Il Volo

In 2009, Piero Barone, Ignazio Boschetto and Gianluca Ginoble were among the teens competing in the Italian televised singing competition Ti lascio una canzone, held at the Teatro Ariston in Sanremo and broadcast by Rai 1.{{cite web|url=http://archiviostorico.corriere.it/2015/febbraio/10/Due_tenori_baritono_Volo_sogna_co_0_20150210_edc57fa2-b0f2-11e4-8e27-51d82bf3e5e9.shtml|work=Corriere della Sera|language=it|access-date=21 February 2015|title=Due tenori e un baritono "Il Volo" sogna la vittoria|author=Andrea Laffranchi|date=10 February 2015}} During the first episodes, they performed several songs as solo artists. Among the others, Gianluca Ginoble's rendition of "Il mare calmo della sera", originally by Andrea Bocelli, won the first episode of the show, and later came in first place during the final held on 2 May 2009.{{cite web|url=http://www.comune.roseto.te.it/comunicati.php?id=457|publisher=Comune di Roseto degli Abruzzi|date=3 May 2009|archive-date=21 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150221171331/http://www.comune.roseto.te.it/comunicati.php?id=457|title=Gianluca vince la seconda edizione di Ti lascio una canzone. Montepulciano e Roseto in festa}}

Director and creator of the show, Roberto Cenci, had the idea to put them together, with the purpose to create a trio similar to The Three Tenors (Plácido Domingo, José Carreras and Luciano Pavarotti).{{cite web|url=http://www.rockol.it/news-641830/il-volo-intervista-esclusiva-a-tony-renis-nuovo-album-bocell?refresh_ce|publisher=Rockol.it|language=it|title=Esclusiva: Tony Renis racconta la vera storia de Il Volo (e torna con Bocelli)|author=Gianni Sibilla|date=11 February 2015}} During the fourth episode of the show, they performed together for the first time, singing Neapolitan classic song "'O sole mio".{{cite web | url = http://www.rai.tv/dl/RaiTV/programmi/media/ContentItem-534e3df6-f01a-4d2a-b7ce-aa9f820dbdc4.html | publisher = RAI | access-date = 28 June 2011 | title = Ti lascio una canzone 2009 – 'O sole mio}}{{cite web|url=http://www.repubblica.it/spettacoli/musica/2013/08/19/news/il_volo-64969227/|work=la Repubblica|language=it|access-date=21 February 2015|date=19 August 2013|title=Il Volo, tour americano e un film per la Disney. Siamo in un sogno, ma restiamo umili|author=Silvia Bizio}}

While in Los Angeles, Italian singer-songwriter and music producer Tony Renis casually discovered their performance through Rai International.

Impressed by the trio, he decided to call Cenci to arrange a meeting with them. Since they were under the age of 18, Cenci talked with the singers' families, and they decided to trust Renis' proposal to work with him.

Thanks to lawyer Peter Lopez, Renis met with Geffen Records' Jimmy Iovine and Ron Fair and they offered a recording deal to the group, which allowed them to become the first Italian artists to directly sign with an American recording label.{{cite web|url=http://www.rockol.it/news-183967/esce-l-album-de-il-volo-destinazione-lo-stardom-internazionale|publisher=Rockol.it|language=it|title=Esce l'album de Il Volo: destinazione lo stardom internazionale?|date=29 November 2010}} Producer Michele Torpedine started to work with them as a manager.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/471513/il-volo-transitions-from-italian-tv-to-american-idol|magazine=Billboard|access-date=21 February 2015|title=Il Volo Transitions from Italian TV to American Idol|author=Kerri Mason|date=18 May 2011}}

The group was initially named "I Tre Tenorini", but their name was later changed to "The Tryo".{{cite web|url=http://www.famigliacristiana.it/articolo/tre-tenorini-senza-paura-di-volare.aspx|work=Famiglia Cristiana|language=it|title=Tre tenorini senza paura di volare|author=Giulia Cerqueti|date=11 December 2013|archive-date=21 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131221145124/http://www.famigliacristiana.it/articolo/tre-tenorini-senza-paura-di-volare.aspx}} With this name, in 2010 the group participated in the charity single "We Are the World 25 for Haiti", a remake of the 1985 hit song "We Are the World".{{cite web|url=http://www.wuz.it/articolo-libri/4284/Sanremo-The-TRYO.html|publisher=Wuz.it|language=it|date=17 February 2010|title=Zia Antonella Clerici e i tre piccoli tenori for Haiti|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150215221125/http://www.wuz.it/articolo-libri/4284/Sanremo-The-TRYO.html|archive-date=15 February 2015}}

In February of the same year, they also performed the songs "Granada" and "Un amore così grande" for Queen Rania of Jordan during the 60th Sanremo Music Festival.{{cite web | url = http://www.corriere.it/spettacoli/speciali/2010/sanremo/notizie/sanremo-ospiti-seconda-serata_3bac0498-1bde-11df-a6d3-00144f02aabe.shtml | publisher = Il Corriere della Sera | date = 17 February 2010 | title = Serata tra Moulin Rouge, gaffe e regine all'Ariston | language = it | access-date = 28 June 2011}} In late 2010, their name was finally changed into "Il Volo" (English: the flight)

{{See also|Il Volo (album)}}

Il Volo began working on their first studio album in 2010, recorded at Abbey Road Studios in London and produced by Tony Renis and Humberto Gatica.{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.it/news/news-detail.asp?idnews=29999|publisher=MTV Italy|language=it|access-date=21 February 2015|title=Il Volo nei negozi|date=30 November 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120314025740/http://www.mtv.it/news/news-detail.asp?idnews=29999|archive-date=14 March 2012}}

The eponymously titled album largely covers international and Italian standards, including "Il mondo", "Un amore così grande", "’O sole mio", "El reloj" and Charlie Chaplin's "Smile", but also features original songs written by Diane Warren and Walter Afanasieff.

