These are the five artists who made it to the national final, which is going to take place on January 28 in Minsk. Who will represent Belarus in Baku 2012 - what do you think?
Viktoria Aleshko - Dream
Alena Lanskaya - All My Life
Gunesh - And Morning Will Come
Uzari - The Winner
Litesound - We Are The Heroes
05/10/2011
Hedonism 2.0: Germany's electro pop innovation is called "Muttersöhnchen"
Harry Bum Tschak and MK TopGenie - 2 freaked out guys in glittering golden and silvery suits. Together they call themselves "Muttersöhnchen".
Their music style can be described as electro pop - so groovy and funky that you just feel like dancing but still enjoy listening to their lyrics as well. Their single "Essen geh'n" (engl: Going out to eat) describes their perfect Saturday night full of fun. Their appeal is to go out and have the time of your life - and please forget that eating and drinking and having fun is not the most important thing in life. At least forget it on a Saturday night! Anyway, don't take them too seriously, neither do they!
Their debut album "1" was released on September 30, 2011.
Check out their website and listen to a few samples from their new album. http://www.muttersoehnchen.net/Start.html
Their very stunning new single "Essen geh'n".
Their music style can be described as electro pop - so groovy and funky that you just feel like dancing but still enjoy listening to their lyrics as well. Their single "Essen geh'n" (engl: Going out to eat) describes their perfect Saturday night full of fun. Their appeal is to go out and have the time of your life - and please forget that eating and drinking and having fun is not the most important thing in life. At least forget it on a Saturday night! Anyway, don't take them too seriously, neither do they!
Their debut album "1" was released on September 30, 2011.
Check out their website and listen to a few samples from their new album. http://www.muttersoehnchen.net/Start.html
Their very stunning new single "Essen geh'n".
02/10/2011
Vasco Rossi - Italy's Scandalous Rock Legend
Vasco Rossi, born in 1952, is in icon and a legend or Italian rock and pop music. He has published 25 albums and written more than 150 songs. Througout his career there has often been great controversy about some of his lyrics and also about his lifestyle. The title track of his most controversial album "Colpa d'Alfredo" (english "Alfredo's fault"), released in 1980, was censored from the radio because it contained lyrics that were considered to be too explicit at that time. At the Sanremo Festival in 1982 and 1983 he finished last and second last place because of harsh criticism and his apparent state of intoxication at the latter festival. Despite criticism, his controversy in fact only increased his popularity and he became an idol for the new generation in the eighties.
On this week's Italian single chart of October 2, 2011 he is number 5, down from last week's number 3, with his song "I Soliti".
Visit his website: http://www.vascorossi.net/
The title track's lyrics from Rossi's 1983 album "Bollicine" are about coke, but also relate to cocaine.
Mi Piaci Tu
Ridere Di Te
L'Una Per Te
Vivere Una Favola
On this week's Italian single chart of October 2, 2011 he is number 5, down from last week's number 3, with his song "I Soliti".
Visit his website: http://www.vascorossi.net/
The title track's lyrics from Rossi's 1983 album "Bollicine" are about coke, but also relate to cocaine.
Mi Piaci Tu
Ridere Di Te
L'Una Per Te
Vivere Una Favola
29/09/2011
Giorgia Todrani
Giorgia Todrani, best known as Giorgia, stands for Italian music at its best. With her soulful voice she is clearly one of Italy's best female voices and also one of the most famous Italian singers. Up to today she has released 16 albums. Her musical influences being Jazz and Soul, she started to perform at Jazz clubs in her Roman home town at a young age. She began to become famous in Italy after the 1994 Sanremo Music Festival, where she became 7th in the final "new act" chart with her song "E Poi". Her following 1994 debut album "Giorgia" became a bestseller in Italy and was certified 2 times platinum. Shortly after, she was asked by Luciano Pavarotti to perform with him in a duet at the annual "Pavarotti & Friends Show". In the same year she won the European Award as "best young Italian artist". During her career she also sang duets with artists such as Andrea Bocelli, Ronan Keating, Ray Charles, Herbie Hancock and she was the only Italian artist to have sung with Elton John. It seems to be her destiny that the Sanremo Music Festival played a very important role throughout the course of her career. She returned to the festival several times, always ending in high places and even winning the competition and the critics' award in 1995. As if all her successful participations at the Sanremo Musi Festival wouldn't already be enough, it was announced on the thrid night of the 2010 edidtion of the festival that she had given birth to her son Samuel.
