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Salvatore Adamo
Actor, Composer, Additional CreditsBorn November 1, 1943 (82 years)
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.
Since 2001 Adamo holds the Belgian noble title of Ridder, similar to the English title of "Knight". He became an officer of the French Légion d'honneur in 2005 and a Commander in the Order of the Star of Italy in 2015. He was also awarded the Order of the Rising Sun in 2016 for his influence on Japanese popular music.
The father of Adamo, Antonio, emigrated to Belgium in February 1947 to work as a colliery worker in the mines of Marcinelle. Four months later his wife, Concetta, and their son, Salvatore, joined him in the town of Ghlin, before moving to Jemappes (Mons).
In 1956, Salvatore was bedridden for a year with meningitis.
Salvatore's parents did not want their son to become a miner, so he went to a Catholic school run by the Frères des Ecoles Chrétiennes. By 1960, the family of Antonio and Concetta Adamo had seven children overall. Salvatore was a dedicated student at school and distinguished himself in music and the arts.
Adamo's early influences were the poetry of Victor Hugo and Jacques Prévert, the music of Jacques Brel and French singer-songwriters like Georges Brassens and Charles Aznavour, and the Italian canzonette. He started singing and composing his own songs from an early age. His debut was in a Radio Luxembourg competition, where he participated as singer and composer of the song "Si j'osais" ("If I dared"), winning the competition's final held in Paris on 14 February 1960.
Adamo's first hit was "Sans toi, ma mie", in 1963, from his debut album 63/64. He followed this with a series of hits, the most famous being "Tombe la neige" ("The snow falls") in 1963, "La nuit" ("The Night") in 1964, "Mes mains sur tes hanches" ("My hands on your hips") in 1965 and "Inch'Allah". The self-penned "Petit bonheur" ("Little Happiness") sold over one million copies by April 1970, and was awarded a gold disc.
Adamo has sold over 100 million copies of recordings worldwide. He has recorded in many languages and, besides France and Belgium, had hits in Italy, the Netherlands, Germany, Spain, Portugal, Turkey and also in Japan, where he toured repeatedly. He has had hits and toured also in Latin America and throughout the Middle East. ...
Source: Article "Salvatore Adamo" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
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.
Since 2001 Adamo holds the Belgian noble title of Ridder, similar to the English title of "Knight". He became an officer of the French Légion d'honneur in 2005 and a Commander in the Order of the Star of Italy in 2015. He was also awarded the Order of the Rising Sun in 2016 for his influence on Japanese popular music.
The father of Adamo, Antonio, emigrated to Belgium in February 1947 to work as a colliery worker in the mines of Marcinelle. Four months later his wife, Concetta, and their son, Salvatore, joined him in the town of Ghlin, before moving to Jemappes (Mons).
In 1956, Salvatore was bedridden for a year with meningitis.
Salvatore's parents did not want their son to become a miner, so he went to a Catholic school run by the Frères des Ecoles Chrétiennes. By 1960, the family of Antonio and Concetta Adamo had seven children overall. Salvatore was a dedicated student at school and distinguished himself in music and the arts.
Adamo's early influences were the poetry of Victor Hugo and Jacques Prévert, the music of Jacques Brel and French singer-songwriters like Georges Brassens and Charles Aznavour, and the Italian canzonette. He started singing and composing his own songs from an early age. His debut was in a Radio Luxembourg competition, where he participated as singer and composer of the song "Si j'osais" ("If I dared"), winning the competition's final held in Paris on 14 February 1960.
Adamo's first hit was "Sans toi, ma mie", in 1963, from his debut album 63/64. He followed this with a series of hits, the most famous being "Tombe la neige" ("The snow falls") in 1963, "La nuit" ("The Night") in 1964, "Mes mains sur tes hanches" ("My hands on your hips") in 1965 and "Inch'Allah". The self-penned "Petit bonheur" ("Little Happiness") sold over one million copies by April 1970, and was awarded a gold disc.
Adamo has sold over 100 million copies of recordings worldwide. He has recorded in many languages and, besides France and Belgium, had hits in Italy, the Netherlands, Germany, Spain, Portugal, Turkey and also in Japan, where he toured repeatedly. He has had hits and toured also in Latin America and throughout the Middle East. ...
Source: Article "Salvatore Adamo" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
Salvatore Adamo Filmography
| 2025 | Serge Lama, le dernier rappel · as Self |
| 2025 | 50 ans de Numéro Un: les Carpentier · as Self |
| 2023 | Salvatore Adamo: My Life, the Real One · as Self |
| 2023 | Une journée avec Jacques Brel · as Self |
| 2022 | The Unexpected Getaway (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2022 | La fine équipe · as Self |
| 2021 | Chantons Aznavour · as Self |
| 2021 | Chroniques de l'âge tendre · as Self |
| 2021 | Salvatore Adamo, quand je chante · as Self |
| 2019 | The Secret Box (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2018 | The Secret Song (TV Series) · as Self (segment "garou") |
| 2017 | Les Chamois (TV Series) · as Salvatore Adamo |
| 2015 | |
| 2013 | Une maison, un artiste (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2012 | 17e Sans Ascenseur (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2012 | Lili David · as Self |
| 2011 | 8:30 p.m. on Sunday (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2009 | C à Vous (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2007 | One Day, One Fate (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2006 | On n'est pas couché (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2004 | Tout le monde en parle (QC) (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2004 | Le grand journal de Canal+ (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2002 | Hep Taxi ! (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2001 | Star Academy (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2001 | En aparté (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2001 | Stars At Home (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2000 | L'invité (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1999 | Alexandra - Die Legende einer Sängerin · as Self |
| 1998 | Le plus grand Cabaret du monde (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1998 | Roll on Sunday (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1998 | We Can't Wait for Next Sunday (TV Series) · as Self - Main Guest |
| 1998 | Tout le monde en parle (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1995 | Brylcream Boulevard · as Self |
| 1994 | Les enfants de la télé (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1993 | Taratata 100% Live (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1986 | Les Enfoirés (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1985 | Les Grosses Tetes (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1985 | Les Victoires de la Musique (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1985 | Maguy (TV Series) · as Salvatore Adamo |
| 1985 | Today (FR) (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1984 | La chance aux chansons (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1982 | Champs-Elysees (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1976 | César Awards (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1975 | Number One (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1975 | Système 2 (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1975 | Sunday meetings (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1975 | Midi-Première (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1972 | Midi Trente (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1972 | Pour une pomme · as Salvatore Adamo |
| 1972 | Ein Kessel Buntes (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1971 | Cadet Rousselle (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1971 | Dalli Dalli (TV Series) · as Self - Singer |
| 1969 | ZDF Hitparade (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1964 | Open House (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1964 | Die Drehscheibe (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1964 | Einer wird gewinnen (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1963 | Ready Steady Go! (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1963 | Festival de Viña del Mar (TV Series) · as Self - Musical Guest |
| 1961 | Studio 1 (TV Series) · as Self - Singer |
| 1959 | Télé-Dimanche (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1957 | Zum Blauen Bock (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1955 | Was bin ich? (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1951 | Sanremo (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2020 | Les Plus Belles Comptines d'Okoo (TV Series) |
| 2003 | Leave Your Hands on My Hips · as Adamo |
| 1970 | The Comeuppance · as Philippe |
| 1967 | The Arnauds · as André Arnaud |
| 1970 | The Comeuppance · as Composer |
| 1967 | The Arnauds · as Songs |