ANDREA BOCELLI

Because he is a clear example of personal growth, even if he is blind nothing stopped him to learn languages, to play instruments or to become famous and he showed to the world that disabilities aren't a limit for you to chase your dreams and reach your goals!

He has been married twice

He sings in Italian, French, English, Spanish, Latin and Portuguese.

He plays piano, flute, saxophone, trumpet, trombone, guitar, and drums.

Ed Sheeran

Sarah Brightman

Placido Domingo

Nelly Furtado

Jennifer Lopez

Ariana Grande and Nicole Scherzinger

Bocelli competed in the Sanremo Festival in 1994. He won the top honors in the newcomers' category.

That same year, Bocelli released his first album in Italy, Il Mare Calmo Della Sera.

He earned Grammy nods for Best New Artist in 1999 and in 2000 for "Sogno" (Best Male Pop Vocal Performance) and "The Prayer" (Best Pop Collaboration).

one of the greatest singing talents in the world today

songs like ''Con te partirò'' ''Vivo per lei'' and ''The prayer'' a duet with Celine Dion.

He has performed for four US Presidents, three Popes, the British Royal Family and many world leaders, in venues ranging from NYC’s Central Park and London’s Royal Albert Hall to the Pyramids in Cairo and under the Eiffel Tower in Paris. As one of the most significant artists of our times, he has sold an incredible 80 million-plus albums worldwide.

His mother rejected the advice of doctors to abort him on the grounds that he would be disabled.

was born in Lajatico, Italy.

in September 22, 1958

Grew up in a farm listening to opera

has been blind since age 12

owing to congenital glaucoma and a blow to the head while tending goal during a soccer game

He was only six years old when he began studying piano.

He later learned flute and saxophone, and was often asked to sing at family gatherings and at school

studied law and later became a court appointed lawyer after graduating from law school

he began performing in piano bars throughout Italy

started in the the late 1980s

Bocelli's first lucky breaks came in 1992 when he recorded a demo tape of "Miserere" for Zucchero Fornaciari

The recording was heard by famed tenor Luciano Pavarotti

Bocelli and Pavarotti performed "Miserere" together, which became a Europe-wide smash hit