Incanto | ||||
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Released | 4 November 2008 | |||
Recorded | Splash Studios, Naples | |||
Genre | Classical | |||
Label | Decca Records, Universal | |||
Producer | Clive Bennett | |||
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Incanto is the twelfth studio album by Classical Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli,released on 4 November 2008 and coinciding with his 50th birthday. The album,a personal tribute to the musical traditions of his homeland,features mainly Neapolitan love songs from Bocelli's childhood.
The two disc set also contains Incanto:The Documentary,a bonus DVD containing exclusive documentary footage,including an interview with Bocelli filmed in Naples,alongside a music video showcasing the Italian city in the 1950s. The video features rare clips of notable figures enjoying the romance of Naples in its heyday such as Elizabeth Taylor,Richard Burton,Sophia Loren,John F. Kennedy,among others.
On 21 February 2009,on the Italian talk-show, Che tempo che fa ,Bocelli received a four times Diamond disc for Incanto,for selling in excess of 1.5 million copies within 4 months of its release. [1] The album was also nominated for "album of the year" at the 2009 Classical BRIT Awards.
In Japan the album was released on 21 January 2009 as Santa Lucia:Miwaku no Italian Songs (サンタ・ルチア~魅惑のイタリアン・ソングス,Santa Ruchia:Meiwaku no Itarian Songusu,Santa Lucia:Fascinating Italian Songs) and featured two bonus tracks. [2]
Blogcritics gave the album a favorable review. [3]
Weekly charts
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Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Australia (ARIA) [29] | Gold | 35,000^ |
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil) [30] | Platinum | 60,000* |
Finland (Musiikkituottajat) [31] | Gold | 14,349 [31] |
Greece (IFPI Greece) [32] | Gold | 7,500^ |
Hungary (MAHASZ) [33] | Platinum | 6,000^ |
Ireland (IRMA) [34] | Platinum | 15,000^ |
Italy | — | 100,000 [35] |
Norway (IFPI Norway) [36] | Gold | 15,000* |
Poland (ZPAV) [37] | Platinum | 20,000* |
United Kingdom (BPI) [38] | Gold | 100,000^ |
United States | — | 500,000 [39] |
* Sales figures based on certification alone. |
Sogno is the fifth studio album by Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli.
Sacred Arias, is the sixth studio album by Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli.
Bocelli is the second studio album by Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli, released in 1995 on the Polydor GmbH label.
Sentimento is the ninth studio album released by Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli. It was recorded between 30 September and 7 October 2000, and released on 5 November 2002.
Amore is the eleventh studio album by Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli, released on 31 January 2006, for the Valentine's Day season. This album features a remake of Elvis Presley's "Can't Help Falling in Love"; "Because We Believe", the closing song of the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, which Bocelli wrote and performed; "Somos Novios, a duet with American pop singer Christina Aguilera; and his first recording of Bésame Mucho, which eventually became one of his signature songs.
"Con te partirò" is an Italian song written by Francesco Sartori (music) and Lucio Quarantotto (lyrics). It was first performed by Andrea Bocelli at the 1995 Sanremo Music Festival and recorded on his album of the same year, Bocelli. The single was first released as an A-side single with "Vivere" in 1995, topping the charts, first in France, where it became one of the best-selling singles of all-time, and then in Belgium, breaking the all-time record sales there.
The Best of Andrea Bocelli: Vivere is the first greatest hits album released by Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli. It includes five new studio recordings and was internationally released by Sugar on 22 October 2007.
Andrea is the tenth studio album released by Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli, in 2004. This album, being Bocelli's fifth pop release, peaked at number 1 on the Dutch Albums Top 100, stayed on that chart for 33 weeks, and ended up being certified Gold. The song "L'Attesa" was written by Italian singer Mango.
Cieli di Toscana (Tuscan Skies) is Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli's eighth studio album, released in 2001.
Viaggio Italiano is Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli's third studio album and first classical album.
Verdi is Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli's seventh studio album and fourth classical album, of Verdi's most famous arias, released in 2000. The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Zubin Mehta, accompanied Bocelli for the album. The album was certified Gold in the US by the Recording Industry Association of America and in Switzerland by IFPI of Switzerland, Platinum in Canada by the Canadian Recording Industry Association, and Double Platinum in the Netherlands by the Nederlandse Vereniging van Producenten en Importeurs van beeld- en geluidsdragers.
Aria: The Opera Album is Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli's fourth studio album, released in April 1998.
My Christmas is the thirteenth studio album and first Christmas album released by Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli.
Italian pop tenor and crossover artist Andrea Bocelli has released seventeen pop, classical, and Latin studio albums, including one holiday album; three compilation albums; twenty two singles; four collaborative albums; eleven complete opera recordings; three live albums, and nine live video releases.
Romanza is the first compilation album by Italian tenor singer Andrea Bocelli, released internationally in 1997.
Passione is the fourteenth studio album by Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli, released on 29 January 2013. The album is a collection of Mediterranean love songs featuring duets with Jennifer Lopez, Nelly Furtado and a virtual duet with the late French cabaret singer Édith Piaf. It was produced by multiple Grammy-winning producer and Verve Music Group Chairman David Foster, who co-produced Bocelli's 2006 Latin album Amore. A Spanish version of the album titled Pasión is set to be released through Universal Latino label.
Cinema is the fifteenth studio album by Italian classical tenor recording artist Andrea Bocelli. The album, featuring renditions of classic film soundtracks and scores, was released on 23 October 2015 through Sugar Music and Universal Music Group. A Spanish-language version of the album was also released and has been nominated Album of the Year at the 17th Annual Latin Grammy Awards. Cinema received a nomination for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album at the 59th Annual Grammy Awards held in February 2017.
Sì is the sixteenth studio album by Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli, released on 26 October 2018. It is Bocelli's first album of original material in 14 years, his last being Andrea (2004). Bocelli duets with his son Matteo Bocelli on "Fall on Me", and Ed Sheeran provides vocals on and also co-wrote "Amo soltanto te", which marks the second collaboration between Bocelli and Sheeran after the latter's "Perfect Symphony" in 2017. Dua Lipa and Josh Groban also appear on the album.
Believe is the seventeenth studio album by Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli. The album was released on 13 November 2020 by Sugar Music and Decca Records.