Il Divo, Italian for "divine male performer," is an international operatic … Read Full Bio ↴Il Divo, Italian for "divine male performer," is an international operatic pop vocal group under the Sony BMG music label from United Kingdom. Il Divo is formed by singers David Miller, Sébastien Izambard, Urs Bühler, and Carlos Marín.

The idea behind this quartet's creation came to Simon Cowell after listening to Andrea Bocelli and Sarah Brightman's rendition of "Con Te Partirò." He realized he loved lyrical voices but not opera, so he decided to form a multinational quartet (France, Switzerland, Spain, and United States) that sounded like The Three Tenors but sang pop songs and looked like handsome Armani models.

With this idea, Cowell commenced a worldwide search for young singers who were willing to embark on the Il Divo project. His search lasted two years, from 2001 until December 2003, when the fourth member of Il Divo, American tenor David Miller, was signed. The well-established formation of Il Divo comprises a renowned Spanish opera and zarzuela baritone, Carlos Marín, a French pop singer, Sébastien Izambard, and two classically trained tenors, Swiss Urs Bühler and American David Miller. Recording of their first album started in the first half of 2004 in Sweden.

The group's debut album, the self-named Il Divo, contains renditions of Frank Sinatra's hit "My Way (A Mi Manera)," Toni Braxton's hit "Unbreak My Heart (Regresa a Mi)," an adaptation of Ennio Morricone's soundtrack titled "Gabriel's Oboe" from the movie La Misión titled "Nella Fantasia" and several songs sung in Spanish, English, Italian, and Portuguese ("Volta Pra Mim"), including 1994's San Remo Festival winner "Passerà."

Il Divo hit the #1 slot on both Amazon.com and BarnesandNoble.com after a breakout career-defining appearance on The Oprah Winfrey Show on April 5, 2005, where the quartet performed its interpretation of "Unbreak My Heart."

In the United Kingdom, the Il Divo album topped Robbie Williams as number 1 in the UK charts (allegedly Williams said to them during the Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason film premiere, "Oi, you're the bastards that knocked me off!"). This multiplatinum-selling CD became number one in the charts in a total of 13 countries around the world, and achieved top 5 placing in 25 countries.

Il Divo's second album, Ancora, was recorded in both Sweden and London with world-renowned recording giants Per Magnusson and David Kreuger and producer Steve Mac, who was also the producer of their first album. Released on November 7, 2005 in the UK, it hit number one both in the UK and Australia within one week. Ancora was released in the US on January 24, 2006. It entered the Billboard albums chart at number 1, selling more than 150,000 copies during its first week of sales.

Highlights on Ancora include "Isabel," "I Believe In You," a duet with Céline Dion, and Il Divo's cover of Eric Carmen's "All By Myself (Solo Otra Vez)." Two of the tracks on this CD, "O Holy Night" and "Ave Maria," appear on the 2005 US-only release, Christmas Collection.

Il Divo was the perfomer of the 2006 FIFA World Cup official song "A Time of Our Lives."

Historia De Un Amor
Il Divo Lyrics

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Ya no estas mas a mi lado corazón
En el alma solo tengo soledad
Y si yo no puedo verte
Porque dios me hizo quererte
Para hacerme sufrir más

Siempre fuiste la razón de mi existir
Adorarte para mi fue religión

Y en tus besos yo encontraba
El calor que me brindaba
El amor y la pasión

Es la historia de un amor
Como no hay otra igual
Que me hizo comprender
Todo el bien todo el mal
Que le dio luz a mi vida
Apagándola después
Ay que vida tan oscura
Sin tu amor no viviré

Siempre fuiste la razón de mi existir
Adorarte para mi fue religión
Y en tus besos yo encontraba
El calor que me brindaba
El amor y la pasión

Es la historia de un amor
Como no hay otra igual
Que me hizo comprender
Todo el bien todo el mal
Que le dio' luz a mi vida
Apagándola después
Ay que vida tan oscura
Sin tu amor no viviré

Siempre fuiste la razón de mi existir
Adorarte para mi fue religión
Y en tus besos yo encontraba

El calor que me brindaba
El amor y la pasión

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of Il Divo's song "Historia de un Amor" tell the story of a lost love and the deep emotions that come with it. The singer expresses the feeling of emptiness and solitude now that the person they loved is no longer by their side. The sadness is intensified by the fact that the singer cannot see their loved one anymore, making it even harder to bear the pain. The lyrics suggest that this love brought meaning and purpose to the singer's existence, almost like a religious devotion. In the kisses of their loved one, the singer found warmth, love, and passion.

The song describes a love that is unique and incomparable to any other. It allowed the singer to understand both the good and the bad in life. This love brought light and joy to the singer's life, but eventually, it extinguished, leaving behind a dark and empty existence. The singer laments that without this love, they will not be able to live.

Overall, "Historia de un Amor" is a heartfelt and melancholic portrayal of a love lost, highlighting the profound impact it had on the singer's life and their struggle to cope with its absence.

Line by Line Meaning

Ya no estas mas a mi lado corazón
You are no longer by my side, my love

En el alma solo tengo soledad
In my soul, I only have loneliness

Y si yo no puedo verte
And if I cannot see you

Porque dios me hizo quererte
Because God made me love you

Para hacerme sufrir más
To make me suffer more

Siempre fuiste la razón de mi existir
You were always the reason for my existence

Adorarte para mi fue religión
Worshipping you was my religion

Y en tus besos yo encontraba
And in your kisses, I found

El calor que me brindaba
The warmth it provided me

El amor y la pasión
The love and passion

Es la historia de un amor
This is the story of a love