Giorgia is currently at number 5 of the Italian music chart (September 25,2011) with her song "Il Mio Giorno Migliore".
Check her website: http://giorgia.net/2011/
Parlami D'Amore (1999) is a wonderful earworm. Romantic, sentimental, Italian.
Her first hit "E Poi" is still one of her most famous songs up to today
Giorgia is currently at number 5 of the Italian music chart (September 25,2011) with her song "Il Mio Giorno Migliore".
Check her website: http://giorgia.net/2011/
Parlami D'Amore (1999) is a wonderful earworm. Romantic, sentimental, Italian.
Her first hit "E Poi" is still one of her most famous songs up to today
Di Sole e D'Azzurro (2001)
27/09/2011
Laura Pausini
Laura Pausini, born on the 16th of May 1974 in Faenza, Italy, is an Italian soul singer-songwriter.
Her career breakthrough took place in 1993 when she won the newcomer's section at the San Remo Music Festival. Her song, which would later become one of her most successful hits and peaked at number 1 on the Italian single chart was called "La Solitudine".
Up to the present day she released 9 Italian language albums, 8 Spanish language albums and a greatest hits album. All in all, she already sold more then 45 million copies worldwide. Her albums reached many gold, platinum and diamond certifications. In 1994, her first Spanish album (named Laura Pausini) became the best selling album of the year in Spain, where it sold more than 1 million copies. No other non-Spanish artist had ever achieved this result in Spain before.
Some of her greatest achievments were the Latin Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Album in 2005, 2007 and 2009.
In April and May 2012, Laura Pausini is going to be on her European Tour, giving concerts in Switzerland, France, Belgium, Spain, Austria, Germany, the Netherlands and the UK.
On last week's Italian single chart (September 25, 2011) she already is at number 13 with her song "Benvenuto" after only 2 weeks.
For more information go to http://www.laurapausini.com/it/settembre
Laura Pausini's famous collaboration with James Blunt in their 2009 hit "Primavera in Anticipo"
One of her earlier songs: "Strani Amori" from 1994:
Her first hit single "La Solitudine"
Her career breakthrough took place in 1993 when she won the newcomer's section at the San Remo Music Festival. Her song, which would later become one of her most successful hits and peaked at number 1 on the Italian single chart was called "La Solitudine".
Up to the present day she released 9 Italian language albums, 8 Spanish language albums and a greatest hits album. All in all, she already sold more then 45 million copies worldwide. Her albums reached many gold, platinum and diamond certifications. In 1994, her first Spanish album (named Laura Pausini) became the best selling album of the year in Spain, where it sold more than 1 million copies. No other non-Spanish artist had ever achieved this result in Spain before.
Some of her greatest achievments were the Latin Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Album in 2005, 2007 and 2009.
In April and May 2012, Laura Pausini is going to be on her European Tour, giving concerts in Switzerland, France, Belgium, Spain, Austria, Germany, the Netherlands and the UK.
On last week's Italian single chart (September 25, 2011) she already is at number 13 with her song "Benvenuto" after only 2 weeks.
For more information go to http://www.laurapausini.com/it/settembre
Laura Pausini's famous collaboration with James Blunt in their 2009 hit "Primavera in Anticipo"
One of her earlier songs: "Strani Amori" from 1994:
Her first hit single "La Solitudine"
Benvenuti in Italia!
Our first destination on this flight is Italy. Italy? So what are we going to do in Italy? Well, for example, we could get to know Vasco Rossi, Giorgia and Laura Pausini. Do you already know any of these people? Even if they might not be well known to everyone of you, they are actually very popular singers in Italy and once again hit the top of the Italian single charts this week. If Italy loves them, we might just as well find a liking in them! So check them out on this episode of "Music Odyssey"!
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