''Pablo Alborán'' is the debut album by Spanish singer-songwriter

Pablo Alborán Pablo Moreno de Alborán Ferrándiz (born 31 May 1989), popularly known as Pablo Alborán, is a Spanish musician and singer-songwriter. Throughout his career, Alborán has released five studio albums. His records are distributed by Warner Music ...

. Produced by Manuel Illán, many of the songs included in the album had already achieved YouTube attention before its release, as

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s featuring Alborán performing in front of a

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, alone with his guitar. The album also includes duets with

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("Perdóname"),

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("Desencuentro"), and Diana Navarro ("Solamente Tú"). The

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version adds the bonus track "Cuando te Alejas". ''Pablo Alborán'' was released on 1 February 2011, and quickly became a huge success on the

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, where it debuted at number one, preventing

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's ''Via Dalma'', the best-selling album of 2010 in Spain, from an 11th consecutive week topping the charts. ''Pablo Alborán'' went on to spend 15 weeks at the top of the charts, including a run of seven consecutive weeks taking place six months after the album's release date. It was certified six-time platinum by

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, becoming the top-selling album of 2011 in Spain, and was also nominated for a

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Singles

* " Solamente Tú" was released as the album's

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on 14 September 2010. The song was a huge hit on the

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, becoming Alborán's first-ever number-one single on 27 February 2011. It stayed at number one for two consecutive weeks, and was certified platinum on 8 May 2011. It went on to stay on the Top 10 for 32 consecutive weeks, from February to September, including 20 weeks on the Top 5. * " Miedo" was released as the album's second single on 13 May 2011. The song peaked at number 43 on the

Track listing

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

Release history

References

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