Pablo Alborán (album) explained

Pablo Alborán
Type:	studio
Artist:	Pablo Alborán
Cover:	Pablo-Alboran.jpg
Length:	46:30
Language:	Spanish
Label:	Warner Music Spain
Producer:	Armando Ávila Manuel Illán
Next Title:	En Acústico
Next Year:	2011

Pablo Alborán is the debut album by Spanish singer-songwriter Pablo Alborán. Produced by Manuel Illán, many of the songs included in the album had already achieved YouTube attention before its release, as home videos featuring Alborán performing in front of a webcam, alone with his guitar. The album also includes duets with Carminho ("Perdóname"), Estrella Morente ("Desencuentro"), and Diana Navarro ("Solamente Tú"). The iTunes version adds the bonus track "Cuando te Alejas".

Pablo Alborán was released on 1 February 2011, and quickly became a huge success on the Spanish Albums Chart, where it debuted at number one, preventing Sergio Dalma's Via Dalma, the best-selling album of 2010 in Spain,^[1] from an 11th consecutive week topping the charts.^[2] 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.^{[3] [4]} It was certified six-time platinum by Productores de Música de España, becoming the top-selling album of 2011 in Spain,^[5] and was also nominated for a Latin Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album, Male.^[6]

Singles

• "Solamente Tú" was released as the album's lead single on 14 September 2010. The song was a huge hit on the Spanish Singles Chart, becoming Alborán's first-ever number-one single on 27 February 2011.^[7] It stayed at number one for two consecutive weeks,^[8] and was certified platinum on 8 May 2011.^[9] It went on to stay on the Top 10 for 32 consecutive weeks, from February to September, including 20 weeks on the Top 5.^[10]
• "Miedo" was released as the album's second single on 13 May 2011. The song peaked at number 43 on the Spanish Singles Chart.^[11]

Charts

Year-end charts

Chart (2011)! scope="col"

Position
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)^[12]	1

Chart (2012)! scope="col"

Position
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)^[13]	5

Release history

Region! scope="col"

Date	Format	Label
Spain	28 January 2011		EMI Music Spain	^[14]

See also

• List of number-one albums of 2011 (Spain)

Notes and References

1. Web site: TOP 50 ALBUMES 2010. Promusicae. January 1, 2011. November 3, 2011. 25 April 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120425083209/http://www.promusicae.org/files/listasanuales/albumes/Top%2050%20ALBUMES%202010%20%28PUBLICAR%29.pdf. dead.
2. Web site: TOP 100 ALBUMES – SEMANA 05: del 31.01.2011 al 06.02.2011. . February 6, 2011 . November 3, 2011.
3. Web site: PABLO ALBORÁN Nº1 EN VENTAS. Canal Sur. Spanish.
4. Web site: Pablo Alborán desbanca a Lady Gaga. Europapress.es. March 2, 2011 . Spanish.
5. Web site: TOP 50 ALBUMES 2011 . . Spanish . January 29, 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130618032517/http://promusicae.org/files/listasanuales/albumes/Top%2050%20ALBUMES%202011.pdf . June 18, 2013 .
6. Web site: Archived copy . www.grammy.com . 20 July 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120927025535/http://www.grammy.com/files/12th_nominees.pdf . 27 September 2012 . dead.
7. Web site: TOP 50 CANCIONES – SEMANA 08: del 21.02.2011 al 27.02.2011 . . February 27, 2011 . November 3, 2011 . 25 April 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120425083134/http://www.promusicae.org/files/listastonos/historial/TOP%2050%20CANCIONES%2011_08.pdf . dead .
8. Web site: TOP 50 CANCIONES – SEMANA 09: del 28.02.2011 al 06.03.2011 . . March 6, 2011 . November 3, 2011 . 25 April 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120425083142/http://www.promusicae.org/files/listastonos/historial/TOP%2050%20CANCIONES%2011_09.pdf . dead .
9. Web site: TOP 50 CANCIONES – SEMANA 18: del 02.05.2011 al 08.05.2011 . . May 8, 2011 . November 3, 2011 . 25 April 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120425083149/http://www.promusicae.org/files/listastonos/historial/TOP%2050%20CANCIONES%2011_18.pdf . dead .
10. Web site: Pablo Alborán – Solamente Tú. Spanishcharts.com . November 3, 2011.
11. Web site: Pablo Alborán – Miedo. Spanishcharts.com . November 3, 2011.
12. Web site: TOP 50 ALBUMES 2011. Spanish. January 28, 2012. Promusicae.es.
13. Web site: Top 50 Albumes Anual 2012 . Promuiscae.es . January 15, 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130527011030/http://www.promusicae.org/files/listasanuales/albumes/Top%2050%20ALBUMES%202012%20.pdf . May 27, 2013 .
14. Web site: Pablo Alborán de Pablo Alborán. February 1, 2011. March 24, 2022. Apple Music.