Pablo Alborán is the debut album recorded by Spanish

Spain

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 singer-songwriter

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 Pablo Alborán

Pablo Alborán

Pablo Moreno de Alborán Ferrándiz best known as Pablo Alborán is a Latin Grammy nominated Spanish singer.-Biography:...

. Produced by Manuel Illán, many of the songs included in the album had already achieved YouTube

YouTube

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 attention before its release, as home videos featuring Alborán performing in front of a webcam

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, alone with his guitar

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. The album also includes duets with Estrella Morente

Estrella Morente

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 ("Desencuentro"), and Diana Navarro ("Solamente Tú"). The iTunes

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 version adds the bonus track "Cuando te Alejas".

Pablo Alborán was released on January 28, 2011, and quickly became a huge success on the Spanish Albums Chart, where it debuted at number one, preventing Sergio Dalma

Sergio Dalma

Sergio Dalma is a Spanish pop singer. He was born as Josep Sergi Capdevila Querol on September 28, 1964 in Sabadell .-Professional career:...

's Via Dalma, the best-selling album of 2010 in Spain, from an 11th consecutive week topping the charts. Pablo Alborán went on to spend 15 weeks at the top of the charts, including a run of seven consecutive weeks taking place six months after the album's release date. It was certified double platinum by Productores de Música de España on October 30, 2011, and has since been nominated for a Latin Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album, Male

Latin Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album, Male

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.

Singles

• "Solamente Tú
  Solamente Tú (song)
  "Solamente Tú" is the debut single by Latin Grammy nominated Spanish singer Pablo Alborán, from his self-titled debut album. It was released on 14 September 2010 as a digital download in Spain. The song peaked to number 1 on the Spanish Singles Chart...
  
  " was released as the album's lead single
  Lead single
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   on September 14, 2010. The song was a huge hit on the Spanish Singles Chart, becoming Alborán's first-ever number-one single on February 27, 2011. It stayed at number one for two consecutive weeks, and was certified platinum on May 8, 2011. It went on to stay on the Top 10 for 32 consecutive weeks, from February to September, including 20 weeks on the Top 5.

• "Miedo
  Miedo (song)
  "Miedo" is a single by Latin Grammy nominated Spanish singer Pablo Alborán, from his self-titled debut album. It was released on 13 May 2011 as a digital download in Spain. The song peaked to number 50 on the Spanish Singles Chart...
  
  " was released as the album's second single on May 13, 2011. The song peaked at number 50 on the Spanish Singles Chart.

• "Perdóname
  Perdóname (Pablo Alborán song)
  "Perdóname" is a single by Latin Grammy nominated Spanish singer Pablo Alborán, from his self-titled debut album. It was released on 3 October 2011 as a digital download in Spain. The song has so far peaked to number 7 on the Spanish Singles Chart. The song was written by Pablo Alborán and produced...
  
  " was released as the album's third single on October 3, 2011. The single version of the song featured vocals from Portuguese
  Portugal
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   singer Carminho. The song debuted at number 7 on the Spanish Singles Chart on the week of release, and reached the top spot on November 13, 2011, becoming Alborán's second number-one single.

Track listing

Chart performance

Chart (2011)	Peak position
Spanish Albums Chart	1

Certifications

Release history

Country	Date	Format	Label
Spain	28 January 2011	Digital download Music download A music download is the transferral of music from an Internet-facing computer or website to a user's local computer. This term encompasses both legal downloads and downloads of copyright material without permission or payment...	EMI Music Spain