Laura Pausini (1994 album)

Laura Pausini
Studio album by Laura Pausini
Released 22 November 1994
Recorded Santanna Recording Studios
Castelfranco Emilia, Modena, Italy
Morning Studio
Milan, Province of Milan, Italy
Logic Audiofile Studio
Milan, Province of Milan, Italy
Genre Latin pop, adult contemporary
Length 42:18
Language Spanish
Label CGD
Producer Arcangelo Valsiglio, Marco Marati
Laura Pausini chronology

Laura
(1994)		 Laura Pausini
(1994)		 Laura Pausini
(1995)
Singles from Laura
  1. "La Soledad"
    Released: 1994
  2. "Se Fue"
    Released: 1994
  3. "Amores Extraños"
    Released: 1994
  4. "Gente"
    Released: 1995
  5. "Él No Está Por Ti"
    Released: 1995

Laura Pausini is Italian singer Laura Pausini’s Spanish language debut album, issued by CGD (Warner) Records in 1994. This self-titled work offers Spanish language renditions of selected tracks and greatest hits from her native Italian language albums Laura Pausini (1993) and Laura (1994).

Track listing

No. TitleLyricsMusicSpanish adaptation Length
1. "Gente"  Cheope,[1] Marco MaratiAngelo ValsiglioJ. Badia[2] 4:30
2. "Él no está por ti"  Cheope, MaratiValsiglio, Roberto ButiBadia 3:45
3. "Amores extraños"  Cheope, Marati, Francesco TaniniValsiglio, ButiBadia 4:10
4. "Las chicas"  Cheope, MaratiValsiglio, ButiBadia 4:30
5. "El valor que no se ve"  Cheope, MaratiValsiglioBadia 4:35
6. "La soledad"  Federico Cavalli, CremonesiPietro Cremonesi, ValsiglioBadia 4:04
7. "¿Por qué no volverán?"  CavalliValsiglio, CremonesiBadia 4:10
8. "Se fue"  CavalliCremonesi, ValsiglioBadia 4:40
9. "¿Por qué no?"  Roberto CasiniValsiglio, CremonesiBadia 4:02
10. "Carta"  Cheope, MaratiValsiglio, Giovanni SalvatoriBadia 3:45

Charts and certifications

Charts

Chart (1994–1995) Peak
position
Colombian Albums Chart[3] 1
Spanish Albums Chart[4] 1
US Top Latin Albums[5] 31
US Latin Pop Albums[5] 10

Year-end charts

Chart (1994) Position
Spanish Albums Chart[6] 1
Chart (1995) Position
Spanish Albums Chart[6] 3

Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
Argentina (CAPIF)[7] Platinum 60,000x
Chile (IFPI Chile)[8] Platinum 25,000^
Colombia (ASINCOL)[9] Platinum 60,000x
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[10] 11× Platinum 1,300,000[11]
Summaries
Europe (IFPI)[12] Platinum 1,000,000*

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

Personnel

Performing

Technical

Design

Notes

  1. ↑ Alfredo Rapetti billed as Cheope
  2. ↑ Ignacio Ballesteros Díaz billed as J. Badia
  3. ↑ "Laura Pausini, ventas en Colombia". El Tiempo (in Spanish). 21 November 1998. Retrieved 10 September 1995.
  4. ↑ "Hits of the World – Spain". Billboard: 48. 21 January 1995. Retrieved 4 August 2011.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Laura Pausini [Spanish] – Laura Pausini". Billboard. Retrieved 23 July 2011.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Anuario SGAE 1999 – Anexo 6 – Los 50 titulos con mayores ventas en las listas de ventas de AFYVE en 1996" (PDF) (in Spanish). Sociedad General de Autores y Editores.
  7. ↑ "Discos de Oro y Platino" (in Spanish). Cámara Argentina de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas. Archived from the original on 31 May 2011. Retrieved 15 August 2012.
  8. ↑ John Lannert (10 December 1994). "ABCs of Latin America – Record Biz Tries To Warm A Chilly Market". Billboard. Retrieved 18 March 2012.
  9. ↑ "Laura Pausini y su brillante carrera". El Tiempo (in Spanish). 21 November 1998. Retrieved 24 July 2011.
  10. ↑ "Discos de platino y oro 1999". El Mundo (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 12 March 2005. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
  11. ↑ "Laura Pausini cuarto disco en español en septiembre". zm.nu. 16 August 2000. Retrieved April 16, 2014.
  12. ↑ "IFPI Platinum Europe Awards – 1997". International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 23 July 2011.
  13. ↑ Discogs - Luciano Viti profile and discography

References