Year: 2018

Riccardo Fogli is an Italian singer-songwriter. The 1980s were a pinnacle of success for Riccardo Fogli. In this period, the lyrics of his songs became more philosophical and his singing manner became more emotional. In 1981, Fogli performed one of his most famous and lyrical song, “Malinconia” (“Melancholy”), and in 1982 he was the winner…

Enzo Ghinazzi best known as Pupo, is an Italian singer, lyricist, television presenter, writer and voice actor. In 1981 he wrote his first hit for another artist : “Sarà perché ti amo”, sung by Ricchi e Poveri at the Sanremo Festival that year. Pupo competed again in the Festival in 1983 with “Cieli azzurri” (“Blue skies”)…

Armando Christian Pérez, known professionally as Pitbull, is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, businessman and actor. He began his career in the early 2000s, recording reggaeton, Latin hip hop, and crunk music under a multitude of labels. In 2004, he released his debut album M.I.A.M.I. under TVT Records and the executive production of Lil Jon.…

Patricia Kaas is a French singer. Her music is a mix of pop, cabaret, jazz, and chanson. Since the appearance of her 1988 debut album Mademoiselle chante…, Kaas has sold over 17 million records worldwide. She had her greatest success in Germany, Switzerland, Belgium, Canada, Russia, Finland, Ukraine, and South Korea with her third album…

Luis Alfonso Rodríguez López-Cepero, known by his stage name Luis Fonsi, is a Puerto Rican singer. He is known for his soulful and dance oriented songs, most notably 2017’s “Despacito”. Fonsi received his first Latin Grammy Award nominations in the Record of the Year category and won Song of the Year thanks to the song…

Gipsy Kings are a band of Catalan rumba, flamenco, salsa, and pop musicians, founded in 1978 in Arles and Montpellier, in southern France, who perform mostly in Catalan but also mix in Spanish with southern French dialects. Although the group members were born in France, their parents were mostly gitanos (Spanish Romani), who fled Spain…

Gaynor Sullivan MBE, known professionally as Bonnie Tyler, is a Welsh singer who is known for her distinctive husky voice. Tyler came to prominence with the release of her 1977 album The World Starts Tonight and its singles “Lost in France” and “More Than a Lover”. Her 1977 single “It’s a Heartache” reached number four…