Laura Pausini is an Italian pop singer from Solarolo, Emilia-Romagna, who broke through in 1993 by winning the newcomers' section at the Sanremo Music Festival with 'La solitudine'. Over a career spanning more than three decades she has released albums in Italian, Spanish, Portuguese and other languages, selling over 75 million records worldwide. She holds a Grammy Award, four Latin Grammys and a Golden Globe nomination, and is the first Italian artist to surpass 1 billion streams on Spotify.
Pausini sang the Italian national anthem at the opening ceremony of the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan-Cortina.
Her sixteenth studio album Io Canto 2 (Italian edition) was released on February 6, 2026, followed by the Spanish-language Yo Canto 2 on March 13, 2026, both on Warner Music.
Pausini received Billboard Italy's Global Icon award at a ceremony held at the Vatican in the presence of Pope Leo XIV.
She received the Billboard Icon Award at the 2025 Billboard Latin Music Awards in Miami - the first Italian artist to receive this honor.
Pausini announced the Io Canto World Tour 2026/2027 - her eleventh world tour - alongside the lead single 'La mia storia tra le dita / Mi historia entre tus dedos'.
Italian pop star Laura Pausini performs her greatest hits as part of the "Io Canto" tour.
Italian star Laura Pausini presents her "Io Canto" programme at Rudolf Weber-ARENA in Oberhausen.