9 (Eros Ramazzotti album)

Studio album by Eros Ramazzotti

Released

3 June 2003

Recorded

MedaStudios, Milan, Italy
Fonoprint, Bologna, Italy
Impatto, Bologna, Italy
Abbey Road Studios, London, England

Genre

Pop, rock

Length

51:27

Label

BMG

Producer

Eros Ramazzotti, Claudio Guidetti

Eros Ramazzotti chronology

Stilelibero
(2000)

9
(2003)

Calma apparente
(2005)

9 is the ninth studio album by Italian pop-rock singer Eros Ramazzotti, released in June 2003 on the BMG label. Lead single "Un'emozione per sempre" topped the charts in Italy, Switzerland and (in its Spanish language version "Una emoción para siempre") Spain. 9 went to #1 on the Italian Albums chart, where it remained for 14 weeks; with sales of 760,000, it was the best-selling album of 2003 in Italy.

1 Track listing
- 1.1 Italian-language edition
- 1.2 Spanish-language edition
2 Personnel
3 Charts and certifications
- 3.1 Peak positions
- 3.2 Certifications
4 Notes

Track listing

Italian-language edition

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Un attimo di pace"	Ramazzotti, Adelio Cogliati, Claudio Guidetti	4:38
2.	"Solo ieri"	Ramazzotti, Cogliati, Guidetti	4:09
3.	"Un'emozione per sempre"	Ramazzotti, Cogliati, Guidetti, Maurizio Fabrizio	3:58
4.	"Ti vorrei rivivere"	Ramazzotti, Cogliati, Guidetti	4:29
5.	"Il buio ha i tuoi occhi"	Ramazzotti, Cogliati, Guidetti	4:02
6.	"Un'ancora nel vento"	Ramazzotti, Cogliati, Guidetti	4:06
7.	"Piccola pietra"	Ramazzotti, Cogliati, Guidetti, Fabrizio	4:07
8.	"Mamarà"	Ramazzotti, Cogliati, Guidetti	4:01
9.	"L'uomo che guardava le nuvole"	Ramazzotti, Cogliati, Guidetti	3:42
10.	"Canzone per lei"	Ramazzotti, Cogliati, Guidetti, Fabrizio Lamberti	3:42
11.	"Non ti prometto niente"	Ramazzotti, Cogliati, Guidetti	4:06
12.	"Falsa partenza"	Ramazzotti, Cogliati, Guidetti	4:02
13.	"C'è una melodia"	Ramazzotti, Cogliati	2:23

Spanish-language edition

Italian-language edition
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Un segundo de paz"	Ramazzotti, Adelio Cogliati, Claudio Guidetti, Mila Ortíz Martín	4:38
2.	"Solo ayer"	Ramazzotti, Cogliati, Guidetti, Ortíz	4:09
3.	"Una emoción para siempre"	Ramazzotti, Cogliati, Guidetti, Maurizio Fabrizio, Ortíz	3:58
4.	"Revivirte otra vez"	Ramazzotti, Cogliati, Guidetti, Ortíz	4:29
5.	"La noche son tus ojos"	Ramazzotti, Cogliati, Guidetti, Ortíz	4:02
6.	"Un ancla en el viento"	Ramazzotti, Cogliati, Guidetti, Ortíz	4:06
7.	"Piedra pequeña"	Ramazzotti, Cogliati, Guidetti, Fabrizio, Ortíz	4:07
8.	"Mamarà, una gran mujer"	Ramazzotti, Cogliati, Guidetti, Ortíz	4:01
9.	"El hombre que miraba las nubes"	Ramazzotti, Cogliati, Guidetti, Ortíz	3:42
10.	"Cancion para ella"	Ramazzotti, Cogliati, Guidetti, Fabrizio Lamberti, Ortíz	3:42
11.	"No te prometo nada"	Ramazzotti, Cogliati, Guidetti, Ortíz	4:06
12.	"Falsa salida"	Ramazzotti, Cogliati, Guidetti, Ortíz	4:02
13.	"Hay una melodia"	Ramazzotti, Cogliati, Ortíz	2:23

