Italian pop queen Laura Pausini has
become the first non-Spanish speaking person, the first Italian
and the third woman to get the Person of the Year award from the
Latin Recording Academy in Miami.
Emilia-Romagna-born Pausini, 49, is perhaps the best known
Italian singer in the world and has also gained accolades for
her Spanish language work.
Throughout her career, she has won numerous music awards in
Italy and internationally.
In 2006, she won a Grammy Award, receiving the accolade for Best
Latin Pop Album for the record Escucha.
In 2021, she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best
Original Song with "Io sì (Seen)" from the film The Life Ahead.
That single also won the Golden Globe Award for Best Original
Song, making it the first Italian-language song to win the
award.
On making history at the Miami ceremony Wednesday, Pausini said:
"You can't imagine what an honour it is for me to be the third
woman to be recognised as Person of the Year, after the very
great Gloria Estefan and Shakira.
"In these 30 years I have had a very privileged life, and not
only because I have had the pleasure of singing in Spanish, but
above all because I have really felt myself adopted by you
Latins, as a daughter, sister, as one of the family."
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