Claudio Baglioni

Claudio Baglioni (Italian pronunciation: [ˈklaudjo baʎˈʎoːni]; born 16 May 1951) is an Italian pop singer-songwriter and musician. His career has been going on for over 50 years. Considered one of the most successful pop rock singer-songwriters in the history of Italian music, he has sold over 60 million records, including Questo piccolo grande amore from 1972, its title track later being awarded "song of the century", Strada facendo from 1981, and La vita è adesso from 1985 which is the best-selling album of all time in Italy. In the 1990's he experimented with world music with the time trilogy, which began with Oltre (1990), widely considered his masterpiece, continued with one of the best-selling albums ever in Italy Io sono qui (1995) and ended with Viaggiatore sulla coda del tempo (1999).