El Alma al Aire explained

El Alma al Aire
Type:	studio
Artist:	Alejandro Sanz
Border:	yes
Recorded:	March – July 2000
Studio:	Criteria Studios (Miami, Florida)
Genre:	Latin pop, Flamenco pop
Length:	54:47
Label:	WEA Latina
Producer:	Emanuele Ruffinengo
Prev Year:	1998
Next Title:	Lo Esencial de... Alejandro Sanz
Next Year:	2001

El Alma al Aire (The Soul from the Air) is the sixth studio album recorded by Spanish singer-songwriter Alejandro Sanz, released by WEA Latina on September 26, 2000 (see 2000 in music). It is one of his more suggestive and emotive works. It beat all the records of sale of the Spanish market on having reached the 1,000,000 copies in the first week.^[1]

Track listing

1. Cuando Nadie Me Ve – 5:07
2. Hay Un Universo de Pequeñas Cosas – 5:22
3. Quisiera Ser – 5:30
4. Para Que Me Quieras – 4:29
5. Llega, Llegó Soledad – 4:38
6. El Alma al Aire – 5:58
7. Me Iré – 5:40
8. Hicimos Un Trato – 4:37
9. Tiene Que Ser Pecado – 5:05
10. Silencio – 4:37 (6:35–8:22 – hidden track: Desde mis Centros)

Chart performance

Album

Year	Chart	Peak	Weeks on Chart
2000	Argentine Albums (CAPIF)	1^[2]
2000	Billboard Heatseekers	5^[3]	5
2000	Billboard Latin Pop Albums	2	25
2000	Billboard Top Latin Albums	3	38
2000	Billboard The Billboard 200	148	2
2000	Billboard Top Heatseekers (Pacific)	4	2
2000	Billboard Top Heatseekers (South Atlantic)	1	7

Singles

Year	Chart	Track	Peak	Weeks on Chart
2000	Billboard Hot Latin Songs	Cuando Nadie Me Ve	12	11
2000	Billboard Latin Pop Airplay	Cuando Nadie Me Ve	9	14
2000	Billboard Latin Tropical/Salsa Airplay	Cuando Nadie Me Ve	7	13
2000	Billboard Hot Latin Songs	Quisiera Ser	17	16
2000	Billboard Latin Pop Airplay	Quisiera Ser	13	23
2000	Billboard Latin Tropical/Salsa Airplay	Quisiera Ser	9	15
2001	Billboard Hot Latin Songs	El Alma al Aire	40	1
2001	Billboard Latin Pop Airplay	El Alma al Aire	17	3
2001	Billboard Latin Tropical/Salsa Airplay	El Alma al Aire	30	4

Personnel

• Vicente Amigo – Spanish guitar in "Quisiera Ser" and "El Alma al Aire"
• Gennady Aronin – Violin
• Enrique Badulescu – Photography
• Antonio Baglio – Mastering
• Tim Barnes – Viola
• Maurizio Biancani – Mixing
• Renato Cantele – Engineer, mixing
• Huifang Chen – Violin
• Janet Clippard – Bass
• Gustavo Correa – Violin
• Montse Cortés – Background vocals in "Quisiera Ser" and "El Alma al Aire"
• John DiPuccio – Violin
• Paquito Echevarría – Piano tumbao in "El Alma al Aire"
• Joan Faigen – Violin
• Scott Flavin – Violin
• Chris Glansdorp – Cello
• Alfredo Golino – Drums
• Jorge González – Assistant engineer
• Luca Jurman – Arranger, background vocals
• Mei Mei Luo – Violin
• Roberto Maccagno – Engineer, technical coordinator

• Charo Manzano – Background vocals in "Quisiera Ser" and "El Alma al Aire"
• Raul Midón – Background vocals
• José Antonio Molina – Arranger, orchestra director
• Susan Moyer – Cello
• Alfredo Oliva – Violin
• Alfredo Paixao – Bass, background vocals
• Wendy Pedersen – Background vocals
• Lulo Pérez – Arranger, trumpet
• Dave Poler – Assistant engineer
• Rita Quintero – Background vocals
• Keith Robinson – Cello
• Emanuele Ruffinengo – Arranger, concept, record producer
• Alejandro Sanz – Vocals, background vocals, arranger, concept
• Rafa Sañudo – Art direction, design
• Debra Spring – Viola
• Ramiro Terán – Background vocals
• Christine Tramontano – Assistant engineer
• Ludovico Vagnone – Acoustic guitar, electric guitar
• Bruce Wethey – Violin
• Bogumila Zgraja – Violin

