20 – The Greatest Hits (Laura Pausini album)

20 – The Greatest Hits / 20 – Grandes Exitos
Greatest hits album by Laura Pausini
Released	November 12, 2013
Recorded	1976 – 2013
Genre	Latin pop
Language	Italian, Spanish
Label	Atlantic, Warner Music Group
Laura Pausini chronology
Inedito (2011) 20 – The Greatest Hits (2013) Simili (2015)
20 – Grandes Éxitos
Spanish language edition re-issue
Singles from 20 – The Greatest Hits
"Limpido" Released: 09 September 2013 "Se non te" Released: 04 November 2013 "Dove resto solo io" Released: January 2014
Singles from 20 – Grandes Exitos
"Limpio" Released: 09 September 2013 "Víveme" Released: 04 December 2013 "Se fue" Released: January 2014 "Donde quedo sólo yo" Released: 19 August 2014 "Sino a ti" Released: 26 August 2014

20 – The Greatest Hits is the second greatest hits album by Italian singer Laura Pausini, released on November 12, 2013 by Warner Music Group. The album was also issued in a Spanish version, titled 20 – Grandes Exitos, and this edition received a nomination for a Lo Nuestro Award for Pop Album of the Year.^[1]

Background

On 26 February 2013, in order to celebrate the twentieth anniversary of her career, Pausini released a digital single including the original versions in Italian, Spanish and English of the song which launched her career in 1993, "La solitudine". The track was launched as a limited-edition single, available for purchase for a week only.^[2] Later during the same year, she confirmed that a greatest hits album will be released for the same purpose by December 2013.^[3]

Working on the album began on April 2013,^[4] with recording and photo-shooting sessions taking place up to August.^[5] The album was confirmed on May 2013.^[6]

On 1 June 2013 Pausini took part in the concert Chime for Change in London, supporting the global campaign of the same name for girls' and women's empowerment. Pausini performed the songs "Io canto" and "It's Not Goodbye".^[7] During the same year, she appeared as a featured artist on the track "Sonríe (Smile)", included in American singer Gloria Estefan's album The Standards.^[8] A new world tour has also been confirmed by Pausini through her official website. Starting from December 2013, Pausini will promote her greatest hits album with concerts in her native Italy, as well as in other European countries, in Latin America, in the United States and in Canada. The tour also includes a performance during the Viña del Mar International Song Festival in Chile.^[9]

On September 9, 2013, Pausini released a new single named "Limpido" (in Spanish, "Limpio"), in order to promote her new album. The song is a duet between Pausini and the Australian singer Kylie Minogue. On the same day, the name of the album was confirmed to be 20 - The Greatest Hits. "Limpido" is the first single released in September 9, 2013.

On September 20, 2013, Pausini posted the official cover of this new album in her Instagram account, created in order to share the image.^[10]

The track list of the album was unveiled on October 6, 2013, in Pausini's official fan club. This is Pausini's first studio album that contains tracks in all the languages she has sung up to the moment: Italian, Spanish, French, English and Portuguese.

The second single of the album, "Se non te", was released on November 4, 2013.

Other releases from the album include the singles "Dove resto solo io", "Se fue" (with Marc Anthony), "Víveme" (with Alejandro Sanz) and "Surrender", the last one being released only in Australia.

On July 22 2014, Pausini confirmed that she would be one of the four coaches of the fourth season of the Mexican reality show and singing competition La Voz. She also confirmed that by September that same year she would release a special version of the album's Spanish version to the hispanophone market, in a special edition that would contain three new duets: with Thalía in Sino a ti, Alex Ubago in Donde quedo solo yo and Melendi in Entre tu y mil mares.^[11]

Promotion

To promote both this new album and her twentieth career anniversary, Pausini will embark in a series of concert shows around the world, entitled "The Greatest Hits World Tour".^[12]

