Il Divo (album)
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Il Divo is the debut album of the operatic pop
vocal group Il Divo
. It was released on November 1, 2004 in the United Kingdom
on Syco Music and on April 19, 2005 in the United States
on Columbia Records
.
The album contains three songs in English
, six songs in Italian
, and three songs in Spanish
(excluding the bonus track). The first single from the album was "Unbreak My Heart (Regresa a mi)." The original version of the song, composed entirely in English, was popularized by R&B singer Toni Braxton
in 1997. To date the album has sold about 4,765,000 copies worldwide.
Operatic pop
Operatic pop, pop opera or popera is a subgenre of pop music that is performed in an operatic style, or a song, theme or motif from classical music stylized as pop. The term popera and adjectives poperatic and popical are used by some media editors and music reviewers...
vocal group Il Divo
Il Divo
Il Divo is a multinational operatic pop vocal group created by music manager, executive, and reality TV star Simon Cowell. Formed in the United Kingdom, they are also signed to Cowell's record label, Syco Music...
. It was released on November 1, 2004 in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
on Syco Music and on April 19, 2005 in the United States
United States
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on Columbia Records
Columbia Records
Columbia Records is an American record label, owned by Japan's Sony Music Entertainment, operating under the Columbia Music Group with Aware Records. It was founded in 1888, evolving from an earlier enterprise, the American Graphophone Company — successor to the Volta Graphophone Company...
.
The album contains three songs in English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
, six songs in Italian
Italian language
Italian is a Romance language spoken mainly in Europe: Italy, Switzerland, San Marino, Vatican City, by minorities in Malta, Monaco, Croatia, Slovenia, France, Libya, Eritrea, and Somalia, and by immigrant communities in the Americas and Australia...
, and three songs in Spanish
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
(excluding the bonus track). The first single from the album was "Unbreak My Heart (Regresa a mi)." The original version of the song, composed entirely in English, was popularized by R&B singer Toni Braxton
Toni Braxton
Toni Michelle Braxton is an American R&B singer-songwriter, record producer, and actress. Braxton has won six Grammy Awards, seven American Music Awards, and five Billboard Music Awards and has sold over 60 million records worldwide...
in 1997. To date the album has sold about 4,765,000 copies worldwide.
Track listing (General Worldwide release)
- "Unbreak My Heart (Regresa a mí)" - 4:42
- "MamaMama (Il Divo song)-Song information:Mama was the first original song ever released by Il Divo. It was released both as limited edition single and as a DVD. It is also included in the DVD Il Divo: Live at the Greek Theater....
" - 3:18 - "Nella FantasiaNella Fantasia"Nella Fantasia" is an Italian song based on the theme "Gabriel's Oboe" from the film The Mission . With music by famed composer Ennio Morricone and lyrics by Chiara Ferraù, "Nella Fantasia" is popular among classical crossover singers, and was originally sung by Sarah Brightman...
" - 4:26 - "Passerà" - 4:40
- "Everytime I Look At You" - 3:48
- "Ti amerò" - 4:01
- "Dentro un altro si" - 4:34
- "The Man You Love" - 3:56
- "Feelings" - 3:39
- "Hoy que ya no estás aquí" - 4:19
- "Sei parte ormai di me" - 4:28
- "My Way (A mi manera)My Way (song)"My Way" is a song popularized by Frank Sinatra. Its lyrics were written by Paul Anka and set to music based on the French song "Comme d'habitude" composed in 1967 by Claude François and Jacques Revaux, with lyrics by Claude François and Gilles Thibault. Anka's English lyrics are unrelated to the...
" - 4:28
Track listing (USA release)
- "Unbreak My Heart (Regresa a mí)" - 4:42
- "MamaMama (Il Divo song)-Song information:Mama was the first original song ever released by Il Divo. It was released both as limited edition single and as a DVD. It is also included in the DVD Il Divo: Live at the Greek Theater....
" - 3:18 - "Nella FantasiaNella Fantasia"Nella Fantasia" is an Italian song based on the theme "Gabriel's Oboe" from the film The Mission . With music by famed composer Ennio Morricone and lyrics by Chiara Ferraù, "Nella Fantasia" is popular among classical crossover singers, and was originally sung by Sarah Brightman...
" - 4:26 - "Passerà" - 4:40
- "Unchained Melody (Senza catene)Unchained Melody"Unchained Melody" is a 1955 song with music by Alex North and lyrics by Hy Zaret. It has become one of the most recorded songs of the 20th century, by some counts having spawned over 500 versions in hundreds of different languages....
" - 3:51 - "Everytime I Look At You" - 3:48
- "Ti amerò" - 4:01
- "Dentro un altro si" - 4:34
- "The Man You Love" - 3:56
- "Feelings" - 3:39
- "Hoy que ya no estás aquí" - 4:19
- "Sei parte ormai di me" - 4:28
- "My Way (A mi manera)My Way (song)"My Way" is a song popularized by Frank Sinatra. Its lyrics were written by Paul Anka and set to music based on the French song "Comme d'habitude" composed in 1967 by Claude François and Jacques Revaux, with lyrics by Claude François and Gilles Thibault. Anka's English lyrics are unrelated to the...
" - 4:28
Chart positions
| Country | Status | Chart Position |
| Spain | Quadruple Platinum | #2 |
| UK | Quadruple Platinum | #1 |
| Canada | Triple Platinum | #1 |
| Netherlands | Triple Platinum | #1 |
| Argentina | Double Platinum | #1 |
| Australia | Double Platinum | #1 |
| Mexico | Double Platinum | #1 |
| Portugal | Double Platinum | #2 |
| New Zealand | Double Platinum | #3 |
| USA | Double Platinum | #4 |
| Finland | Double Platinum | #1 |
| Belgium | Platinum | #3 |
| South Africa | Platinum | #5 |
| Sweden | Platinum | #1 |
| Austria | Gold | #2 |
| France | Gold | #4 |
| Switzerland | Gold | #2 |
| Venezuela | Gold |