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 Andrea Bocelli, (born in 22 September 1958) is an

Italian classical crossover tenor, recording artist,
and singer-songwriter.Born with poor eyesight, he
became permanentlyblindat the age of 12
following afootballaccident.
Bocelli has recorded fourteen solostudio albums,
of bothpopand classical music, threegreatest
hits albums, and nine complete operas, selling
over 80 million records worldwide.He has had
success as a crossover performer bringing
classical music to the top of international pop
charts.

 In 1998, he was named one of People's 50 Most

Beautiful People. In 1999, he was nominated for Best
New Artist at the Grammy Awards. "The Prayer", his
duet with Celine Dion for the animated film Quest for
Camelot, won the Golden Globe for Best Original Song
and was nominated for an Academy Award in the same
category. With the release of his classical album, Sacred
Arias, Bocelli captured a listing in the Guinness Book of
World Records, as he simultaneously held the top three
positions on the US Classical Albums charts. Seven of
his albums have since reached the top 10 on the
Billboard 200, and a record-setting ten have topped the
classical crossover albums charts in the United States.

With five million units sold worldwide,Sacred Ariasbecame the

biggest-selling classical crossover album by a solo artist of all time,
and with over twenty million copies sold worldwide, his 1997 pop
albumRomanzabecamethe best-selling albumby an Italian artist
of any genre in history,as well as the best-selling album by a
foreign artist in Canadaand a number of countries in Europe and
Latin America.The album's first single, "Time to Say Goodbye" was
a duet withSarah Brightmanthat topped charts across Europe,
including Germany, where it stayed at the top of the charts for
fourteen consecutive weeks, breaking the all-time sales record,
with over three million copies sold in the country. The single went
on to sell over twelve million copies worldwide, making it one of
thebest-selling singles of all time. Bocelli was made aGrand
Officerof theOrder of Merit of the Italian Republicin 2006 and, on
2 March 2010, was honoured with a star on theHollywood Walk of
Famefor his contribution to Live Theater.

Childhood and education

Bocelli was born to Alessandro and Edi Bocelli, even though they were
advised to abort him. He has stated that his mother's decision to give
birth to him and overrule the doctor's advice was the inspiration for
him to hold a pro-life view towards abortion. They lived on the family
farm, selling farm machinery and making wine in the small village of
La Sterza, a frazione of Lajatico, Tuscany, Italy, about 40 km (25 mi)
south of Pisa. Bocelli's mother and younger brother Alberto still live in
the family home. Bocelli's father died in 2000.

As a young boy, Bocelli showed a great passion for music. His mother
has said that music was the only thing that would comfort him. At the
age of six, he started piano lessons, and later, also learned to play the
flute, saxophone, trumpet, trombone, guitar and drums. Then, when
his nanny, Oriana, gave him the first record of Franco Corelli, he
realized that pursuing the career of a tenor was his destiny. By seven,
he was able to recognize the famous voices of the time and tried to
emulate the great interpreters.

Bocelli also spent time singing during his childhood. He gave his first
concert in a small village not far from where he was born. At the age
of 14, he won his first song competition, the Margherita d'Oro in
Viareggio with "'O sole mio". After finishing secondary school in 1980,

Loss of sight
Doctors had advised Bocelli's parents to abort
Andrea before birth as they predicted based on
studies, that Bocelli would be born with a disability.
The Bocellis declined and gave birth to Andrea. It
was evident at birth that Bocelli had numerous
problems with his sight, and after visits to many
doctors, he was diagnosed with congenital
glaucoma In 1970, at the age of 12, he lost his sight
completely following an accident during a football
game.He was hit in the eye playing goalkeeper
during a match and suffered a brain hemorrhage.
Doctors resorted to leeches in a desperate lastditch effort to save his sight, but they were
unsuccessful, and he remained blind.