Released in Italy on 30 November 2010, it peaked at number 6 on the Italian Albums Chart, and was later certified platinum by the Federation of the Italian Music Industry.{{cite web|url=http://www.fimi.it/up/files/pdfddm/GfK_Certificazione%20album%20%28phy%2Bdig%29_wk%2052-2013_REV.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140115165706/http://www.fimi.it/up/files/pdfddm/GfK_Certificazione%20album%20(phy%2Bdig)_wk%2052-2013_REV.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=15 January 2014 |publisher=Federation of the Italian Music Industry |language=it |access-date=21 February 2015 |title=Certificazione album fisici e digitali dalla settimana 1 del 2009 alla settimana 52 del 2013 }}{{cite web|url=http://italiancharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Il+Volo&titel=Il+Volo&cat=a|publisher=Italiancharts.com. Hung Medien|access-date=21 February 2015|title=Italian Charts – Il Volo – Il Volo (album)}}

The international edition of the album was released in the United States by Geffen Records on 12 April 2011, and was promoted with a performance during the final three results show of American Idol's tenth season, as well as with appearances on

The Tonight Show, Good Morning America, The Ellen DeGeneres Show and The Early Show.

{{cite web|url=http://www.interscope.com/artist/news/default.aspx?nid=34761&aid=1200|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120930054252/http://www.interscope.com/artist/news/default.aspx?nid=34761&aid=1200|url-status=dead|archive-date=30 September 2012|publisher=Interscope Records|title=Just released – Italian teens Il Volo released debut album in the United States on Geffen Records April 12th|access-date=21 February 2015}}{{cite web|url=http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/2011/05/19/1584745/american-idol-2011-results-may.html|work=Ledger-Enquirer|date=19 May 2011|title=American Idol 2011 results May 19: Haley Reinhart eliminated, Il Volo and Nicole Scherzinger sing|author=Sonya Sorich|access-date=27 May 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140204042053/http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/2011/05/19/1584745/american-idol-2011-results-may.html|archive-date=4 February 2014|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/02/arts/music/il-volo-the-teenage-italian-singers-go-on-tour.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0|work=The New York Times|date=29 September 2011|title=They're, Like, Awesome Opera Singers|author1=Zachary Woolfe | author-link1=Zachary Woolfe|access-date=21 February 2015}} The lead single from the album in the United States was "’O sole mio".{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/467259/21-under-21-il-volo-2011|magazine=Billboard|access-date=21 February 2015|title=21 Under 21 – No. 12. Il Volo|author=Maggie Doherty |date=27 September 2011}}

During its first week, Il Volo reached the tenth spot of Billboard 200 and topped the Classical Albums chart, with sales of 23,000 copies.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/471139/seether-scores-top-billboard-200-debut-adele-still-no-1|magazine=Billboard|access-date=28 June 2011|title=Seether Scores Top Billboard 200 Debut, Adele Still No. 1|author=Keith Caulfield|date=25 May 2011}}{{cite magazine | url = {{BillboardURLbyName|artist=il volo|chart=Classical Albums}} | magazine=Billboard | access-date=28 June 2011|title=Il Volo – Classical Albums}} The album also entered the top ten in other countries, including Belgium, France, Germany, New Zealand and the Netherlands, and it peaked at number one on the Ö3 Austria Albums Chart.{{cite web|url=http://hitparade.ch/showitem.asp?interpret=Il+Volo&titel=Il+Volo&cat=a|publisher=Hitparade.ch. Hung Medien|access-date=21 February 2015|title=Il Volo – Il Volo}}

The Spanish version of the album Il Volo (Edición en Español) was released in June 2011.{{cite web|url=http://www.universalmusica.com/ilvolo/2011/06/07/il-volo-presentan-su-album-debut-en-espanol-%E2%80%9Cil-volo-edicion-en-espanol/|publisher=Universal Music Group|language=es|date=7 June 2011|title=Il Volo presentan su álbum debut en Español: Il Volo Edicion en Español|archive-date=2 March 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150302211956/http://www.universalmusica.com/ilvolo/2011/06/07/il-volo-presentan-su-album-debut-en-espanol-%E2%80%9Cil-volo-edicion-en-espanol/}} The record achieved commercial success in Mexico, peaking at number six and being certified platinum by the Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas, as well as in the United States, where it topped the Billboard Latin Pop Albums chart and it received the RIAA Latin gold certification, denoting shipments in excess of 50,000 units in the country.{{cite certification|region=Mexico|type=album|artist=Il Volo|title=Il Volo|access-date=2 March 2015}}{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/2011-09-24/latin-pop-albums|magazine=Billboard|access-date=2 March 2015|title=Latin Pop Albums (week of September 24, 2011)|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130709105207/http://www.billboard.com/charts/2011-09-24/latin-pop-albums|archive-date=9 July 2013}}

This also allowed the group to receive two nominations at the 12th Latin Grammy Awards, in the categories Best New Artist and Best Pop Album by a Duo or Group with Vocals, for the album Il Volo (Edición en Español).{{cite web|title=Latin Grammys: The complete list of nominees |url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2011/09/latin-grammy-nominations-list-12th-annual-2011.html|date=14 September 2011 |access-date=14 September 2011 |work=Los Angeles Times }}

The trio performed for the TV show The Talk in February 2011 and on 13 October 2011. On 31 July 2011, the trio performed "’O sole mio" and "This Time" for the President's Star Charity show in Singapore to help raise funds for the handicapped.

