9 (Eros Ramazzotti album)

9
Studio album by Eros Ramazzotti
Released	3 June 2003
Recorded	MedaStudios, Milan, Italy Fonoprint, Bologna, Italy Impatto, Bologna, Italy Abbey Road Studios, London, England
Genre	Pop, rock
Length	51:27
Label	BMG
Producer	Eros Ramazzotti, Claudio Guidetti
Eros Ramazzotti chronology
Stilelibero (2000) 9 (2003) Calma apparente (2005)

9 is the ninth studio album by Italian pop-rock singer Eros Ramazzotti, released in June 2003 on the BMG label. Lead single "Un'emozione per sempre" topped the charts in Italy, Switzerland and (in its Spanish language version "Una emoción para siempre") Spain. 9 went to #1 on the Italian Albums chart, where it remained for 14 weeks; with sales of 760,000, it was the best-selling album of 2003 in Italy.

Track listing

Italian-language edition

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Un attimo di pace"	Ramazzotti, Adelio Cogliati, Claudio Guidetti	4:38
2.	"Solo ieri"	Ramazzotti, Cogliati, Guidetti	4:09
3.	"Un'emozione per sempre"	Ramazzotti, Cogliati, Guidetti, Maurizio Fabrizio	3:58
4.	"Ti vorrei rivivere"	Ramazzotti, Cogliati, Guidetti	4:29
5.	"Il buio ha i tuoi occhi"	Ramazzotti, Cogliati, Guidetti	4:02
6.	"Un'ancora nel vento"	Ramazzotti, Cogliati, Guidetti	4:06
7.	"Piccola pietra"	Ramazzotti, Cogliati, Guidetti, Fabrizio	4:07
8.	"Mamarà"	Ramazzotti, Cogliati, Guidetti	4:01
9.	"L'uomo che guardava le nuvole"	Ramazzotti, Cogliati, Guidetti	3:42
10.	"Canzone per lei"	Ramazzotti, Cogliati, Guidetti, Fabrizio Lamberti	3:42
11.	"Non ti prometto niente"	Ramazzotti, Cogliati, Guidetti	4:06
12.	"Falsa partenza"	Ramazzotti, Cogliati, Guidetti	4:02
13.	"C'è una melodia"	Ramazzotti, Cogliati	2:23

Spanish-language edition

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Un segundo de paz"	Ramazzotti, Adelio Cogliati, Claudio Guidetti, Mila Ortíz Martín	4:38
2.	"Solo ayer"	Ramazzotti, Cogliati, Guidetti, Ortíz	4:09
3.	"Una emoción para siempre"	Ramazzotti, Cogliati, Guidetti, Maurizio Fabrizio, Ortíz	3:58
4.	"Revivirte otra vez"	Ramazzotti, Cogliati, Guidetti, Ortíz	4:29
5.	"La noche son tus ojos"	Ramazzotti, Cogliati, Guidetti, Ortíz	4:02
6.	"Un ancla en el viento"	Ramazzotti, Cogliati, Guidetti, Ortíz	4:06
7.	"Piedra pequeña"	Ramazzotti, Cogliati, Guidetti, Fabrizio, Ortíz	4:07
8.	"Mamarà, una gran mujer"	Ramazzotti, Cogliati, Guidetti, Ortíz	4:01
9.	"El hombre que miraba las nubes"	Ramazzotti, Cogliati, Guidetti, Ortíz	3:42
10.	"Cancion para ella"	Ramazzotti, Cogliati, Guidetti, Fabrizio Lamberti, Ortíz	3:42
11.	"No te prometo nada"	Ramazzotti, Cogliati, Guidetti, Ortíz	4:06
12.	"Falsa salida"	Ramazzotti, Cogliati, Guidetti, Ortíz	4:02
13.	"Hay una melodia"	Ramazzotti, Cogliati, Ortíz	2:23

