Benvenuto (song)

"Benvenuto"
Single by Laura Pausini
from the album Inedito
Released12 September 2011
RecordedOliveta Recording Studio, Castelbolognese (Ravenna)
GenrePop, latin pop
Length3:56
LabelAtlantic Records
Songwriter(s)Laura Pausini, Niccolò Agliardi, Paolo Carta
Producer(s)Paolo Carta
Laura Pausini singles chronology
"Donna d'Onna"
(2010)
"Benvenuto"
(2011)
"Non ho mai smesso"
(2011)
Music video
"Benvenuto" on YouTube

"Benvenuto" [beɱveˈnuːto] / "Bienvenido" [bjembeˈniðo] (Welcome) is a song recorded by Italian singer Laura Pausini for her studio album Inedito. The song, produced by Paolo Carta, was written by Laura Pausini, Niccolò Agliardi and Paolo Carta.[1][2] On 12 September 2011, it was released to mainstream radios[3] and it became digitally available[4] as the lead single of the album.[5]

It debuted at number one on the Italian Singles Chart and it was later certified platinum by the Federation of the Italian Music Industry.[6]

The song was also recorded in a Spanish-language version, titled "Bienvenido" and released as the first single from the Spanish-language version of the album, Inédito.[7] The music video for this version of the song received a nomination for Video of the Year at the Premio Lo Nuestro 2012, held on 16 February 2012.[8]

  1. ^ "Laura Pausini torna con 'Benvenuto': l'assaggio sul web domani, lunedì in radio" (in Italian). Adnkronos. 10 September 2011. Retrieved 10 September 2011.
  2. ^ "Musica/ Da Laura Pausini domani il nuovo singolo" (in Italian). TMNews. 10 September 2011. Archived from the original on 2012-03-30. Retrieved 10 September 2011.
  3. ^ "Pausini, oggi il nuovo singolo alle radio". la Repubblica (in Italian). 12 September 2012. Retrieved 7 January 2012.
  4. ^ "Benvenuto - Single di Laura Pausini" (in Italian). iTunes. Archived from the original on 22 November 2011. Retrieved 7 January 2012.
  5. ^ "Arriva nuovo album Pausini, domani esce il singolo" (in Italian). Agenzia Nazionale Stampa Associata. 10 September 2011. Retrieved 10 September 2011.
  6. ^ "Certificazione Single Digital dalla settimana 1 del 2009 alla settimana 8 del 2012" (PDF) (in Italian). Federation of the Italian Music Industry. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-23. Retrieved 6 March 2012.
  7. ^ Jose Alvizures. "Bienvenido, nueva canción de Laura Pausini" (in Spanish). entretenimiento.starmedia.com. Archived from the original on 2014-02-03. Retrieved 10 September 2011.
  8. ^ "Lista de nominados al Premio Lo Nuestro a la Música Latina" (in Spanish). Terra Networks. Retrieved 7 January 2011.