Personnel

Antonio Baglio – mastering
Luca Bignardi – mixing, recording
Marco Borsatti – assistant
Michele Canova – arranger, keyboards, programming, loops, drum programming, mixing
Vinnie Colaiuta – percussion, drums
Max Costa – keyboards, programming
Paolo Costa – bass
Marco DAgostino – mixing, assistant
Fabrizio Ferri – photography
Alfredo Golino – drums
Isobel Griffiths – violin
Claudio Guidetti – acoustic guitar, bouzouki, piano, arranger, electric guitar, keyboards, organ, electric piano, producer, fender rhodes, drum programming, mixing, pre-production, mandoline, recording, rickenbacker guitar, 12 string acoustic guitar, baritone guitar
Michael Landau – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, nylon string guitar
Bruno Malasoma – assistant, recording
John Paterno – recording
Eros Ramazzotti – guitar, percussion, arranger, electric guitar, producer, drum programming, pre-production, baritone guitar
Flora Sala – graphic design
Celso Valli – piano, arranger, keyboards, organ, electric piano, producer, string arrangements, synthesizer bass, choir arrangement, string director
Gavyn Wright – recording

Charts and certifications

Peak positions

Chart (2003)	Peak position
Austrian Albums Chart^[1]	2
Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders)^[2]	3
Belgian Albums Chart (Wallonia)^[3]	3
Danish Albums Chart^[4]	2
Dutch Albums Chart^[5]	5
European Albums Chart^[6]	2
Finnish Albums Chart^[7]	9
French Albums Chart^[8]	5
German Albums Chart^[9]	2
Greek Albums Chart^[10]	1
Hungarian Albums Chart^[11]	4
Italian Albums Chart^[12]	1
Norwegian Albums Chart^[13]	6
Polish Albums Chart^[14]	18
Portuguese Albums Chart^[15]	27
Spanish Albums Chart^[6]	5
Swedish Albums Chart^[16]	14
Swiss Albums Chart^[17]	1
US Latin Pop Albums^[18]	9
US Top Latin Albums^[19]	30

Certifications

Region	Certification	Sales/shipments
Austria (IFPI Austria)^[20]	Gold
Belgium (BEA)^[21]	Gold	25,000^*
France (SNEP)^[22]	Gold	100,000^*
Germany (BVMI)^[23]	Platinum	300,000^{^}
Greece (IFPI Greece)^[10]	Gold	10,000^{^}
Italy (FIMI)^[24]	5× Platinum	500,000^*
Mexico (AMPROFON)^[25]	Gold	75,000^{^}
Norway (IFPI Norway)^[26]	Gold	20,000^*
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)^[27]	3× Platinum	120,000^x
^*sales figures based on certification alone ^{^}shipments figures based on certification alone ^xunspecified figures based on certification alone