On 4 September 2011, the trio performed "’O sole mio" and "Smile" for the MDA Labor Day Telethon. On 11 September 2011, the trio made a cameo appearance on the series finale of Entourage.{{fact|date=June 2024}}

Il Volo performed live at the Detroit Opera House on 27 October 2011, later released as their first concert DVD.{{fact|date=June 2024}}

The group's EP Christmas Favorites, featuring a track with Pia Toscano, was released 21 November 2011. On the same date, their début album was reissued in a special Christmas edition augmented with the Christmas Favourites EP. Il Volo performed as the closing guest for The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on 22 December 2011, singing "The Christmas Song".

The Detroit Opera House recording Il Volo Takes Flight aired 7 December 2011 on local PBS station WTVS, with the CD/DVD release 28 February 2012. The concert aired on PBS stations across the US and Canada, and the group toured the countries beginning that August. In October and early November 2012, the group performed with Barbra Streisand during the North American leg of her Barbra Live tour. They joined her onstage for the songs "Smile" and "Make Our Garden Grow", and performed singles "O Sole Mio" and "Un Amore Cosi Grande".

On 19 November 2012 Il Volo released their second album, We Are Love (Billboard 200 number 100), which include 12 tracks in three different languages (Italian, English and Spanish) and duets with Plácido Domingo and with Italian pop singer Eros Ramazzotti. The album contains eight unreleased songs, written by Diane Warren, Luis Bacalov and Latin Grammy winner Edgar Cortazar among others, and four covers.{{cite web| url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/release/we-are-love-mr0003803756|title=We Are Love – Il Volo|publisher=All Music |access-date=13 March 2015}} It also includes the theme song of film Hidden Moon, "Luna Nascosta", that Il Volo recorded in 2012. "Luna Nascosta" was selected by the Academy among the seventy-five songs in the running for nominations in the Original Song category for the 2013 Oscars.{{cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2012/20121211.html |title=75 Original Songs Tune Up For 2012 Oscar |publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences |access-date=13 March 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140118230211/http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2012/20121211.html |archive-date=18 January 2014 }}

On 28 November 2012 Il Volo performed at the 80th annual Christmas at Rockefeller Center tree lighting in New York, which was broadcast live nationwide on NBC,{{cite web| url=http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/rockefeller-center-christmas-tree-lighting-2012-gallery-1.1209903?pmSlide=13|title= 80th Annual Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree lighting ceremony|work=Daily News |access-date=13 March 2015}} and on 11 December they performed at the 2012 Nobel Peace Prize Concert in Oslo, Norway, with King Harald V in attendance, singing "Il Mondo" and album title track "We Are Love".{{cite web| url=http://www.classicalite.com/articles/936/20121205/billboard-topping-artist-il-volo-perform-nobel.htm|title= Billboard-Topping Artist Il Volo To Perform At Nobel Peace Prize Concert In Norway On Dec. 11 |publisher=classicalite.com| last= Burgess| first= O'Jay| date=5 December 2012| access-date=13 March 2015}}

They released Más Que Amor on 9 April 2013, a Spanish version of We Are Love that includes an additional duet with Mexican singer Belinda.{{cite web| title= Il Volo release spanish album 'Más Que Amor' including duet with Belinda!| url= http://www.ilvolomusic.com/news/il-volo-releases-spanish-album-m%C3%A1s-que-amor-including-duet-belinda| publisher= ilvolomusic.com| access-date= 30 January 2015| url-status= dead| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20141020133324/http://www.ilvolomusic.com/news/il-volo-releases-spanish-album-m%C3%A1s-que-amor-including-duet-belinda| archive-date= 20 October 2014| df= dmy-all}} The album débuted at number 1 on the Billboard Latin Pop Albums{{cite web | title=Latin Pop albums, July 6, 2013 | url = http://www.billboard.com/charts/latin-pop-albums/2013-07-06|publisher=Billboard |date=6 July 2013|access-date=30 January 2015 }} and peaked at number 2 on the Billboard Top Latin Albums.{{cite web | title=Top Latin albums, July 6, 2013 | url = http://www.billboard.com/charts/latin-albums/2013-07-06|publisher=Billboard |date=6 July 2013|access-date=30 January 2015 }} Más Que Amor was certified Gold in Mexico and Argentina.{{cite web |url=http://www.amprofon.com.mx/noticias.php?idNoticia=19#noticia19 |title=Il Volo llega al Disco de Oro |publisher=AMPROFON |access-date=22 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925161943/http://www.amprofon.com.mx/noticias.php?idNoticia=19#noticia19 |archive-date=25 September 2015 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=http://tuconcierto.net/2012/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=682:iil-volo-triunfa-en-argentina&catid=53:farandula&Itemid=77 |title=¡IL VOLO triunfa en Argentina! |publisher=tuconcierto.net |access-date=22 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140305172458/http://tuconcierto.net/2012/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=682%3Aiil-volo-triunfa-en-argentina&catid=53%3Afarandula&Itemid=77 |archive-date=5 March 2014 |url-status=dead }}

On 25 April 2013, they performed the song "El Triste" at the 2013 Latin Billboard Music Awards as a tribute to singer José José.

