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List Of Best-selling Albums In Spain
This is a list of the best-selling albums in Spain that have been certified by the Productores de Música de España (PROMUSICAE). PROMUSICAE is in charge of certifying records in Spain. Until October 2005, the certification levels for albums in Spain were 50,000 for Gold and 100,000 for Platinum. The current levels, however, are 20,000 for Gold and 40,000 for Platinum. Of the 20 best selling albums in Spain, Spanish artists dominate the list with fourteen entries. Two Italian artists and one artist each from the United Kingdom, United States, Cuba and Mexico complete the list. Four acts - Alejandro Sanz, La Oreja de Van Gogh, Mecano, and David Bisbal - appear more than once in the list. Alejandro Sanz tops the list with his fifth album ''Más'', selling around 2.2 million copies in the country and being certified 22 times. The best-selling non-Spanish language album in Spain is Spice by Spice Girls, which sold 1 million copies. Best-selling albums of all-time in Spain Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alejandro Sanz 2008
Alejandro is the Spanish form of the name Alexander. Alejandro has multiple variations in different languages, including Aleksander (Czech, Polish), Alexandre (French), Alexandros (Greek), Alsander (Irish), Alessandro (Italian), Aleksandr (Russian), and Alasdair (Gaelic). People with the given name Alejandro * Alejandro Alvizuri, Peruvian backstroke swimmer * Alejandro Amenábar, Chilean-born Spanish director * Alejandro Aranda, American singer, musician, and reality television personality * Alejandro Arguello, Mexican footballer * Alejandro Avila, Mexican TV actor * Alejandro Awada, Argentine actor * Alejandro Betts, Argentine historian * Alejandro Bermúdez, Colombian swimmer * Alejandro Bustillo, Argentine architect * Alejandro Carrión, Ecuadorian poet and novelist * Alejandro Casañas, Cuban hurdler * Alejandro Castillo, Mexican footballer * Alejandro Cercas, Spanish politician * Alejandro Chataing, Venezuelan architect * Alejandro Cichero, Venezuelan footballer * Alejan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Viaje De Copperpot
''El viaje de Copperpot'' (''Copperpot's Voyage'') is Spanish pop rock band La Oreja de Van Gogh's second studio album, issued by Epic Records on 11 September 2000. It was the band's first album to feature a bonus track. ''El viaje de Copperpot'' is the band's most successful album in Spain; after going platinum on its release day, it sold more than 1,300,000 copies and received a diamond certification. The album also catapulted the band's fame in Latin America going 3× Platinum in Mexico (under Mexican certification before 2001, 750,000 was 3× Platinum, but today it would be Diamond or 7× Platinum). Over 2,000,000 copies were sold worldwide. The album's title is inspired by Chester Copperpot, a scavenger in the film ''The Goonies''. It received generally favourable reviews from critics and produced eight Top 20 singles, including "Cuidate", "La Playa" and "Paris" which reached the No.1 spot on the Spain chart; as well as the hits "Mariposa" and "Soledad". It is considered thei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palabra De Mujer (album)
''Palabra de mujer'' is the second studio album by Spanish recording artist Mónica Naranjo. The album was released on May 27, 1997, by Sony Music. It was certified Platinum in the Latin field by the RIAA for shipments of 100,000 copies and 10× Platinum (1,000,000 copies shipped) in Spain. It's her best selling album with over 2 million copies sold. Track listing Sales and certifications See also * List of best-selling albums in Spain * List of best-selling Latin albums This is a list of the world's best-selling Latin albums of recorded music. "Latin music" has different meanings in the music industry. For example, the Latin music market in the United States defines Latin music as any release sung mostly in Sp ... References {{Authority control 1997 albums Mónica Naranjo albums ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mónica Naranjo
