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Il Divo - 20 facts you never knew

Y'all might know Il Divo are made up of singers Urs Bühler, Carlos Marin, Sébastien Izambard and David Miller, but how much more than practice yous know nearly the opera grouping? Discover 20 interesting facts about the chart-topping singers.

1. International Roots

Il Divo are made up of Swiss tenor Urs Bühler, Spanish baritone Carlos Marin, French popular artist Sébastien Izambard and American tenor David Miller.
2. Football game Globe Cup

They recorded the official canticle for the 2006 FIFA World Cup, performing in front of an International audience of one billion people at the opening anniversary and World Loving cup Final.
3. How many tape sales?

More than 25 1000000 anthology sales, 150 gilded and platinum discs, and the only crossover classical anthology to reach the US Billboard No. ane spot, Il Divo have fabricated quite a proper noun for themselves since they formed in 2004.
4. Il Divo and Celine Dion

I Believe in You is the effect of a collaboration betwixt Céline Dion and Il Divo. There are two released versions of the vocal, one released on Céline'southward album, On ne change pas, and the other on Il Divo'southward, Ancora.
5. David Miller'southward opera full-blooded

David has a Masters Caste in Opera Theatre and has performed on Broadway in Baz Luhrmann'south La Bohème.
half-dozen. Opera and heavy metallic

At the same time every bit studying at a music academy, tenor Urs was fronting a heavy metal band.
7. Urs Bühler - early on starter

Every bit a five-year-quondam in Lucerne, Switzerland, Urs joined the local choir, and took lessons in violin, clarinet, piano, guitar and drums.
8. Il Divo… in the White House

Prior to joining the grouping, tenor David Miller performed at the White House for President Clinton in 1998.
9. Collaboration with... Eminem?

The opera four-piece have collaborated with Barbara Streisand and Celine Dion, but they've expressed a desire to work with United states of america rap superstar, Eminem. Il Divo member Urs said: "I call back working with Eminem would be something and so different from anything nosotros've done so far, but I can and so imagine it if I listen to certain Eminem tracks."
10. Carlos Marín - musical man

Baritone Carlos Marín has performed in several musicals, including Les Misérables, The Beauty And The Beast, Grease, and Peter Pan.
eleven. Self-taught Sébastien Izambard

French singer Sébastien is the only self-taught musician in the group. He plays guitar and piano after learning the instruments by ear, and has produced for many other French artists.
12. Sébastien the pop star?

Prior to Il Divo, Sébastien Izambard released an acclaimed popular album, Libre, and his single Si Tu Savais topped the French charts.
13. Simon Cowell and the X Factor

At that place aren't many operatic groups who can avowal of being inspired by the X Factor, only Simon Cowell decided to act on his operatic quartet idea when G4 came second on the reality prove in 2004.
14. Il Il Divo'southward YouTube Success

The group are about as popular on the internet equally they are in concert halls around the world. So far, their videos take received over 44 million views on YouTube - and counting.
15. Inspired by Andrea Bocelli

The idea behind Il Divo came to Simon Cowell after hearing Andrea Bocelli singing Con te partirò while watching The Sopranos.
16. Urs Bühler likes metal and motorbikes

Perhaps a career as a rocker would be equally appealing to male child-racer tenor Urs? "I love to play guitar and ride my motorbikes, I'm passionate about both," he said.
17. Il Divo and Katherine Jenkins

The Il Divo boys announced they were touring with Katherine Jenkins for the first fourth dimension in 2013, where they're fix to perform all their greatest hits.
18. The underground behind crossover success

David Miller revealed the group'southward success was something of an experiment, every bit the foursome played around with different styles. He said: "We had no map to follow - it was just trying to figure out: how do we use our voices, and how do we have these songs that the record company has given us to interpret, and how do nosotros turn this into something that straddles two worlds at the same time just then has its own unique sound?"
xix. Il Divo on American Idol

The boys performed on American Idol as role of a charity show, raising money for children in the United states and Africa. For every vote cast, the bear witness'due south sponsors donated money to expert causes around the world.
xx. Pop or classical?

The boys take responded to critics past saying they use classical techniques, and sing in a dramatic style which is verging towards operatic. By blurring the boundaries between genres, Il Divo hope their audiences will focus on the emotional response to the music, rather than trying to fit information technology into a specific style.