Viaggio Italiano | ||||
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Released | 1996 | |||
Recorded | 1995 | |||
Genre | Classical | |||
Length | 68min | |||
Label | Polygram International | |||
Andrea Bocelli chronology | ||||
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AllMusic | [1] |
Viaggio Italiano is Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli's third studio album and first classical album.
The album features some of the most popular opera arias and Neapolitan songs of all time, such as Nessun Dorma, 'O sole mio and la Donna è Mobile. Although released only in Italy in 1996, it sold close to 300,000 copies. [2] Bocelli later received the ECHO Klassik "Best seller of the year" award for the album, after its international release, in 1997. [3]
Weekly charts
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Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Argentina (CAPIF) [24] | Platinum | 60,000^ |
Belgium (BEA) [25] | Platinum | 90,000 [26] |
Canada (Music Canada) [27] | Platinum | 100,000^ |
Germany (BVMI) [28] | Gold | 250,000^ |
Netherlands (NVPI) [29] | Platinum | 100,000^ |
Norway (IFPI Norway) [30] | Gold | 25,000* |
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland) [31] | Gold | 25,000^ |
United Kingdom (BPI) [32] | Platinum | 300,000^ |
United States (RIAA) [33] | Gold | 500,000^ |
Summaries | ||
Europe (IFPI) [34] | Platinum | 1,000,000* |
* Sales figures based on certification alone. |
Sogno (Dream) is the fifth 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.
Timeless, known as Time to Say Goodbye in the United States, Canada and on Super Audio CD, is the fifth album by classical crossover soprano Sarah Brightman and the London Symphony Orchestra. It went gold or platinum in 21 countries. It sold over 1.4 million copies in the United States, and topped its Billboard Classical Albums chart for 35 weeks.
"Con te partirò", also known as "Por ti Volare", 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.
Classics: The Best of Sarah Brightman is a European-only compilation album by classical crossover soprano Sarah Brightman. An earlier version of Classics was released worldwide, except for Europe, in 2001. The cover art for both albums are the same, but the track listings are different.
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.
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.
Il mare calmo della sera is Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli's first album, released only in Italy in 1994. It was followed by the release of Bocelli in 1995, his second pop album which outsold the first, then by Romanza in 1997. Between the releases of Bocelli and Romanza, Viaggio Italiano, his first classical album, was released.
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.
A Night in Tuscany is the first DVD released by Italian singer Andrea Bocelli of a concert which took place at the Piazza dei Cavalieri in Pisa in 1997. The concert includes duets with soprano Nuccia Focile, Italian rock star Zucchero, and English soprano Sarah Brightman.
Eros is the first greatest hits album by Italian pop/rock singer Eros Ramazzotti.
Italian pop tenor and crossover artist Andrea Bocelli has released seventeen pop, classical, and Latin studio albums, including one holiday album; four 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.
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.