2004–2006 The first album,
Il Divo, was recorded in February 2004 in Sweden. The album was released on 1 November 2004 in three countries: the UK, Norway and Ireland. In the first few weeks the group achieved double platinum in Norway and Ireland. On 19 April 2005 the album was released in the United States and Spain. Il Divo was launched in fall 2004 with the single "
Regresa a mí", debuting with the first album of the same name. The group filmed the music video for the song in
Slovenia. In December 2004, Il Divo held its first concert at Gotham Hall in New York. The group performed five songs from the album live. The concert was made into a film that became the group's first DVD release,
Live at Gotham Hall. On 23 May 2005, the group released
Mama, which features the second official video of the song "Mama" recorded in
Tropea, Italy. On 24 January 2006, Sony BMG released
Encore, a concert at the
Roman Theatre in
Mérida, Spain, recorded on 7 October 2005. On 25 October 2005, the group released their second studio album
The Christmas Collection in seven countries: the United States, Canada, Austria, Slovenia, the Netherlands, Sweden and Finland. Il Divo's third studio album,
Ancora, was released in Europe on 7 November 2005. In the United States and Latin America it was released on 24 January 2006. It debuted at number one on the
Billboard 200 in its first week of release in the United States. On 9 June 2006, Il Divo gave a live performance of the official
2006 FIFA World Cup song, "
The Time of Our Lives", with
Toni Braxton, at half-time during the opening match between
Germany and
Costa Rica, and again at the closing ceremony on 9 July. Il Divo have been on several world tours and have received 50 gold and platinum discs. Their last tour in 2014 covered five continents and over 33 countries. Having completed a six-month tour of the United States, Australia, and Europe, Il Divo participated in
Streisand as
Barbra Streisand's special guests. The tour was ranked second for all tours during 2006, generating $92.5 million in gross sales. , concert in
Singapore Indoor Stadium 18 January 2007 After the release of
Ancora, the group spent almost half their time as the bestselling act in Europe, building on the success they achieved with their debut self-titled album. Throughout the Christmas period in 2006, Il Divo held the top spot in the list of best-selling albums. Il Divo was named the Most Multinational UK No.1 Album Group in the 2006 edition of the
Guinness Book of World Records.
2006–2010 , Rotterdam, Netherlands, 2 July 2007 On 7 November 2006 the group released their first compilation,
Il Divo Collezione. On 27 November 2006 they released their fourth studio album,
Siempre, recorded during their previous world tour. On 16 January 2007, Il Divo began a tour to promote
Siempre in Asia, Australia, Latin America Mexico, Colombia, Chile, Argentina, and Venezuela. On 21 November 2006 Il Divo released the
Live at the Greek Theater DVD featuring the live concert held on 22 June 2006 at the
Greek Theatre in Los Angeles as part of the 2006 world tour. This recording includes all the songs that had established the group's popularity and an unedited version of the famous song "
Somewhere". On 11 November 2008 the group released their fifth album,
The Promise. The album's presentation was held at the
Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya on 30 October, where Il Divo performed five songs from the new album.
At the Coliseum was released on 8 November 2008. It includes Il Divo's concert at the
Roman Colosseum in Pula,
Croatia. On 12 December 2008, Il Divo performed at the finals of Idol 2008 in the
Stockholm Globe Arena. On 20 January 2009 they performed at the
Purple Heart Inauguration Ball in Washington DC for
Barack Obama. Il Divo's 2009 tour, An Evening with Il Divo, was their most geographically extensive, with more than 130 dates across six continents, visiting 31 countries and 81 cities, earning them the
Billboard Breakthrough Award for the highest-grossing tour of the year. On 1 December 2009, the first live album
An Evening with Il Divo: Live in Barcelona went public. The DVD + CD set includes "Bridge Over Trouble Water" and "
The Impossible Dream" from
Man of La Mancha. They ended 2009 with their first Christmas special intimate show,
Celebrate Christmas with Il Divo, which included a traditional repertoire of favourite festive songs with an orchestra and special guests in the United Kingdom, the United States, and Canada. They started with two concerts at the
Hammersmith Apollo in London on 7 and 8 December with violinist
Vanessa-Mae and singer
Camilla Kerslake, ending in the United States with six more concerts. On 19 October 2010,
Sony Music released
The Yule Log: The Christmas Collection.
Artist of the Decade On 11 May 2011, Il Divo were invited to the
Classic Brit Awards at the
Royal Albert Hall in London to receive the award for "Artist of the Decade". The award recognised the impact the operatic group had had in the classical genre, having sold over 25 million albums worldwide between 2004 and 2011. On 8 November 2011,
Wicked Game was released. On 20 December 2011 in
Paraguay, the quartet gave a concert in the
Defensores del Chaco stadium for 33,900 people, closing the Bicentenary of the Independence of Paraguay. On 13 May 2012, Il Divo performed "Caruso" during the Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II at Windsor for the entire royal family. In 2008, Il Divo performed at the Olympic torch handover party leading up to the
2012 Summer Olympics in London.
Live in London, a 90-minute Il Divo concert at the
London Coliseum, was published in mid-2011. Il Divo & Orchestra in Concert World Tour was a worldwide tour of the six continents between May and September 2012. It was designed by creative director Brian Burke, who stated that "Il Divo is the perfect modern fusion of opera, theater, and concert. It is a privilege as a director to create a visual landscape inviting the audience on a theatrical journey of their music." In November 2012, Il Divo released
The Greatest Hits.
