Io canto

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Field	Value
name	Io canto/Yo canto
type	Cover album
artist	Laura Pausini
cover	io canto.jpg
caption	Italian-language edition
released	November 10, 2006 (Italian-language)
recorded	Logic 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
genre	Pop rock
length	68:07
language	Italian, French, Spanish
label	Warner Music
producer	Laura Pausini (also exec.), Celso Valli, Dado Parisini, Daniel Vuletic
prev_title	Live in Paris 05
prev_year	2005
next_title	San Siro 2007
next_year	2007
misc	{{Extra album cover
type	cover
cover	yo canto.jpg
caption	Spanish-language edition
name	Io canto
type	Studio album
single1	Io canto
single1date	October 13, 2006
single2	Spaccacuore
single2date	January 19, 2007
single3	Non me lo so spiegare
single3date	March 23, 2007
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| name = Io canto/Yo canto | type = Cover album | artist = Laura Pausini | cover = io canto.jpg | alt = | caption = Italian-language edition | released = November 10, 2006 (Italian-language) November 14, 2006 (Spanish-language) | recorded = Logic 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 | venue = | studio = | genre = Pop rock | length = 68:07 | language = Italian, French, Spanish | label = Warner Music | producer = Laura Pausini (also exec.), Celso Valli, Dado Parisini, Daniel Vuletic | prev_title = Live in Paris 05 | prev_year = 2005 | next_title = San Siro 2007 | next_year = 2007 | misc = {{Extra album cover | header = | type = cover | cover = yo canto.jpg | border = | alt = | caption = Spanish-language edition | name = Io canto | type = Studio album | single1 = Io canto | single1date = October 13, 2006 | single2 = Spaccacuore | single2date = January 19, 2007 | single3 = Non me lo so spiegare | single3date = March 23, 2007 |rev1 = AllMusic |rev1Score = |rev2 = Musica e dischi |rev2Score =

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".

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. In the album's liner notes Pausini reveals:

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

Inception

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 cantos publication.http://www.terra.com/ocio/articulo/html/oci156474.htm 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." 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.

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

Track listing

''Io canto''

|title1 = Io canto |music1 = Riccardo Cocciante |lyrics1 = Marco Luberti |length1 = 4:16

|title2 = Due |music2 = Raf |lyrics2 = Raf, Cheope |length2 = 4:38

|title3 = Scrivimi |music3 = Nino Buonocore |lyrics3 = Nino Buonocore, Michele de Vitis |length3 = 3:52

|title4 = Mi Libre Canción |note4 = Duet with Juanes |music4 = Lucio Battisti |lyrics4 = Mogol |length4 = 4:33

|title5 = Destinazione paradiso |music5 = Grignani |lyrics5 = Gianluca Grignani, Massimo Luca |length5 = 3:39

|title6 = Stella gemella |music6 = Ramazzotti, Giuseppe Tosetto, Mario Lavezzi |lyrics6 = Eros Ramazzotti, Adelio Cogliati |length6 = 4:37

|title7 = Come il sole all'improvviso |note7 = Duet with Johnny Hallyday |music7 = Zucchero |lyrics7 = Gino Paoli |length7 = 3:19

|title8 = Cinque giorni |music8 = Michele Zarrillo |lyrics8 = Vincenzo Incenzo |length8 = 4:04

|title9 = La mia banda suona il rock |lyrics9 = Ivano Fossati |music9 = Fossati |length9 = 3:45

|title10 = Spaccacuore |music10 = Bersani, Giuseppe d'Onghia |lyrics10 = Samuele Bersani, Lucio Dalla |length10 = 4:08

|title11 = Anima fragile |lyrics11 = Vasco Rossi |music11 = Rossi |length11 = 3:26

|title12 = Non me lo so spiegare |note12 = Duet with Tiziano Ferro |lyrics12 = Tiziano Ferro |music12 = Ferro |length12 = 4:32

|title13 = Nei giardini che nessuno sa" |lyrics13 = Renato Zero, Danilo Riccardi |music13 = Zero, Riccardi |length13 = 5:13

