Il Divo was created and promoted by Simon Cowell for the label Syco Music .
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21 Facts About Il Divo
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Since its inception, Il Divo has enjoyed success worldwide, selling over 30 million copies of their albums worldwide.
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Il Divo was composed of four singers, three of whom are classically trained, from four countries: baritone Carlos Marin; two classically trained tenors, Urs Buhler and David Miller; and pop singer-songwriter Sebastien Izambard.
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Idea behind Il Divo came when Simon Cowell, inspired after listening to the Three Tenors, decided to form a multinational quartet of talented young singers to recreate the quality of Luciano Pavarotti, Jose Carreras, and Placido Domingo.
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Il Divo was launched in fall 2004 with the single "Regresa a mi", debuting with the first album of the same name.
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On 9 June 2006, Il Divo gave a live performance of the official 2006 FIFA World Cup song, "The Time of Our Lives", with Toni Braxton, at half-time during the opening match between Germany and Costa Rica, and again at the closing ceremony on 9 July.
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Il Divo have been on several world tours and have received 50 gold and platinum discs.
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Il Divo was named the Most Multinational UK No 1 Album Group in the 2006 edition of the Guinness Book of World Records.
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On 21 November 2006 Il Divo released the Live at the Greek Theater DVD featuring the live concert held on 22 June 2006 at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles as part of the 2006 world tour.
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On 12 December 2008, Il Divo performed at the finals of Idol 2008 in the Stockholm Globe Arena.
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On 11 May 2011, Il Divo were invited to the Classic Brit Awards at the Royal Albert Hall in London to receive the award for "Artist of the Decade".
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On 13 May 2012, Il Divo performed "Caruso" during the Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II at Windsor for the entire royal family.
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In 2008, Il Divo performed at the Olympic torch handover party leading up to the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.
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On 19 July 2014, Il Divo sold out Edinburgh Castle, giving a concert featuring "Amazing Grace".
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On 23 March 2015, it was announced that Il Divo was the winner of the 2015 Silver Clef Award, giving them the Classic PPL Nordoff Robbins Classical Award.
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Besides music, the members of Il Divo are known for their refined and elegant appearance, wearing almost exclusively suits by Giorgio Armani .
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Il Divo is a powerful and fascinating presence, in these years have been a great inspiration for me.
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Il Divo changed the genre of opera with their musical combination of opera singing and classical music, with themes of different genres, including Latin, folk, ballads, church music, bolero and pop.
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On 25 April 2007, Il Divo performed on American Idol in one of the "Idol Gives Back" episodes, which raised money for children in the US and Africa.
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Il Divo is related indirectly in terms of sponsorship and help with the French NGO SMTA Assistance Medicale Toit du Monde since 2005, of which Izambard is the international official sponsor, and with Sanfilippo Children's Foundation, for which Izambard is the global ambassador.
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