Il Divo (album)

Il Divo
Studio album by
Il Divo
Released1 November 2004 (United Kingdom)
19 April 2005 (United States)
RecordedFebruary – September 2004, Metropolis Studios, London
GenreClassical crossover
Length53:52
LabelSyco, Columbia
ProducerSteve Mac[1]
Il Divo chronology
Il Divo
(2004) 		Ancora
(2005)
Singles from Il Divo
  1. "Regresa a mí"
    Released: 22 October 2004
  2. "My Way (A mi manera)"
    Released: 18 February 2005
  3. "Mama"
    Released: 7 May 2005
  4. "Unchained Melody (Senza catene)"
    Released: 8 July 2005
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]

Il Divo is the debut studio album to be released by classical crossover vocal group Il Divo, formed by Simon Cowell in 2004. The album was released on 1 November 2004 in the United Kingdom, via Syco Music, and on 19 April 2005 in the United States, via Columbia Records. The album contains three songs performed in English, six songs performed in Italian, and three songs performed in Spanish, excluding the bonus track. As of December 2013, the album had sold more than 1.5 million copies in the UK.[3] The album has sold more than 5,000,000 worldwide copies to date.[4]

Recording started in the first half of 2004 in Sweden, with producers Quiz & Larossi, Per Magnusson & David Kreuger and in the UK with producer Steve Mac. This self-titled album contained the Spanish Regresa a mí, their second single and first original song Mama; Sinatra's My Way (A mi manera); Nella Fantasia, and 1994's San Remo Festival winner Passerà.

The album hit the No. 1 slot on both Amazon.com and BarnesandNoble.com after a career-defining appearance on The Oprah Winfrey Show on 5 April 2005, where they performed Regresa a mí.[5]

In the United Kingdom, the Il Divo album knocked Robbie Williams off the number 1 spot in the UK charts, Williams allegedly said to them at the Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason film premiere, "So you are the four idiots who have forced me off my number one spot!"[6]

This multiplatinum-selling CD became number one in the charts in a total of 13 countries around the world, and achieved top 5 placing in 25 countries.

  1. ^ "Steve Mac (2)". Discogs.
  2. ^ AllMusic review
  3. ^ "Official Charts Analysis: One Direction sell another 124k of new album – Analysis – Music Week". Music Week.
  4. ^ larazon.es (ed.). "Il Divo: Divinos y humanos".
  5. ^ Smith, Jacqueline (12 January 2015). IL DIVO - IL DIVO 2004. ISBN 9781488828874.
  6. ^ Robbie's alleged statement. Accessed 5 March 2008.