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''Il Divo'' ((:il ˈdiːvo)) is a multinational classical crossover group. Recognized as commercially successful and critically acclaimed, which has developed the successful combination of virtuosity and popularity. The group originated in UK in December 2003, and is a vocal quartet comprised of four male singers; Swiss Urs Buhler, Spaniard Carlos Marin, American David Miller, and Frenchman Sébastien Izambard. As of 2015, the group has released nine albums: ''Il Divo '' (2004), ''Ancora'' (2005), ''Siempre'' (2006), ''The Promise '' (2008), ''Wicked Game '' (2011), ''A Musical Affair'' (2013) and ''Amor & Pasión'' (2015); a compilation album ''The Greatest Hits'' (2012); special Christmas songs album ''The Christmas Collection'' (2005). Two other albums ''An Evening with Il Divo: Live in Barcelona (2009)'' and ''Live in Japan'' (2014) are live recordings of concerts. Additionally, they have collaborated with other artistes as guest performers. Since its inception ''Il Divo'' has enjoyed success worldwide, selling to date of 2015, over 30 million copies worldwide discs. With 160 certified gold and platinum hits in 35 different countries, it pioneered the genre of operatic pop, or "popera", in classical crossover music. In recognition of its success, ''Il Divo'' was named "Artist of the Decade" at the 2011 Classic Brit Awards and among others, the ''Silver Clef Award'' from the hand of Nordoff Robbins in 2015. ''Il Divo'' turned into an international reference group after reaching being the first classical crossover group in history to reach the summit of the Billboard 200 US list in 2005, in addition to position itself in the top spot of the Adult Contemporary list. With the album ''The Promise'' in 2008, they broke the American record sales in the first week of publication. With the first four discs, they achieved 50 top positions in the album charts in America, Europe, Canada and America.〔 It is also one of the biggest selling artists who have sung in Spanish. In 2006, they were entered into the Guinness Book of World Records as the most commercially successful classical-crossover group in music history and this year they entered the list of best-selling music albums of all time, with 5 million copies in just 2006 with the album ''Siempre''. On stages around the world also they gathered great success selling over 2 million concert tickets only from their first four albums, in his first world tour they sold out in 69 cities of 18 countries.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Para cuatro jóvenes ha sido un viaje increíble. )〕 In musical tours, they have performed in venues world-renowned as the old Wembley Stadium, in Hyde Park in London Coliseum, Madison Square Garden, at the Nippon Budokan in the Roman amphitheater of Mérida or the Roman Coliseum Pula.〔 The group is designed and associated by music producer Simon Cowell for the label Syco Music, a member of the chain Sony Music. Cowell, he named the group as ''Il Divo'', an Italian word in the singular meaning "divine artist". The quartet is remarkable for its musical mix of opera (opera singing and classical music) with themes of different genres like music, pop, boleros, themes, folk, tangos, sacred music, Latina, and interpreting versions of legendary and emblematic songs rewritten for ''Il Divo'': come ''Regresa a mí'' as the group's first single, ''Senza Catene'' rewritten and versioned for ''Il Divo'' in Italian original ''Unchained Melody'', ''Solo otra vez (All by myself)'', ''La fuerza mayor (The power of love)'', ''Albinoni's Adagio'', ''Wicked game (Melanconia)'', '' Desde el día que te fuiste (Without you)'', ''Con te partirò (Time to say goodbye)'', ''My way (A mi manera)'', ''Notte di luce (Nights in white satin)'', ''I will always love you''; or the Oscar-winning soundtracks ''Over the rainbow'', ''If you love me (Si tu me amas)'', ''Falling Slowly (Te prometo)'', ''Can you feel the love tonight''? or ''Il mio cuore va'' rewritten in Italian for the group the original ''My heart will go on''; or the original themes as ''Il Divo'': ''Come primavera'', ''Ti Amerò'', ''Isabel'', ''Everytime I look at you'', ''La vida sin amor'', ''Hasta mi final'', ''La Promessa'' or ''Mama''. ==Members== ''Il Divo'' comprises four singers, three of whom are classically trained, from four different countries:〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=''Il Divo'' se integra con el barítono español Carlos; el tenor americano David; el cantautor francés Sébastien; y el ex rockero suizo Urs. )〕 German-born Spanish baritone Carlos Marín (b. 1968), two trained classic tenors Swiss Urs Bühler (b. 1971) and American David Miller, (b. 1973), and French pop singer-songwriter Sébastien Izambard (b. 1973)). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Il Divo」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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