Salvatore Adamo, who is releasing his new album soon, has a great career in France… but not only that! On Europe 1, the 81-year-old singer revealed that he had great success in Japan and that he had a special link with this country…
On November 14 and after several postponements, Salvatore Adamo will finally unveil his brand new album, from which his latest song is taken. My beautiful youth. The opportunity for the 81-year-old artist to look back in detail on his 62-year career. But did you know that the singer’s songs were very well known in Japan?
Salvatore Adamo and his special link with Japan: “I’ve been there 38 times.”
Salvatore Adamo gave some confidences on the microphone of Thomas Isle in the show Culture Media broadcast on the airwaves of Europe 1. Asked by one of the program’s journalists about his report to Japan, Salvatore Adamo recalled that he knew the country of the Rising Sun very well. “I went there 38 times anyway and each time, as I forgot it at home, I bought the book ‘Japanese in 30 hours'”he quipped. Before conceding that he “baragouinait” a few words in Japanese.
It must be said that the singer has recorded Japanese versions of his biggest hits. Starting with Snow falls which has since become a real hit in the country. “It has become ambient music”even once allegedly slipped him a flight attendant.
Salvatore Adamo, a star in Japan: “The song is still in all the karaoke bars”
But then, is Salvatore Adamo yes or no “huge star in Japan” ? This is the question that Anissa Haddadi asked herself on the air. “I was, let’s be realistic. I haven’t been there for twelve years. But at a certain point, like everywhere, young people turn to other singers”qualified the principal concerned. Before letting go: “But the song is still in all the karaoke bars”.
“‘Without you my friend’ opened the doors of Japan to me… In Japan, we sing it all year round”, he then made it clear. One thing is certain, in France, the artist’s career is still going strong. With 100 million records sold around the world, and no less than 850 songs sung in six languages, Salvatore Adamo will hit the road again very soon, with a stop at the Olympia on March 22, 2026.
