The Best of Andrea Bocelli: Vivere

The Best of Andrea Bocelli: Vivere
Greatest hits album by Andrea Bocelli
Released 22 October 2007
Genre Classical, Pop
Length 68:45
Label Decca, Sugar Records
Producer David Foster
Andrea Bocelli chronology
Amore
(2006)		 The Best of Andrea Bocelli: Vivere
(2007)		 Incanto
(2008)

The Best of Andrea Bocelli: Vivere is the second greatest hits album released by Italian pop tenor Andrea Bocelli. It includes five new studio recordings and was internationally released, by Sugar, October 22, 2007.[1] The song "Vive Ya", (Spanish version of "Dare to live (Vivere)") was nominated for Record of the Year at the Latin Grammy Awards of 2008. In August 2010, 3 years after its release, the album topped the charts in Poland.[2][3] The Spanish version of the album is named Lo Mejor de Andrea Bocelli: Vivire. In Japan the album was released in March 19, 2008 as Time to Say Goodbye: Bocelli Super Best and included two bonus tracks.[4]

Contents

Track listing

  1. "La Voce Del Silenzio" (The Voice of Silence) - 4:55
  2. "Sogno" (Dream) - 4:00
  3. "Il mare calmo della sera" (The Calm Evening Sea) - 4:39
  4. "Dare to live (Vivere)" (duet with Laura Pausini) - 4:18
  5. "Canto della Terra" (Song of the Earth) - 3:59
  6. "A Te" (To You, featuring Kenny G on saxophone) - 4:09
  7. "Bésame Mucho" (Give Me Many Kisses) - 4:02
  8. "Mille Lune Mille Onde" (A Thousand Moons, a Thousand Waves) - 3:59
  9. "Time to Say Goodbye" (Con te partirò)" (duet with Sarah Brightman) - 4:05
  10. "Io ci sarò" (I'll Be There, featuring Lang Lang on piano) - 4:49
  11. "Romanza" (Romance) - 3:42
  12. "Vivo per lei" (I Live for Her, duet with Giorgia) - 4:25
  13. "Melodramma" - 4:07
  14. "Bellissime stelle" (Beautiful Stars) - 4:14
  15. "The Prayer" (duet with Céline Dion) - 4:27
  16. "Because We Believe" (duet with Marco Borsato) - 4:40
Japan bonus tracks[4]
  1. "Somos Novios (It's Impossible)" (duet with Rimi Natsukawa)
  2. "Dell'amore non si sa" (duet with Hayley Westenra)

Charts

Chart (2007) Position
World Top 40 8
Hungarian Albums Chart 1
Italy Albums Top 50 2
Japan Oricon Album Chart[5] 15
Dutch Albums Top 100 3
Polish Albums Chart 1
Norway Top 40 3
Portugal Albums Top 30 3
NZ Albums Top 40 4
Sweden Albums Top 60 4
UK Albums Top 75 4
Denmark Albums Top 40 5
Ireland Albums Top 75 6
US Albums Top 100 9
Australia Albums Top 50 11
Finland Albums Top 40 11
Belgium Albums Top 50 12
Austria Albums Top 75 13
Swiss Albums Top 100 15
Spain Albums Top 100 21
Germany Albums Top 50 28

Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
Austria (IFPI Austria)[6] Gold 10,000x
Brazil (ABPD)[7] Gold 30,000*
Canada (Music Canada)[8] Platinum 100,000^
Denmark (IFPI Denmark)[9] Platinum 30,000^
Greece (IFPI Greece)[10] Gold 7,500^
Hungary (Mahasz)[11] 2× Platinum 12,000x
New Zealand (RIANZ)[12] Platinum 15,000^
Poland (ZPAV)[13] 2× Platinum 40,000*
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[14] Gold 15,000x
United Kingdom (BPI)[15] Platinum 300,000^
United States (RIAA)[16]
for Lo Mejor de Andrea Bocelli		 Platinum (Latin) 100,000^

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
xunspecified figures based on certification alone