On 16 June Il Volo performed "Más Que Amor" during the "In Memoriam" tribute of the 40th Daytime Emmy Awards.{{cite web | title=Winners for the 40th annual Daytime Entertainment Emmy Awards | url=http://emmyonline.com/day_40th_telecast_winners | publisher=National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences | access-date=2 February 2015 | archive-date=4 March 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304100229/http://emmyonline.com/day_40th_telecast_winners | url-status=dead }}

On 11 July 2013 they sang the national anthem of United States before the game between the Colorado Rockies and the Los Angeles Dodgers at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles.{{cite web | title=Colorado Rockies v Los Angeles Dodgers | url = http://www.gettyimages.it/detail/fotografie-di-cronaca/italian-vocal-group-il-volo-piero-barone-fotografie-di-cronaca/173323958|publisher=Getty Images |date=11 July 2013|access-date=2 February 2015 }}

On 26 October 2013, they released the international version of Buon Natale: The Christmas Album, which includes some of the most popular American Christmas songs, as well as two songs in Latin, one in Spanish and one in German, and duets with Pia Toscano and Belinda.{{cite web | title=Il Volo – Buon Natale: The Christmas Album | url = http://www.allmusic.com/album/buon-natale-the-christmas-album-mw0002578667|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=21 January 2015 }} The album debuted at number 1 on the Billboard Holiday Albums{{cite web | title=Holiday albums, November 9, 2013 | url = http://www.billboard.com/charts/holiday-albums/2013-11-09|publisher=Billboard |date=9 November 2013|access-date=21 January 2015 }} and peaked at number 1 on the Billboard Classical Albums chart.{{cite web | title=Classical albums, December 14, 2013 | url = http://www.billboard.com/charts/classical-albums/2013-12-14|publisher=Billboard |date=14 December 2013|access-date=21 January 2015 }} The single "O Holy Night" peaked at number 27 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart.{{cite web | title=Il Volo – Chart history| url = http://www.billboard.com/artist/276507/il-volo/chart?f=341|publisher=Billboard |access-date=21 January 2015 }} In November, a special Italian edition was released, including songs "Bianco Natale" and "Astro del ciel".{{cite web|title= Il Volo canta "Buon Natale- The Christmas Album"|url= http://www.ilvelino.it/it/article/2013/10/31/il-volo-canta-buon-natale-the-christmas-album/34a7dc72-4b2f-44f2-8062-5df1ba6cb148/|publisher= il Velino|date= 31 October 2013|access-date= 24 January 2015|language= it|archive-date= 6 November 2014|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20141106202453/http://www.ilvelino.it/it/article/2013/10/31/il-volo-canta-buon-natale-the-christmas-album/34a7dc72-4b2f-44f2-8062-5df1ba6cb148/|url-status= dead}} Rolling Stone published on its website a cappella performances of three tracks, "O Holy Night", "White Christmas" and "Santa Claus is Coming to Town".{{cite web | title= O Holy Night! Il Volo Sing Christmas Classics A Cappella| url = https://www.rollingstone.com/music/videos/o-holy-night-il-volo-sing-christmas-classics-a-cappella-20131212|last= Johnson, Jr.| first= Bill|publisher=Rolling Stone|date=12 December 2013|access-date=24 January 2015}}

In February 2014, the trio received two nominations at the 2014 Latin Billboard Music Awards, as Top Latin Albums Artist of the Year, Duo or Group and Latin Pop Albums Artist of the Year, Duo or Group.{{cite magazine |title=Billboard Latin Music Awards: Complete List of 2014 Finalists |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/latin-notas/5893971/2014-billboard-latin-music-awards-full-list-finalists? |magazine=Billboard |date=5 February 2014 |access-date=5 February 2014}}

The awards show took place at the BankUnited Center of Miami on 24 April, and broadcast live by Telemundo.{{cite web |title= 2014 Premios Billboard de la Música Latina|url= http://www.nbcumv.com/programming/telemundo/2014-premios-billboard-de-la-m%C3%BAsica-latina/about |publisher=nbcumv.com |access-date=27 August 2014}}

During the evening Il Volo is awarded as Best Group of the year in Latin Pop Albums category{{cite magazine |title=Il Volo 'Speechless' Over Honor at Billboard Latin Music Awards: Watch |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/events/latin-awards/6069996/il-volo-speechless-over-honor-at-billboard-latin-music-awards |magazine=Billboard |date=25 April 2014 |access-date=29 April 2014}} and won El Pulso Social award, as artist who has dominated interactions on social networking sites during the Billboard Awards.{{cite web |title=¡Más de los Billboards 2014! -Pepsi El Pulso |url=http://msnlatino.telemundo.com/entretenimiento/Premios_Billboard/video/christian-acosta-nos-hablan-backstage-de-el-pulso-en-los-premios-billboard-2014-video/cb706721-8df0-4ab8-ac01-4e00b99daf8d |publisher=Telemundo |access-date=29 April 2014}}{{cite web |title= Telemundo Social TV for the Billboard Latin Music Awards |url= http://www.rmnstars.com/telemundo-social-tv-for-the-billboard-latin-music-awards/|publisher= rmnstars.com |access-date=27 August 2014 |date=23 April 2014}}

The group also presented the Latin Pop Songs artist of the Year, Duo or Group award.{{cite web|title= Chino y Nacho ganan la categoría 'Latin Pop Songs' Artista del Año, Dúo o Grupo en los Premios Billboard 2014. (VIDEO)|url= http://msnlatino.telemundo.com/entretenimiento/Premios_Billboard/videos/inolvidable-mejores-momentos/chino-y-nacho-ganan-la-categoria-latin-pop-songs-artista-del-ano-duo-o-grupo-en-los-premios-billboard-2014-video/8a551fc2-833e-43df-8200-ad36e834c41f|publisher= Telemundo|access-date= 27 August 2014|url-status= dead|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140823130552/http://msnlatino.telemundo.com/entretenimiento/Premios_Billboard/videos/inolvidable-mejores-momentos/chino-y-nacho-ganan-la-categoria-latin-pop-songs-artista-del-ano-duo-o-grupo-en-los-premios-billboard-2014-video/8a551fc2-833e-43df-8200-ad36e834c41f|archive-date= 23 August 2014|df= dmy-all}}

