1. Tiziano Ferro broke through in 2001 with his international hit single "Perdono" and has remained commercially successful since then, in several countries.
39 Facts About Tiziano Ferro
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In October 2010, at the height of his fame, Tiziano Ferro came out as gay, having himself struggled with depression related to self-acceptance about his homosexuality.
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Tiziano Ferro is currently one of the best-selling artists in Italy.
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Tiziano Ferro's interest in music was born when he received a toy keyboard as a present, which was used to compose his first songs when he was seven.
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Tiziano Ferro later started taking guitar and piano classes at a local conservatory of music.
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In 1997, Tiziano Ferro participated in the "Accademia della Canzone di Sanremo", a music contest created with the purpose to choose the contestants for the Sanremo Music Festival, but was eliminated during the first stage of the competition.
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However, during the selections, Tiziano Ferro met music producers Alberto Salerno and Mara Maionchi, and started to collaborate with them.
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In 1999 Tiziano Ferro toured throughout Italy as a back vocalist with the Italian hip hop band Sottotono.
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In 2001, Tiziano Ferro signed a contract with EMI Music Italy.
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The album allowed Tiziano Ferro to receive a nomination for Best New Artist at the Latin Grammy Awards of 2003.
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In November 2003, Tiziano Ferro released his second studio album, 111, recorded both in Italian and Spanish, produced by Alberto Salerno, Mara Maionchi and Michele Canova.
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Tiziano Ferro lived in Mexico during these years, first in Cuernavaca and later in Puebla.
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Tiziano Ferro studied Spanish there at a university, eventually graduating in August 2005, before relocating to Manchester.
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In June 2008 Tiziano Ferro co-wrote with Roberto Casalino the single "Non ti scordar mai di me" for X Factor Italy's first edition's runner-up Giusy Ferreri.
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In October 2011 Tiziano Ferro released "La differenza tra me e te", the lead single from his fifth studio album L'amore e una cosa semplice.
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In 2012, Tiziano Ferro wrote the song "Per Te", sung by Andrea Bocelli and contained in the album of the world-famous jazz player Chris Botti, which earned him a Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Album.
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In 2013 Tiziano Ferro opted to focus on collaborating with other artists.
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Tiziano Ferro featured on first single "Killer", which peaked at No 10 on the Italian Singles Chart and was certified platinum.
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Tiziano Ferro featured on the album's third single, "Sei sola".
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That same month Tiziano Ferro started a European arena tour to continue promoting the greatest hits compilation.
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Tiziano Ferro announced the release date of his sixth studio album a year in advance, at the last concert of his European arena tour.
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Tiziano Ferro told the crowd that it would be released on 2 December 2016.
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Tiziano Ferro opened the Sanremo Music Festival 2017 by singing "Mi sono innamorato di te" as a tribute to Luigi Tenco, marking the 50th anniversary of his death.
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Tiziano Ferro performed the Il mestiere della vita tracks "Potremmo ritornare" and "Il conforto", in a duet with Consoli.
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In 2018, Tiziano Ferro collaborated with Ed Sheeran and his brother Matthew on the composition of "Amo soltanto te".
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Tiziano Ferro wrote the lyrics of the song, interpreted by Andrea Bocelli and Ed Sheeran and included in the album Si.
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In 2021, Tiziano Ferro was made part of the voting committee of the American Recording Academy, the organization which bestows Grammy Awards.
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Tiziano Ferro is only the second Italian to join the board, after composer and conductor Gabriele Ciampi.
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Tiziano Ferro released the first single, "La vita splendida", in September 2022.
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In July 2024, Tiziano Ferro appeared in the Andrea Bocelli concert event Andrea Bocelli 30: The Celebration, performing "Amo soltanto te" with Bocelli and "Invece no" with Laura Pausini.
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In September 2023, Tiziano Ferro canceled the Italian promotional tour for the novel, explaining that his pending divorce prevented him from leaving his home in Los Angeles with his children.
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In 2006, Tiziano Ferro appeared on the Italian TV show Che Tempo fai and joked that Mexican women "all had mustaches", which invited backlash from Mexican fans and negatively impacted subsequent album sales there.
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Tiziano Ferro was diagnosed with depression in 2008 and started taking antidepressants.
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Tiziano Ferro released a second autobiographical book, L'amore e una cosa semplice, in February 2013.
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In 2019, Tiziano Ferro announced his marriage to former Warner Bros.
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On 28 February 2022, Tiziano Ferro announced that he and Allen had become fathers to two children, a girl and a boy.
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Later that year, Tiziano Ferro told Rolling Stone Italia that he would not apply for Italian passports for his children, who are American citizens, because Italian law does not acknowledge Allen and deprives them of their right to have two parents responsible for their welfare.
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On 19 September 2023, Tiziano Ferro announced his separation and pending divorce from Allen.
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Tiziano Ferro has spoken out against what he refers to as Italy's anti-homosexual policies, in particular the many obstacles to parenthood for homosexual couples, including the criminalization of surrogacy and the government's refusal to recognize a second same-sex parent.