At the 2023 Latin Grammy Awards, Mexican composer Agustín Lara's song "Granada" was honored by the Latin Recording Academy for bridging musical boundaries when Andrea Bocelli sang it on stage while clad in a golden suit.
Two performers danced to Bocelli's version of the famous 1932 song as the vocalist performed it backed by a string quartet.
Following Bocelli's performance, a standing ovation was given by everyone in the room.
The global record sales figure for Italian classical and opera music is in the above 75 million mark.
His popular LPs have been recorded in Italian, Spanish, and English by Bocelli. Bocelli has been nominated for five Grammy Awards and five Latin Grammy Awards during his illustrious career.
He and fellow Italian singer Laura Pausini were nominated for Record of the Year at the 2008 Latin Grammy Awards for their song "Vive Ya!"
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The Latin Recording Academy named Pausini Person of the Year for this year. "Vivo Por Ella" by Bocelli, which featured Spanish vocalist Marta Sánchez, was his biggest Latin hit.
In 1998, their joint effort reached at No. 16 on the Hot Latin Songs chart of Billboard. In 2013, he peaked at No. 1 on the Top Latin Albums chart with his album Pasión.
Nelly Furtado, Jennifer Lopez, and the late French singer Edith Piaf all sang duets on the album.
With his album Sì, Bocelli debuted at the top of the Billboard 200 chart for the first time in 2018. Collaborations on the album featured Josh Groban's "We Will Meet Again," Dua Lipa's "If Only," and Ed Sheeran's "Amo soltanto te."
In 2020, Bocelli's final album, Believe, was made available. He worked with fellow opera vocalist Cecilia Bartoli on "Pianissimo" and Alison Krauss on "Amazing Grace."
This year's awards presentation, which is being presented in Seville, Spain for the first time, has performances by Juanes, Rosalía, Feid, María Becerra, Eslabón Armado and Peso Pluma, among others. Univision is broadcasting the ceremony live from the FIBES Conference and Exhibition Center in Spain.
Meanwhile, the first headline performer confirmed for American Express presents BST Hyde Park in 2024 is famed Italian singer Andrea Bocelli.
On Friday, July 5, at London's stunning Royal Park, Bocelli will celebrate his 30 years of amazing international singing career with a special performance.
This will be his first-ever headline performance at BST Hyde Park, and it will be a 2024 UK exclusive.
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