''Laura'' is the second studio album by Italian singer

Laura Pausini Laura Pausini (; born 16 May 1974) is an Italian singer. She rose to fame in 1993, winning the newcomer artists' section of the 43rd Sanremo Music Festival with her debut single "La solitudine", which became an Italian standard and an internat ...

, released by

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in 1994. It has sold three million copies in the world.

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The release of the album coincides with the participation of Laura Pausini in the ''Sanremo Festival 1994'', where the singer made her debut in the category ''Giovani'' after winning the previous year as the ''Nuove proposte''. At the stage, Pausini, a big favourite of the spectators, ranked third in the final ranking. The piece presented, '' Strani amori'', was attacked by critics because it was judged too conservative and adolescent and some journalists in the industry saw it as a trivial piece.Sanremo 1994, che la festa cominci
Within the disc is also included the second single extracted from the album, '' Gente''. Some tracks from the album were translated into Spanish and inserted on the version released in Spain and South America for the album ''

'', released in 1994. The same tracks were released in Italian on the

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of the same album, released in 1995. The song ''Ragazze che'', much like the entire album, is dedicated to Silvia Pausini, sister of the singer.

Promotion

Since Pausini was not known outside Europe at the time the album was released, no tour was yielded to support the album. Although, Pausini's tours that date from after the World Wide Tour 1997 have at least one song from the album. These songs are ''Strani amori'', ''Gente'', ''Un amico è così'', ''Il coraggio che non c'è'', ''Ragazze che'', ''Lui non sta con te'' and ''Lettera'', with the first two being sung on every of Pausini's tours.

Track listing

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

References

{{Authority control 1994 albums Laura Pausini albums Italian-language albums Compagnia Generale del Disco albums