Il Divo on Broadway The group's seventh album,
A Musical Affair, was released on 5 November 2013. The songs featured arrangements tailored to the singers' voices. To promote the album, they held a concert at the
Marquis Theatre on Broadway from 7 to 13 November 2013, called
Il Divo – A Musical Affair: The Greatest Songs of Broadway. The world tour began in Japan in February 2014 and travelled around the world, ending on 1 November 2014 at
the O2 Arena in
Greenwich, London. On 19 July 2014, Il Divo sold out
Edinburgh Castle, giving a concert featuring "
Amazing Grace". On 24 November 2014, a special edition of
A Musical Affair was released, which includes new songs with French singers, partially or fully sung in French. On 1 December 2014,
Live in Japan was released, which contains the A Musical Affair tour filmed at the Nippon Budokan Theater in Tokyo on 11 March 2014. The Japanese version includes the songs "Flowers Will Bloom" and "Furusato". In 2014, on the 10th anniversary of the publication of their first album, the group sold over 28 million albums worldwide, achieving more than 50 number one sales and receiving 160 gold records and platinum in over 33 countries. On 23 March 2015, it was announced that Il Divo was the winner of the 2015
Silver Clef Award, giving them the Classic PPL
Nordoff Robbins Classical Award. The gala award ceremony took place on 3 July at the
Grosvenor House Hotel.
Amor & Pasión Through Syco Music, on 6 November 2015 in Europa, 27 November in America and 25 October in Japan, Il Divo released
Amor & Pasión. On 21 October, Il Divo performed the first public appearance to promote the sixth album on the program
Despierta America, the US network Univision, from Miami, playing his first single "
Si voy a perderte (Don't Wanna Lose You)". They then performed the song "
Bésame mucho" in Japan. They started the month of November in London, where they attended the second Music Industry Trust Awards.
Amor & Pasión debuted atop the US Latin Albums chart, with 5,000 copies sold in America in the first week, according to
Billboard. In Spain, the album debuted at number 10 on the Top 100 Álbumes list.
Death of Carlos Marin Carlos Marin was infected with
COVID-19 during the Il Divo Christmas Tour December 2021. Carlos Marin died on 19 December 2021. On January 4th the other three original members announced they were going to continue touring at the end of February 2022 with guest singer Steven Labrie.
Notable performances • In 2008, Il Divo performed on the occasion of the Olympic torch hand-over four years prior to the
2012 Summer Olympics. • 20 January 2009 they performed at
the Commander-in-Chief's Ball in Washington, D.C., for US President
Barack Obama. • The
Paraguay show was Il Divo's largest-capacity performance to date and took place on 20 December 2011, at the
Defensores del Chaco Stadium in
Asunción, for 33,900 people. • On 13 May 2012, the group performed during the
Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II at
Windsor for the entire royal family of the United Kingdom. • On 19 July 2014, Il Divo performed before a capacity crowd at
Edinburgh Castle esplanade where a pop festival took place ahead of the
2014 Commonwealth Games. The group performed "
Amazing Grace". • On 5 July 2015, while recording their eighth album, Il Divo performed at the Astana Concert Hall in
Astana,
Kazakhstan, in honour of the 17th anniversary of the Day of Capital.
Collaborations • In 2009, they performed "Sortilegio de amor" for the soundtrack of the telenovela
Sortilegio, which earned them nominations and awards at the Mexico TvyNovelas Awards for Best Musical Theme for "Sortilegio". • In 2013 they recorded a duet with
Engelbert Humperdinck entitled "
Spanish Eyes". • In 2015 Il Divo recorded a duet with
Juan Gabriel entitled "Amor Eterno" (Eternal Love). • In December 2015, the version of "
Ode to Joy" sung by Il Divo was chosen to be the main theme of the soundtrack of the 2016 Japanese film
Everest.
Tours • 2004: Il Divo Tour • 2006:
Streisand: The Tour and Il Divo 2006 World Tour,
Ancora • 2007: Il Divo World Tour • 2008: Il Divo Global Tour • 2009: An Evening with Il Divo – World Tour and Celebrate Christmas with Il Divo • 2011: Il Divo Tour,
Wicked Game • 2012: Il Divo & Orchestra in Concert – World Tour • 2013: A Musical Affair en el Teatro Marquis de Broadway • 2014: A Musical Affair Tour and The Best of Il Divo – World Tour • 2016: Amor & Pasión Tour • 2017: A Night with the Best of Il Divo • 2018: Timeless Tour • 2022: Greatest Hits Tour (ft. Steven Labrie) • 2023: A New Day Tour (ft. Steven Labrie & introduced by Patrizio Brianne) - Australia (October–November) Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne, Adelaide ==Artistry==