Elisa (Italian singer)

**Elisa Toffoli ** (born 19 December 1977), also known as **Elisa**, is an Italian singer and songwriter. In Europe, she is known for her song "Come Speak to Me". 

Elisa has let out nine studio albums, five compilation albums, two live albums, eight video albums, and 51 singles. Elisa has sold over 5.5 million copies in Italy.

She won six awards at the Sanremo Music Festival in 2001.

## Early life 
Elisa Toffoli was born on 19 December 1977 in Trieste. She grew up in Monfalcone. Elisa was inspired by Björk, PJ Harvey, Tori Amos, Aretha Franklin and Ella Fitzgerald. Elisa began writing songs at the age of eleven.

## Career 
### 2000s 
When Elisa was 16, she was signed by Caterina Caselli to Sugar Music. Elisa let out her single "Sleeping in Your Hand" in 1997. Her first song in Italian, "Tramonti a nord est", won her many awards at the Sanremo Festival in 2001.

In 2003, Elisa let out another album called *Lotus*. Elisa also let out *Pearl Days* in 2004. 

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### 2012-2016: *L'anima vola, On'' and new projects 
In 2012, Elisa's song, "Love Is Requited", won a Nastro d'Argento for Best Original Song. 

Elisa let out her first fully Italian album, ''L'anima vola*, on 15 October 2013. It was given double platinum. 

In 2015, she served as a coach on *Amici di Maria De Filippi*. 

On 15 January 2016, she let out *No Hero*. The album was at number one on the FIMI Albums Chart. Between November and December 2016, Elisa began touring in Italy, the United Kingdom and Ireland.

### 2017–2019: Label change, *Diari aperti* and *The Lion King* 
In 2017, Elisa ended her deal with Sugar Music and signed with Universal Music Group under Island Records. Elisa celebrated twenty years of her career with the *Together Here We Are* event at the Verona Arena. 

On 22 September 2017, "Ogni istante" was let out. The money from the song were given to places in Italy that were hurt by the earthquakes in 2016 and 2017

On 26 October 2018, Elisa let out another studio album called *Diari aperti'' using Universal Music Group. The album's lead single was at number four on the FIMI Italian Chart. On 17 September 2019, she made the fifth single "Tua per sempre".

In 2019, Elisa was chosen by Walt Disney Animation Studios to be the Italian voice of Nala in the movie *The Lion King*.

### 2020–present: *Ritorno al futuro/Back to the Future*, Sanremo Festival and collaborations 
On 6 March 2020, Marracash let out a new single called "Neon – Le ali" with Elisa. On 20 November 2020, Luciano Ligabue made a song with Elisa called "Volente o nolente". In December 2021, Elisa sang the song "Alice!". In 2021, Elisa said on social networks that she was working on her next studio album.

On 24 November 2021, the single "Seta" was let out for Elisa's next album, *Ritorno al futuro/Back to the Future*. The album was let out on 18 February 2022. On 6 May 2022, Elisa let out *Litoranea*.

From 18 June 2022 to 24 September 2022, Elisa was in the Back to the Future Live Tour in Italy. On 16 December 2022, "Come te nessuno mai" was let out.

In 2022, Elisa wrote a songs for the Italian singer Elodie called "Bagno a mezzanotte". 

In 2023, Elisa was at the 2023 Sanremo Music Festival. She sang with Giorgia. They sang Elisa's song "Luce (Tramonti a nord est)" and Giorgia's song "Di sole e d'azzurro".

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