I'm going to be checking out the recommendations from here. I already discovered some singers like Andrea Bocelli and Luciano Pavarotti, who are both famous worldwide. I quite agree that listening to songs, popular songs, and paying attention to their lyrics is good to learn the language. Especially if it has got catchy tunes.
He's unique.
Of his songs, I would reccommend La Guerra di Piero (Piero's War), Fila la Lana (Spin the Wool), La Canzone Dell'Amore Perduto (The Song of Lost Love), La Canzone di Marinella (Marinella's song)...all so beautiful. He was a badass as well, once even sympathizing with his kidnappers because he felt they had no other prospects in life and essentially were a 'product of the system'. 
Like Natalie Imbruglia. I've been listening to some of her songs and her name was often discussed in the music section of news reporting. But I didn't immediately think of her at the mention of Italian singer. Some of the other Italian singers being mentioned in this thread are familiar names.
It's been a while since I've heard of Gianna Nannini amethyst, wasn't she a sister of the F1 driver also called Nannini that had a nasty accident? Either cases, she has a stunning voice, sadly she disappeared from the map, but we can also recall her old songs. Yep, and here's she with the brother.
I also saw Luciano Pavarotti in a live performance and was moved to tears. What a divine voice lived in that marvelous man! He is immortal! I like to listen to him on my old record player, as loud as possible.
Thank you for this lovely picture, Peninha. Just looking at Gianna Nannini's beautiful smile makes me happy.
He was a formula 1 driver, but he had an helicopter accident if I am mistaken and lost one arm. Amazingly they manage to make a prosthetic one and he was able to go back to the sport.
Some people are so dedicated and determined that nothing and nobody will stand in their way. I have a friend who lost a leg in a motorbike accident, and on top of that he suffered from a brain injury as well that impacted his speech. After some extensive rehabilitation for 5 months, in which he had to re-learn how to talk and think in an ordered way, the first thing he wanted to do was to sit on his bike again. Understandably, his girlfriend wouldn't have it. So, these days he is riding a trike with his prosthetic leg, talking really slow, and driving even slower.No problem.
