Biagio Antonacci

Romantic balladeer Biagio Antonacci emerged in the early '90s to become one of the most successful Italian pop singers of the decade. Born in Milan in 1963, Antonacci was raised in Rozzano. While studying geometry in 1988, he entered the annual Festival di Sanremo with his song "Voglio Vivere in un Attimo," scoring a recording contract immediately thereafter. His debut LP, Sono Cose Che Capitano, appeared a year later, but attracted little attention at radio or retail, though its 1991 follow-up, Adagio Biagio, sold in excess of 150,000, launching Antonacci to national fame. ~ Jason Ankeny