El Alma al Aire | ||||
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Released | September 26, 2000 | |||
Recorded | March – July 2000 | |||
Studio | Criteria Studios (Miami, Florida) | |||
Genre | Latin pop, Flamenco pop | |||
Length | 54:47 | |||
Label | WEA Latina | |||
Producer | Emanuele Ruffinengo | |||
Alejandro Sanz chronology | ||||
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Singles from El Alma al Aire | ||||
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El Alma al Aire (The Soul from the Air) is the sixth studio album recorded by Spanish singer-songwriter Alejandro Sanz, released by WEA Latina on September 26, 2000 (see 2000 in music). It is one of his more suggestive and emotive works. It beat all the records of sale of the Spanish market on having reached the 1,000,000 copies in the first week. [1]
Year | Chart | Peak | Weeks on Chart |
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2000 | Argentine Albums (CAPIF) | 1 [2] | |
2000 | Billboard Heatseekers | 5 [3] | 5 |
2000 | Billboard Latin Pop Albums | 2 [3] | 25 |
2000 | Billboard Top Latin Albums | 3 [3] | 38 |
2000 | Billboard The Billboard 200 | 148 [3] | 2 |
2000 | Billboard Top Heatseekers (Pacific) | 4 [3] | 2 |
2000 | Billboard Top Heatseekers (South Atlantic) | 1 [3] | 7 |
Year | Chart | Track | Peak | Weeks on Chart |
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2000 | Billboard Hot Latin Songs | Cuando Nadie Me Ve | 12 [3] | 11 |
2000 | Billboard Latin Pop Airplay | Cuando Nadie Me Ve | 9 [3] | 14 |
2000 | Billboard Latin Tropical/Salsa Airplay | Cuando Nadie Me Ve | 7 [3] | 13 |
2000 | Billboard Hot Latin Songs | Quisiera Ser | 17 [3] | 16 |
2000 | Billboard Latin Pop Airplay | Quisiera Ser | 13 [3] | 23 |
2000 | Billboard Latin Tropical/Salsa Airplay | Quisiera Ser | 9 [3] | 15 |
2001 | Billboard Hot Latin Songs | El Alma al Aire | 40 [3] | 1 |
2001 | Billboard Latin Pop Airplay | El Alma al Aire | 17 [3] | 3 |
2001 | Billboard Latin Tropical/Salsa Airplay | El Alma al Aire | 30 [3] | 4 |
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Argentina (CAPIF) [4] | 3× Platinum | 180,000^ |
Chile [5] | Platinum | 25,000 [5] |
Mexico (AMPROFON) [6] | 5× Gold | 450,000 [7] |
Spain (PROMUSICAE) [8] | 13× Platinum | 1,300,000^ |
United States (RIAA) [9] | 2× Platinum (Latin) | 200,000^ |
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Europe (IFPI) [10] | Platinum | 1,000,000* |
* Sales figures based on certification alone. |
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Year | Category | Title | Result |
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2001 | Latin Grammy Award for Record of the Year | El Alma al Aire | Won |
Latin Grammy Award for Album of the Year | El Alma al Aire | Won | |
Latin Grammy Award for Song of the Year | El Alma al Aire | Won | |
Latin Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal | El Alma al Aire | Won | |
Latin Grammy Award for Best Music Video | Cuando Nadie Me Ve | Nominated | |
2001 | Grammy Award for Best Latin Pop Album | El Alma al Aire | Nominated |
El Alma al Aire: Edición Especial | |
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Studio album by | |
Released | June 6, 2001 |
Recorded | March–July 2000 at Criteria Studios (Miami, Florida) |
Genre | Latin pop |
Length | 54:47(CD 1) 23:27 (CD 2) |
Label | WEA Latina |
Producer | Emanuele Ruffinengo, David Foster |
Singles from El Alma al Aire: Edición Especial | |
El Alma al Aire: Edición Especial is the 2001 re-release of the album El Alma al Aire containing 2 CDs. The CD 1 is the same as the original album and the CD 2 contains 5 new tracks (his duets with the Irish group The Corrs, a duet with the Mexican singer Armando Manzanero and a remix of the song "Tiene Que Ser Pecado").
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El Alma al Aire | |
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Studio album by | |
Released | September 26, 2006 |
Recorded | March–July 2000 at Criteria Studios (Miami, Florida) |
Genre | Latin pop |
Label | Warner Music Latina |
El Alma al Aire (Edición 2006) is the 2006 re-release of the album El Alma al Aire containing a CD and DVD. The CD contains 13 tracks and the DVD contains 14 videos.
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