Is Andrea Bocelli completely blind?

Andrea Bocelli is completely blind as of 2022. He was born visually impaired and was diagnosed with congenital glaucoma at five months old.

Andrea Bocelli became totally blind at the age of twelve following a brain haemorrhage resulting from a football accident.

Andrea Bocelli rose to fame in 1994, after winning the 44th Sanremo Music Festival. Andrea Bocelli was born in Lajatico, Italy. He has sold over 75 million records worldwide.

Andrea Bocelli’s album Sacred Arias is the biggest-selling classical album by any solo artist in history. Andrea Bocelli was named one of People magazine’s 50 Most Beautiful People in 1998.

Andrea Bocelli won the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song following his duet with Celine Dion on the song “The Prayer” for the animated film Quest for Camelot.

Andrea Bocelli was made a Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic in 2006. Andrea Bocelli was awarded a Gold Medal for Merit in Serbia in 2022.