Track listing

20 – The Greatest Hits

CD1

#	Name	Notes
1.	"Ramaya"	Amateur recording of Laura Pausini singing, from 1976
2.	"La solitudine"	New version featuring Ennio Morricone
3.	"Non c'è/Se fue"	New version featuring Marc Anthony
4.	"Gente"	New version
5.	"Strani amori"	New version
6.	"Incancellabile"	New version
7.	"Le cose che vivi/Tudo o que eu vivo"	New version featuring Ivete Sangalo
8.	"It's not goodbye"	New version
9.	"One More Time"	Original studio version
10.	"Tra te e il mare"	New version
11.	"Everyday is a Monday"	Remastered version
12.	"E ritorno da te"	New version
13.	"Surrender"	New version
14.	"Vivimi/Víveme"	New version featuring Alejandro Sanz
15.	"Come se non fosse stato mai amore"	Remastered version
16.	"Mi abbandono a te"	Remastered version
17.	"Prendo te"	New version
18.	"You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine" (live)	Featuring Michael Bublé, recorded at the Wiltern Theatre, Los Angeles in 2005.

CD2

#	Name	Notes
1.	"She (Uguale a lei)"	New version
2.	"Surrender to love"	Featuring Ray Charles
3.	"Io canto/Je chante"	New version featuring Lara Fabian
4.	"Dare to Live (Vivere)"	Featuring Andrea Bocelli
5.	"Te amaré"	Featuring Miguel Bosé
6.	"Ascolta il tuo cuore" (live)	Recorded at the San Siro stadium on June 2, 2007
7.	"Paris au mois d'août"	Featuring Charles Aznavour
8.	"Invece no"	Remastered version
9.	"Primavera in anticipo (It Is My Song)"	Featuring James Blunt
10.	"Con la musica alla radio"	New version
11.	"Un'emergenza d'amore" (live)	Recorded in 2009 at the Lincoln Center, New York City
12.	"Non ho mai smesso"	Remastered version
13.	"Benvenuto"	Remastered version
14.	"Celeste"	Remastered version
15.	"Paola"	Amateur recording of Paola Carta saying the word "mamma", from 2013
16.	"Resta in ascolto/Escucha atento" (live)	Recorded on May 22, 2012 as part of the Inedito World Tour at the Royal Albert Hall, London
17.	"Dove resto solo io"	New studio track
18.	"Limpido"	New studio track, solo version
19.	"Se non te"	New studio track
20.	"Limpido" (Italian - English version)	New studio track featuring Kylie Minogue

20 – Grandes Exitos

CD1

#	Name	Notes
1.	"Ramaya"	Amateur recording of Laura Pausini singing, from 1976
2.	"La soledad"	New version featuring Ennio Morricone
3.	"Se fue"	New version featuring Marc Anthony
4.	"Gente" (Spanish version)	New version
5.	"Amores extraños"	New version
6.	"Inolvidable"	New version
7.	"Las cosas que vives/Tudo o que eu vivo"	New version featuring Ivete Sangalo
8.	"En ausencia de ti"	New version
9.	"One More Time"	Original studio version
10.	"Entre tú y mil mares"	New version: Solo version(standard) Featuring Melendi (re-issue)
11.	"Everyday is a Monday"	Remastered version
12.	"Volveré junto a ti"	New version
13.	"Surrender"	New version
14.	"Víveme"	New version featuring Alejandro Sanz
15.	"Como si no nos hubiéramos amado"	Remastered version
16.	"Me abandono a ti"	Remastered version
17.	"Prendo te"	New version
18.	"You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine" (live)	Featuring Michael Bublé, recorded at the Wiltern Theatre, Los Angeles in 2005.

CD2

#	Name	Notes
1.	"She (Uguale a lei)"	New version
2.	"Surrender to love"	Featuring Ray Charles
3.	"Dispárame, dispara"	Remastered version
4.	"Vive ya! (Vivere)"	Featuring Andrea Bocelli
5.	"Te amaré"	Featuring Miguel Bosé
6.	"Ascolta il tuo cuore" (live)	Recorded at the San Siro stadium on June 2, 2007
7.	"Paris au mois d'août"	Featuring Charles Aznavour
8.	"En cambio no"	Remastered version
9.	"Primavera anticipada (It Is My Song)"	Featuring James Blunt
10.	"Con la musica en la radio"	New version
11.	"Un'emergenza d'amore" (live)	Recorded in 2009 at the Lincoln Center, New York City
12.	"Jamás abandoné"	Remastered version
13.	"Bienvenido"	Remastered version
14.	"Así celeste"	Remastered version
15.	"Paola"	Amateur recording of Paola Carta saying the word "mamma", from 2013
16.	"Resta in ascolto/Escucha atento" (live)	Recorded on May 22, 2012 as part of the Inedito World Tour at the Royal Albert Hall, London
17.	"Donde quedo solo yo"	New studio track: Solo version (standard) Featuring Álex Ubago (re-issue)
18.	"Limpio"	New studio track, solo version
19.	"Sino a ti"	New studio track: Solo version (standard) Featuring Thalía (re-issue)
20.	"Limpio" (Spanglish version)	New studio track featuring Kylie Minogue

