Gigi D'Alessio (born Luigi D'Alessio, February 24, 1967) is an Italian popular singer and Neapolitan singer-songwriter, born in Naples. Well-known in Naples beginning in the early 1990s and throughout Italy due to participation in the Sanremo Festival in 2000 and 2001. Also making more overseas apperiences, the most recent is in MaltaAugust 11 th 2007. He is engaged to the popular Italian singer Anna Tatangelo , who is two decades his junior. Previously, he was married to Carmela Barbato, with whom he has three children. He frequently writes and produces songs for Tatangelo, and some of the hits he had a hand in writing include "Quando Due Si Lasciano" and "Ragazza di Periferia". For Tatangelo's latest album, the couple penned the songs "Averti Qui" and "Lo So Che Finira" together. They also toured the US and Canada together in October, featuring in successful concerts. D'Alessio achieved international success with his recent sin