''Sogno'' ( en,

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) is the fifth

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by Italian

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. The album sold 2.5 million copies in the

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,Boyle's 'Dream' Continues At No. 1 On Billboard 200

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.com Dec 9, 2009 article. and over 10 million copies worldwide. Bocelli was subsequently nominated for

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at the

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, the first and so far only time a classical artist had been nominated in the category since 1961.

Release

''Sogno'' was released internationally on April 6, 1999. The album was released in Spanish under the name ''Sueño'' ( en, Dream). In Japan it was released as .

Accolades

In 1999, Bocelli was nominated for

at the

, which marked the first time a classical artist had been nominated in the category in 38 years. His duet with

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, " The Prayer," originally appeared as a solo version (for Celine Dion) in the 1998 animated film ''

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'', and won the

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for

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as well as being nominated for an

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Commercial performance

Sogno entered the upper reaches of the pop album charts around the world, giving birth to the phenomenon of ''"Bocellimania"''. The album sold 2.5 million copies in

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, and over 10 million copies worldwide.

Track listing

Canto della Terra "Canto della Terra" is an Italian song which was the second single from Italian pop tenor Andrea Bocelli's 1999 album, ''Sogno''. The song was written by composer Francesco Sartori and lyricist Lucio Quarantotto, the same writers of Bocelli's bi ...

" (

Francesco Sartori Francesco Sartori (born 1957) is an Italian composer and piano and trumpet player. Works Sartori composed "Con te partirò" ("With you, I will leave") with Lucio Quarantotto for Andrea Bocelli. ''Con te partirò'' was also recorded by Jonas Kau ...

Lucio Quarantotto Lucio Quarantotto (29 April 1957 – 31 July 2012) was an Italian songwriter best known for writing the lyrics for "Con te partirò" ("With you, I will leave"), to music composed by Francesco Sartori for Andrea Bocelli. The song was also record ...

) – 4:02 #" The Prayer" (with

) (

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) – 4:30 #"Sogno" (Giuseppe Francesco Servillo) – 4:03 #"'O Mare E Tu" (with

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) (

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) – 4:36 #"A Volte Il Cuore" (Piero Marras) – 4:44 #"Cantico" (

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, Pierpaolo Guerrini, Andrea Bocelli) – 4:01 #"Mai Più Così Lontano" (

) – 4:20 #"Immenso" (

, Lucio Quarantotto) – 4:51 #"Nel Cuore Lei" (with

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) (

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, Dedo Cogliati) – 3:48 #"Tremo E T'Amo" (Tullio Ferro, Giuseppe Francesco Servillo) – 4:51 #"I Love Rossini" (Patrick Abrial, Giuseppe Francesco Servillo) – 3:56 #"Un Canto" (

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, Sergio Bardotti) – 4:35 #"Come Un Fiume Tu" (

, Lucio Quarantotto) – 4:47 #"A Mio Padre (6 Maggio 1992)" (

, Andrea Bocelli) – 4:00

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications and sales

References

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