Born in Greve in Chianti in 1959, Aleandro Baldi (birthname Aleandro Civai) was first discovered in 1986 by producer and songwriter Giancarlo Bigazzi, who helped record the track &E la Nave Va,& which Baldi premiered at the Sanremo Festival that same year. Though he didn't make much of a splash, after releasing E Sia Così in 1987, Baldi returned to the festival in 1992, winning the &best young artist& section with &Non Amarmi,& his duet with Francesca Alotta. Later that year Il Sole came out, followed by Ti Chiedo Onestà in 1994, the same year that he won Sanremo with his song &Passerà.& After Tu Sei Me was released in 1996, Baldi took a break from recording and performing; it wasn't until 2000, when Marc Anthony and Jennifer Lopez decided to reinterpret &Non Amarmi,& as &Non Me Ames,& and 2005, when vocal supergroup Il Divo covered &Passerà& for their 2005 self-titled debut, that the musician decided to go back to the studio to make a full-length album (in 2002, Il Meglio e il Nuovo, a combination of older hits and new songs, came out), and in 2007, Liberamente Tratto, preceded by the single &Ricomincio da Qui,& was released.