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Io canto

Io canto/Yo canto
Italian-language edition
Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 10, 2006 (Italian-language) November 14, 2006 (Spanish-language)
RecordedLogic Studio
Milan, Italy
Larione 10
Florence, Italy
Henson Recording Studios
Los Angeles, US
Studio Impatto
Bologna, Italy
ORS (Oliveta Recording Studio)
Castel Bolognese, Italy

Sage Studio
Los Angeles, US
GenrePop rock
Length68:07
LanguageItalian, French, Spanish
LabelWarner Music
ProducerLaura Pausini (also exec.), Celso Valli, Dado Parisini, Daniel Vuletic
Laura Pausini chronology
Live in Paris 05
(2005)
Io canto/Yo canto
(2006)
San Siro 2007
(2007)
Alternative cover
Spanish-language edition
Singles from Io canto
  1. "Io canto"
    Released: October 13, 2006[1]
  2. "Spaccacuore"
    Released: January 19, 2007[2]
  3. "Non me lo so spiegare"
    Released: March 23, 2007[3]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]
Musica e dischi[5]

Io canto and Yo canto (English: I Sing) are the ninth studio albums by Italian singer Laura Pausini. The Italian-language edition was released on November 10, 2006 while the Spanish-language edition was released on November 14, 2006 by Warner Music. Yo canto–Io canto is a limited-edition double album featuring both the Italian– and Spanish-language editions. This marks the first instance in Pausini's multilingual music career in which both editions are offered in a single release. Warner Music issued a third edition pressed exclusively for the French market. This pressing of Io canto features the bonus track "Je chante", a partial French adaptation of the Italian "Io canto".[6]

The album consists entirely of covers. Its repertoire spans three decades of Italian pop music history. Pausini pays homage to fellow Italian singer–songwriters whose lyrical work has influenced her artistic sensibility throughout the years.[7] In the album's liner notes Pausini reveals:

Here is the music I listen to when I'm at my saddest, or when I feel a moment is special, the songs I used to sing as a young girl when I first started performing, and above all, those which taught me to love music, and how music can move you so deeply, regardless of its genre or style.

Yo canto features "Dispárame, dispara", also known as "Corazón roto"—opening theme of the Mexican telenovela Amar sin límites (2006).[8] Chile's Canal 13 employed the album's title track for its television series Cantando por un sueño.[9] The album won the Latin Grammy in 2007 for Best Female Pop Vocal Album.

Inception

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The decision to present a cover album stemmed from a "pending debt" to Pausini's musical roots and homeland. She first conceptualized the idea approximately ten years prior to Io canto's publication.[1] The idea, however, did not take root until Pausini's golden year in 2006 that culminated in a Grammy Award for Best Latin Pop Album for Escucha (2004) at the 48th Annual Grammy Awards. At the post–Grammy press conference, journalists remarked how they admired Pausini for never having abandoned her brand of "Italian pop of always" despite her classification as a "Latin music" artist. Alluding to Pausini's "Italian–ness," Randy Cordova for The Arizona Republic concurred, "She doesn't pander to the crowd with Latin guitars, reggaeton remixes or Cuban percussion. [Her music] is all very organic."[10] This acknowledgement moved Pausini to honor Italy by recording a cover album of Italian "classics". Pausini also wished to export underappreciated Italian music to the world as a consequence of her multilingualism furthermore the album has sold 2 million copies worldwide.[11]

The song "Come il sole all'improvviso" and its Spanish counterpart version have lyrics in French language.

Track listing

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Io canto

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No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Io canto"Marco LubertiRiccardo Cocciante4:16
2."Due"Raf, CheopeRaf4:38
3."Scrivimi"Nino Buonocore, Michele de VitisNino Buonocore3:52
4."Mi Libre Canción" (Duet with Juanes)MogolLucio Battisti4:33
5."Destinazione paradiso"Gianluca Grignani, Massimo LucaGrignani3:39
6."Stella gemella"Eros Ramazzotti, Adelio CogliatiRamazzotti, Giuseppe Tosetto, Mario Lavezzi4:37
7."Come il sole all'improvviso" (Duet with Johnny Hallyday)Gino PaoliZucchero3:19
8."Cinque giorni"Vincenzo IncenzoMichele Zarrillo4:04
9."La mia banda suona il rock"Ivano FossatiFossati3:45
10."Spaccacuore"Samuele Bersani, Lucio DallaBersani, Giuseppe d'Onghia4:08
11."Anima fragile"Vasco RossiRossi3:26
12."Non me lo so spiegare" (Duet with Tiziano Ferro)Tiziano FerroFerro4:32
13."Nei giardini che nessuno sa""Renato Zero, Danilo RiccardiZero, Riccardi5:13
14."In una stanza quasi rosa"Biagio AntonacciAntonacci4:33
15."Quando"Pino DanieleDaniele3:41
16."Strada facendo"Claudio BaglioniBaglioni5:40
French edition bonus track
No.TitleLyricsMusicFrench adaptationLength
17."Je chante (Io canto)" (Franco-Italian Version)Marco LubertiRiccardo CoccianteJean-Pierre Lemaire4:22
iTunes pre-order edition bonus tracks
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
17."È, non è"Niccolò FabiNiccolò Fabi3:38
18."Non me lo so spiegare" (solo version)FerroFerro4:35
19."Il mio canto libero" (solo version)MogolLucio Battisti4:40
20."Come il sole all'improvviso" (solo version)Gino PaoliZucchero3:22

