"Corazón Partío" (English: "Broken heart") is a song written and performed by

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singer-songwriter

Alejandro Sanz Alejandro Sánchez Pizarro, better known as Alejandro Sanz (; born 18 December 1968), is a Spanish musician, singer and composer. He has won 22 Latin Grammy Awards and four Grammy Awards. He has received the Latin Grammy for Latin Grammy Award ...

from his 1997 album ''

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''. Released as a single, the

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-influenced upbeat song was his international breakthrough and entered several ''

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'' charts in the

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, including

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and

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. It became one of Sanz's signature songs. A remix of the song, released in 1998, reached number one in

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Reception

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writer Jason Birchmeier called "Corazón Partío" a "key hit single ... that transcended his core female audience", adding that it was "a hit so big it changed the course of Sanz's career". The song was honored with wins at the

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and BMI Latin Awards. The song is a staple of Sanz's live shows, with Sanz noting that "I can't stop playing that or they will throw rocks at me". A live version of the song is included on Sanz's 2001 ''

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'' album. The song also received a nomination for Pop Song of the Year at the 1999 Lo Nuestro Awards.

Other versions

Julio Iglesias Julio José Iglesias de la Cueva (; born 23 September 1943) is a Spanish singer and songwriter. Iglesias is recognized as the most commercially successful Spanish singer in the world and one of the top List of best-selling music artists, reco ...

recorded a

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of "Corazón Partío" on his 2000 album ''Noche de Cuatro Lunas''.

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covered the song in merengue in his 1998 album, ''Es Mi Tiempo''. Clave Norteña performed a Regional Mexican version which peaked at #15 on the ''Billboard'' Regional Mexican Songs chart. Portuguese

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singer Maria João covered the track on her 2002 '' Undercovers'' album. American

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included his rendition of the song on his 2003 album ''11 Numeros Unos''.

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ian singer

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performed the song with Sanz on her 2007 live CD/DVD '' Multishow ao Vivo: Ivete no Maracanã''.

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pop singer

Hayko Hayk Borisi "Hayko" Hakobyan (; 25 August 1973 – 29 September 2021) was an Armenian singer and songwriter. Biography Hayko was born on 25 August 1973 in Yerevan, Armenia (then part of the Soviet Union). He studied at Yerevan Secondary School ...

recorded a cover version of "Corazón Partío" in Armenian (Ետ նայիր ու տես - Look back and see) in 2004. Lyrics are by Vardan Zadoyan. Grupo eÑe released a salsa version of the song on their 1998 album, ''Tibiritabara''.

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included the song in her 2021 album '' Mirror Mirror''.

Covers

The Italian singer-songwriter Gigi Finizio reinterpreted "Corazón Partío" into Italian with the title "Mi hai spezzato il cuore". This version was performed live on several occasions, including a concert held at the Acciaieria Sonora in Bagnoli, Naples

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications and sales

References

External links

Gigi Finizio - Mi hai spezzato il cuore (official video)

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