Amore

Amore
Studio album by Andrea Bocelli
Released	January 31, 2006
Recorded	Record Plant Studios, Hollywood, CA; Chartmaker Studios, Los Angeles, CA; Andrea Bocelli Studio, Tuscany, Italy; Sony Studios, Culver City, CA; Westlake Audio, Hollywood, CA
Genre	Classical, Pop
Length	57:32
Label	Sugar Records, Opera & Blues Records, Decca Records
Producer	David Foster and Humberto Gatica
Andrea Bocelli chronology
Andrea (2004) Amore (2006) The Best of Andrea Bocelli: Vivere (2007)

Amor
Studio album by Andrea Bocelli
Released	February 28, 2006
Genre	Pop, Latin
Length	57:32
Label	Universal Latino
Producer	David Foster, Humberto Gatica
Andrea Bocelli chronology
Andrea (the spanish version) (2004) Amor (2006) Lo Mejor de Andrea Bocelli: Vivire (2007)

Amore is the eleventh studio album by Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli, released on January 31, 2006.

The album features a remake of Elvis Presley's "Can't Help Falling in Love", "Because We Believe", a song Bocelli wrote and performed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, and "Somos Novios (It's Impossible), a duet with American pop singer Christina Aguilera.

Releases

Amore was released February 28, 2006 Internationally.

A Spanish version of the album was also released in the same year, called Amor.

In Japan it was released in October 18, 2006 as Anata ni Okuru Ai no Uta (貴方に贈る愛の歌^?, A Love Song I Send to You) and featured a bonus track.^[1]

Track listing

For Amore

1. " Amapola" – 3:43
2. "Besame Mucho" – 4:01
3. "Les Feuilles Mortes (Autumn Leaves)" – 4:49
4. "Mi Manchi" – 3:35
5. "Somos Novios (It's Impossible)" (duet with Christina Aguilera) – 4:22
6. "Solamente Una Vez" – 3:29
7. "Jurame" – 3:22
8. "Pero te Extraño" – 4:06
9. "Canzoni Stonate" – 5:17
10. "L'Appuntamento (Sentado a' Beira do Caminho)" – 4:08
11. "Cuando Me Enamoro (Quando m'innamoro)" – 3:56
12. "Can't Help Falling in Love" – 3:25
13. "Because We Believe" – 4:37
14. "Ama Credi e Vai (Because We Believe)" – 4:41

Japan bonus track^[1]

15. "Somos Novios (It's Impossible)" (duet with Rimi Natsukawa)

For Amor, the Spanish version of the album

1. "Besame Mucho"
2. "Cancion Desafinada" (Spanish version of Canzoni Stonate with Stevie Wonder)
3. "Solamente Una Vez" (Spanish version of You Belong To My Heart)
4. "Somos Novios (It's Impossible)" (with Christina Aguilera)
5. "Jurame" – 3:22 (with Mario Reyes)
6. "Pero te Extraño"
7. "Las Hojas Muertas" (Spanish version of Autumn Leaves)
8. "Momentos"
9. "Me Faltas "Mi Manchi" (with Kenny G)
10. "Cuando Me Enamoro" (Spanish version of Quando m'innamoro)
11. "Porque Tu Me Acostumbraste"
12. " Amapola"
13. Verano Estate (with Chris Botti)
14. "Nuestro Encuentro" (Spanish version of L'Appuntamento)

Commercial Performance

With 113,000 units sold in its first week of release, Amore debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard 200 chart, which at the time was Bocelli's highest chart position in America yet, only to be surpassed by his 2009 release My Christmas, which reached No. 2.^[2] It went on to sell 1.66 million copies in the United States^[3] and was certified Platinum by the RIAA.^[4] Bocelli was the seventh best-selling artist of 2006, in the United States, with 2,524,681 copies of his albums sold that year.^[5] The Spanish version, Amor, was also certified Album Multi-Platino (Double Platinum) by the RIAA.^[6] Both versions were also certified Gold and Platinum in several other counties.

Charts

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Certifications and sales

Personnel

• Veronica Berti: Vocals on "Les Feuilles Mortes (Autumn Leaves)"
• Kenny G: Saxophone on "Mi Manchi"
• Christina Aguilera: Vocals on "Somos Novios (It's Impossible)"
• Marco Borsato: Vocals on "Because We Believe"
• Mario Reyes: Flamenco guitar on "Jurame"
• Stevie Wonder: Harmonica and additional vocals on "Canzoni Stonate"
• David Foster and Randy Waldman: Acoustic piano and keyboards
• Nathan East: Bass
• Vinnie Colaiuta: Drums
• Dean Parks, Ramon Stagnaro, Michael Thompson, and Michael Landau: Guitars
• Paulinho Da Costa and Rafael Padilla: Percussion
• Dan Higgins: Flute
• David Foster: Arrangement
• Jorge Calandrelli and David Foster: Arrangement on " Amapola"
• Humberto Gatica, Chartmaker Studios: Mixing
• Hernan Gatica, Pierpaolo Guerinni, Valerio Calisse, Jochem van der Saag, and Alejando Rodriguez: Recording
• Neil Devor and Chris Brooke: Additional engineering
• Oscar Ramirez: Additional Pro-Tools engineering on "Somos Novios (It's Impossible)"
• Jochem van der Saag: Programming and sound design