During 2014 the group focused on the preparation of a new album (Musica Che Resta is the current one in 2020), set to be released in 2015.{{cite podcast|url= http://www.rtl.it/multimedia/video/Event/1138/IlVoloospitiaWl%27Italia/?iframe=true&width=720&height=405|title= Il Volo ospiti a W l'Italia|publisher= RTL 102.5|date= 27 May 2014|time= 0:32:07|access-date= 5 January 2015|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20151117022223/http://www.rtl.it/multimedia/video/Event/1138/IlVoloospitiaWl%27Italia/?iframe=true&width=720&height=405|archive-date= 17 November 2015|url-status= dead}}

In June they returned to North America for a series of 15 concerts in United States and Canada, accompanied by a band and an orchestra.{{cite podcast|url= http://www.rtl.it/multimedia/video/Event/1138/IlVoloospitiaWl%27Italia/?iframe=true&width=720&height=405|title= Il Volo ospiti a W l'Italia|publisher= RTL 102.5|date= 27 May 2014|time= 0:32:25|access-date= 5 January 2015|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20151117022223/http://www.rtl.it/multimedia/video/Event/1138/IlVoloospitiaWl%27Italia/?iframe=true&width=720&height=405|archive-date= 17 November 2015|url-status= dead}}

The set list traced their career, including the most successful songs of their repertoire, and the tour gets very positive reviews from critics.{{cite web | title= Review: Il Volo Shines at 2014 Summer To| url = http://www.popcitylife.com/2014/06/30/review-il-volo-shines-at-2014-summer-tour/|publisher= Pop City Life|date=30 June 2014|access-date=5 January 2015}}{{cite web|title='Il Volo' at Wolf Trap|url=http://dcmetrotheaterarts.com/2014/06/14/il-volo-wolf-trap/|last=Hall|first=Marlene|publisher=DC Metro Theater Arts|date=14 June 2014|access-date=5 January 2015|archive-date=11 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151011205905/http://dcmetrotheaterarts.com/2014/06/14/il-volo-wolf-trap/|url-status=dead}}{{cite web |title= Springside/CHA concert by Mutlu masterfully performed |url= http://chestnuthilllocal.com/blog/2014/07/03/springsidecha-concert-mutlu-masterfully-performed/ |last= Caruso |first= Michael |publisher= Chestnut Hill Loca |date= 3 July 2014 |access-date= 5 January 2015 |archive-date= 15 July 2014 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140715013218/http://chestnuthilllocal.com/blog/2014/07/03/springsidecha-concert-mutlu-masterfully-performed/ |url-status= dead }}{{cite web | title= Il Volo charms Milwaukee Theatre audience with light, good-natured show | url = http://www.jsonline.com/entertainment/musicandnightlife/il-volo-charms-milwaukee-theatre-audience-with-light-good-natured-show-b99292205z1-264160571.html |last= Schmidt| first= Elaine|publisher= Journal Sentinel |date=22 June 2014|access-date=5 January 2015}}

In July and September they toured in Italy for first time.{{cite web | title= Il Volo, al via tour in Italia. Due date a Taormina, poi Pescara, Napoli e Marostica | url = http://www.ansa.it/sito/notizie/cultura/musica/2014/07/02/il-volo-al-via-tour-in-italia_01ff692c-53ac-4349-87f2-2794e1aef7e5.html |publisher=Agenzia Nazionale Stampa Associata |date=19 July 2014|access-date=5 January 2015|language= it }}

On 21 August 2014, Il Volo are awarded as Dúo or Grupo Favorito in the Premios Tu Mundo.{{cite web |title= Premios Tu Mundo 2014 Winners List: Who Took Home The Awards At Telemundo's Show? |url= http://www.latintimes.com/premios-tu-mundo-2014-winners-list-who-took-home-awards-telemundos-show-202869 |publisher= latintimes.com|date= 21 August 2014|access-date= 22 August 2014}} The awards celebrates the Latin pop culture in the United States and are broadcast live by Telemundo.{{cite web | title= TELEMUNDO ANNOUNCES NOMINEES FOR THE THIRD ANNUAL PREMIOS TU MUNDO (YOUR WORLD AWARDS) TO BROADCAST LIVE FROM MIAMI AUGUST 21 AT 8PM/7c | url = http://www.nbcumv.com/node/1600891?show=1565311 |publisher= nbcumv.com |date=15 July 2014|access-date=5 January 2015}}

On 14 December 2014, is announced their participation in the 2015 Sanremo Music Festival (10–14 February 2015), performing the unreleased song Grande amore.{{cite web|title=I nomi e i titoli delle canzoni dei 20 Campioni in gara|url=http://www.sanremo.rai.it/dl/portali/site/news/ContentItem-05805741-7a8f-4e81-a976-4ff7f46060cb.html|publisher=sanremo.rai.it|date=14 December 2014|access-date=5 January 2015|language=it|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150111052644/http://www.sanremo.rai.it/dl/portali/site/news/ContentItem-05805741-7a8f-4e81-a976-4ff7f46060cb.html|archive-date=11 January 2015}} On 21 December 2014, they performed at the traditional Christmas Concert in the Italian Senate, in front of the highest offices of state, accompanied by a choir of children with hearing disabilities who perform the songs with sign language. At the end of the concert, the President of the Republic Giorgio Napolitano and the President of Senate Pietro Grasso praised the group.{{cite web | title= Napolitano, bene giovani che non aspettano e hanno iniziativa| url = http://www.ansa.it/sito/notizie/politica/2014/12/21/napolitano-bene-giovani-che-non-aspettano-e-hanno-iniziativa_04a1af9f-b024-4d84-8967-e68d410bed79.html|publisher=Agenzia Nazionale Stampa Associata |date=21 December 2014|access-date=5 January 2015|language= it }}

