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, released on 31 January 2006, for the Valentine's Day season. This album features a remake of

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's " Can't Help Falling in Love"; "

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", the closing song of the

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, which Bocelli wrote and performed; "

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, a duet with American pop singer

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; and his first recording of

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, 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.

Track listing

For ''Amore''

# " Amapola" – 3:43 # " Besame Mucho" – 4:01 # "Les Feuilles Mortes ( Autumn Leaves)" – 4:49 # "Mi Manchi" (feat.

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) – 3:35 # "

" (feat.

) – 4:22 # "

Solamente Una Vez "You Belong to My Heart" is the name of an English-language version of the Mexican Bolero song "Solamente una vez" (''Only Once'', in English). This song was composed by Mexican songwriter Agustín Lara and originally performed by singer Ana Marí ...

" – 3:29 # "Jurame" – 3:22 # "Pero te Extraño" – 4:06 # "Canzoni Stonate" (feat.

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) – 5:17 # " L'Appuntamento (Sentado à Beira do Caminho)" – 4:08 # "Cuando Me Enamoro (Quando m'innamoro)" – 3:56 # " Can't Help Falling in Love" – 3:25 # "

" – 4:37 # "

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" – 4:41 ; Japan bonus track #

" (feat.

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)

For ''Amor'', the Spanish version of the album

# " Besame Mucho" # "Cancion Desafinada" (Spanish version of Canzoni Stonate with

) # "

" (Original version in Spanish of

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) # "

" (with

) # "Jurame" (with Mario Reyes) – 3:22 # "Pero te Extraño" # "Las Hojas Muertas" (Spanish version of Autumn Leaves) # "Momentos" # "Me Faltas "Mi Manchi" (with

) # "Cuando Me Enamoro" (Spanish version of Quando m'innamoro) # "Porque Tu Me Acostumbraste" # " Amapola" # Verano Estate (with

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) # "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 ''

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'', which reached No. 2. It went on to sell 1.66 million copies in the United StatesBoyle's 'Dream' Continues At No. 1 On Billboard 200
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.com Dec 9, 2009 article. and was certified Platinum by the

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. Bocelli was the seventh best-selling artist of 2006, in the

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, with 2,524,681 copies of his albums sold that year.Nielsen Music 2006 Year-End Music Industry Report

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.com, Jan 4, 2007 article. 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 counties.

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications and sales

Personnel

*Veronica Berti: Vocals on "Les Feuilles Mortes (Autumn Leaves)" *

: Saxophone on "Mi Manchi" *

: Vocals on "

" *

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: Vocals on "Because We Believe" *Mario Reyes: Flamenco guitar on "Jurame" *

: Harmonica and additional vocals on "Canzoni Stonate" *David Foster and Randy Waldman: Acoustic piano and keyboards *Nathan East: Bass *

Vinnie Colaiuta Vincent Peter Colaiuta (born February 5, 1956) is an American drummer who has worked as a session musician in many genres. He was inducted into the ''Modern Drummer'' Hall of Fame in 1996 and the ''Classic Drummer'' Hall of Fame in 2014. Colai ...

: Drums *Dean Parks, Ramon Stagnaro, Michael Thompson, and Michael Landau: Guitars * Paulinho Da Costa and Rafael Padilla: Percussion *Dan Higgins: Flute *

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: 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 "

" *Jochem van der Saag: Programming and sound design

References

External links

Amore charts
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