|title14 = In una stanza quasi rosa |lyrics14 = Biagio Antonacci |music14 = Antonacci |length14 = 4:33

|title15 = Quando |lyrics15 = Pino Daniele |music15 = Daniele |length15 = 3:41

|title16 = Strada facendo |lyrics16 = Claudio Baglioni |music16 = Baglioni |length16 = 5:40

|extra_column = French adaptation |headline = French edition bonus track |title17 = Je chante (Io canto) |note17 = Franco-Italian Version |music17 = Riccardo Cocciante |lyrics17 = Marco Luberti |extra17 = Jean-Pierre Lemaire |length17 = 4:22

|headline = iTunes pre-order edition bonus tracks |title17 = È, non è |lyrics17 = Niccolò Fabi |music17 = Niccolò Fabi |length17 = 3:38

|title18 = Non me lo so spiegare |note18 = solo version |music18 = Ferro |lyrics18 = Ferro |length18 = 4:35

|title19 = Il mio canto libero |note19 = solo version |music19 = Lucio Battisti |lyrics19 = Mogol |length19 = 4:40

|title20 = Come il sole all'improvviso |music20 = Zucchero |lyrics20 = Gino Paoli |note20 = solo version |length20 = 3:22

''Yo canto''

|extra_column = Spanish adaptation

|title1 = Yo Canto |music1 = Riccardo Cocciante |lyrics1 = Marco Luberti |extra1 = Frank Andrada |length1 = 04:17

|title2 = Dos |lyrics2 = Raf, Cheope |music2 = Raf |extra2 = Ortiz, Laura Pausini |length2 = 04:39

|title3 = Escríbeme |music3 = Nino Buonocore |lyrics3 = Nino Buonocore, Michele de Vitis |extra3 = Ortiz, Pausini |length3 = 03:53

|title4 = Mi Libre Canción |note4 = Duet With Juanes |music4 = Lucio Battisti |lyrics4 = Mogol |extra4 = Carlos Ramón |length4 = 04:34

|title5 = Destino Paraíso |music5 = Grignani |lyrics5 = Gianluca Grignani, Massimo Luca |extra5 = Ignacio Ballesteros Díaz |length5 = 03:40

|title6 = Estrella Gemela |music6 = Eros Ramazzotti, Giuseppe Tosetto, Mario Lavezzi |lyrics6 = Eros Ramazzotti, Adelio Cogliati |extra6 = Ignacio De Loyola Mano Guillén, Javier Salvador Sánchez Bori, José Javier Mano Guillén |length6 = 04:38

|title7 = Cómo El Sol Inesperado |music7 = Zucchero |lyrics7 = Gino Paoli |extra7 = Ortiz, Pausini |length7 = 03:20

|title8 = Cinco Días |music8 = Michele Zarrillo |lyrics8 = Vincenzo Incenzo |extra8 = Ballesteros Díaz |length8 = 04:05

|title9 = Y Mi Banda Toca El Rock |lyrics9 = Ivano Fossati |music9 = Fossati |extra9 = Hidalgo |length9 = 03:46

|title10 = Dispárame, Dispara |music10 = Bersani, Giuseppe d'Onghia |lyrics10 = Samuele Bersani, Lucio Dalla |extra10 = Ortiz, Pausini |length10 = 04:09

|title11 = Corazón Frágil |lyrics11 = Vasco Rossi |music11 = Rossi |extra11 = Ortiz, Pausini |length11 = 03:27

|title12 = No Me Lo Puedo Explicar |note12 = Duet With Tiziano Ferro |music12 = Ferro |lyrics12 = Tiziano Ferro |extra12 = Ferro |length12 = 04:33

|title13 = En Los Jardines Donde Nadie Va |lyrics13 = Renato Zero, Danilo Riccardi |music13 = Zero, Riccardi |extra13 = Ortiz, Pausini |length13 = 05:14