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On 14 February 2015, they took part in the Sanremo Music Festival 2015, winning 39.05% of the total vote over the 2 leading challengers. The win gave the group the opportunity to represent {{Esccnty|Italy|y=2015}} at the Eurovision Song Contest 2015. As {{Esccnty|Italy}} is a member of the Big Five, the group went straight in to the Grand Final of the Eurovision Song Contest, held in Vienna on 23 May 2015.{{cite web|last1=Escudero|first1=Victor|title=Il Volo wins Italian Festival di Sanremo|url=http://www.eurovision.tv/page/news?id=il_volo_wins_italian_festival_di_sanremo|website=Eurovision.TV|publisher=EBU|access-date=15 February 2015}} Grande Amore came 3rd with 292 points -winning the televote with 366 points- and won the Marcel Bezençon Press Award, as best song according to the collective voting of the accredited press.{{YouTube| id= kZpodH86O5E&t | title= "Marcel Besançon Award 2015 : Winners Sweden Norway and Italy"}} The extended play Sanremo grande amore was released in Italy on 20 February 2015{{cite web|url=http://www.panorama.it/musica/il-volo-grande-amore-sanremo-ragioni-successo/|work=Panorama|language=it|author=Alessandro Alicandri|access-date=6 March 2015|title=Il Volo e Sanremo Grande Amore: le ragioni del successo|date=20 February 2015}} and was certified triple platinum by FIMI.{{cite web| url= http://fimi.it/certificazioni/| title= FIMI – Certificazioni| publisher= Federation of the Italian Music Industry| access-date= 16 October 2015| archive-date= 16 April 2016| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160416180001/http://www.fimi.it/certificazioni| url-status= dead}}

Their fourth studio album was released worldwide on 25 September 2015 by Sony Music Latin, in three different versions: an International version and a Spanish release Grande Amore, and an Italian version L'amore si muove. The album is composed of original songs and covers of international and Italian standards and it was produced by Emilio Estefan, Celso Valli, Cheche Alara and Michele Torpedine.{{cite web | title=Il Volo´s Highly Anticipated Studio Album "Grande Amore" Released Today| url = https://www.sonymusiclatin.com/2015/09/25/il-volos-grande-amore-released-today/|publisher=Sony Music Latin |date=25 September 2015|access-date=7 February 2016}}{{cite web | title=Il Volo New Album: Italian Trio On Why 'Grande Amore' Is Important In Their Career [EXCLUSIVE VIDEO]| url = http://www.latintimes.com/il-volo-new-album-italian-trio-why-grande-amore-important-their-career-exclusive-343559|publisher=Latin Times |author=Jessica Lucia Roiz|date=29 September 2015|access-date=7 February 2016}} It peaked at number 1 in Italy{{cite web| url= http://www.fimi.it/classifiche#/category:album/id:2121|title= Classifica settimanale WK 40 (dal 2015-10-02 al 2015-10-08)| publisher=Federation of the Italian Music Industry|access-date=7 February 2016}} and on the Billboard Top Classical Albums{{cite web | title=Classical Albums October 17, 2015| url = http://www.billboard.com/charts/classical-albums/2015-10-17|publisher=Billboard |date=17 October 2015|access-date=7 February 2016}} and on the Billboard Latin Pop Albums chart.{{cite web | title=Latin Pop Albums October 31, 2015| url = http://www.billboard.com/charts/latin-pop-albums/2015-10-31|publisher=Billboard |date=31 October 2015|access-date=7 February 2016}} It was certified double platinum for more than 100,000 copies sold by FIMI.{{cite web| url= http://www.fimi.it/certificazioni#/category:album/year:2016/page:0/week:4 | title= FIMI – Certificazioni| publisher=Federation of the Italian Music Industry|access-date=7 February 2016}}

Il Volo was part of the 2015 Columbus Day Parade in New York City.[http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/columbus-citizens-foundation-marks-its-71st-year-with-the-columbus-day-parade-the-worlds-largest-celebration-of-italian-american-culture-and-success-300152300.html "Columbus Citizens Foundation Marks its 71st Year with The Columbus Day Parade, the World's Largest Celebration of Italian-American Culture and Success"], press release Columbus Citizens Foundation, 1 October 2015

On 30 September 2016, the group together with Placido Domingo released Notte Magica - A Tribute to the Three Tenors. The live album features many of the songs performed by The Three Tenors (Domingo, Pavarotti and Carreras) for their iconic concert held on the eve of the Italia '90 World Cup.{{cite web|url=http://music-news.com/news/Underground/99810/Il-Volo-with-Placido-Domingo-Notte-Magica|title=Il Volo with Placido Domingo 'Notte Magica' |publisher= music-news.com|access-date= 11 March 2016}}

On 4 March 2017 they debuted at the Radio City Music Hall in New York "Notte Magica – A Tribute to the Three Tenors" that will tour in the most important cities of the United States of America, in Italy, Europe and Latin America.

