success, helped by the hit single "Girasole", one of the top selling Italian songs of the middle of 1999. The same year she toured internationally alongside jazz legend Herbie Hancock. 2000 In 2000 Ray Charles invited her to one of his concerts and asked her to sing "Georgia on My Mind" after she told him that her father named her Giorgia in honour of the song. Giorgia produced "Girasole" by herself; thanks to this album (one of the most successful of her career) she became more widely known. The same year she sang a duet with Michael McDonald, in Turin during her concert and in his concert in Milan. In the middle of 2000, in her Fai Sentire La Tua Voce Tour 2000 she performed a duet with Lionel Richie in All Night Long at the Ericsson Summer Festival. 2000 was also the year of her performance at the Primo Maggio festival that included a reworking of Prince's Nothing compares to you (2 U). Senza ali (2001) In 2001, she returned to Sanremo Music Festival finishing in second place with the song "Di Sole e d'Azzurro" written by Zucchero and included in her 5th studio Album "Senza Ali" , which features Herbie Hancock as special guest in "Il mare sconosciuto" track. Previously Giorgia had already performed with Hancock during his European tour dedicated to George Gershwin in (1999), and during a concert at the Royal Festival Hall of London along with Youssou N’Dour in 2000. Greatest hits-Le cose non-vanno mai come credi (2002) In 2002 she released her first Best of album titled Greatest hits – Le cose non-vanno mai come credi which sold more than 700,000 copies and stayed in the Italian chart for over a year. The album spawned some Italian hits and was still in the Italian chart in 2008. The year ended with a duet with ex-Boyzone Ronan Keating. The song was We've Got Tonight, a cover of a hit by Bob Seger, and the duet with Keating was released across Europe. Ladra di Vento (2003) In 2003 she released her 6th studio album, Ladra di Vento, which included her biggest hit: Gocce di Memoria. The song reached the top spot of the Italian FIMI singles chart and became the best selling single of 2003, with 130,000 copies sold. The song reached the top 40 of the European singles chart. Gocce di Memoria was the original