Il Divo (album)
Il Divo is the self-titled debut studio album to be released by classical crossover vocal group Il Divo, formed by Simon Cowell in 2004. The album was released on 1 November 2004 in the United Kingdom, via Syco Music, and on 19 April 2005 in the United States, via Columbia Records. The album contains three songs performed in English, six songs performed in Italian, and three songs performed in Spanish, excluding the bonus track. As of December 2013, the album had sold more than 1.5 million copies in the UK.[3] The album has sold more than 5,000,000 worldwide copies to date.[4]
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Released | 1 November 2004 (United Kingdom) 19 April 2005 (United States) | |||
Recorded | February – September 2004, Metropolis Studios, London | |||
Genre | Classical crossover | |||
Length | 53:52 | |||
Label | Syco, Columbia | |||
Producer | Steve Mac[1] | |||
Il Divo chronology | ||||
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Singles from Il Divo | ||||
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Recording started in the first half of 2004 in Sweden, with producers Quiz & Larossi, Per Magnusson & David Kreuger and in the UK with producer Steve Mac. This self-titled album contained the Spanish Regresa a mí, their second single and first original song Mama; Sinatra's My Way (A mi manera); Nella Fantasia, and 1994's San Remo Festival winner Passerà.
The album hit the No. 1 slot on both Amazon.com and BarnesandNoble.com after a career-defining appearance on The Oprah Winfrey Show on 5 April 2005, where they performed Regresa a mí.[5]
In the United Kingdom, the Il Divo album knocked Robbie Williams off the number 1 spot in the UK charts, Williams allegedly said to them at the Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason film premiere, "So you are the four idiots who have forced me off my number one spot!"[6]
This multiplatinum-selling CD became number one in the charts in a total of 13 countries around the world, and achieved top 5 placing in 25 countries.
Singles
- "Regresa a mí" was released as the album's lead single on 22 October 2004. The song is a cover of the original English-language version performed by R&B singer Toni Braxton, originally released in June 1996. The single remain's the band most successful single release to date. The band's Spanish version of the track received positive appreciation from critics, who said that the cover "has the potential to be a hit and to open doors for many of operas most acclaimed stars."[7]
- "Mama" was released as the album's third single on 7 May 2005. "Mama" was the first original song ever released as a single by the band. It was released both as limited edition CD single and DVD single. It was also included on the band's live album, Live at the Greek Theatre. The songwriters behind "Mama", Andreas "Quiz" Romdhane and Josef Larossi, have contributed the largest number of original songs for the band, including "Sei parte ormai di me", "Isabel", "Si tu me amas", "Esisti dentro me" and "Una Noche". The song has also been covered and translated into other languages, including to Afrikaans by the artist Kurt Darren, and into Italian by Paul Potts.
Track listing
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Regresa a mí" | Diane Warren | Steve Mac | 4:42 |
2. | "Mama" | Andreas Romdhane, Josef Larossi, Savan Kotecha | Steve Mac, Quiz & Larossi | 3:19 |
3. | "Nella Fantasia" | Ennio Morricone, Chiara Ferraù | Per Magnusson, David Kreuger | 4:26 |
4. | "Passerà" | Aleandro Baldi, Giancarlo Bigazzi, Marco Falagiani | Steve Mac | 4:40 |
5. | "Everytime I Look at You" | Andy Hill, John Reid | Per Magnusson, David Kreuger | 3:31 |
6. | "Ti amerò" | Matteo Saggese, Per Magnusson, David Kreuger, Frank Musker | Per Magnusson, David Kreuger | 4:01 |
7. | "Dentro un altro si" | Andy Hill, Don Black | Per Magnusson, David Kreuger | 4:34 |
8. | "The Man You Love" | Steve Mac, Blair Daly, Troy Verges | Steve Mac | 3:56 |
9. | "Feelings" | Jörgen Elofsson | Steve Mac | 3:39 |
10. | "Hoy que ya no estás aquí" | Jörgen Elofsson, Tony Vincent | Steve Mac, Mathias Venge | 4:19 |
11. | "Sei parte ormai di me" | Andreas Romdhane, Josef Larossi, Brian McFadden, Shane Filan, Matteo Saggese, Mino Vergnaghi | Quiz & Larossi | 4:28 |
12. | "My Way (A mi manera)" | Jacques Revaux, Claude François, Gilles Thibaut, Paul Anka | Steve Mac | 4:28 |
No. | Title | Length |
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13. | "Unchained Melody (Senza catene)" | 3:51 |
Charts
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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Certifications
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Argentina (CAPIF)[43] | 2× Platinum | 80,000^ |
Australia (ARIA)[44] | 3× Platinum | 210,000^ |
Austria (IFPI Austria)[45] | Platinum | 30,000* |
Belgium (BEA)[46] | 2× Platinum | 100,000* |
Canada (Music Canada)[47] | 3× Platinum | 300,000^ |
Finland (Musiikkituottajat)[48] | 2× Platinum | 66,441[48] |
France (SNEP)[49] | 2× Gold | 200,000* |
Hungary (MAHASZ)[50] | Platinum | 20,000^ |
Mexico (AMPROFON)[51] | 2× Platinum | 200,000^ |
Netherlands (NVPI)[52] | 2× Platinum | 160,000^ |
New Zealand (RMNZ)[53] | Gold | 7,500^ |
Norway (IFPI Norway)[54] | Platinum | 40,000* |
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[55] | 2× Platinum | 160,000^ |
Sweden (GLF)[56] | Platinum | 60,000^ |
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[57] | Platinum | 40,000^ |
United Kingdom (BPI)[58] | 5× Platinum | 1,500,000^ |
United States (RIAA)[59] | Platinum | 1,000,000^ |
Summaries | ||
Europe (IFPI)[60] | 2× Platinum | 2,000,000* |
*sales figures based on certification alone |
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