See also

Notes

  1. ^ The best of Andrea Bocelli: Vivere, WorldCat.
  2. ^ "Oficjalna lista sprzedaży :: OLIS - Official Retail Sales Chart". OLIS. 2011-03-13. http://olis.onyx.pl/listy/index.asp?lang=. Retrieved 2011-03-18. 
  3. ^ "Poland Albums Top 50 (August 30, 2010) - Music Charts". Acharts.us. 2010-08-30. http://acharts.us/poland_albums_top_50/2010/35. Retrieved 2011-03-18. 
  4. ^ a b "タイム・トゥ・セイ・グッバイ〜ボチェッリ・スーパー・ベスト - アンドレア・ボチェッリ ／ オリコンランキング情報サービス「you大樹」". Ranking.oricon.co.jp. 2008-03-19. http://ranking.oricon.co.jp/free_contents/search/detail.asp?itemcd=752677&samecd=1. Retrieved 2011-03-18. 
  5. ^ "オリコンランキング情報サービス「you大樹」". Ranking.oricon.co.jp. http://ranking.oricon.co.jp/free_contents/search/ranking_list.asp?itemcd=752677&samecd=1&chart_kbn=11A&linkcd=31398673. Retrieved 2011-03-18. 
  6. ^ "Austrian album certifications – Andrea Bocelli – Vivere - Greatest Hits" (in German). IFPI Austria. http://www.ifpi.at/?section=goldplatin.  Enter Andrea Bocelli in the field Interpret. Enter Vivere - Greatest Hits in the field Titel. Select album in the field Format. Click Suchen
  7. ^ "Brazilian album certifications – Andrea Bocelli – Vivere - Greatest Hits" (in Portuguese). Associação Brasileira dos Produtores de Discos. http://abpd.org.br/certificados_interna.asp?sArtista=Andrea+Bocelli&tmidia=1. 
  8. ^ "Canadian album certifications – Andrea Bocelli – Vivere - The Best of Andrea Bocelli". Music Canada. http://www.musiccanada.com/GPSearchResult.aspx?st=Vivere+-+The+Best+of+Andrea+Bocelli&sa=Andrea+Bocelli&smt=0. 
  9. ^ "Danish album certifications – Andrea Bocelli – Vivere - Greatest Hits". IFPI Denmark. http://www.ifpi.dk/index.php?pk_menu=255. 
  10. ^ "Greek album certifications – Andrea Bocelli – Vivere - Greatest Hits" (in Greek). IFPI Greece. http://replay.waybackmachine.org/20090201024016/www.ifpi.gr/chart01.htm. 
  11. ^ "Adatbázis – Arany- és platinalemezek – 2007" (in Hungarian). Mahasz. http://www.mahasz.hu/?menu=arany_es_platinalemezek&menu2=adatbazis&ev=2007. 
  12. ^ "New Zealand album certifications – Andrea Bocelli – Vivere - The Best of". Recording Industry Association of New Zealand. http://rianz.org.nz/rianz/oldchart.asp?chartNum=1597&chartKind=A. 
  13. ^ "Polish album certifications – Andrea Bocelli – Vivere - The Best of" (in Polish). Polish Producers of Audio and Video (ZPAV). http://www.zpav.pl/rankingi/wyroznienia/platynowe/index.php. 
  14. ^ "The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community: Awards (Andrea Bocelli; 'Vivere - Greatest Hits')". Hung Medien. http://www.swisscharts.com/search_certifications.asp?search=Andrea+Bocelli+Vivere+-+Greatest+Hits. 
  15. ^ "British album certifications – Andrea Bocelli – Vivere - Greatest Hits". British Phonographic Industry. http://www.bpi.co.uk/certifiedawards/search.aspx.  Enter Vivere - Greatest Hits in the field Search. Select Title in the field Search by. Select album in the field By Format. Click Go
  16. ^ "American album certifications – Andrea Bocelli – Lo Mejor de Andrea Bocelli". Recording Industry Association of America. http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?artist=%22Lo+Mejor+de+Andrea+Bocelli%22.  If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click Type, then select Latin, then click SEARCH

External links

Andrea Bocelli
Studio albums
Il Mare Calmo della Sera (1994) · Bocelli (1995) · Viaggio Italiano (1996/1997) · Aria: The Opera Album (1998) · Sogno (1999) · Sacred Arias (1999) · Verdi (2000) · Cieli di Toscana (2001) · Sentimento (2002) · Andrea (2004) · Amore (2006) · Incanto (2008) · My Christmas (2009)
Compilations
Romanza (1997) · The Best of Andrea Bocelli: Vivere (2007)
Other albums
Opera recordings
La Bohème (2000) · Tosca (2003) · Il Trovatore (2004) · Werther (2005) · Pagliacci (2006) · Cavalleria Rusticana (2007) · Carmen (2008/2010) · Andrea Chénier (2010)
Live albums & videos

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