Sound Loaded

Sound Loaded
Studio album by Ricky Martin
Released November 14, 2000 (2000-11-14)
Recorded May 29—October 2000
Genre Latin pop, pop rock, dance-pop, world music
Label Columbia
Producer Walter Afanasieff, Draco Rosa, Desmond Child, Emilio Estefan, George Noriega, Randall Barlow, Steve Morales, Mark Taylor, K.C. Porter
Ricky Martin chronology
Ricky Martin
1999		 Sound Loaded
2000		 La Historia
2001
Singles from Sound Loaded
  1. "She Bangs"
    Released: September 19, 2000
  2. "Nobody Wants to Be Lonely"
    Released: January 9, 2001
  3. "Loaded"
    Released: April 17, 2001
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]
Slant Magazine [2]
Yahoo! Music [3]

Sound Loaded is the sixth album by the Puerto Rican singer Ricky Martin, released by Columbia Records on November 14, 2000. The album has been credited with worldwide sales of over eight million copies and went Multi-Platinum in the United States and several other territories. This album is Martin's fourth marketed in the US, and is his second album in English. It includes the hit singles "She Bangs" and "Nobody Wants to Be Lonely".

When "Nobody Wants to Be Lonely" was released as the album's second single, it was turned into a duet between Martin and Christina Aguilera. During the single's release, the album was sold together with the single, as Aguilera does not feature on the album version of the song. Later shipments of the album featured the Aguilera duet in a slightly different tracklist.

Contents

Chart performance

The album has sold over eight million copies, worldwide.[4] That number includes 1,679,000 copies sold in the United States.[5][6]

Sound Loaded peaked inside top ten in various countries, including number three in Australia, Spain, Canada and Sweden, number four in the United States (317,000 copies sold in the first week)[7] and Switzerland, number nine in New Zealand, and number ten in Italy. In the United Kingdom, it reached number fourteen.

The album was certified 3× Platinum in Canada, 2× Platinum in the United States, Spain and Australia, and Platinum and Gold in many other countries. After selling one million copies in Europe, it was certified Platinum by the IFPI.

The lead single, "She Bangs" reached number one in Italy, Sweden, and on the Hot Latin Songs. The follow-up single, "Nobody Wants to Be Lonely" (duet with Christina Aguilera) peaked at number one in New Zealand, and the Spanish-language solo version, called "Sólo Quiero Amarte" topped the Hot Latin Songs for four weeks.

Track listing

No. Title Writer(s) Producer(s) Length
1. "She Bangs"   Desmond Child, Walter Afanasieff, Draco Rosa, Glenn Monroig, Julia Sierra, Danny López Afanasieff, Rosa 4:41
2. "Saint Tropez"   Child, Rosa Child 4:48
3. "Come to Me"   Rosa, David Resnik, James Goodwin Emilio Estefan, Noriega 4:33
4. "Loaded"   Jon Secada, Rosa, George Noriega Estefan, Rosa, Noriega 3:53
5. "Nobody Wants to Be Lonely"   Child, Victoria Shaw, Gary Burr Child 5:05
6. "Amor"   Rosa, Randall Barlow, Liza Quintana Estefan, Rosa, Barlow 3:27
7. "Jezabel"   Child, Peter Amato Child 3:49
8. "The Touch"   Diane Warren, Child Child 4:27
9. "One Night Man"   Secada, Steve Morales, David Siegel, Manny López, Kara DioGuardi Estefan, Morales 3:49
10. "She Bangs" (Spanish version) Child, Afanasieff, Rosa, Monroig, Sierra, D. López Afanasieff, Rosa 4:36
11. "Are You in It for Love"   Child, Paul Barry Taylor 4:06
12. "Ven a Mí (Come to Me)"   Rosa, D. López, Resnik, Goodwin Estefan, Noriega 4:33
13. "If You Ever Saw Her"   Mark Taylor, Barry Taylor 3:50
14. "Dame Más (Loaded)"   Secada, Rosa, Noriega, Robert Blades, Ricardo Gaitán, Alberto Gaitán Estefan, Rosa, Noriega 3:53
15. "Cambia la Piel"   Pau Donés K.C. Porter 5:13

Charts and certifications

Charts

Chart (2000) Peak
position
Australian Albums Chart[8] 3
Austrian Albums Chart[8] 23
Belgian Flanders Albums Chart[8] 32
Belgian Wallonia Albums Chart[8] 50
Canadian Albums Chart[9] 3
Danish Albums Chart[8] 13
Dutch Albums Chart[8] 38
Finnish Albums Chart[8] 11
French Albums Chart[8] 46
German Albums Chart[10] 17
Hungarian Albums Chart[11] 21
Irish Albums Chart[12] 38
Italian Albums Chart[8] 10
Japanese Albums Chart[13] 11
New Zealand Albums Chart[8] 9
Norwegian Albums Chart[8] 11
Polish Albums Chart[14] 17
Spanish Albums Chart[15] 3
Swedish Albums Chart[8] 3
Swiss Albums Chart[8] 4
UK Albums Chart[16] 14
US Billboard 200[9] 4

Year-end charts

Chart (2000) Position
Australian Albums Chart[17] 26
Finnish Albums Chart[18] 106
Swiss Albums Chart[19] 71
Chart (2001) Position
Swedish Albums Chart[20] 34
Swiss Albums Chart[21] 100
UK Albums Chart[22] 134
US Billboard 200[23] 48

Certifications

Country Certification
Argentina Gold[24]
Australia 2× Platinum[25]
Canada 3× Platinum[26]
Europe Platinum[27]
Finland Gold[28]
Germany Gold[29]
Mexico Platinum + Gold[30]
New Zealand Platinum[31]
Norway Gold[32]
Poland Gold[33]
Spain 2× Platinum[34]
Sweden Platinum[35]
Switzerland Gold[36]
United Kingdom Platinum[37]
United States 2× Platinum[38]

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