Giorgia

Giorgia Todrani known mononymously as Giorgia Italian pronunciation ?d?ord?a born 26 April 1971 is an Italian singer songwriter musician record producer and radio host Known for her soulful voice aided by a wide vocal range high belting register and great vocal abilities Her vocal range spans 4 octaves One of the most famous Italian singers she has released ten studio albums all enjoying commercial success Giorgia has become fairly well known throughout Europe as an ambassador for Italian pop music and has also achieved moderate success in Canada and Latin America For her voices qualities she has been compared to Whitney Houston and Mina and has been defined fourthbest voice in the world Billboard magazine called her one of the most popular Italian singers and stated that she could have made it a great success in the USA too Giorgia holds the first place among the artists Italian women of her generation for number of weeks in the FimiNielsen chart and she has sold over 7 million records worldwide with 12 topten albums of which 5 numberone on the Italian album chart and 24 topten singles of which 5 numberone hits on the Italian singles chart She has participated three times at the Sanremo Music Festival in 1995 in 1996 and in 2001 resulting at the first third and second place respectively At the Sanremo Music Festival 1995 she has won 4 prizes in the same night Festival First Awards RadioTV Awards Authors Awards and Mia Martini Awards In her career Giorgia has won 8 Italian and Wind Music Awards a David di Donatello a Nastro dargento and a Premio Lunezia