Laura Pausini is one of the best-known pop singers in Italy! This successful singer, songwriter, and record producer has become a household name both in Italy and in other countries in Europe. Here are some facts about this talented woman.
- Laura Pausini was born on May 16, 1974, in Faenza, Emilia-Romagna.
- Her musical talents are inherited from her father who sang in local piano bars. As a child, she often accompanied him and he encouraged her to perform alongside him.
- She released her first single, ‘La Solitudine’ in 1993m and this topped the charts in Italy, Belgium, and the Netherlands.
- In the same year, she released her first album and over two million copies were sold.
- Also in 1993, Laura Pausini won the Newcomer Artist Award at the Sanremo Music Festival.
- In 1994, she released an album in Spanish and sold more than one million copies of this in Spain alone. She was the first non-Spanish artist to achieve such success.
- She has also released albums in French, Portuguese, Catalan, and English. However, her only English album was a flop both in the United States and elsewhere.
- By 2004, she had achieved sales of over 70 million and was awarded a Fini Icon Award.
- Laura Pausini became the first Italian woman to win a Grammy Award in 2006.
- She has had relationships with two of her managers; Alfredo Cerruti Jr. and Gabriele Parisi.
- Pausini has been in a long-term relationship with Paolo Carta since 2005 and the couple has a daughter, Paolo, who was born in 2003.
- Laura Pausini currently lives with her partner and daughter in Solarolo in the province of Ravenna, Emilia-Romagna.
