Laura Pausini

For her self-titled albums, see Laura Pausini (1993 album), Laura Pausini (1994 album), and Laura Pausini (1995 album).

Laura Pausini
OMRI
Pausini performing in 2009
Born
Laura Alice Rossella Pausini

(1974-05-16) 16 May 1974 (age 50)
Faenza, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Occupations
  • Singer
  • songwriter
  • television personality
Years active1993–present
Spouse
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(m. 2023)​
Children4 (1 biological daughter and 3 stepchildren)
Awards
Musical career
Genres
InstrumentVocals
Labels
Websitelaurapausini.com
Signature

Laura Pausini OMRI (Italian pronunciation: [ˈlaura pauˈziːni]; born 16 May 1974) is an Italian singer and songwriter. She rose to fame in 1993, winning the newcomer artists' section of the 43rd Sanremo Music Festival with her debut single "La solitudine",[1] which became an Italian standard and an international hit.[2][3][4] Her self-titled debut album was released in Italy on 23 April 1993[5] and later became an international success, selling two million copies worldwide.[6] Its follow-up, Laura, was released in 1994 and confirmed her international success, selling three million copies worldwide.[7]

Pausini has released fifteen studio albums, two international greatest hits albums and one compilation album for the Anglophone market only. She speaks four languages: English, Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese. She mostly performs in Italian and Spanish, but has also recorded and sung songs in Portuguese, English, French, German, Latin, Chinese, Catalan, Neapolitan, Romanian, Romagnol and Sicilian.[8][9]

Pausini appeared as a coach on both the Mexican and Spanish versions of international reality television singing competition franchise The Voice, was a judge on the first and second series of La banda, and is likewise a judge on the Spanish version of international franchise The X Factor. In 2016, she debuted as a variety show presenter, hosting the television show Laura & Paola, with actress Paola Cortellesi.

In 2004, AllMusic's Jason Birchmeier considered Pausini's sales "an impressive feat for someone who'd never really broken into the lucrative English-language market".[10] In 2014, FIMI certified Pausini's sales of more than 70 million records with a FIMI Icon Award, making her the fourth best-selling female artist in Latin music, and the best-selling female non-Spanish speaking Latin music artist.[11]

Throughout her career, she has won numerous music awards in Italy and internationally. In 2006, she won a Grammy Award,[12] receiving the accolade for Best Latin Pop Album for the record Escucha.[13] In 2021, she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song with "Io sì (Seen)" from the film The Life Ahead. The single also won the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song, making it the first Italian-language song to win the award.[14] She has been honoured as a Commander Order of Merit of the Italian Republic by President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi and as a World Ambassador of Emilia Romagna.

  1. ^ Mario Luzzatto Fegiz, Gloria Pozzi (1 March 1993). "Aria nuova a Sanremo? Per ora solo spifferi". Corriere della Sera (in Italian). Archived from the original on 23 July 2013. Retrieved 8 September 2013.
  2. ^ "Laura Pausini: La biografia" (in Italian). MTV Italy. Archived from the original on 20 September 2012. Retrieved 22 July 2011.
  3. ^ "Top40 week 2 van 1994 (08-01-1994)" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Archived from the original on 1 September 2012. Retrieved 1 September 2012.
  4. ^ "Charts Vlaanderen – Laura Pausini – La solitudine" (in Dutch). Ultratop. Hung Medien. Retrieved 7 September 2013.
  5. ^ "Scheda Disco – Laura Pausini – Laura Pausini" (in Italian). Wuz.it. Archived from the original on 18 February 2013. Retrieved 6 August 2012.
  6. ^ "Biography of Laura Pausini". RAI. Archived from the original on 15 March 2012. Retrieved 1 September 2012.
  7. ^ Mario Luzzatto Fegiz (15 September 2000). "Laura Pausini: no alla moda del pop latino". Corriere della Sera (in Italian). Archived from the original on 22 July 2013. Retrieved 8 September 2013.
  8. ^ "Laura Pausini canta por 'La Marató' de TV-3". El Periódico de Catalunya. 28 October 2014. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
  9. ^ Worden, Mark (15 March 2003). "Laura Pausini Tenth Anniversary – Italy's Multilingual Star Serenades The World". Billboard. p. 48. Retrieved 1 September 2012.
  10. ^ Cite error: The named reference allmusic was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  11. ^ "Laura Pausini: Icon Award by Fimi & Italian Trade for her sales of more than 75 million records worldwide". Fimi & Italian Trade. Archived from the original on 4 December 2014. Retrieved 27 November 2014.
  12. ^ "Laura Pausini vince il Grammy. Premiata per il pop latino". la Repubblica (in Italian). 9 February 2006. Archived from the original on 22 October 2012. Retrieved 8 September 2013.
  13. ^ "Past Winners Search – Laura Pausini – Escucha". National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on 25 September 2012. Retrieved 8 September 2013.
  14. ^ "Golden Globe 2021, Laura Pausini trionfa con Io sì (Seen). La prima volta per una canzone italiana". Il Fatto Quotidiano (in Italian). 1 March 2021. Retrieved 1 March 2021.