Laura Pausini on the ‘Desire and Discipline’ That Fuels Her Career 

Italian superstar Laura ­Pausini is 1 of lone a fistful of artists who has carved retired arsenic palmy careers successful Spanish and different connection — successful this case, her autochthonal Italian. Pausini is moving connected dual albums — Yo Canto 2 successful Spanish and Io Canto 2 successful Italian — respectively paying tribute to large songs and songwriters from the Spanish- and Italian-­speaking worlds.

Pausini, who sat for a prima Q&A astatine Billboard Latin Music Week successful 2015, volition reprise the infinitesimal astatine this year’s lawsuit arsenic the Icon Q&A creator and besides person the Icon Award astatine the Billboard Latin Music Awards.

You’re successful the mediate of a large endeavor with these 2 albums, and you’re besides joining america successful Miami. That’s a lot.

I’m precise blessed due to the fact that I sing from greeting to night. But it’s complicated. The Italian medium is an homage to Italian songwriters; the Spanish medium is an homage to Spanish and Latin American songwriters. Together it’s much than 40 songs. It’s the archetypal clip I [will] merchandise 2 albums with the aforesaid conception but antithetic repertoire. And it’s specified an grant to person this award. I’ll beryllium determination with each the tendency and subject that a Billboard Icon needs.

The archetypal azygous is Gianluca Grignani’s beloved “Mi Historia Entre Tus Dedos” from 1994, which you’re signaling successful some languages.

It’s the lone opus connected some albums due to the fact that it brings unneurotic Italy with the Spanish-language repertoire. It’s a deed that’s inactive heard successful some languages aft truthful galore years. Every clip I sing it astatine karaoke for my day — due to the fact that I ever sing karaoke for my day — I’m told it sounds similar it was made for me. I privation radical to perceive what I sing erstwhile I’m home. I emotion that I person the privilege of touring, that I person fans who perceive to my ain archetypal repertoire, but I privation them to besides perceive to those songs that correspond our corporate memories.

Tell america astir your upcoming 2026 tour.

It’s 2 albums and it volition beryllium 2 tours. The shows successful Spain, North and South America volition diagnostic repertoire successful Spanish, and the shows successful Italy, France, Germany, England, Brazil and Portugal volition thin much connected Italian. But successful the meantime, I’ll execute “Mi Historia” for the archetypal clip astatine the Billboard Latin Music Awards.

This communicative appears successful the Oct. 11, 2025, contented of Billboard.