Alone (Modern Talking album) explained

Alone
Type:	studio
Artist:	Modern Talking
Cover:	Modern Talking - Alone.png
Released:	19 February 1999
Recorded:	1998
Genre:	Eurodance
Length:	76:16
Label:	Hansa
Producer:	Dieter Bohlen
Prev Title:	Back for Good
Prev Year:	1998
Next Title:	Year of the Dragon
Next Year:	2000

Alone is the eighth studio album by German duo Modern Talking, released on 19 February 1999 by Hansa Records. The album was supported by two singles, "You Are Not Alone" and "Sexy, Sexy Lover", which reached numbers seven and 15 in Germany, respectively.^[1] The album debuted atop the German Albums Chart on 8 March 1999, spending four consecutive weeks at the top and 27 weeks altogether on the chart. Alone was eventually certified platinum by the Bundesverband Musikindustrie (BVMI), denoting shipments in excess of 500,000 units in Germany.

Personnel

• Dieter Bohlen – guitar, backing vocals, production, arrangements
• Thomas Anders – lead & backing vocals, piano, keyboards
• Rolf Köhler – backing vocals, falsetto choir (uncredited)
• Michael Scholz – backing vocals, falsetto choir (uncredited)
• Detlef Wiedeke – backing vocals, falsetto choir (uncredited)
• Luis Rodríguez – co-production
• Amadeus Crotti, Thorsten Brötzmann, Lalo Titenkov, Jerry Ropero – keyboards
• Gabo – cover photo
• Manfred Esser – booklet photos
• Ronald Reinsberg – cover design, art direction

Charts

Weekly charts

Weekly chart performance for Alone

Chart (1999)	Peak position
Czech Albums (ČNS IFPI)^[2]	2
European Albums (Music & Media)^[3]	6
Greek Albums (IFPI)^[4]	6
Spanish Albums (AFYVE)^[5]	12

Year-end charts

1999 year-end chart performance for Alone

Chart (1999)	Position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)^[6]	12
European Albums (Music & Media)^[7]	35
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[8]	7
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)^[9]	76
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)^[10]	42

Notes and References

1. Web site: Modern Talking Single-Chartverfolgung. Musicline.com. de. 21 November 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20130919063613/http://www.musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/MODERN+TALKING/single. 19 September 2013.
2. Top National Sellers . . 16 . 14 . 3 April 1999 . 19 . 29800226 . World Radio History.
3. European Top 100 Albums . Music & Media . 16 . 12 . 20 March 1999 . 9 . 29800226 . World Radio History.
4. Top National Sellers . Music & Media . 16 . 15 . 10 April 1999 . 10 . 29800226 . World Radio History.
5. Book: Salaverrie, Fernando . September 2005 . Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 . es . 1st . Madrid . . 84-8048-639-2.
6. Web site: Jahreshitparade Alben 1999 . austriancharts.at . de . 24 April 2021.
7. Year in Focus – European Top 100 Albums 1999 . Music & Media . 17 . 1 . 1 January 2000 . 11 . 29800226 . World Radio History.
8. Web site: Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts . de . Offizielle Deutsche Charts . 8 September 2016.
9. Web site: Årslista Album (inkl samlingar) – År 1999 . . sv . 24 April 2021 . https://archive.today/20150813152710/http://www.hitlistan.se/netdata/ghl002.mbr/lista?liid=42&dfom=19990001 . 13 August 2015.
10. Web site: Schweizer Jahreshitparade 1999 . hitparade.ch . de . 24 April 2021.
11. The first list is the list of best-selling domestic albums of 2000 in Finland and the second is that of the best-selling foreign albums:
    • Web site: Myydyimmät kotimaiset albumit vuonna 2000 . fi . . 15 August 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150725011744/http://www.ifpi.fi/tilastot/myydyimmat/2000/kotimaiset/albumit . 25 July 2015.
    • Web site: Myydyimmät ulkomaiset albumit vuonna 2000 . fi . Musiikkituottajat . 15 August 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150511192623/http://www.ifpi.fi/tilastot/myydyimmat/2000/ulkomaiset/albumit . 11 May 2015.