Siempre (Il Divo album)

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Siempre
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Studio album by
Il Divo
Released21 November 2006 (2006-11-21)
Genre Classical crossover
Length44:14
Label
Producer
Il Divo chronology
Ancora
(2005)		Siempre
(2006)		 The Promise
(2008)
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Siempre is the fourth studio album by the classical crossover vocal group Il Divo. It was released on 21 November 2006 in the United States and globally on 27 November 2006 by Syco Music and Columbia Records.

Contents

Background

According to producer Steve Mac in an interview with HitQuarters, preparation for the album would involve Simon Cowell compiling a list of around 200 potential songs. [2] Cowell would then whittle this number down to around 40 which he then presented to Mac for consideration. [2] Mac would then tell Cowell which of these would or would not work. [2] When the song list had been reduced to around 18 or 19 songs Mac would then try out the songs with the band to see which worked for them. [2] 15 songs would then be recorded for the album. [2]

The songs on Siempre ("Always" in Spanish) include new arrangements of "Nights in White Satin" (originally by The Moody Blues), "Caruso", "Without You", "Somewhere", "You Raise Me Up", a new version of the song "Music" from the 1970s renamed "Musica", and re-arranged by its original British composer John Miles. The album also features a cover of Bryan Adams' "Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?" translated into the Spanish "Un regalo que te dio la vida" (which literally means "A Gift That Life Gave You"). The album includes the Spanish adaptation by the famous Mexican composer and musician Armando Manzanero of "Una noche" ("One Night", Spanish). Other original songs in this album include "La vida sin amor" ("Life without Love," Spanish), and "Come primavera" ("Like Spring", Italian).

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Notte di luce" (Nights in White Satin)Mario Frangoulis, Justin Hayward4:18
2."Caruso" Lucio Dalla 3:56
3."Desde el día que te fuiste" (Without You)Peter Ham, Tom Evans3:51
4."Come Primavera"Cheope, Henrik Janson, David Kreuger, Per Magnusson 3:50
5."Un regalo que te dio la vida" (Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?) Bryan Adams, Michael Kamen, Robert John "Mutt" Lange, Rudy Perez4:39
6."La vida sin amor"Carlos Gómez, David Kreuger, Per Magnusson 3:39
7."Una noche"Savan Kotecha, Andreas Romdhane y Josef Larossi 4:12
8."Por ti seré" (You Raise Me Up) Brendan Graham, Rolf Løvland, Lo Ta-yu 4:02
9."Amor venme a buscar" Steve Mac, Rudy Pérez, John Reid 4:14
10."Música" John Miles 3:59
11."Somewhere" (Extra) Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim 3:30

Notes

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Argentina (CAPIF) [54] Gold20,000^
Australia (ARIA) [55] 2× Platinum140,000^
Austria (IFPI Austria) [56] Gold15,000*
Belgium (BEA) [57] Platinum50,000*
Canada (Music Canada) [58] 3× Platinum300,000^
Denmark (IFPI Danmark) [59] Gold20,000^
Finland (Musiikkituottajat) [60] Gold24,836 [60]
France (SNEP) [61] Gold75,000*
Hungary (MAHASZ) [62] Gold3,000^
Ireland (IRMA) [63] 4× Platinum60,000^
Mexico (AMPROFON) [64] Platinum100,000^
Netherlands (NVPI) [65] 2× Platinum140,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ) [66] Platinum15,000^
Portugal (AFP) [67] 2× Platinum40,000^
Russia (NFPF) [68] Gold10,000*
Spain (PROMUSICAE) [69] 4× Platinum320,000^
Sweden (GLF) [70] Platinum40,000^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland) [71] Platinum30,000^
United Kingdom (BPI) [72] 2× Platinum600,000^
United States (RIAA) [73] Platinum1,100,000 [74]
Summaries
Europe (IFPI) [75] Platinum1,000,000*

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

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