Yo canto

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No.TitleLyricsMusicSpanish adaptationLength
1."Yo Canto"Marco LubertiRiccardo CoccianteFrank Andrada04:17
2."Dos"Raf, CheopeRafOrtiz, Laura Pausini04:39
3."Escríbeme"Nino Buonocore, Michele de VitisNino BuonocoreOrtiz, Pausini03:53
4."Mi Libre Canción" (Duet With Juanes)MogolLucio BattistiCarlos Ramón04:34
5."Destino Paraíso"Gianluca Grignani, Massimo LucaGrignaniIgnacio Ballesteros Díaz03:40
6."Estrella Gemela"Eros Ramazzotti, Adelio CogliatiEros Ramazzotti, Giuseppe Tosetto, Mario LavezziIgnacio De Loyola Mano Guillén, Javier Salvador Sánchez Bori, José Javier Mano Guillén04:38
7."Cómo El Sol Inesperado"Gino PaoliZuccheroOrtiz, Pausini03:20
8."Cinco Días"Vincenzo IncenzoMichele ZarrilloBallesteros Díaz04:05
9."Y Mi Banda Toca El Rock"Ivano FossatiFossatiHidalgo03:46
10."Dispárame, Dispara"Samuele Bersani, Lucio DallaBersani, Giuseppe d'OnghiaOrtiz, Pausini04:09
11."Corazón Frágil"Vasco RossiRossiOrtiz, Pausini03:27
12."No Me Lo Puedo Explicar" (Duet With Tiziano Ferro)Tiziano FerroFerroFerro04:33
13."En Los Jardines Donde Nadie Va"Renato Zero, Danilo RiccardiZero, RiccardiOrtiz, Pausini05:14
14."En Un Cuarto Casi Rosa"Biagio AntonacciAntonacciOrtiz, Pausini04:34
15."Cuando"Pino DanieleDanieleOrtiz, Pausini03:42
16."Por El Camino"Claudio BaglioniBaglioniOrtiz05:41
iTunes pre-order edition bonus tracks
No.TitleLyricsMusicSpanish adaptationLength
17."Es, No Es"Niccolò FabiNiccolò FabiCarmen Fernández03:39
18."No Me Lo Puedo Explicar" (Sólo Version)FerroFerroFerro04:33
19."Mi Libre Canción" (Sólo Version)MogolBattistiRamón04:41

Personnel

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Chart performance

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The first single "Io canto" debuted at No. 3 on the Italian chart at the beginning of November, and it peaked at No. 1 in the week before Christmas. It has spent a total of 4 weeks at the top spot. The album debuted at No. 1 in the Italian chart with 270,000 copies shipped in the first week. At the end of 2006 it became the Italian's best-selling album of the year, selling over 500,000 copies.[12] It has spent a total of 8 weeks at No. 1. As of October 2008 the album sold over 2 million copies worldwide.

Charts

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Sales and certifications

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Region Certification Certified units/sales
France (SNEP)[32] Gold 75,000*
Italy (FIMI)[34] 6× Platinum 700,000[33]
Mexico (AMPROFON)[35] Gold 50,000^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[36] Platinum 30,000^
Summaries
Worldwide 2,000,000[11]

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

Tour

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Pausini chose not to do a tour to promote Io canto. Instead, she opted for a single concert in Milan, in the Stadio San Siro, making history as the first female artist to play a gig in this venue. The sold-out concert happened on 2 June 2007. Approximately 70,000 fans attended in the incessant rain. Tiziano Ferro appeared for a duet. The two and a half-hour concert has been released on DVD in December 2007.[37]

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