Ancora
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Ancora is the second album of the operatic pop
vocal group Il Divo
. It was released in the United Kingdom
and other parts of the world on November 7, 2005, excluding the United States
and Latin America
. It was later released in the United States and Latin America on January 24, 2006. It debuted at number one of the Billboard 200
on the first week of its release in the United States. The album contains one song partially in Latin (the rest of it is in Italian), one song fully in Italian
, two songs in French
, two songs in English
, and six songs in Spanish
(excluding the bonus track). It features the single "I Believe in You
", performed with Céline Dion
, that is also featured on her album, On Ne Change Pas and in the album Voices of the FIFA World Cup (2006).
Operatic pop
Operatic pop, pop opera or popera is a subgenre of pop music that is performed in an operatic style, or a song, theme or motif from classical music stylized as pop. The term popera and adjectives poperatic and popical are used by some media editors and music reviewers...
vocal group Il Divo
Il Divo
Il Divo is a multinational operatic pop vocal group created by music manager, executive, and reality TV star Simon Cowell. Formed in the United Kingdom, they are also signed to Cowell's record label, Syco Music...
. It was released in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
and other parts of the world on November 7, 2005, excluding the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
and Latin America
Latin America
Latin America is a region of the Americas where Romance languages – particularly Spanish and Portuguese, and variably French – are primarily spoken. Latin America has an area of approximately 21,069,500 km² , almost 3.9% of the Earth's surface or 14.1% of its land surface area...
. It was later released in the United States and Latin America on January 24, 2006. It debuted at number one of the Billboard 200
Billboard 200
The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...
on the first week of its release in the United States. The album contains one song partially in Latin (the rest of it is in Italian), one song fully in Italian
Italian language
Italian is a Romance language spoken mainly in Europe: Italy, Switzerland, San Marino, Vatican City, by minorities in Malta, Monaco, Croatia, Slovenia, France, Libya, Eritrea, and Somalia, and by immigrant communities in the Americas and Australia...
, two songs in French
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
, two songs in English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
, and six songs in Spanish
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
(excluding the bonus track). It features the single "I Believe in You
I Believe in You (Je Crois en Toi)
"I Believe in You " is a duet between Céline Dion and Il Divo, released as the third and last single from Dion's On ne change pas album, and first and only from Il Divo's Ancora. At first, on January 23, 2006 "I Believe in You" was released as a radio single in the United States. The commercial...
", performed with Céline Dion
Celine Dion
Céline Marie Claudette Dion, , , is a Canadian singer. Born to a large family from Charlemagne, Quebec, Dion emerged as a teen star in the French-speaking world after her manager and future husband René Angélil mortgaged his home to finance her first record...
, that is also featured on her album, On Ne Change Pas and in the album Voices of the FIFA World Cup (2006).
Track listing (UK, Canada, and other)
- "HeroeHero (Mariah Carey song)"Hero" is a song by American singer-songwriter Mariah Carey. It was released on October 19, 1993 by Columbia Records as the second single from Carey's third studio album, Music Box . Originally intended for Gloria Estefan, the song was written and produced by Carey and Walter Afanasieff...
" - "Isabel"
- "I Believe in You (Je Crois en Toi)I Believe in You (Je Crois en Toi)"I Believe in You " is a duet between Céline Dion and Il Divo, released as the third and last single from Dion's On ne change pas album, and first and only from Il Divo's Ancora. At first, on January 23, 2006 "I Believe in You" was released as a radio single in the United States. The commercial...
" - "Unchained MelodyUnchained Melody"Unchained Melody" is a 1955 song with music by Alex North and lyrics by Hy Zaret. It has become one of the most recorded songs of the 20th century, by some counts having spawned over 500 versions in hundreds of different languages....
(Senza Catene)" - "Si Tú Me Amas"
- "Ave MariaHail MaryThe Angelic Salutation, Hail Mary, or Ave Maria is a traditional biblical Catholic prayer asking for the intercession of the Virgin Mary, the mother of Jesus. The Hail Mary is used within the Catholic Church, and it forms the basis of the Rosary...
" - "Hasta Mi Final"
- "All By MyselfAll by Myself"All by Myself" is a power ballad written and performed by Eric Carmen in 1975.The verse is based on the second movement of Sergei Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Opus 18...
(Solo Otra Vez)" (Studio Version) - "En Aranjuez Con Tu Amor"
- "Pour Que Tu M'Aimes EncorePour Que Tu M'aimes Encore"Pour que tu m'aimes encore" is the first hit single from album D'eux by Céline Dion. It was released on March 13, 1995 in Francophone countries and in September 1995 in other European countries. In Canada it was a radio only release. The song was also released in Japan in October 1996...
" - "O Holy NightO Holy Night"O Holy Night" is a well-known Christmas carol composed by Adolphe Adam in 1847 to the French poem "Minuit, chrétiens" by Placide Cappeau , a wine merchant and poet, who had been asked by a parish priest to write a Christmas poem...
"
Track listing (USA and Latin America)
- "All by Myself (Solo Otra Vez)" (Studio Version) (CarmenEric CarmenEric Howard Carmen is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist and keyboardist.He scored numerous hit songs across the 1970s and 1980s, first as a member of the Raspberries , and then with his solo career, including hits such as "All By Myself", "Never Gonna Fall in Love Again", "She Did It",...
, Rachmaninoff) - 3:54 - "Isabel " (Romdhane) - 4:16
- "I Believe in You (Je Crois en Toi)" with Céline Dion (Elofsson, Kreuger, Magnusson) - 4:01
- "You Raise Me Up (Por Ti Seré)" (Lovland) - 4:01
- "Si Tú Me Amas" (Larossi, Reid, Romdhane) - 4:09
- "Hasta Mi Final" (Hector, Mac) - 3:36
- "Heroe" (CareyMariah CareyMariah Carey is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, and actress. She made her recording debut with the release of her eponymous studio album in 1990, under the guidance of Columbia Records executive Tommy Mottola, whom she later married in 1993...
, AfanasieffWalter AfanasieffWalter Afanasieff is a multiple Grammy-award-winning record producer and songwriter. He is best known for his long association with Mariah Carey, for whom he was producer and co-writer for several years, beginning in 1990...
) - 4:17 - "En Aranjuez con Tu Amor" (Garcia) - 3:51
- "Esisti Dentro Me" (Romdhane) - 6:12
- "Pour Que Tu M'Aimes Encore" (Benzi, GoldmanJean-Jacques GoldmanJean-Jacques Goldman is a Grammy Awards-winning French singer-songwriter. He is hugely popular in the French-speaking world, and since 2003 was the second-highest-grossing French living pop singer, after Johnny Hallyday.- Biography :...
) - 3:53
Chart positions
| Country | Status | Chart Position |
| Australia | Triple Platinum | #1 |
| Spain | Quadruple Platinum | #1 |
| UK | Triple Platinum | #1 |
| Portugal | Double Platinum | #1 |
| Finland | Platinum | #1 |
| Mexico | Platinum | #1 |
| Sweden | Platinum | #1 |
| South Africa | Platinum | |
| Venezuela | Platinum | |
| Argentina | Gold | |
| USA | Gold | #1 |
| Canada | #1 | |
| Colombia | #1 | |
| Hong Kong | #1 | |
| New Zealand | #1 | |
| Slovenia | #1 | |
| Taiwan | #1 | |
| Netherlands | #2 | |
| Switzerland | #4 | |
| Germany | #18 |