El Alma al Aire

El Alma al Aire
Studio album by Alejandro Sanz
Released	September 26, 2000
Recorded	March–July 2000 at Criteria Studios (Miami, Florida)
Genre	Latin pop
Length	54:47
Label	WEA Latina
Producer	Emanuele Ruffinengo
Alejandro Sanz chronology
Discografía Completa: Edición Especial Gira 98 (1998) El Alma al Aire (2000) Lo Esencial de... Alejandro Sanz (2001)
Singles from El Alma al Aire
"Cuando Nadie Me Ve" Released: September 2000 "Quisiera Ser" Released: October 30, 2000 "El Alma al Aire" Released: 2001 "Llega, Llegó Soledad" Released: 2001

El Alma al Aire is the sixth studio album recorded by Spanish singer-songwriter Alejandro Sanz. It is one of his more suggestive and emotive works. It beat all the records of sale of the Spanish market on having reached the 1,000,000 copies in the first week.^[1]

Track listing

1. Cuando Nadie Me Ve - 5:07
2. Hay Un Universo de Pequeñas Cosas - 5:22
3. Quisiera Ser - 5:30
4. Para Que Me Quieras - 4:29
5. Llega, Llegó Soledad - 4:38
6. El Alma al Aire - 5:58
7. Me Iré - 5:40
8. Hicimos Un Trato - 4:37
9. Tiene Que Ser Pecado - 5:05
10. Silencio - 4:37 (6:35-8:22 - hidden track: Desde mis Centros)

Chart performance

Album

Year	Chart	Peak	Weeks on Chart
2000	Billboard Heatseekers	5[2]	5
2000	Billboard Latin Pop Albums	2[2]	25
2000	Billboard Top Latin Albums	3[2]	38
2000	Billboard The Billboard 200	148[2]	2
2000	Billboard Top Heatseekers (Pacific)	4[2]	2
2000	Billboard Top Heatseekers (South Atlantic)	1[2]	7

Singles

Year	Chart	Track	Peak	Weeks on Chart
2000	Billboard Hot Latin Songs	Cuando Nadie Me Ve	12[2]	11
2000	Billboard Latin Pop Airplay	Cuando Nadie Me Ve	9[2]	14
2000	Billboard Latin Tropical/Salsa Airplay	Cuando Nadie Me Ve	7[2]	13
2000	Billboard Hot Latin Songs	Quisiera Ser	17[2]	16
2000	Billboard Latin Pop Airplay	Quisiera Ser	13[2]	23
2000	Billboard Latin Tropical/Salsa Airplay	Quisiera Ser	9[2]	15
2001	Billboard Hot Latin Songs	El Alma al Aire	40[2]	1
2001	Billboard Latin Pop Airplay	El Alma al Aire	17[2]	3
2001	Billboard Latin Tropical/Salsa Airplay	El Alma al Aire	30[2]	4

Sales and certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/Sales
Argentina (CAPIF)[3]	3× Platinum	180,000^*
Mexico (AMPROFON)[4]	5× Gold	375,000^^
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[5]	13× Platinum	1,300,000^^
United States (RIAA)[6]	2× Platinum (Latin)	200,000^^
Summaries
Europe (IFPI)[7]	Platinum	1,000,000^*
^*sales figures based on certification alone ^^shipments figures based on certification alone

Personnel

Vicente Amigo - Spanish guitar in "Quisiera Ser" and "El Alma al Aire" Gennady Aronin - Violin Enrique Badulescu - Photography Antonio Baglio - Mastering Tim Barnes - Viola Maurizio Biancani - Mixing Renato Cantele - Engineer, mixing Huifang Chen - Violin Janet Clippard - Bass Gustavo Correa - Violin Montse Cortés - Background vocals in "Quisiera Ser" and "El Alma al Aire" John DiPuccio - Violin Paquito Echevarría - Piano tumbao in "El Alma al Aire" Joan Faigen - Violin Scott Flavin - Violin Chris Glansdorp - Cello Alfredo Golino - Drums Jorge González - Assistant engineer Luca Jurman - Arranger, background vocals Mei Mei Luo - Violin Roberto Maccagno - Engineer, technical coordinator

Charo Manzano - Background vocals in "Quisiera Ser" and "El Alma al Aire" Raul Midón - Background vocals José Antonio Molina - Arranger, orchestra director Susan Moyer - Cello Alfredo Oliva - Violin Alfredo Paixao - Bass, background vocals Wendy Pedersen - Background vocals Lulo Pérez - Arranger, trumpet Dave Poler - Assistant engineer Rita Quintero - Background vocals Keith Robinson - Cello Emanuele Ruffinengo - Arranger, concept, producer Alejandro Sanz - Vocals, background vocals, arranger, concept Rafa Sañudo - Art direction, design Debra Spring - Viola Ramiro Terán - Background vocals Christine Tramontano - Assistant engineer Ludovico Vagnone - Acoustic guitar, electric guitar Bruce Wethey - Violin Bogumila Zgraja - Violin

