Amore (Andrea Bocelli album) explained

Amore is the eleventh studio album by Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli, released on 31 January 2006, for the Valentine's Day season. This album features a remake of Elvis Presley's "Can't Help Falling in Love"; "Because We Believe", the closing song of the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, which Bocelli wrote and performed; "Somos Novios (It's Impossible), a duet with American pop singer Christina Aguilera; and his first recording of Bésame Mucho, which eventually became one of his signature songs.

Releases

Amore was released internationally beginning on 28 February 2006.

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

In Japan it was released on 18 October 2006 as 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" (feat. Kenny G) – 3:35
5. "Somos Novios (It's Impossible)" (feat. Christina Aguilera) – 4:22
6. "Solamente Una Vez" – 3:29
7. "Jurame" – 3:22
8. "Pero te Extraño" – 4:06
9. "Canzoni Stonate" (feat. Stevie Wonder) – 5:17
10. "L'Appuntamento (Sentado à 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)" (feat. 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" (Original version in Spanish of You Belong To My Heart)
4. "Somos Novios (It's Impossible)" (with Christina Aguilera)
5. "Jurame" (with Mario Reyes) – 3:22
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. Bocelli was the seventh best-selling artist of 2006, in the United States, with 2,524,681 copies of his albums sold that year.^[4] The Spanish version, Amor, was also certified Album Multi-Platino (Double Platinum) by the RIAA. Both versions were also certified Gold and Platinum in several other countries.

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2006)	Peak position
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[5]	39
Mexican Albums (Top 100 Mexico)	1

Year-end charts

Chart (2006)	Position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[6]	80
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[7]	59
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[8]	26
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[9]	4
French Albums (SNEP)[10]	129
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)[11]	8
Italian Albums (FIMI)[12]	25
Mexican Albums (Top 100 Mexico)[13] Amor	14
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[14]	12
UK Albums (OCC)[15]	60
US Billboard 200[16]	30
US Top Latin Albums (Billboard)[17] Amor	16

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, Corrado Sgandurra, 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. Web site: 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 . 2011-03-18.
2. Web site: See Andrea Bocelli Perform in Tuscany on July 18, 2009 . charitybuzz.com . 2008-01-20 . dead . https://archive.today/20121217125543/https://auction01.charitybuzz.com/secure/viewItemDetail.do?auction_item_id=83187 . December 17, 2012.
3. http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/266446/boyles-dream-continues-at-no-1-on-billboard-200 Boyle's 'Dream' Continues At No. 1 On Billboard 200
4. https://archive.today/20130119064705/http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20070104005813&newsLang=en Nielsen Music 2006 Year-End Music Industry Report
5. Web site: オリコンランキング情報サービス「you大樹」 . Ranking.oricon.co.jp . 2011-03-18.
6. Web site: ARIA Charts - End Of Year Charts - Top 100 Albums 2006. Australian Recording Industry Association. https://web.archive.org/web/20140127032212/http://www.aria.com.au/pages/ARIACHarts-EndofYearCharts-Top100Albums2006.htm. 30 September 2020. 2014-01-27.
7. Web site: Jahreshitparade Alben 2006. austriancharts.at. 30 September 2020.
8. Web site: Jaaroverzichten 2006. Ultratop. 30 September 2020.
9. Web site: Jaaroverzichten – Album 2006. dutchcharts.nl. 30 September 2020.
10. Web site: Tops de l'année - Top Albums 2006. SNEP. fr. 30 September 2020.
11. Web site: Összesített album- és válogatáslemez-lista - eladási darabszám alapján - 2006. 30 September 2020. MAHASZ.
12. Web site: Classifica Annuale 2006 (dal 02.01.2006 al 31.12.2006). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. it. 12 August 2021.
13. Web site: TOP 100 ALBUM DE ENERO A DICIEMBRE DE 2006. Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas. es. https://web.archive.org/web/20100215041230/http://www.amprofon.com.mx/Archivos/PDF/top_anual/Top_100_Album_2006.pdf. February 15, 2010. January 3, 2021.
14. Web site: Årslista Album – År 2006. Sverigetopplistan. Swedish. 30 September 2020.
15. Web site: End of Year Album Chart Top 100 – 2006. Official Charts Company. 30 September 2020.
16. Web site: Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2006. Billboard. 30 September 2020.
17. Web site: Top Latin Albums – Year-End 2006. Billboard. 8 July 2021.

External links

• Amore charts