The first date was held in Firenze their concert at the Baths of Caracalla, materialized in an album and a world tour that debuted on 1 July in Piazza Santa Croce in Florence.

They took part in the 2019 Sanremo Music Festival with the song "Musica che resta". The piece, written and composed by Gianna Nannini, Emilio Munda, Piero Romitelli, Pasquale Mammaro and Antonello Carozza, ranking in third place. On 22 February 2019, Il Volo released their fifth studio album, Musica, worldwide.{{Cite web|title=IL VOLO IS CELEBRATING THEIR TEN YEAR ANNIVERSARY TOGETHER WITH A SONG AT SANREMO, A NEW ALBUM AND A WORLD TOUR!|url=https://www.ilvolomusic.com/en/news/|access-date=21 September 2020|website=Il Volo}} Later that year on 8 November, they released their compilation album, ''Il Volo: The Best of 10 Years'", to celebrate their tenth anniversary of their career. The group has also embarked on a world tour, which kicked off in May 2019 in Japan, continued in Latin America beginning on 3 October, and arrived in North America the next year on 28 January 2020.{{Cite web|date=20 September 2019|title=IL VOLO Announce New Album 10 Years - The Best Of, To Be Released November 8 - Available Now For Preorder|url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/il-volo-announce-new-album-10-years--the-best-of-to-be-released-november-8--available-now-for-preorder-300922463.html|access-date=21 September 2020|website=PR Newswire}}

On 5 June 2021, they held a concert in the Arena of Verona in honor of the Italian composer Ennio Morricone, and subsequently released the tribute album Il Volo Sings Morricone in November 2021.{{Cite web |last=Pingitore |first=Silvia |date=2021-10-24 |title=Il Volo sings Ennio Morricone: exclusive interview with the Italian trio |url=https://the-shortlisted.co.uk/il-volo-sings-morricone-interview/ |access-date=2021-10-26 |website= |language=en-GB}}

Il Volo competed in the Sanremo Festival in 2024 with the song "Capolavoro".{{cite web|url=https://eurovision.tv/story/italy-2024-sanremo-lineup|title=Italy 2024: 'Sanremo' lineup revealed|work=Eurovision.tv|publisher=European Broadcasting Union (EBU)|date=2023-12-03|access-date=2023-12-03}}{{cite web|url=https://www.sorrisi.com/musica/sanremo/sanremo-2024-cantanti-canzoni-ospiti-conduttori-serate-giurie/|title=Sanremo 2024: i cantanti e le canzoni, gli ospiti e i conduttori. Tutto sul Festival|trans-title=Sanremo 2024: the singers and the songs, the guests and the hosts. Everything about the Festival|language=it|work=TV Sorrisi e Canzoni|date=2023-12-20|access-date=2023-12-20}}

{{Gallery

|width=220 | height=220 |File:20150520 ESC 2015 Il Volo 2088.jpg|Ignazio Boschetto

|File:20150520 ESC 2015 Il Volo 2161.jpg|Gianluca Ginoble

|File:20150520 ESC 2015 Il Volo 2107.jpg|Piero Barone

}}

• Piero Barone (born 24 June 1993 in Naro, Agrigento, Sicily){{cite web|url=http://www.oggi.it/people/vip-e-star/2015/02/16/il-volo-guarda-piero-barone-ignazio-boschetto-e-gianluca-ginoble-in-privato/|work=Oggi|language=it|date=16 February 2015|title=Il Volo, guarda Piero Barone, Ignazio Boschetto e Gianluca Ginoble in privato|publisher=RCS MediaGroup}} is a Spinto tenor demonstrating a range from G♯₂–B₄. He has a dramatic sound while still easily reaching higher notes.
• Ignazio Boschetto (born 4 October 1994 in Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, to Sicilian parents from Marsala and Petrosino){{Cite web |url=http://www.ilvolo.mus.br/ignazio-boschetto/ignazio-boschetto-en/ |title=Ignazio Boschetto biography |access-date=2 August 2016 |archive-date=18 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220118182530/http://www.ilvolo.mus.br/ignazio-boschetto/ignazio-boschetto-en/ |url-status=dead }} is a lyric tenor with a clear and bright timbre. He has demonstrated a range from G₂–E♭₅. He has also sung up to F₆ in falsetto.
• Gianluca Ginoble (born 11 February 1995 in Roseto degli Abruzzi, Abruzzo under the full name of Gianluca Ginoble Di Vittorio{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4664734/|title=Gianluca Ginoble|website=Imdb.com|access-date=25 December 2020}}) is a lyric baritone with a range from E₂–A₄. He has a warm timbre, very easily singing at the top of the baritone range, while also being able to sing very low notes.

{{main article|Il Volo discography}}

• Il Volo (2010)
• We Are Love (2012)
• Buon Natale: The Christmas Album (2013)
• Grande Amore // Grande Amore International Version // L'amore Si Muove (2015)
• Notte magica a tribute to the three tenors (2016)
• Ámame (2018)
• Musica (2019)
• 10 years the best of (2019)
• Il Volo Sings Morricone (2021)
• Tres voces un alma (2023)
• 4 Xmas (2023)
• Ad Astra // Ad Astra International (2024)

• 2011 – Il Volo North American Tour 2011
• 2011 – Il Volo European Tour 2011
• 2012 – Il Volo South American Tour 2012
• 2012 – Il Volo Takes Flight Tour
• 2012 – Barbra Live – Special guests Chris Botti and Il Volo
• 2013 – We Are Love Tour
• 2013 – Más que amor Tour
• 2014 – US & Canada Summer Tour 2014
• 2016 – Grande amore Tour
• 2016 – L'amore si muove Tour
• 2017 – Notte magica Tour
• 2019 – Musica Tour
• 2020 – The Best of Ten Years Tour
• 2022 - Il Volo Sings Morricone US & Canada Tour
• 2023 - Il Volo live in Concert
• 2024/2025 - Il Volo World Tour Tutti per uno - Capolavoro

