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Elisa (Italian singer)
Elisa Toffoli (born 19 December 1977), known mononymously as Elisa, is an Italian singer, songwriter and record producer. She draws inspiration from many genres such as pop, alternative rock, electronica, and trip hop, recording songs both in Italian and English, which she considers her artistic primary language.
In Europe, she rose in fame for her double single "Come Speak to Me", English version of Sanremo Music Festival's winning song "Luce (Tramonti a nord est)", while she became famous in North America for "Dancing", featured in both the 2006 and 2007 seasons of So You Think You Can Dance. On 18 December 2012, her collaboration with Ennio Morricone, "Ancora qui", was featured in Quentin Tarantino's film Django Unchained soundtrack album, which was nominated at the Grammy Award for Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media in 2014.
Elisa has released eleven studio albums, five compilations, three live albums, eight video albums and 60 singles, topping the Italian Albums Chart five times and selling over 20 million records worldwide, of which 5.5 million copies certified by Musica e dischi and over 3 million units by FIMI since 2009, with a diamond album and several multiplatinum certifications. Elisa recorded songs with international artists such as Tina Turner, Muse, Imagine Dragons, and Italian artists from different music genres, including Luciano Ligabue, Negramaro, Andrea Bocelli, Cesare Cremonini, Mahmood and Rkomi. She also wrote and produced songs and albums for Francesca Michielin, Elodie, Alessandra Amoroso, Giorgia and Mina.
Throughout her career, Elisa has been recognized by the major Italian awards, including a total of seven awards at the Sanremo Music Festival with "Luce (Tramonti a nord est)" (2001) and "O forse sei tu" (2022), one Targa Tenco, two Lunezia Awards, 13 Italian, Wind & Music Awards, one award at the Festivalbar, and an MTV Europe Music Award. She also wrote and composed songs for films directed by Giovanni Veronesi, Alessandro D'Alatri, Luca Guadagnino, winning a David di Donatello and a Nastro d'Argento for Best Original Song.
Elisa Toffoli was born on 19 December 1977 in Trieste, in Friuli-Venezia Giulia, north-eastern Italy. She grew up in Monfalcone, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, and lived in a border area, where she had the opportunity to listen to different languages and experience various cultures. Her early influences include Björk, PJ Harvey, Tori Amos, Aretha Franklin and Ella Fitzgerald, and she has credited Rudyard Kipling and Jim Morrison of The Doors as lyrical inspirations. She began writing songs at the age of 11 and later played in several local bands. At the age of 15, she appeared in a karaoke TV program, Karaoke, hosted by Rosario Fiorello.
At the age of 16, Elisa met Caterina Caselli, who signed her to the record company Sugar Music the following year. At the age of 18, she left for Berkeley, California to work on songs for her debut album with record producer Corrado Rustici, who has also worked with Whitney Houston, Aretha Franklin and Zucchero.
Elisa's first single, "Sleeping in Your Hand", was released in late May 1997, followed by her debut album Pipes & Flowers on 22 September. She was credited as a writer or co-writer on all tracks. The album soon went quadruple platinum in Italy and won two awards: Targa Tenco and Premio Italiano Della Musica (PIM). She was also a special guest on Eros Ramazzotti's European tour. In 1998, the re-release of Pipes & Flowers included a new track, Cure Me, recorded in Venice with British producer Darren Allison (Spiritualized, Belle and Sebastian).
On 5 May 2000, Elisa released Asile's World (Asile being Elisa written backwards). The album featured songs produced by Howie B, Roberto Vernetti, Mauro Malavasi and Leo Z.
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Elisa (Italian singer)
Elisa Toffoli (born 19 December 1977), known mononymously as Elisa, is an Italian singer, songwriter and record producer. She draws inspiration from many genres such as pop, alternative rock, electronica, and trip hop, recording songs both in Italian and English, which she considers her artistic primary language.
In Europe, she rose in fame for her double single "Come Speak to Me", English version of Sanremo Music Festival's winning song "Luce (Tramonti a nord est)", while she became famous in North America for "Dancing", featured in both the 2006 and 2007 seasons of So You Think You Can Dance. On 18 December 2012, her collaboration with Ennio Morricone, "Ancora qui", was featured in Quentin Tarantino's film Django Unchained soundtrack album, which was nominated at the Grammy Award for Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media in 2014.
Elisa has released eleven studio albums, five compilations, three live albums, eight video albums and 60 singles, topping the Italian Albums Chart five times and selling over 20 million records worldwide, of which 5.5 million copies certified by Musica e dischi and over 3 million units by FIMI since 2009, with a diamond album and several multiplatinum certifications. Elisa recorded songs with international artists such as Tina Turner, Muse, Imagine Dragons, and Italian artists from different music genres, including Luciano Ligabue, Negramaro, Andrea Bocelli, Cesare Cremonini, Mahmood and Rkomi. She also wrote and produced songs and albums for Francesca Michielin, Elodie, Alessandra Amoroso, Giorgia and Mina.
Throughout her career, Elisa has been recognized by the major Italian awards, including a total of seven awards at the Sanremo Music Festival with "Luce (Tramonti a nord est)" (2001) and "O forse sei tu" (2022), one Targa Tenco, two Lunezia Awards, 13 Italian, Wind & Music Awards, one award at the Festivalbar, and an MTV Europe Music Award. She also wrote and composed songs for films directed by Giovanni Veronesi, Alessandro D'Alatri, Luca Guadagnino, winning a David di Donatello and a Nastro d'Argento for Best Original Song.
Elisa Toffoli was born on 19 December 1977 in Trieste, in Friuli-Venezia Giulia, north-eastern Italy. She grew up in Monfalcone, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, and lived in a border area, where she had the opportunity to listen to different languages and experience various cultures. Her early influences include Björk, PJ Harvey, Tori Amos, Aretha Franklin and Ella Fitzgerald, and she has credited Rudyard Kipling and Jim Morrison of The Doors as lyrical inspirations. She began writing songs at the age of 11 and later played in several local bands. At the age of 15, she appeared in a karaoke TV program, Karaoke, hosted by Rosario Fiorello.
At the age of 16, Elisa met Caterina Caselli, who signed her to the record company Sugar Music the following year. At the age of 18, she left for Berkeley, California to work on songs for her debut album with record producer Corrado Rustici, who has also worked with Whitney Houston, Aretha Franklin and Zucchero.
Elisa's first single, "Sleeping in Your Hand", was released in late May 1997, followed by her debut album Pipes & Flowers on 22 September. She was credited as a writer or co-writer on all tracks. The album soon went quadruple platinum in Italy and won two awards: Targa Tenco and Premio Italiano Della Musica (PIM). She was also a special guest on Eros Ramazzotti's European tour. In 1998, the re-release of Pipes & Flowers included a new track, Cure Me, recorded in Venice with British producer Darren Allison (Spiritualized, Belle and Sebastian).
On 5 May 2000, Elisa released Asile's World (Asile being Elisa written backwards). The album featured songs produced by Howie B, Roberto Vernetti, Mauro Malavasi and Leo Z.
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