Laura Pausini

Laura Pausini, omri (Italian: [Ë?laura pauË?ziË?ni]; born 16 May 1974) is an Italian pop singer-songwriter and record producer. As a child, she was encouraged by her father to join him during his performances in local piano bars. After competing in local singing contests, Pausini signed her first recording contract. She rose to fame in 1993, winning the newcomer artists' section of the 43rd Sanremo Music Festival with her debut single "La solitudine", which became an Italian standard and an international hit, topping the charts in Italy, the Netherlands and Belgium. Her eponymous debut album was released in Italy on 23 April 1993 and later became an international success, selling two million copies worldwide.

Its follow-up, Laura, was released in 1994 and confirmed her international success, selling three million copies worldwide. During the same year, she released her first Spanish-language album, Laura Pausini, composed of ten adapted songs originally included in her previous works. The album was certified diamond by the Association of Phonographic and Videographic of Spain, making her the first non-Spanish artist to sell more than one million copies in Spain.

Laura Pausini (1993 album)

Laura Pausini is the debut album by Italian singer Laura Pausini. It was released in Italy on 18 May 1993 by CGD Records (Warner).

Following the success obtained in Italy, where it sold 400,000 copies, the album was later released in Europe, Australia and Japan. The worldwide sales for the album exceed two million copies.

The first single from the album, "La solitudine", was the winner of the 43rd Sanremo Music Festival in the newcomer artists' section. It reached the top spot in the Italian Singles Chart and later became an Italian standard and an international hit, reaching the charts in different European countries, including Belgium, the Netherlands and France.

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All music composed by Angelo Valsiglio and Pietro Cremonesi.

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Laura Pausini (1994 album)

Laura Pausini is Italian singer Laura Pausini’s Spanish language debut album, this is also her third studio album issued by CGD (Warner) Records in 1994. This self-titled work offers Spanish language renditions of selected tracks and greatest hits from her native Italian language albums Laura Pausini (1993) and Laura (1994).

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Laura Pausini (1995 album)

Laura Pausini is a compilation album of Italian singer Laura Pausini’s greatest hits and selected tracks, issued by CGD (Warner) Records for the anglophone market in 1995. The album has been discontinued, but some stores still sell it for collecting purposes.

The album includes a little-known English version of Pausini's trademark song, La solitudine (in English, it was renamed "The Loneliness").

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Notes

"Song Search". Warner Chappell Music (Italy). Accessed 24 August 2007.

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