Ananda (album)

Ananda
Studio album by
Paulina Rubio
ReleasedSeptember 18, 2006
RecordedJanuary 2005 – June 2006
StudioPaulina Rubio's home studio (Miami, Florida)
Genre
Length49:28
LabelUniversal Latino
Producer
Paulina Rubio chronology
Pau-Latina
(2004) 		Ananda
(2006) 		Paulina Remixes
(2007)
Singles from Ananda
  1. "Ni Una Sola Palabra"
    Released: July 23, 2006
  2. "Nada Puede Cambiarme"
    Released: January 18, 2007
  3. "Ayúdame"
    Released: April 4, 2007
  4. "Que Me Voy A Quedar"
    Released: October 12, 2007

Ananda (Sanskrit: Bliss) is the eighth studio album by Mexican singer-songwriter Paulina Rubio, released on September 18, 2006, through Universal Latino.[3] Its pop rock music incorporates latin, dance, folk, electropop, alternative and flamenco styles with instrumentation from synthpop beats, guitars, drums, synthesizers, strings and Spanish musical instruments. Its themes range from love, empowerment, and dancing. Contributions to the album's production came from a wide range of producers, including Cachorro López, Rick Wake, Tricky Stewart, Áureo Baqueiro, TOY Hernández and Gustavo Santaolalla. Among the songwriters and artist collaborators appear on the album are Xabi San Martín from La Oreja de Van Gogh, Slash from Guns N' Roses, Juanes, Julieta Venegas and Coti.[4]

Ananda was generally acclaimed by most critics, while Cachorro López received a Latin Grammy nomination for Producer of the Year, and Rubio received a Latin Billboard Music Awards for Female Latin Pop Album given in 2007. The record was also a commercial success, reached at number one in Mexico, and top ten in Spain and Finland. In the United States, Ananda reached at number one on the Billboard Top Latin Albums, and on the Latin Pop Albums; it became her second top 40 album on the Billboard 200 with first week sales of 26,000 copies. It was certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), and sold 250,000 copies in the United States; also was certified double platinum in Spain by the Productores de Música de España (PROMUSICAE) for selling 160,000 copies. In Mexico received the "Tarabu de Oro" for selling 200,000 mastertone sales.[5] To April 2007, it sold over 600,000 copies worldwide.[6]

Four singles were released from the album: "Ni Una Sola Palabra" was released as the lead single, which peaked inside top ten in several countries, and was certified triple platinum in Spain; the consecutive singles, "Nada Puede Cambiarme" and "Ayúdame", met Latin American chart success, while the final single, "Que Me Voy A Quedar" underperformed on the charts. On March 20, 2007 Ananda was reissued as a deluxe edition "by public demand for having more material of the artist". The same day, "Me Siento Mucho Más Fuerte Sin Tu Amor" was released as the only album's digital single. To further promote the album, Rubio embarked on the Amor, Luz y Sonido Tour in February 2007, where she travelled around Europe, North America and South America.

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  3. ^ Blanco, Patricia R. (2006-07-20). "'Ananda', el nuevo disco de Paulina Rubio, se publicará el 18 de septiembre" (in Spanish). www.los40.com. Archived from the original on November 16, 2006. Retrieved February 16, 2013.
  4. ^ "Paulina Rubio (Ananda Review)" (in Spanish). www.mixup.com.mx. January 7, 2007. Archived from the original on January 7, 2007. Retrieved February 16, 2013.
  5. ^ "Premio polifónico". El Observador (in Spanish). April 11, 2011. Archived from the original on 2017-08-24. Retrieved February 16, 2013.
  6. ^ "Chayanne y Paulina Rubio, de tour por EU". People en Español (in Spanish). April 19, 2007. Archived from the original on February 3, 2017. Retrieved September 19, 2020.