al Bano and Romina Power are an Italian-American pop music duo formed in 1975 by then-married couple Italian tenor Albano Carrisi and American singer Romina Power, the daughter of Hollywood actor Tyrone Power. They have recorded over 22 albums, which have sold 150 million copies across six decades. Their best known international hits include "Felicità", "Sharazan", "Tu, soltanto tu ", "Ci sarà", "Sempre sempre", and "Libertà!". They participated twice in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1976 and 1985 and performed five times at the Sanremo Music Festival, winning in 1984 with the song "Ci sarà". The couple also shot seven films, based on their songs, between 1967 and 1984. The two separated in 1999 and divorced in 2012, but reunited professionally in 2013.
Gian Luigi "Gianni" Morandi is an Italian pop singer, actor and entertainer. It is estimated that Morandi has sold about 50 million recordings.
Massimo Ranieri is an Italian singer, actor, television presenter and theatre director.
Giuseppe Faiella, professionally known as Peppino di Capri, is an Italian popular music singer, songwriter and pianist, successful in Italy and Europe. His international hits include "St. Tropez Twist", "Daniela", "Torna piccina", "Roberta", "Melancolie", "Freva", "L'ultimo romantico", "Un grande amore e niente più", "Non lo faccio più", "Nun è peccato", and "Champagne".
Iva Zanicchi is an Italian pop singer and politician. She has a mezzo-soprano voice and is nick-named by the press as the "Eagle from Ligonchio".
Fiorella Mannoia is an Italian singer, songwriter and actress.
Riccardo Fogli is an Italian singer-songwriter.
Renato Pozzetto is an Italian actor, director, comedian, and singer.
Rosario Umberto Balsamo, best known as Umberto Balsamo is an Italian singer-songwriter and composer.
Anna Identici is an Italian pop/folk singer and television personality.
"Grande amore" is a song performed by Italian operatic pop trio Il Volo –Piero Barone, Ignazio Boschetto, and Gianluca Ginoble–, with music composed and Italian lyrics written by Francesco Boccia and Ciro "Tommy" Esposito. The song won the Sanremo Music Festival 2015 and represented Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 where it placed third –winning the televoting and coming sixth with the juries–. Il Volo also released the song in Spanish and English versions.
Gaetano Cristiano Vincenzo Rossi, best known as Christian, is an Italian singer, mainly successful in the first half of the 1980s.
Piergiorgio Farina was an Italian jazz violinist, composer and singer.
Antonio Del Monaco, better known as Tony Del Monaco, was an Italian pop singer, and actor.