Mónica Naranjo Carrasco (born 23 May 1974) is a Spanish singer widely popular in Spain and Latin America and recognised as one of the most powerful voices of the Spanish and Latin American music scenes. She has performed with singers such as Luciano Pavarotti, RocÃo Jurado and Mina Mazzini amongst others. Biography Early years Mónica Naranjo was born in Figueres. Her parents, Francisco, a construction worker and Patricia a housewife, migrated from southern Spain (Seville) and (Málaga) to the north in the 1960s. Mónica, who is the oldest daughter of the family has two younger siblings, Raquel and Enrique. Despite her troubled childhood, when she was only 4, she realised that music was her favourite activity. At the age of 14, the young Mónica enrolled a music school to learn singing and she also was given a voice recorder as a present so that she could start composing and recording her own songs. Career She started singing at a very young age. Cristóbal Sánsano be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mi Tierra
''Mi Tierra'' (''My Homeland'') is the third studio album by Cuban-American recording artist Gloria Estefan, released on June 22, 1993, by Epic Records. Produced by husband Emilio Estefan, it is a Spanish-language album and pays homage to her Cuban roots. The album features Cuban musical genres, including boleros, danzón and son music. Recorded at Crescent Moon Studios in Miami, Florida, ''Mi Tierra'' features notable Latin musicians such as Tito Puente, Arturo Sandoval, Cachao López, Chamin Correa and Paquito D'Rivera. The album was an international success, selling over five million copies worldwide. In the United States it was the first record to reach number one on the ''Billboard'' Top Latin Albums chart, spending 58 weeks at #1 (longest running #1 album on the chart ever). It also peaked at number twenty-seven on the ''Billboard'' 200 chart. ''Mi Tierra'' has sold over one million copies in the US and Spain. The album received favorable reviews from critics, who praised ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gloria Estefan
Gloria Estefan (; born Gloria MarÃa Milagrosa Fajardo GarcÃa; born 1 September 1957) is a Cuban-American singer, actress, and businesswoman. Estefan is a seven-time Grammy Award winner, a Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient, and has been named one of the Top 100 greatest artists of all time by both VH1 and ''Billboard''. Estefan's record sales exceed 75 million worldwide, making her the second best selling female latin artist in history and one of the best-selling female singers of all-time. A contralto, Estefan started her career as lead singer of Miami Latin Boys, which was later renamed Miami Sound Machine. She and Miami Sound Machine earned worldwide success with their 1985 single " Conga", which became Estefan's signature song and led to Miami Sound Machine winning the 15th annual Tokyo Music Festival's grand prix in 1986. In 1988, she and Miami Sound Machine achieved their first number-one hit with " Anything for You". Estefan is credited with breaking down barri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aidalai
''Aidalai'' is an album by pop group Mecano. It was released in 1991 and produced by the group. Its launch was in the middle of rumors of the separation of the group due to differences between Nacho Cano and José MarÃa Cano. It was their third release with Ariola Records. The title refers to a game word: Aidalai → ¡Ay Dalai!, meaning in English something like ''Oh Dalai!''. Spain Edition ''Aidalai'' songs range from very minimalist ones like "SentÃa" (''I felt''), a kind of bossa nova music in which the voice of singer Ana Torroja is accompanied by only two acoustic guitars and maracas, to others as complex as "Naturaleza muerta" (''Still Nature''), which has a complex orchestral string arrangement. However, also on the album are songs typical of the group's Electropop, techno pop style, like "El fallo positivo" (''The positive verdict'') about the issue of AIDS, with perhaps one of the best works of vocal arrangements of Nacho Cano, and "Dalai Lama", that narrates the life ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Estopa
Estopa is a Spanish rock/rumba duo from Cornellà de Llobregat, Spain. Their songs "El Run Run" and "Cuando Amanece" reached number one on Billboard's chart in Spain, and "Con La Mano Levanta" reached number four. The band consists of brothers José and David Muñoz; their style includes rock, rumba, and flamenco genres. The band has stated, "We don't like to be easily categorized." Their sound is similar to that of Khode, a Spanish rumba band that was popular in the 1970s. Estopa made a cameo appearance in the Spanish film ''The 4th Floor (2003 film), The 4th Floor''. They have performed with other popular Spanish artists such as Rosario Flores and Macaco (band), Macaco. Band history Brothers José Muñoz and David Muñoz were born 1978 and 1976 respectively in Cornellà de Llobregat, a suburb of Barcelona to parents from Extremadura (South Western Spain). The brothers grew up listening to Los Chichos, Los Chunguitos, and Bordón on trips with their parents from Cornellà ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lunas Rotas
