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."
Musica
Il Divo Lyrics
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Il primo e l'ultimo
Musica è il futuro
Ed il passato in me
Restare senza note
Impossibile perché
In queste stanze vuote
Musica è l'amore
Primo e anche l'unico
Regalo mio più grande, la musica per te
Musica è il mio amore
Il primo e l'ultimo
Musica è il futuro
Ed il passato in me
Ed il passato in me
Il passato in me
E nel mio spirito
Un canto libero
La musica è la vita
Che c'è in me
E non ha limite
Musica è il mio amore
Il primo e l'ultimo
Musica è il futuro
Ed il passato in me
Restare senza note
Impossibile perché
In mille stanze vuote
La musica mia c'è
The lyrics of Il Divo’s song “Musica” are a declaration of love for music. The first verse states that music is both the beginning and the end, as well as the future and the past, meaning that music is an ever-present force in the singer’s life. The second verse speaks about how it is impossible to be without music because it is always with them, even in empty rooms. The chorus repeats the sentiment that music is the singer’s first and only love, their greatest gift to others, and that music is always with them.
The third verse talks about how music is a free and limitless spirit that represents life itself. The singer’s love for music is so strong that it is an inseparable part of their being, represented by the final line of the song, “in mille stanze vuote / la musica mia c’è” (in a thousand empty rooms / my music is there). The overall message of the song is that music is a powerful force that shapes and defines the singer’s life, and that they will never be without it.
Line by Line Meaning
Musica è il mio amore
Music is my love
Il primo e l'ultimo
The first and the last
Musica è il futuro
Music is the future
Ed il passato in me
And the past in me
Restare senza note
To stay without notes
Impossibile perché
Impossible because
In queste stanze vuote
In these empty rooms
La musica mia c'è
My music exists
Musica è l'amore
Music is love
Primo e anche l'unico
The first and also the only
Regalo mio più grande, la musica per te
My biggest gift, music for you
E nel mio spirito
And in my spirit
Un canto libero
A free song
La musica è la vita
Music is life
Che c'è in me
That is in me
E non ha limite
And has no limit
In mille stanze vuote
In a thousand empty rooms
La musica mia c'è
My music exists
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: JOHN MILES, ALFREDO RAPETTI
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