Eros Ramazzotti

Eros Ramazotti b. Eros Luciano Walter Ramazzotti Molina on October 28th, 1963, in Rome's San Giovanni Hospital, Italy. Son of Rodolfo Ramazzotti y Raffaella Molina, was raised in the Cinecittà neighborhood. Since his teens showed a natural passion for music. Eros tried to be admitted in the Music Conservatory, but he failed the previous evaluation. Mastering the guitar, Eros taught his skills in playing and singing. In 1981, he participated in the Castrocaro Festival with the song 'Rock '80'. The beginning of his musical career occured when he lauched his first album 'La Drogueria di Drugolo' (with DDD records), signed his first contract and moved out to Milan.

In 1982 his first 45 rpm single, 'Ad un Amico', was introduced. In 1984, Eros participated for the first time in the San Remo Festival and won that contest with his song 'Terra Promessa'. In 1985 he participated once again and placed sixth. The following year, a third participation in the same event gave Eros the victory in the principal category with 'Adesso Tu'. Next, his second album 'Nuovi Eroi' was lauched. In 1987, the third one came as 'In Certi Momenti', which raised him to the top in Europe. 'Musica È', his fourth album came in 1988. Two years later 'In Ogni Senso' with its song 'Cantico' was lauched. Eros would made a tour almost all over the world.

In 1993, his new album 'Tutte Storie' was introduced. Eros quit from DDD records and founded his own record company, 'Radiorama'. On May 1996 he lauched his first production 'Dove C'è Musica', completely from his inspiration. Some month later, his wife, swiss model Michelle Hunziker, gave birth to their daughter in Lugano, Suiza.

Other 3 works would become to markets: Eros, Eros Live (both in 1998) and Stile Libero (2000). Eros Ramazzotti' success not only in italian audiences, but in spanish ones too. Proof of that is his spanish versions of 'Tutte Storie', 'Dove C'è Musica', 'Eros and 'Stile Libero'; besides his appereances and recordings with american singers such as Tina Turner and Cher.

As a Latin-pop singer, Eros Ramazzotti became especially popular in Germany, Mexico and Argentina (as well as his native Italy) during the '90s, and he has sold over 20 million records worldwide, though his success in America has been limited. He was born in the Rome suburb of Cinecitta during the mid-'60s, and moved to Milan to make a career of music as a teenager. Beginning with 1991's In Ogni Senso, Ramazzotti recorded three albums for Arista during the first half of the '90s. With a new BMG deal which included his RadioRama production company, Eros moved from pop-oriented music to more straightahead rock, even recruiting a rock band for the 1995 Rock over Europe festival. Eros Live followed in 1998. ~ John Bush, All Music Guide