''Lunas Rotas'' is the debut album of Spanish singer and composer Rosana Arbelo. The title track and the song "El Talismán" were used in the soundtrack of the 1996 movie ''Curdled''. ''Billboard'' noted: "An accomplished pianist and guitarist, Rosana Arbelo's extraordinary voice gives ''Lunas Rotas'' an intimate quality. €¦flamenco-pop sisters Azúcar Moreno are among those who have recorded her songs, and like that of Azúcar Moreno, Arbelo's music has a distinct Caribbean and Latin influence". As of September 2016, ''Lunas Rotas'' was ranked joint 7th in the list of best-selling albums in Spain; it had certified physical sales of 1,100,000 according to Productores de Música de España (PROMUSICAE). Track listing All songs written by Rosana Arbelo Personnel (Alphabetical order) ''Per sleeve notes * Rosana Arbelo: Lead vocals; Backing vocals (tracks 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11); Spanish guitar (tracks 6, 10, 11, 12) * Paco Bastante: Bass guitar (tracks: 1 to 5, 7, 9 to 11) * Ser ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rosana Arbelo
Rosana Arbelo (; full name Rosana Arbelo Gopar; born October 24, 1963), is a Spanish singer and composer. In the Spanish-speaking world, she is known professionally as simply Rosana. She was born on the island of Lanzarote in the Canary Islands, where she was raised. She was the youngest of a family of eight children. Arbelo was given her first guitar at the age of five years old and wrote her first song aged eight. She began composing music after moving to Madrid in the early 1980s. She won first place in Benidorm's music festival with her song "Fuego y Miel," (Fire and Honey, in English) which led to her winning a recording contract with MCA. Before pursuing a solo career, she wrote songs for other musicians, including JoaquÃn Sabina, Miguel RÃos, and MarÃa Dolores Pradera. Her debut album, '' Lunas Rotas'', was released in 1996. The soundtrack for the 1996 movie ''Curdled'' featured her songs "Lunas Rotas" and "El Talismán", exposing her to an international audience. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RaÃces (Julio Iglesias Album)
''RaÃces'' is a studio album by Julio Iglesias, released in 1989. It is an album in medley style of a collection of classic love songs from different countries. ''RaÃces'' was nominated for a Lo Nuestro Award for Pop Album of the Year. Track listing #"Latino: Intro Latino / Tres Palabras / Perfidia / Amapola / Noche De Ronda / Quizas, Quizas, Quizas / Adios/El Manisero" - 7:15 #"Caballo Viejo/Bamboleo: Caballo Viejo / Bamboleo / Solo 1" - 4:41 #"Mexico: Media Vuelta / Se Me Olvido Otra Vez / Y... / Mexico Lindo / Ay Jalisco No Te Rajes / La Bamba / Solo 2" - 9:17 #"Brasil: Intro Brasil / Desafinado / Mas Que Nada / Manha De Carnaval / Aquarela Do Brasil / Tristeza / Maria Ninguem / Samba De Orfeu" - 7:11 #"Italia: Intro Italia / Torna a Surriento / Quando M'Innamoro / T'Ho Voluto Bene (Non Dimenticar) / O Sole Mio! / Quando Quando Quando" - 6:18 #"Francia: Intro Francia / Ne Me Quitte Pas / Que C'est Triste Venise / Et Maintenant / La Vie En Rose" - 5:23 Charts Weekly charts ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julio Iglesias
Julio José Iglesias de la Cueva (; born 23 September 1943) is a Spanish singer, songwriter and former professional footballer. Iglesias is recognized as the most commercially successful Spanish singer in the world and one of the top record sellers in music history, having sold more than 100 million records worldwide in 14 languages. It is estimated that during his career he has performed in more than 5000 concerts, for over 60 million people in five continents. In April 2013, Iglesias was inducted into the Latin Songwriters Hall of Fame. In 1983, Iglesias was celebrated as having recorded songs in the most languages in the world, and in 2013 for being the artist in Latin music with the most records sold in history. In April 2013 in Beijing, he was honoured as the most popular international artist in China. In Brazil, France, Italy and elsewhere, Iglesias is the most successful foreign record seller, while in his home country, Spain, he has sold the most records in history, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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