See also

• Under the Desert Sky the CD/DVD package of a pop concert for the album

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "貴方に贈る愛の歌 - アンドレア・ボチェッリ ／ オリコンランキング情報サービス「you大樹」". Ranking.oricon.co.jp. 2006-10-18. http://ranking.oricon.co.jp/free_contents/search/detail.asp?itemcd=674480&samecd=1. Retrieved 2011-03-18. 
2. ^ "See Andrea Bocelli Perform in Tuscany on July 18, 2009". charitybuzz.com. https://auction01.charitybuzz.com/secure/viewItemDetail.do?auction_item_id=83187. Retrieved 2008-01-20. 
3. ^ ^{a b} Boyle's 'Dream' Continues At No. 1 On Billboard 200, Billboard Magazine.com Dec 9, 2009 article.
4. ^ ^{a b} "American album certifications – Andrea Bocelli – Amore". Recording Industry Association of America. http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?artist=%22Amore%22.  If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH
5. ^ Nielsen Music 2006 Year-End Music Industry Report, Businesswire.com, Jan 4, 2007 article.
6. ^ ^{a b} "American album certifications – Andrea Bocelli – Amor". Recording Industry Association of America. http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?artist=%22Amor%22.  If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click Type, then select Latin, then click SEARCH
7. ^ MAHASZ
8. ^ "オリコンランキング情報サービス「you大樹」". Ranking.oricon.co.jp. http://ranking.oricon.co.jp/free_contents/search/ranking_list.asp?itemcd=674480&samecd=1&chart_kbn=11A&linkcd=31350753. Retrieved 2011-03-18. 
9. ^ "Argentinian album certifications – Andrea Bocelli – Amor". Argentine Chamber of Phonograms and Videograms Producers. http://www.capif.org.ar/Default.asp?PerDesde_MM=0&PerDesde_AA=0&PerHasta_MM=0&PerHasta_AA=0&interprete=Andrea+Bocelli&album=Amor&LanDesde_MM=0&LanDesde_AA=0&LanHasta_MM=0&LanHasta_AA=0&Galardon=O&Tipo=1&ACCION2=+Buscar+&ACCION=Buscar&CO=5&CODOP=ESOP. 
10. ^ "Austrian album certifications – Andrea Bocelli – Amore" (in German). IFPI Austria. http://www.ifpi.at/?section=goldplatin.  Enter Andrea Bocelli in the field Interpret. Enter Amore in the field Titel. Select album in the field Format. Click Suchen
11. ^ "Brazilian album certifications – Andrea Bocelli – Amor" (in Portuguese). Associação Brasileira dos Produtores de Discos. http://abpd.org.br/certificados_interna.asp?sArtista=Andrea+Bocelli&tmidia=1. 
12. ^ "Canadian album certifications – Andrea Bocelli – Amore". Music Canada. http://www.musiccanada.com/GPSearchResult.aspx?st=Amore&sa=Andrea+Bocelli&smt=0. 
13. ^ ^{a b} "Finnish album certifications – Andrea Bocelli – Amore" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. http://www.ifpi.fi/tilastot/artistit/Andrea+Bocelli. 
14. ^ "Adatbázis – Arany- és platinalemezek – 2006" (in Hungarian). Mahasz. http://www.mahasz.hu/?menu=arany_es_platinalemezek&menu2=adatbazis&ev=2006. 
15. ^ "Mexican album certifications – Andrea Bocelli – Amor" (in Spanish). Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas. http://www.amprofon.com.mx/certificaciones.php?artista=Andrea+Bocelli&titulo=Amor&categoria=ALBUM&contenido=buscar. 
16. ^ "Dutch album certifications – Andrea Bocelli – Amore" (in Dutch). Nederlandse Vereniging van Producenten en Importeurs van beeld- en geluidsdragers. http://www.ifpi.nl/nvpi/pagina.asp?pagkey=61112&documentid=1783662. 
17. ^ "Polish album certifications – Andrea Bocelli – Amore" (in Polish). Polish Producers of Audio and Video (ZPAV). http://www.zpav.pl/rankingi/wyroznienia/platynowe/index.php. 
18. ^ "The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community: Awards (Andrea Bocelli; 'Amore')". Hung Medien. http://www.swisscharts.com/search_certifications.asp?search=Andrea+Bocelli+Amore. 

External links

• Amore charts