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Elisa

Italian singer Elisa Toffoli

Since 1977

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Elisa Toffoli (born 19 December 1977), known mononymously as Elisa, is an Italian singer, songwriter and record producer. She draws inspiration from many genres such as pop, alternative rock, electronica, and trip hop, recording songs both in Italian and English, which she considers her artistic primary language.

In Europe, she rose in fame for her double single "Come Speak to Me", English version of Sanremo Music Festival's winning song "Luce (Tramonti a nord est)", while she became famous in North America for "Dancing", featured in both the 2006 and 2007 seasons of So You Think You Can Dance. On 18 December 2012, her collaboration with Ennio Morricone, "Ancora qui", was featured in Quentin Tarantino's film Django Unchained soundtrack album, which was nominated at the Grammy Award for Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media in 2014.

Elisa has released eleven studio albums, five compilations, three live albums, eight video albums and 60 singles, topping the Italian Albums Chart five times and selling over 20 million records worldwide, of which 5.5 million copies certified by Musica e dischi and over 3 million units by FIMI since 2009, with a diamond album and several multiplatinum certifications. Elisa recorded songs with international artists such as Tina Turner, Muse, Imagine Dragons, and Italian artists from different music genres, including Luciano Ligabue, Negramaro, Andrea Bocelli, Cesare Cremonini, Mahmood and Rkomi. She also wrote and produced songs and albums for Francesca Michielin, Elodie, Alessandra Amoroso, Giorgia and Mina.

Throughout her career, Elisa has been recognized by the major Italian awards, including a total of seven awards at the Sanremo Music Festival with "Luce (Tramonti a nord est)" (2001) and "O forse sei tu" (2022), one Targa Tenco, two Lunezia Awards, 13 Italian, Wind & Music Awards, one award at the Festivalbar, and an MTV Europe Music Award. She also wrote and composed songs for films directed by Giovanni Veronesi, Alessandro D'Alatri, Luca Guadagnino, winning a David di Donatello and a Nastro d'Argento for Best Original Song.

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Elisa Toffoli, plus connue sous le nom de scène de Elisa (née à Trieste le 19 décembre 1977 à Monfalcone, dans la région Frioul-Vénétie Julienne, en Italie), est une auteure-compositrice-interprète, musicienne, productrice, arrangeur italienne.

Elisa écrit la plupart de ses textes en anglais et en italien, son répertoire se compose au début principalement de rock alternatif et de pop rock évoluant au cours de sa carrière pour s'étendre à la chanson d'auteur, à la dance-pop et à la pop traditionnelle.

Avec onze albums studio, sept compilations et trois albums live, Elisa a vendu plus de 5 millions d'albums à travers le monde. La chanteuse s'est classée quatre fois en tête du classement italien des albums, tandis que pour les singles, elle a figuré seize fois dans le top 10, avec six numéros un au classement FIMI des singles. Grâce à ses compositions en anglais, elle a connu le succès sur les marchés internationaux, notamment avec les titres Luce (Tramonti a nord est), vainqueur du festival de Sanremo 2001 et de cinq autres prix, ainsi que Dancing, O forse sei tu et la collaboration Birds avec Imagine Dragons.

En Italie, elle a remporté tous les principaux prix et distinctions dans le domaine musical grâce à ses projets et à la composition de morceaux pour des bandes originales. Parmi les nombreuses récompenses qu'elle a accumulées, un Nastro d'Argento, un David di Donatello et le prix international MTV Europe Music Awards. En 2013, la chanson Ancora qui, bande originale du film de Quentin Tarantino Django Unchained, écrite par Elisa et composée par Ennio Morricone, figurait parmi les soixante-quinze chansons en lice pour l'Oscar de la meilleure chanson originale et le Grammy Awards.

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