iTunes bonus tracks

20 – The Greatest Hits

#	Name	Notes
39.	"In assenza di te"	New version

Song info

Both versions of the album contain 38 tracks (18 in the first CD and 20 in the second one). Among which:

• 3 ("Limpido / Limpio", "Se non te / Sino a ti" and "Dove resto solo io / Donde quedo solo yo") are completely new and written for this album (all these three tracks were chosen as the singles of the album).
  • The first single of the album, "Limpido / Limpio", is included in its solo and duet versions with Kylie Minogue.
• 2 ("Ramaya" and "Paola") are amateur recordings of Laura Pausini singing the famous song "Ramaya" when she was two years old (the former) and her daughter saying the word "mamma" (mommy) for the first time (the latter).
• 4 ("You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine", the Italian/Spanish language "Resta in Ascolto/Escucha Atento", "Un'emergenza d'amore" and "Ascolta il tuo cuore") of them are live recordings of Pausini during her previous world tours, except the first one, which was taken from Michael Bublé's live album "Caught in the Act".
• 4 ("You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine", "Te amaré", "Paris au mois d'août" and "Dare to live (Vivere)") are duets that Pausini performed with other singers but that were never included in any of her albums. The duets are with Michael Bublé, Miguel Bosé, Charles Aznavour and Andrea Bocelli, respectively.
• 14 are old songs which were revisited.
  • From these 14, 5 are songs in which Laura Pausini shares the vocals with another singer. With exception of "La solitudine", Ennio Morricone doesn't sing, but conducts the orchestra that plays in the song.
• The album's standard Italian edition contains 6 multilingual songs:
  • 1 track in Italian/Portuguese
  • 3 tracks in Italian/Spanish
  • 1 track in Italian/French
  • 2 tracks in Italian/English

Singles

Singles 20 - The Greatest Hits Name Release date Limpido (duet with Kylie Minogue) September 9, 2013 Se non te November 4, 2013 20 - Grandes Exitos Name Release date Limpio (duet with Kylie Minogue) September 9, 2013 Víveme (duet with Alejandro Sanz) January 1, 2014

Music videos Name Director Limpido (duet with Kylie Minogue) Gaetano Morbioli Limpio (duet with Kylie Minogue) Se non te Víveme (duet with Alejandro Sanz)

Charts and certifications

Peak positions Chart (2013) Peak position scope="row" Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[13] 39 scope="row" Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[14] 12 Brazilian Albums (ABPD)[15] 2 Croatian Foreign Albums (IFPI)[16] 2 scope="row" Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[17] 53 scope="row" Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)[18] 32 Italian Albums (FIMI)[19] 1 Mexican Albums (AMPROFON)[20] 5 scope="row" Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[21] 6 Slovenian Albums Chart (Top 30)[22] 10 scope="row" Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[23] 8 scope="row" US Top Latin Albums (Billboard)[24] 14 scope="row" US Latin Pop Albums (Billboard)[25] 4

Year-end charts Chart (2013) Position Italian Albums (FIMI)[26] 9 Chart (2014) Position Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[27] 87 Italian Albums (FIMI)[28] 18

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/Sales
Italy (FIMI)[29]	3× Platinum	180,000^*
Mexico (AMPROFON)[30]	Gold	30,000^^
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[31]	Gold	20,000^^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[32]	Gold	15,000^^
^*sales figures based on certification alone ^^shipments figures based on certification alone

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