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Elisa

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Elisa Toffoli (born 19 December 1977), known mononymously as Elisa, is an Italian singer, songwriter and record producer. She draws inspiration from many genres such as pop, alternative rock, electronica, and trip hop, recording songs both in Italian and English, which she considers her artistic primary language. In Europe, she rose in fame for her double single "Come Speak to Me", English version of Sanremo Music Festival's winning song "Luce (Tramonti a nord est)", while she became famous in North America for "Dancing", featured in both the 2006 and 2007 seasons of So You Think You Can Dance. On 18 December 2012, her collaboration with Ennio Morricone, "Ancora qui", was featured in Quentin Tarantino's film Django Unchained soundtrack album, which was nominated at the Grammy Award for Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media in 2014. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2024). Elisa is the 2,769th most popular singer (down from 2,187th in 2024), the 4,520th most popular biography from Italy (down from 4,270th in 2019) and the 121st most popular Italian Singer.

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Elisa ranks 2,769 out of 4,381. Before her are Sin With Sebastian, Max Pezzali, Sido, Joëlle Ursull, Rita Guerra, and William Chan. After her are Shiri Maimon, Mayra Andrade, Stefano Secco, Ian Bostridge, Aviv Geffen, and Nina Zilli.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1977, Elisa ranks 477. Before her are Bilal Ag Acherif, Tamer Hosny, Choi Kang-hee, Tadej Valjavec, Andrius Skerla, and Guzel Yakhina. After her are Nozomi Hiroyama, Ambra Angiolini, Juan Antonio Flecha, Jonathan Erlich, Sullivan Stapleton, and Maxim Staviski.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Elisa ranks 4,521 out of 5,161. Before her are Roberto Bolle (1975), Enrico Bertaggia (1964), Antonio Rossi (1968), Milena Miconi (1971), Corrado Lorefice (1962), and Mauro Fiore (1964). After her are Pierpaolo Ferrazzi (1965), Ambra Angiolini (1977), Stefano Secco (1970), Mathilde Krim (1926), Michela Murgia (1972), and Gianmaria Bruni (1981).

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Among SINGERS In Italy

Among singers born in Italy, Elisa ranks 121. Before her are Cristina D'Avena (1964), Francesco Gabbani (1982), Fedez (1989), Alborosie (1977), Emma Marrone (1984), and Max Pezzali (1967). After her are Stefano Secco (1970), Nina Zilli (1980), Vittorio Grigolo (1977), Ruggero Pasquarelli (1993), Fabri Fibra (1976), and Fabrizio Moro (1975).

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