Notes

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^ "Charts Vlaanderen - Eros Ramazzotti - 9 (album)" (in Dutch). Ultratop.be. http://www.ultratop.be/nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Eros+Ramazzotti&titel=9&cat=a. Retrieved 3 January 2012.
^ "Charts Belgique Francophone - Eros Ramazzotti - 9 (album)" (in French). Ultratop.be. http://www.ultratop.be/fr/showitem.asp?interpret=Eros+Ramazzotti&titel=9&cat=a. Retrieved 3 January 2012.
^ "Danish Charts - Eros Ramazzotti - 9 (album)". danishcharts.com. http://danishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Eros+Ramazzotti&titel=9&cat=a. Retrieved 3 January 2012.
^ "Dutch Charts - Eros Ramazzotti - 9 (album)" (in Dutch). dutchcharts.nl. http://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Eros+Ramazzotti&titel=9&cat=a. Retrieved 3 January 2012.
^ ^a ^b "Hits of the World". Billboard. 21 June 2003. p. 48-49. http://books.google.it/books?id=8A0EAAAAMBAJ&printsec=frontcover&lr=&hl=it&rview=1#v=onepage&q=ramazzotti&f=false. Retrieved 3 January 2012.
^ "Finnish Charts - Eros Ramazzotti - 9 (album)". finnishcharts.com. http://finnishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Eros+Ramazzotti&titel=9&cat=a. Retrieved 3 January 2012.
^ "Classements - Eros Ramazzotti - 9 (album)" (in French). lescharts.com. http://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Eros+Ramazzotti&titel=9&cat=a. Retrieved 3 January 2012.
^ "Ramazzotti, Eros - 9 (Longplay)" (in German). musicline.de. http://musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/title/RAMAZZOTTI%2C+EROS/9/longplay. Retrieved 3 January 2012.
^ ^a ^b "Top 50 Ξένων Άλμπουμ - Εβδομάδα 30/11-06/12" (in Greek). IFPI Greece. Archived from the original on 9 December 2003. http://web.archive.org/web/20031209112241/http://www.ifpi.gr/chart01.htm. Retrieved 4 January 2012.
^ "Archívum - Slágerlisták - MAHASZ - Magyar Hangfelvétel-kiadók Szövetsége - 2003. 08. 11. - 2003. 08. 17" (in Hungarian). Mahasz. http://mahasz.hu/?menu=slagerlistak&menu2=archivum&lista=top40&ev=2003&het=33&submit_=Keres%E9s. Retrieved 4 January 2012.
^ "Italian Charts - Eros Ramazzotti - 9 (album)". italiancharts.com. http://italiancharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Eros+Ramazzotti&titel=9&cat=a. Retrieved 3 January 2012.
^ "VG-Lista - Eros Ramazzotti - 9 (album)". norwegiancharts.com. http://norwegiancharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Eros+Ramazzotti&titel=9&cat=a. Retrieved 3 January 2012.
^ "Official Retail Sales Charts - sales for the period 09.06.2003 - 15.06.2003". OLiS. http://olis.onyx.pl/listy/index.asp?idlisty=150&lang=en. Retrieved 3 January 2012.
^ "Portuguese Charts - Eros Ramazzotti - 9 (album)". portuguesecharts.com. http://portuguesecharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Eros+Ramazzotti&titel=9&cat=a. Retrieved 3 January 2012.
^ "Swedish Charts - Eros Ramazzotti - 9 (album)". swedishcharts.com. http://swedishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Eros+Ramazzotti&titel=9&cat=a. Retrieved 3 January 2012.
^ "Swiss Charts - Eros Ramazzotti - 9 (album)" (in German). hitparade.ch. http://hitparade.ch/showitem.asp?interpret=Eros+Ramazzotti&titel=9&cat=a. Retrieved 3 January 2012.
^ "Eros Ramazzotti Album & Song Chart History - Latin Pop Albums". Billboard. http://www.billboard.com/charts/european-albums#/artist/eros-ramazzotti/chart-history/11615?f=295&g=Albums. Retrieved 4 January 2012.
^ "Eros Ramazzotti Album & Song Chart History - Latin Albums". Billboard. http://www.billboard.com/charts/european-albums#/artist/eros-ramazzotti/chart-history/11615?f=330&g=Albums. Retrieved 4 January 2012.
^ "Austrian album certifications – Eros Ramazzotti – 9" (in German). IFPI Austria. http://www.ifpi.at/?section=goldplatin. Retrieved 4 January 2012. Enter Eros Ramazzotti in the field Interpret. Enter 9 in the field Titel. Select album in the field Format. Click Suchen
^ "Ultratop − Goud en Platina - 2003". Ultratop & Hung Medien / hitparade.ch. http://www.ultratop.be/nl/certifications.asp?year=2003. Retrieved 4 January 2012.
^ "French album certifications – Eros Ramazzotti – 9" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. http://www.disqueenfrance.com/fr/pag-259165-CERTIFICATIONS.html?year=2003&type=8. Retrieved 4 January 2012.
^ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Eros Ramazotti; '9')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. http://www.musikindustrie.de/gold_platin_datenbank/?action=suche&strTitel=9&strInterpret=Eros+Ramazotti&strTtArt=alben&strAwards=checked. Retrieved 4 January 2012.
^ "Comunicato Stampa: Nuovo singolo di Eros Ramazzotti". Rockol.it. 4 September 2003. http://www.rockol.it/news-56531/Comunicato-Stampa--Nuovo-singolo-di-Eros-Ramazzotti. Retrieved 4 January 2012.
^ "Mexican album certifications – Eros Ramazzotti – 9" (in Spanish). Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas. http://www.amprofon.com.mx/certificaciones.php?artista=Eros+Ramazzotti&titulo=9&categoria=ALBUM&contenido=buscar. Retrieved 4 January 2012.
^ "Norwegian album certifications – Eros Ramazzotti – 9" (in Norwegian). IFPI Norway. http://www.ifpi.no/sok/lst_trofeer_sok.asp?type=artist. Retrieved 4 January 2012.
^ "The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community: Awards (Eros Ramazzotti; '9')". Hung Medien. http://www.swisscharts.com/search_certifications.asp?search=Eros+Ramazzotti+9. Retrieved 4 January 2012.