Romanza
Greatest hits by Andrea Bocelli
Released	1997
Recorded	1996
Genre	Pop, Adult Contemporary, Easy Listening, International
Length	70:13
Label	Sugar
Producer	Mauro Malavasi Michele Torpedine Beppe Vessicchio Celso Valli Frank Peterson
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Andrea Bocelli chronology
Viaggio Italiano (1996) Romanza (1997) Aria - The Opera Album (1998)

Romanza is the first greatest hits album by Italian singer Andrea Bocelli. Released in 1997, it is the tenor's fourth album (see 1997 in music). First in Europe, then charts around the world, the album amassed a multitude of platinum and multi-platinum awards^[1], outselling even his 1995 album, Bocelli, with worldwide sales in excess of 16 million copies to date. It is one of the biggest-selling albums of all time, having sold more than 7 million units in Europe alone, selling an impressive 500,000 copies in the Far East, one million in Italy, and more than three million in Spain, and Latin America where it became the best-selling album, by an non-Latino artist, of all time. It also received quadruple platinum status in the United States of America with 4.2 million copies sold^[2], being Bocelli's first album released in the US, and Diamond status in Canada, with sales exceeding 800,000 copies.^[3], making Romanza the best-selling album by a foreign artist of the SoundScan Era, and the forth best-selling overall, in Canada^[4][5]. To date, it is Bocelli's most commercially successful album. With more than 350,000 units sold in Switzerland, it's the second top-selling album in the county's history.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Con te partirò" (Lucio Quarantotto, Francesco Sartori) – 4:09
2. "Vivere" (Angelo Anastasio, Celso Valli, Gerardina Trovato) – 4:01 (featuring Gerardina Trovato)
3. "Per Amore" (Mariella Nava) – 4:41
4. "Il Mare Calmo Della Sera" (Gianpietro Felisatti, Malise,^[6] Malise, Gloria Nuti) – 4:40
5. "Caruso" (Lucio Dalla) – 5:16
6. "Macchine da guerra" (Angus Smith) – 4:08
7. "Le Tue Parole" (Joe Amoruso, Sergio Cirillo) – 3:57
8. "Vivo per lei" (Valerio Zelli, Art Mengo, Gatto Panceri) – 4:23 (featuring Giorgia)
9. "Romanza" (Mauro Malavasi) – 3:41
10. "La Luna Che Non C'è" (Dario Farina, Antonella Maggio) – 4:30
11. "Rapsodia" (Malise,^[6] Malise) – 5:28
12. "Voglio Restare Così" (Andrea Bocelli) – 3:51
13. "E Chiove" (Amoruso, Cirillo) – 4:21
14. "Miserere" (Bono, Zucchero) – 4:05 (live, featuring Zucchero) – bonus track
15. "Funiculì, Funiculà" – 1:25 (live, featuring John Miles) – bonus track
16. "Time To Say Goodbye" (Sartori, Quarantotto, Frank Peterson) – 4:04 bonus track (featuring Sarah Brightman)

[edit] Certifications, peaks and sales

Country	Peak Position	Certification (If Any)	Sales/shipments[citation needed]
Argentina		6x Platinum	360,000+, 500,000+ as of 2001
Australia	2	5x Platinum	350,000+ as of 2000
Austria	1	Platinum	50,000+
Belgium	1	2x Platinum	100,000+
Brazil		Gold	100,000+, 900,000+ as of 2001
Canada	5	Diamond	1,116,000+, as of 2007
Chile		Platinum	120,000+, as of 2001
France	1	Diamond	1,000,000+
Finland	3	Platinum	30,000+
Germany	1	Platinum	500,000+
Hungary	1	Gold	50,000+
Italy	1	Diamond	1,000,000+
Mexico		Platinum	250,000+, 650,000+ as of 2001
New Zealand	8	Platinum	75,000
Norway	1	2x Platinum	100,000+
Poland	1	Platinum	100,000+
Portugal	1	5x Platinum	200,000+
Sweden	5	Platinum	100,000+
Switzerland	1	7x Platinum	350,000+
The Netherlands	1	Platinum	100,000+
UK	6	Platinum	300,000+
USA	35	4x Platinum	4,200,000+
World	1	//	16,000,000+

[edit] Notes

v • d • e Andrea Bocelli Albums Il mare calmo della sera • Bocelli • Viaggio Italiano • Romanza • Aria - the opera album • Sogno • Sacred Arias • Verdi • Cieli di Toscana • Sentimento • Andrea • Amore • The Best of Andrea Bocelli: Vivere • Incanto • My Christmas DVDs A Night in Tuscany • Sacred Arias: The Home Video • Tuscan Skies (Cieli di Toscana) • Credo: John Paul II • Under the Desert Sky • These Are Special Times • Vivere Live in Tuscany  • Incanto: The Documentary • My Christmas Special Singles "Time To Say Goodbye (Con Te Partirò)" • "Vivo per lei" • "The Prayer" • "Somos Novios (It's Impossible)" • "Dare to live" • "Vive Ya" • "What Child Is This" Complete opera recordings La bohème • Tosca • Il trovatore • Werther • Cavalleria rusticana • Pagliacci · Carmen Related articles Sanremo Music Festival • Lajatico • Teatro del Silenzio • Quest for Camelot • Quest for Camelot soundtrack • A Christmas Carol • Classical BRIT Awards • List of best-selling music artists

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