Laura Pausini, is a Grammy Award

Grammy Award

A Grammy Award — or Grammy — is an accolade by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry...

-winning Italian

Italian people

The Italian people are an ethnic group that share a common Italian culture, ancestry and speak the Italian language as a mother tongue. Within Italy, Italians are defined by citizenship, regardless of ancestry or country of residence , and are distinguished from people...

 soul

Soul

A soul in certain spiritual, philosophical, and psychological traditions is the incorporeal essence of a person or living thing or object. Many philosophical and spiritual systems teach that humans have souls, and others teach that all living things and even inanimate objects have souls. The...

 singer-songwriter

Singer-songwriter

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. She debuted in 1993, winning the newcomer artists' section of the 43rd Sanremo Music Festival with the song "La solitudine

La Solitudine

"La solitudine" is an Italian ballad recorded by pop singer Laura Pausini and released as her debut single by CGD in February 1993.The song is included in Pausini's self-titled first album, released on 18 March 1993....

", which became an Italian standard and an international hit, reaching the top spot on the Italian Singles Chart and the top 10 in France and the Netherlands.

Her eponymous

Laura Pausini (1993 album)

Laura Pausini is the debut album album by Italian singer Laura Pausini. It was released in Italy on 18 May 1993 by CGD Records .Following the success obtained in Italy, where it sold 400,000 copies, the album was later released in Europe, Australia and Japan...

 debut album was released in Italy on 18 May 1993 and later became an international success, selling two million copies worldwide.
Her second studio album, Laura

Laura (Laura Pausini album)

Laura is the second studio album by Italian singer Laura Pausini, released by CGD Records in 1994. It has sold three million copies in the world.-Track listing:-Charts:-Year-end charts:-Certifications:...

, was released in 1994 and confirmed her success, selling 3,000,000 copies worldwide and spawning the hit singles "Strani amori" and "Gente".