Awards

Year	Category	Title	Result
2001	Latin Grammy Award for Record Of The Year	El Alma al Aire	Won
	Latin Grammy Award for Album Of The Year	El Alma al Aire	Won
	Latin Grammy Award for Song Of The Year	El Alma al Aire	Won
	Latin Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal	El Alma al Aire	Won
	Latin Grammy Award for Best Music Video	Cuando Nadie Me Ve	Nominated
2001	Grammy Award for Best Latin Pop Album	El Alma al Aire	Nominated

Special edition

El Alma al Aire: Edición Especial
Studio album by Alejandro Sanz
Released	June 6, 2001
Recorded	March–July 2000 at Criteria Studios (Miami, Florida)
Genre	Latin pop
Length	54:47 (CD 1) 23:27 (CD 2)
Label	WEA Latina
Producer	Emanuele Ruffinengo, David Foster
Singles from El Alma al Aire: Edición Especial
"Me Iré (The Hardest Day) con The Corrs" Released: 2001 "Una Noche con The Corrs" Released: 2001

El Alma al Aire: Edición Especial is the 2001 re-release of the album El Alma al Aire containing 2 CDs. The CD 1 is the same as the original album and the CD 2 contains 5 new tracks (his duets with the Irish group The Corrs, a duet with the Mexican singer Armando Manzanero and a remix of the song "Tiene Que Ser Pecado").

Track listing

CD 1

1. Cuando Nadie Me Ve - 5:07
2. Hay un Universo de Pequeñas Cosas - 5:22
3. Quisiera Ser - 5:30
4. Para Que Me Quieras - 4:29
5. Llega, Llegó Soledad - 4:37
6. El Alma al Aire - 5:58
7. Me Iré - 5:40
8. Hicimos un Trato - 4:37
9. Tiene Que Ser Pecado - 5:05
10. Silencio - 8:22 (contains the hidden track "Desde mis centros")

CD 2

• 11 Me Iré (The Hardest Day) con The Corrs - 4:26
• 12 Una Noche con The Corrs - 4:44
• 13 Adoro con Armando Manzanero - 4:17
• 14 Tiene Que Ser Pecado (alternative mix) - 5:22
• 15 The Hardest Day con The Corrs - 4:38

Re-release

El Alma al Aire
Studio album by Alejandro Sanz
Released	September 26, 2006
Recorded	March–July 2000 at Criteria Studios (Miami, Florida)
Genre	Latin pop
Label	Warner Music Latina

El Alma al Aire (Edición 2006) is the 2006 re-release of the album El Alma al Aire containing a CD and DVD. The CD contains 13 tracks and the DVD contains 14 videos.

Track listing

CD

1. Cuando Nadie Me Ve - 5:07
2. Hay un Universo de Pequeñas Cosas - 5:22
3. Quisiera Ser - 5:30
4. Para Que Me Quieras - 4:29
5. Llega, Llegó Soledad - 4:37
6. El Alma al Aire - 5:58
7. Me Iré - 5:40
8. Hicimos un Trato - 4:37
9. Tiene Que Ser Pecado - 5:05
10. Silencio - 8:22 (contains the hidden track "Desde Mis Centros")
11. Cuando Nadie Me Ve (demo) - 5:01
12. El Alma al Aire (demo) - 5:39
13. Una Noche con The Corrs - 8:12

DVD

1. Cuando Nadie Me Ve (Video)
2. Quisiera Ser (Video)
3. El Alma al Aire (Video)
4. Llega, Llegó Soledad (Video)
5. Una Noche con The Corrs (Video)
6. The Hardest Day con The Corrs (Video)
7. Tiene Que Ser Pecado (2001 Concert at Vicente Calderón Stadium)
8. Llega, Llegó Soledad (2001 Concert at Vicente Calderón Stadium)
9. Cuando Nadie Me Ve (2001 Concert at Vicente Calderón Stadium)
10. Me Iré (2001 Concert at Vicente Calderón Stadium)
11. Hay un Universo de Pequeñas Cosas (2001 Concert at Vicente Calderón Stadium)
12. El Alma al Aire (2001 Concert at Vicente Calderón Stadium)
13. Quisiera Ser (2001 Concert at Vicente Calderón Stadium)
14. EPK

See also

• List of best-selling albums in Spain

References

1. "Alejandro Sanz - Por Derecho - Los Secretos del Alma"
2. www.billboard.com
3. "Argentinian album certifications – Alejandro Sanz – El Alma Al Aire". Argentine Chamber of Phonograms and Videograms Producers.
4. "Certificaciones – Alejandro Sanz" (in Spanish). Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas.
5. "Spanish album certifications – Alejandro Sanz – El Alma Al Aire" (PDF) (in Spanish). Productores de Música de España. Select the "Chart", enter ' in the field "Year". Select ' in the field "Semana". Click on "Search Charts"
6. "American album certifications – Alejandro Sanz – El Alma Al Aire". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click Type, then select Latin, then click SEARCH
7. "IFPI Platinum Europe Awards – 2000". International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 2011-07-03.