With their Italian name defining the divinity of a male performer, Il Divo was a brainchild of reality TV judge and music manager Simon Cowell. The band was introduced by Simon in the year 2004 and comprises four male singers. all from different origins, namely pop artist Sébastien Izambard (France), tenor Urs Buhler (Switzerland), tenor David Miller (Spain) and baritone Carlos Marin (Spain). The multicultural spin has also given the band an advantage of being able to sing in five languages.
Il Divo carved a niche for themselves by choosing a fusion between opera and pop singing, selling over 26 million albums so far world over. Their released records to date include Il Divo (2004), Ancora (2005), The Christmas Collection (2005), Voices (2006), Siempre (2006), The Promise (2008) and Wicked Game (2011). The band's first original song and music video was Mama from their first album. All of their albums have been produced by Simon Cowell's record label, Syco Music.
With their unique voices and unique music production Il Divo became a popular choice for festival and concert performances all over the globe. In 2006, they were invited by Barbara Streisand for 'Streisand The Tour', and performed during the FIFA world cup matches and grand finale in Germany the same year. The year also saw them going for a world tour, part of which included a live concert at Greek Theater in Los Angeles, California.
In 2007, the band was invited to perform at American Idol's charitable episode 'Idol Give Back', while they were featured in the Swedish Idol finale in 2008.