|title14 = En Un Cuarto Casi Rosa |lyrics14 = Biagio Antonacci |music14 = Antonacci |extra14 = Ortiz, Pausini |length14 = 04:34

|title15 = Cuando |lyrics15 = Pino Daniele |music15 = Daniele |extra15 = Ortiz, Pausini |length15 = 03:42

|title16 = Por El Camino |lyrics16 = Claudio Baglioni |music16 = Baglioni |extra16 = Ortiz |length16 = 05:41

|headline = iTunes pre-order edition bonus tracks |extra_column = Spanish adaptation

|title17 = Es, No Es |lyrics17 = Niccolò Fabi |music17 = Niccolò Fabi |extra17 = Carmen Fernández |length17 = 03:39

|title18 = No Me Lo Puedo Explicar |note18 = Sólo Version |music18 = Ferro |lyrics18 = Ferro |extra18 = Ferro |length18 = 04:33

|title19 = Mi Libre Canción |note19 = Sólo Version |music19 = Battisti |lyrics19 = Mogol |extra19 = Ramón |length19 = 04:41

Personnel

• Vinnie Colaiuta: drums on tracks 1, 4, 5, 6, 10, 13, 15, 16
• Michael Landau, Tim Pierce: guitars
• Max Costa: programming

Chart performance

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. It has spent a total of 8 weeks at No. 1. As of October 2008 the album sold over 2 million copies worldwide.

Charts

Charts

::data[format=table] | Chart (2006–2007) | Peak position | Croatian Albums (HDU) | Croatian Foreign Albums (HDU) | European Top 100 Albums (Billboard) | Greek Albums (IFPI) | US Latin Pop Albums (Billboard) | US Top Latin Albums (Billboard) | US Top Heatseekers (Billboard) | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | 14 | | | | | | | | | | 5 | | | | | | | | | | 10 | | | | | | | | | | 4 | | | | | | | | | | 9 | | | | | | | | | | 22 | | | | | | | | | | 12 | | | | | | | | | ::

Year-end charts

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Chart (2006)	Position	Italian Albums (FIMI)	Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)	Chart (2007)	Position	European Top 100 Albums (Billboard)	Italian Albums (FIMI)	Swiss Music (Schweizer Hitparade)	Chart (2008)	Position	Italian Albums (FIMI)
1
20
41
5
33
78
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Sales and certifications

Tour

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.

Notes

References

• Blanco, Patricia R. "Laura Pausini editará su nuevo álbum, 'Io canto,' en español e italiano", los40.com (Spain), 10 November 2006. Retrieved 9 October 2007.
• Cordova, Randy. "Bellissima: Italian singer a favorite of Latinos", The Arizona Republic, 16 July 2006. Retrieved 22 September 2007.
• Galicia, Arístides. "Laura Pausini es igual que su padre", los40.com (México), 13 October 2006. Retrieved 15 October 2007.
• "Laura Pausini canta a los clásicos de la canción italiana", Terra (USA), 23 November 2006. Retrieved 21 September 2007.
• "Laura Pausini dice que canta ", Terra (México), 17 October 2006. Retrieved 21 September 2007.
• "Laura Pausini espera que en 'Cantando por un sueño' no se compita por la fama", Radio Cooperativa, 10 May 2007. Retrieved 21 September 2007.
• "Laura Pausini Track by Track Interview ". CONNECT Music. Retrieved 22 September 2007.

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2. (19 January 2007). "Oggi i nuovi brani. Laura Pausini sexy per "Spaccacuore". A Vasco "Basta poco"". [[La Stampa]].
3. (22 March 2007). "Non Me Lo So Spiegare – Da domani in radio il duetto Laura Pausini & Tiziano Ferro". MTV.
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5. Mario De Luigi. (November 2006). "Laura Pausini – Io canto ****". Musica e dischi.
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7. (23 November 2006). "Laura Pausini canta a los clásicos de la canción italiana". Terra.com.
8. (17 October 2006). "Laura Pausini dice que canta". Terra.com.mx.
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