Awards

Year	Category	Title	Result
2001	Latin Grammy Award for Record of the Year	El Alma al Aire
	Latin Grammy Award for Album of the Year	El Alma al Aire
	Latin Grammy Award for Song of the Year	El Alma al Aire
	Latin Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal	El Alma al Aire
	Latin Grammy Award for Best Music Video	Cuando Nadie Me Ve
2001	Grammy Award for Best Latin Pop Album	El Alma al Aire

Special edition

El Alma al Aire: Edición Especial
Type:	studio
Artist:	Alejandro Sanz
Cover:	elalmaalaire-esp.jpg
Released:	June 6, 2001
Recorded:	March–July 2000 at Criteria Studios (Miami, Florida)
Genre:	Latin pop
Length:	54:47 (CD 1) 23:27 (CD 2)
Label:	WEA Latina
Producer:	Emanuele Ruffinengo, David Foster

El Alma al Aire: Edición Especial is the 2001 re-release of the album El Alma al Aire containing 2 CDs. The CD 1 is the same as the original album and the CD 2 contains 5 new tracks (his duets with the Irish group The Corrs, a duet with the Mexican singer Armando Manzanero and a remix of the song "Tiene Que Ser Pecado").

Track listing

CD 1

1. Cuando Nadie Me Ve – 5:07
2. Hay un Universo de Pequeñas Cosas – 5:22
3. Quisiera Ser – 5:30
4. Para Que Me Quieras – 4:29
5. Llega, Llegó Soledad – 4:37
6. El Alma al Aire – 5:58
7. Me Iré – 5:40
8. Hicimos un Trato – 4:37
9. Tiene Que Ser Pecado – 5:05
10. Silencio – 8:22 (contains the hidden track "Desde mis centros")

CD 2

• 11 Me Iré (The Hardest Day) con The Corrs – 4:26
• 12 Una Noche con The Corrs – 4:44
• 13 Adoro con Armando Manzanero – 4:17
• 14 Tiene Que Ser Pecado (alternative mix) – 5:22
• 15 The Hardest Day con The Corrs – 4:38

Re-release

El Alma al Aire
Type:	studio
Artist:	Alejandro Sanz
Released:	September 26, 2006
Recorded:	March–July 2000 at Criteria Studios (Miami, Florida)
Genre:	Latin pop
Label:	Warner Music Latina

El Alma al Aire (Edición 2006) is the 2006 re-release of the album El Alma al Aire containing a CD and DVD. The CD contains 13 tracks and the DVD contains 14 videos.

Track listing

CD

1. Cuando Nadie Me Ve – 5:07
2. Hay un Universo de Pequeñas Cosas – 5:22
3. Quisiera Ser – 5:30
4. Para Que Me Quieras – 4:29
5. Llega, Llegó Soledad – 4:37
6. El Alma al Aire – 5:58
7. Me Iré – 5:40
8. Hicimos un Trato – 4:37
9. Tiene Que Ser Pecado – 5:05
10. Silencio – 8:22 (contains the hidden track "Desde Mis Centros")
11. Cuando Nadie Me Ve (demo) – 5:01
12. El Alma al Aire (demo) – 5:39
13. Una Noche con The Corrs – 8:12

DVD

1. Cuando Nadie Me Ve (Video)
2. Quisiera Ser (Video)
3. El Alma al Aire (Video)
4. Llega, Llegó Soledad (Video)
5. Una Noche con The Corrs (Video)
6. The Hardest Day con The Corrs (Video)
7. Tiene Que Ser Pecado (2001 Concert at Vicente Calderón Stadium)
8. Llega, Llegó Soledad (2001 Concert at Vicente Calderón Stadium)
9. Cuando Nadie Me Ve (2001 Concert at Vicente Calderón Stadium)
10. Me Iré (2001 Concert at Vicente Calderón Stadium)
11. Hay un Universo de Pequeñas Cosas (2001 Concert at Vicente Calderón Stadium)
12. El Alma al Aire (2001 Concert at Vicente Calderón Stadium)
13. Quisiera Ser (2001 Concert at Vicente Calderón Stadium)
14. EPK

See also

• List of best-selling albums in Spain
• List of best-selling Latin albums

Notes and References

1. Web site:

   www.AlejandroSanz.ws ::

   . www.alejandrosanz.ws.
2. Web site: Ventana de articulo. h.elsiglodetorreon.com.mx.
3. Alejandro Sanz Chart History. Billboard.