Salvatore Adamo
Also known as Adamo, Salvatore, Knight Adamo, Eumir Adamo de Almeida, Salvatore Knight Adamo
Belgian recording artist of Italian birth; musician, songwriter, singer
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- Ceux Qui Revent Encore
- La settimana rossa a Napoli
- Le souvenir du bonheur est encore du bonheur
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Acting · Comiso, Sicily, Italy
Salvatore Adamo (November 1, 1943) is a Belgian-Italian musician, singer and composer, who is known for his romantic ballads. Adamo was born in Comiso, Sicily, Italy, and has lived in Belgium since the age of three, which is why he has dual citizenship. By the second half of the sixties, Adamo had become the world's second best-selling musician after The Beatles. Through his career, he sold more…
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- Serge Lama, le dernier rappel — Self2025
- La Grande Soirée du 31 de Paris — Self : Guest2025
- Le Grand Concert de la Francophonie célèbre Jean-Jaques Goldman — Self : Guest2025
- 50 ans de Numéro Un - Les Carpentier — Self : Guest2025
- Une journée avec Jacques Brel — Self2023
- Salvatore Adamo, ma vie, la vraie — Self2022
- The Unexpected Getaway — Self2022
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Salvatore Adamo (November 1, 1943) is a Belgian-Italian musician, singer, and composer, who is known for his romantic ballads. Adamo was born in Comiso, Sicily, Italy, and has lived in Belgium since the age of three, which is why he has dual citizenship. By the second half of the sixties, Adamo had become the world's second best-selling musician after The Beatles. Through his career, he sold more than 80 million albums and 20 million singles worldwide, making him the best-selling Belgian artist of all time, and one of the most commercially successful musicians in the world.
He first gained popularity throughout Europe and later in the Middle East, Latin America, Japan, and the United States. Adamo mainly performs in French but has also sung in Italian, Dutch, English, German, Spanish, Japanese, and Turkish. "Tombe la neige", "La nuit", "Vous permettez, Monsieur?", "Inch'Allah" and "Petit bonheur" remain his best known songs. His songs have also been interpreted by countless artists worldwide. For instance "Yuki Ga Furu", the Japanese version of "Tombe la neige" has been covered by more than 500 artists, making it by far the most popular Japanese Christmas song, ahead of Bing Crosby's "White Christmas".
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