''Sogno'' ( en,
Dream
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) is the fifth
studio album by Italian
tenor
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Andrea Bocelli
Andrea Bocelli (; born 22 September 1958) is an Italian tenor and multi-instrumentalist. He was born visually impaired, with congenital glaucoma, and at the age of 12, Bocelli became completely blind, following a brain hemorrhage resulting fr ...
.
The album sold 2.5 million copies in the
United States
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,
[Boyle's 'Dream' Continues At No. 1 On Billboard 200](_blank)
Billboard Magazine
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.com Dec 9, 2009 article. and over 10 million copies worldwide.
[
] Bocelli was subsequently nominated for
Best New Artist
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at the
Grammys
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, the first and so far only time a classical artist had been nominated in the category since 1961.
Release
''Sogno'' was released internationally on April 6, 1999.
The album was released in Spanish under the name ''Sueño'' ( en, Dream).
In Japan it was released as .
Accolades
In 1999, Bocelli was nominated for
Best New Artist
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at the
Grammys
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, which marked the first time a classical artist had been nominated in the category in 38 years.
His duet with
Celine Dion
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, "
The Prayer," originally appeared as a solo version (for Celine Dion) in the 1998 animated film ''
Quest for Camelot
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'', and won the
Golden Globe for
Best Original Song
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Best Actor/Best Actress
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as well as being nominated for an
Academy Award for Best Original Song.
Commercial performance
Sogno entered the upper reaches of the
pop album charts around the world, giving birth to the phenomenon of ''"Bocellimania"''.
[
]
The album sold 2.5 million copies in
America,
and over 10 million copies worldwide.
Track listing
#"
Canto della Terra
"Canto della Terra" is an Italian song which was the second single from Italian pop tenor Andrea Bocelli's 1999 album, '' Sogno''. The song was written by composer Francesco Sartori and lyricist Lucio Quarantotto, the same writers of Bocelli's ...
" (
Francesco Sartori
Francesco Sartori (born 1957) is an Italian composer and piano and trumpet player.
Works
Sartori composed "Con te partirò" ("With you, I will leave") with Lucio Quarantotto for Andrea Bocelli. ''Con te partirò'' was also recorded by Jonas Kau ...
,
Lucio Quarantotto
Lucio Quarantotto (29 April 1957 – 31 July 2012) was an Italian songwriter best known for writing the lyrics for "Con te partirò" ("With you, I will leave"), to music composed by Francesco Sartori for Andrea Bocelli. The song was also recor ...
) – 4:02
#"
The Prayer" (with
Celine Dion
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) (
David Foster
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,
Carole Bayer Sager
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Early life and career
Bayer Sager was born in Manhattan, New York City, to Anita Nathan Bayer and Eli Bayer. Her family was Jewish. She grad ...
) – 4:30
#"Sogno" (Giuseppe Francesco Servillo) – 4:03
#"'O Mare E Tu" (with
Dulce Pontes
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) (
Enzo Gragnaniello) – 4:36
#"A Volte Il Cuore" (Piero Marras) – 4:44
#"Cantico" (
Mauro Malavasi
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, Pierpaolo Guerrini, Andrea Bocelli) – 4:01
#"Mai Più Così Lontano" (
Mauro Malavasi
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) – 4:20
#"Immenso" (
Francesco Sartori
Francesco Sartori (born 1957) is an Italian composer and piano and trumpet player.
Works
Sartori composed "Con te partirò" ("With you, I will leave") with Lucio Quarantotto for Andrea Bocelli. ''Con te partirò'' was also recorded by Jonas Kau ...
, Lucio Quarantotto) – 4:51
#"Nel Cuore Lei" (with
Eros Ramazzotti) (
Bruno Zambrini, Dedo Cogliati) – 3:48
#"Tremo E T'Amo" (Tullio Ferro, Giuseppe Francesco Servillo) – 4:51
#"I Love Rossini" (Patrick Abrial, Giuseppe Francesco Servillo) – 3:56
#"Un Canto" (
Ennio Morricone, Sergio Bardotti) – 4:35
#"Come Un Fiume Tu" (
Ennio Morricone, Lucio Quarantotto) – 4:47
#"A Mio Padre (6 Maggio 1992)" (
Mauro Malavasi
Mauro Malavasi (born 21 March 1957) is an Italian pianist, songwriter and producer. He was an important figure in Italian disco with his business partner Jacques Fred Petrus and went on to write and produce hits with various Italian musicians. ...
, Andrea Bocelli) – 4:00
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Certifications and sales
References
1999 albums
Andrea Bocelli albums
Classical crossover albums
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