Sound Loaded

Sound Loaded is the sixth album by the Puerto Rican singer Ricky Martin, released by Columbia Records on November 14, 2000.[1] The album has been credited with worldwide sales of around six 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.[2] It includes the hit singles "She Bangs" and "Nobody Wants to Be Lonely".

Sound Loaded
Studio album by
Ricky Martin
ReleasedNovember 14, 2000 (2000-11-14)
RecordedMay 29 – October 2000
Genre
Language
Label
Producer
Ricky Martin chronology
Ricky Martin
(1999)		 Sound Loaded
(2000)		 La Historia
(2001)
Singles from Sound Loaded
  1. "She Bangs"
    Released: October 10, 2000
  2. "Nobody Wants to Be Lonely"
    Released: January 16, 2001
  3. "Loaded"
    Released: April 17, 2001

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 track list.

Critical reception
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic64/100[3]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]
Billboard[3]
Entertainment WeeklyB-[5]
PopMatterspositive[6]
Q Magazine[3]
Rolling Stone7/10[3]
Slant Magazine[7]

At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, Sound Loaded received an average score of 64, which indicates "generally favorable reviews", based on 6 reviews.[8]

An editor from Billboard magazine wrote a positive review of the album, saying "Sound Loaded shows Martin walking the tightrope between requisite familiarity and fresh musical ground with remarkable ease." and mentioning "a smattering of well-crafted material on which he's allowed to truly strut his vocal stuff", highlighted the lovely ballads "The Touch" and "Come To Me". The editor also praised his "special attention to his Latin roots by including a handful of solid Spanish-language tunes".

Commercial performance

The album has sold around six million copies worldwide.[9] That number includes 2,000,000 copies sold in the United States.[10]

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)[11] 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.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."She Bangs"
  • Afanasieff
  • Rosa
  • Child[a]
4:42
2."Saint Tropez"
  • Child
  • Rosa
Child4:48
3."Come to Me"
  • Rosa
  • David Resnik
  • James Goodwin
4:34
4."Loaded"
  • Estefan
  • Rosa
  • Noriega
3:53
5."Nobody Wants to Be Lonely"
Child5:04
6."Amor"
  • Rosa
  • Randall Barlow
  • Liza Quintana
  • Estefan
  • Rosa
  • Barlow
3:27
7."Jezabel"
  • Child
  • Peter Amato
Child3:49
8."The Touch"
Child4:27
9."One Night Man"
  • Estefan
  • Morales
3:49
10."She Bangs" (Spanish version)
  • Afanasieff
  • Rosa
  • Child[a]
4:36
11."Are You in It for Love"
Mark Taylor4:06
12."Ven a Mí (Come to Me)"
  • Rosa
  • Resnik
  • Goodwin
  • D. López
  • Estefan
  • Noriega
  • Child[a]
4:33
13."If You Ever Saw Her"
Taylor3:53
14."Dame Más (Loaded)"
  • Rosa
  • Secada
  • Noriega
  • Robert Blades
  • Ricardo Gaitán
  • Alberto Gaitán
  • Estefan
  • Rosa
  • Noriega
3:53
15."Cambia la Piel"Pau DonésK.C. Porter5:13

Notes

Charts

Certifications and sales
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Argentina (CAPIF)[46] Gold 30,000^
Australia (ARIA)[47] 2× Platinum 140,000^
Canada (Music Canada)[48] 3× Platinum 300,000^
Denmark (IFPI Denmark)[49] Gold 25,000^
Finland (Musiikkituottajat)[50] Gold 24,464[50]
Germany (BVMI)[51] Gold 150,000^
Hong Kong (IFPI Hong Kong)[52] Gold 10,000*
Japan (RIAJ)[53] Platinum 200,000^
Mexico (AMPROFON)[54] Platinum+Gold 225,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ)[55] Platinum 15,000^
Norway (IFPI Norway)[56] Gold 25,000*
Poland (ZPAV)[57] Gold 50,000*
South Korea (RIAK) — 64,931[58]
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[59] 2× Platinum 200,000^
Sweden (GLF)[60] Platinum 80,000^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[61] Gold 25,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[62] Platinum 300,000^
United States (RIAA)[63] 2× Platinum 2,000,000^
Summaries
Europe (IFPI)[64] Platinum 1,000,000*
Worldwide — 5,400,000[9]

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Release history
Region Date Label Format Catalog
Hong Kong November 14, 2000[65] Columbia CD 497769.2
Japan November 8, 2000[66] Epic Records CD ESCA-8250

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