Il Divo over two million concert tickets worldwide just from their first four albums. In their first world tour, concerts in 69 cities in 18 countries were sold out. "Il Divo" is composed of four singers, three of whom are classically trained, from four different countries: German-born Spanish baritone Carlos Marín (b. 1968), two classically trained tenors Swiss Urs Bühler (b. 1971) and American David Miller, (b. 1973), and French pop singer-songwriter Sébastien Izambard (b. 1973). The idea behind "Il Divo" came when Simon Cowell, inspired after listening to the Three Tenors, decided to form a multinational quartet of talented young singers
Emersons (vocal group) Emersons (vocal group) The Emersons, originally The Demens, were a mid-20th-century American doo-wop vocal group. The original members, Jimmy Caines (first tenor), brothers Thomas Cook (second tenor, lead) and Frankie Cook (baritone), Tommy Outlaw (bass), and Outlaw's cousin Douggy Williams (second tenor), formed in 1957 in Manhattan and began singing on street corners around 61st Street and Columbus Avenue. They became a quartet later that year when Outlaw and Williams left the group and tenor Eddie "California" Jones joined as lead singer. The Demens issued their first single, "Take Me As I Am" / "You Broke My Heart" on Teenage