Personnel

• Michele Canova – arranger, keyboards, programming, loops, drum programming, mixing
• Vinnie Colaiuta – percussion, drums
• Max Costa – keyboards, programming
• Paolo Costa – bass
• Alfredo Golino – drums
• Isobel Griffiths – violin
• Claudio Guidetti – acoustic guitar, backing vocals, bouzouki, piano, arranger, electric guitar, keyboards, organ, electric piano, producer, fender rhodes, drum programming, mixing, pre-production, mandoline, recording, rickenbacker guitar, 12 string acoustic guitar, baritone guitar
• Michael Landau – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, nylon string guitar
• Eros Ramazzotti – vocals, backing vocals, guitar, percussion, arranger, electric guitar, producer, drum programming, pre-production, baritone guitar
• Celso Valli – piano, arranger, keyboards, organ, electric piano, producer, string arrangements, synthesizer bass, choir arrangement, string director

Charts and certifications

Peak positions Chart (2003) Peak position Argentine Albums Chart[1] 1 Austrian Albums Chart[2] 2 Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders)[3] 3 Belgian Albums Chart (Wallonia)[4] 3 Danish Albums Chart[5] 2 Dutch Albums Chart[6] 5 European Albums Chart[7] 2 Finnish Albums Chart[8] 9 French Albums Chart[9] 5 German Albums Chart[10] 2 Greek Albums Chart[11] 1 Hungarian Albums Chart[12] 4 Italian Albums Chart[13] 1 Norwegian Albums Chart[14] 6 Polish Albums Chart[15] 18 Portuguese Albums Chart[16] 27 Spanish Albums Chart[7] 5 Swedish Albums Chart[17] 14 Swiss Albums Chart[18] 1 US Latin Pop Albums[19] 9 US Top Latin Albums[20] 30

Certifications Region Certification Certified units/Sales Argentina (CAPIF)[21] Gold 20,000^* Austria (IFPI Austria)[22] Gold   Belgium (BEA)[23] Gold 25,000^* Denmark (IFPI Denmark)[24] Gold 20,000^^ France (SNEP)[25] 2× Gold 200,000^* Germany (BVMI)[26] Platinum 200,000^^ Greece (IFPI Greece)[11] Gold 10,000^^ Italy (FIMI)[27] 10× Platinum 1,000,000^* Mexico (AMPROFON)[28] Gold 75,000^^ Norway (IFPI Norway)[29] Gold 20,000^* Russia (NFPF)[30] Gold 10,000^* Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[31] 3× Platinum 120,000^^ ^*sales figures based on certification alone ^^shipments figures based on certification alone

Notes

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4. "Charts Belgique Francophone - Eros Ramazzotti - 9 (album)" (in French). Ultratop.be. Retrieved 3 January 2012.
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6. "Dutch Charts - Eros Ramazzotti - 9 (album)" (in Dutch). dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 3 January 2012.
7. "Hits of the World". Billboard. 21 June 2003. pp. 48–49. Retrieved 3 January 2012.
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21. "Argentinian album certifications – Eros Ramazzotti – 9". Argentine Chamber of Phonograms and Videograms Producers. Retrieved 5 January 2012.
22. "Austrian album certifications – Eros Ramazzotti – 9" (in German). IFPI Austria. Retrieved 4 January 2012. Enter Eros Ramazzotti in the field Interpret. Enter 9 in the field Titel. Select album in the field Format. Click Suchen
23. "Ultratop − Goud en Platina – 2003". Ultratop & Hung Medien / hitparade.ch. Retrieved 4 January 2012.
24. "Danish album certifications – Eros Ramazzotti – 9". IFPI Denmark. Retrieved 5 January 2012. Click on næste to go to page 39 if certification from official website
25. "French album certifications – Eros Ramazzotti – 9" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved 4 January 2012.
26. "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Eros Ramazotti; '9')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Retrieved 4 January 2012.
27. "Comunicato Stampa: Biografia di Eros Ramazzotti". Radioitalia. 4 September 2003. Retrieved 4 January 2012.
28. "Certificaciones – Eros Ramazzotti" (in Spanish). Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas. Retrieved 4 January 2012.
29. "Norwegian album certifications – Eros Ramazzotti – 9" (in Norwegian). IFPI Norway. Retrieved 4 January 2012.
30. "Russian album certifications – Eros Ramazotti – 9" (in Russian). National Federation of Phonogram Producers (NFPF). Retrieved 4 July 2012.
31. "The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community: Awards (Eros Ramazzotti; '9')". IFPI Switzerland. Hung Medien. Retrieved 4 January 2012.