{{awards table}}

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| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"| 2012{{cite web

|title = 2012 Billboard Latin Music Awards – Finalists

|url = http://latinmusic.about.com/od/billboardawards/a/2012-Billboard-Latin-Music-Awards-Finalists.htm

|publisher = latinmusic.about.com

|access-date = 18 April 2014

|url-status = dead

|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140712132418/http://latinmusic.about.com/od/billboardawards/a/2012-Billboard-Latin-Music-Awards-Finalists.htm

|archive-date = 12 July 2014

|df = dmy-all

}}

| Il Volo

| New Artist of the Year

| {{nom}}

|-

|rowspan="4"| Il Volo

| Latin Pop Albums Artist of the Year, Duo or Group

| {{nom}}

|-

| style="text-align:center;"|2013{{cite magazine

|title=Billboard Latin Music Awards: Don Omar, Romeo Santos & Jenni Rivera Among Top Finalists

|url= http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/latin-notas/1537923/billboard-latin-music-awards-don-omar-romeo-santos-jenni-rivera?page=0%2C1

|magazine=Billboard

|date=5 February 2013

|access-date=28 January 2014}}

| Latin Pop Albums Artist of the Year, Duo or Group

| {{nom}}

|-

| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="3"| 2014

| Top Latin Albums Artist of the Year, Duo or Group

| {{nom}}

|-

| Latin Pop Albums Artist of the Year, Duo or Group

| {{won}}

|-

| Il Volo

| El Pulso Social

| {{won}}

|-

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|-

| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"| 2011{{cite web

|title=Latin Grammys 2011: Complete nominees and winners

|url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2011/11/latin-grammys-2011-complete-nominees-and-winners.html

|work=Los Angeles Times

|date=11 November 2011

|access-date=30 January 2014}}

| Il Volo

| Best New Artist

| {{nom}}

|-

| Il Volo: Edición En Español

| Best Pop Album By A Duo or Group with Vocal

| {{nom}}

|-

{{end}}

On 29 September 2015, Italian media reported that Il Volo had trashed a room of the Hotel Garni du Lac, in Locarno, where they were staying. Apparently, the managers of the hotel had released some interviews to the German broadcast ZDF and later to the Italian media La Regione and Liberatv, complaining about the acts of vandalism the trio had put into place before leaving the premises. Allegedly, they stated that "objects, mattresses and laundry had been haphazardly thrown everywhere", and that "there was urine out of the toilet in the bathroom and the room walls had been smeared with fecal matter". Seemingly, the behaviour was to be explained with a sort of revenge for the room carpeting, to which the trio was allergic. Il Volo's press manager Danilo Ciotti commented the news immediately after stating that "it's true that they don't love carpeting because of allergies, but I don't believe they caused damages intentionally".{{cite web|url=https://www.ilgiornale.it/news/cronache/feci-sui-muri-e-hotel-distrutto-ora-volo-finisce-nei-guai-1176859.html|title=Feci sui muri e hotel distrutto. Ora Il Volo finisce nei guai|language=Italian}}{{cite web|url=https://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2015/09/29/il-volo-i-tre-tenorini-devastano-una-camera-dalbergo-feci-sul-muro-e-materassi-gettati-alla-rinfusa/2077875/|title=Il Volo: "I tre tenorini devastano una camera d'albergo. Feci sul muro e materassi gettati alla rinfusa"|date=29 September 2015 |language=Italian}}

Subsequently, Barbara D'Urso arranged a live meeting during the Italian TV broadcast Pomeriggio 5 between the director of the Hotel du Lac and Il Volo's press managers. The director denied all the statements attributed to him, clearly saying that all the story was fake news, resizing the events to some unmade beds and some pamphlets fallen from the desk in one of the rooms where the trio was staying.{{cite web|url=https://www.ansa.it/sito/notizie/cultura/2015/09/29/musica-accuse-vandalismo-contro-il-volo-il-trio-falsita_235cd6be-20f0-4fe9-bd47-d9c82f9aa90d.html|title=Il Volo, anche albergatore ora smentisce accuse di vandalismo|date=29 September 2015 |language=Italian}}{{cite web|url=https://www.ilmessaggero.it/societa/gossip/il_volo_albergatore_lugano-1273717.html|title=Il Volo, l'albergatore di Lugano smentisce: non hanno imbrattato le camere|date=30 September 2015 |language=Italian}}

Boschetto revealed that he was drugged during a party after a concert in Miami, waking up on the grass without remembering anything. The singer found himself completely confused with no memory of the night before.

Apparently, a friend of his died in a car accident after being in that same venue the following month.{{cite web|url=https://www.ilmessaggero.it/societa/persone/ignazio_boschetto_volo_droga-1378457.html|title=Ignazio de 'Il Volo' confessa: «Sono stato drogato durante un party»|date=23 November 2015 |language=Italian}}

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• [http://www.ilvolomusic.com/ Official site]
• [https://sonymusicmasterworks.com/artist/il-volo/ II Volo at Sony Masterworks]

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{{succession box

| before=Arisa
with "Controvento"

| title= Sanremo Music Festival winner| years= 2015

| after= Stadio
with "Un giorno mi dirai"

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| before=Emma Marrone
with "La mia città"

| title= Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest

| years= 2015

| after= Francesca Michielin
with "No Degree of Separation"

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