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Biography
Dablink|"Borsato" redirects here. You may also be looking for Luciano Borsato .BLP sources|date=September 2007Infobox musical artist|image = Foto Marco Borsato.jpg| name = Marco Borsato| image_size = 190| background = solo_singer| birth_name = Marco Roberto Borsato| birth_date = Birth date and age|1966|12|21|mf=y|birth_place = Alkmaar , Netherlands | death_date =| genre = Pop music|Pop , Nederpop | occupation = Musician|Singer , actor | years_active = 1990–present| label =| website = http://www.borsato.nl official websitenl icon Marco Borsato (born December 21, 1966) is a Netherlands|Dutch singer . He started performing in Italian language|Italian before switching to Dutch language|Dutch in 1994. He is married to Leontine Ruiters and has three children.
Biography
Marco was born in the Wilhelmina Hospital in Alkmaar as the son of Roberto Borsato and Mary de Graaf. He has a brother, Armando, and a sister, Sylvana. The family moved to Italy , where the father started up a restaurant in Garda (Italian commune)|Garda . Marco spent a significant amount of time in Italy and speaks fluent Italian. In fact, Marco admitted that his Italian is much better than his Dutch.
When Marco was 12 years old he decided he wanted to be a sushi chef. Marco, though brought up with Italian cuisine, had a great love for raw fish bound in seaweed. When he was older he went to school during the week and he worked in a restaurant during the weekends. During his conscription he was bound to the cavalery, where he was conscripted as a NCO. Success stayed out after Marco Borsato won the Dutch Soundmixshow on April 6, 1990 with his rendition of Billy Vera 's song "At This Moment." During that time he was indeed working as a chef.
Marco brought out 3 albums with Italian songs, but it wasn't until 1994 that Marco gained popularity after his first Dutch single "Dromen Zijn Bedrog" which reached number one and remained number one for 12 weeks. His second single "Waarom Nou Jij" also reached the first place in the Dutch "Top 40." http://www.borsato.nl/overmarco/lees/18014/algemene-biografie
Many of his songs are actually Dutch covers or adaptations of Italian songs, (for example by Riccardo Fogli , Giorgia Todrani|Giorgia , Riccardo Cocciante , Claudio Baglioni , Marco Masini and Zucchero ). In particular, he had quite a success with an adaptation of Margherita by Riccardo Cocciante. Because the majority of Marco's songs are originally written in Italian he has recently decided to compose songs in Dutch, after which he has become far more popular.
In 2009 Marco nearly went bankrupt when his company The Entertainment Group was caught up in a web of debt.
Marco married his wife Leontine Ruiters and they have 3 children together Luca (1998), Senna (2001 en Jada (2002).
Other functions
Marco Borsato is an ambassador of the Dutch NGO War Child (charity)|War Child , which helps children in (post-)conflict areas to cope with their war experiences.
Awards and honours
Honours
2004: Officer of the Order of Orange-Nassau , for services to Dutch music and his dedication for War Child (charity)#War Child Netherlands|War Child Netherlands
Awards
1996 - 2006: Won a TMF Awards|TMF Award , 11 times for best Dutch singer (In 2006, he joined Anouk (singer)|Anouk in announcing their withdrawal from future TMF Awards-nominations. "Every year the same faces can get boring".)
1997: Edison Award , 2 times (Best Singer, Best Single of the Year)
1999: Golden Harp (with John Ewbank )
2000: Hitkrant Award, for the song Binnen (" Inside ")
2000: Honorary Award for Best Album ( Luid en duidelijk (" Loud and Clear ")) and Best Singer
2001: Edison Award (Best Singer)
Discography
Albums
Year
Album
Chart positions
Dutch certification (sales)
Belgian certification (sales)
NL
BEL
1990
1991
1992
1994
1995
1997
1998
2000
2002
2002
2004
2004
2006
2008
2010
Total
42x Platinum ( 3,170,000 )
5x Platinum + 5x Gold ( 345,000 )
Note: In January 2006, the Dutch music association changed the status of Gold and Platinum . From 2006 on, a Platinum album is acquired with 70,000 sales (formerly 80,000).
Singles
Year
Single
Chart positions
Album
NL
BEL
1990
"Emozione / At This Moment"
4
-
Emozioni
1990
"Una donna cosi"
29
-
Emozioni
1991
"Sento"
43
-
Sento
1992
"Un po' bambino"
37
-
Giorno per giorno
1994
"Dromen zijn bedrog"
1
41
Marco
1994
"Waarom nou jij"
1
4
Marco
1995
"Je hoeft niet naar huis vannacht"
9
19
Als geen ander
1995
"You've Got a Friend" (with René Froger and Ruth Jacott )
" Everytime I Think of You " (duet with Lucie Silvas )
1
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The Same Side
2008
" Wit Licht "
1
3
Wit Licht
2008
"Stop de Tijd"
1
3
Wit Licht
2008
"Dochters"
1
23
Wit Licht
2010
"Schouder aan Schouder" (with Guus Meeuwis )
2
-
Dromen Durven Delen
2010
"Waterkant"
9
50
Dromen Durven Delen
2010
"Kerstmis"
11
-*
Dromen Durven Delen
2011
"Dichtbij"
29
-*
-
2011
"Kom maar op"
29
-*
-
2011
" One Thousand Voices " (as The Voice of Holland )
1
-
-
References
External links
http://www.borsato.nl Borsato.nl Official PC website nl icon
http://www.borsato.mobi Borsato.mobi Official Mobile website nl icon
http://www.borsatoweblog.nl Borsatoweblog.nl Official Borsato weblog website nl icon
http://www.warchild.nl War Child Netherlands websitenl icon
http://www.warchild.org War Child International websiteen icon
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The Voice of Holland Persondata | NAME =Borsato, Marco | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = | DATE OF BIRTH =December 21, 1966 | PLACE OF BIRTH = Alkmaar , Netherlands | DATE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH = DEFAULTSORT:Borsato, Marco Category:1966 births Category:Dutch pop singers Category:Dutch people of Italian descent Category:The Voice judges Category:Living people Category:People from Alkmaar
