9 (Eros Ramazzotti album) explained

9
Type:	Studio
Artist:	Eros Ramazzotti
Cover:	eros9.jpg
Released:	4 June 2003
Recorded:	MedaStudios, Milan, Italy Fonoprint, Bologna, Italy Impatto, Bologna, Italy Abbey Road Studios, London, England
Genre:	Pop, rock
Length:	51:27
Label:	BMG
Producer:	Eros Ramazzotti, Claudio Guidetti
Prev Title:	Stilelibero
Prev Year:	2000
Next Title:	Calma apparente
Next Year:	2005

9 is the ninth studio album by Italian pop-rock singer Eros Ramazzotti, released on 4 June 2003 on the BMG label. Lead single "Un'emozione per sempre" topped the charts in Italy, Switzerland and (in its Spanish language version "Una emoción para siempre") Spain. 9 went to #1 on the Italian Albums chart, where it remained for 14 weeks; with sales of 760,000, it was the best-selling album of 2003 in Italy.

Track listing

Spanish-language edition

Personnel

• Michele Canova – arranger, keyboards, programming, loops, drum programming, mixing
• Vinnie Colaiuta – percussion, drums
• Max Costa – keyboards, programming
• Paolo Costa – bass
• Alfredo Golino – drums
• Isobel Griffiths – violin
• Claudio Guidetti – acoustic guitar, backing vocals, bouzouki, piano, arranger, electric guitar, keyboards, organ, electric piano, producer, fender rhodes, drum programming, mixing, pre-production, mandoline, recording, rickenbacker guitar, 12 string acoustic guitar, baritone guitar
• Michael Landau – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, nylon string guitar
• Eros Ramazzotti – vocals, backing vocals, guitar, percussion, arranger, electric guitar, producer, drum programming, pre-production, baritone guitar
• Celso Valli – piano, arranger, keyboards, organ, electric piano, producer, string arrangements, synthesizer bass, choir arrangement, string director

Charts

Chart (2003)	Peak position
Argentine Albums Chart^[1]	1
Austrian Albums Chart^[2]	2
Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders)^[3]	3
Belgian Albums Chart (Wallonia)^[4]	3
Danish Albums Chart^[5]	2
Dutch Albums Chart^[6]	5
European Albums Chart	2
Finnish Albums Chart^[7]	9
French Albums Chart^[8]	5
German Albums Chart^[9]	2
Greek Albums Chart^[10]	1
Hungarian Albums Chart^[11]	4
Italian Albums Chart^[12]	1
Norwegian Albums Chart^[13]	6
Polish Albums Chart^[14]	18
Portuguese Albums Chart^[15]	27
Spanish Albums Chart^[16]	5
Swedish Albums Chart^[17]	14
Swiss Albums Chart^[18]	1
US Latin Pop Albums^[19]	9
US Top Latin Albums^[20]	30

Notes and References

1. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20030609064451/http://www.capif.org.ar/Default.asp?CodOp=RACS&CO=6 . . es . 9 June 2003 . Ranking Semanal desde 25/05/2003 hasta 31/05/2003. 15 May 2012 .
2. Web site: Austria Top-40 - Eros Ramazzotti - 9 (album) . austriancharts.at . de . 3 January 2012.
3. Web site: Charts Vlaanderen - Eros Ramazzotti - 9 (album) . Ultratop.be . nl . 3 January 2012.
4. Web site: Charts Belgique Francophone - Eros Ramazzotti - 9 (album) . Ultratop.be . fr . 3 January 2012.
5. Web site: Danish Charts - Eros Ramazzotti - 9 (album) . danishcharts.dk . 3 January 2012.
6. Web site: Dutch Charts - Eros Ramazzotti - 9 (album) . dutchcharts.nl . nl . 3 January 2012.
7. Web site: Finnish Charts - Eros Ramazzotti - 9 (album) . finnishcharts.com . 3 January 2012.
8. Web site: Classements - Eros Ramazzotti - 9 (album) . lescharts.com . fr . 3 January 2012.
9. Web site: Ramazzotti, Eros - 9 (Longplay) . musicline.de . de . 3 January 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160201112200/http://www.musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/title/RAMAZZOTTI%2C+EROS/9/longplay . 2016-02-01 . dead .
10. Web site: Top 50 Ξένων Άλμπουμ - Εβδομάδα 30/11-06/12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20031209112241/http://www.ifpi.gr/chart01.htm . 9 December 2003 . el . 4 January 2012 . IFPI Greece.
11. Web site: Archívum - Slágerlisták - MAHASZ - Magyar Hangfelvétel-kiadók Szövetsége - 2003. 08. 11. - 2003. 08. 17 . hu . 4 January 2012 . Mahasz.
12. Web site: Italian Charts - Eros Ramazzotti - 9 (album) . italiancharts.com . 3 January 2012.
13. Web site: VG-Lista - Eros Ramazzotti - 9 (album) . norwegiancharts.com . 3 January 2012.
14. Web site: Official Retail Sales Charts - sales for the period 09.06.2003 - 15.06.2003 . . 3 January 2012.
15. Web site: Portuguese Charts - Eros Ramazzotti - 9 (album) . portuguesecharts.com . 3 January 2012.
16. Hits of the World . 48–49 . 21 June 2003 . . 3 January 2012.
17. Web site: Swedish Charts - Eros Ramazzotti - 9 (album) . swedishcharts.com . 3 January 2012.
18. Web site: Swiss Charts - Eros Ramazzotti - 9 (album) . hitparade.ch . de . 3 January 2012.
19. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=eros ramazzotti|chart=Latin Pop Albums C}} Eros Ramazzotti Album & Song Chart History - Latin Pop Albums ]. . 4 January 2012.
20. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=eros ramazzotti|chart=Latin Albums}} Eros Ramazzotti Album & Song Chart History - Latin Albums ]. . 4 January 2012.