The best selling album of all time in Spain

The best selling album of all time in Spain

The best selling album of all time in Spain is ‘Más’ by Alejandro Sanz.

 

‘Más’ was released in 1997 and since then has been certified platinum 22 times. To be certified ‘Platinum’ in Spain an album has to have sold 100,000 copies.

2,200,000 copies of ‘Más’ have been sold!!!

After Alejandro Sanz´s ‘Más’, come Laura Pausini´s ‘Laura Pausini’, Mecano´s ‘Descanso Dominical’, David Bizbal´s ‘Corazón latino’, and Alejandro Sanz again with ‘El Alma al Aire’. Each of these albums has sold 1,300,000 (13xPlatinum).

Selling 1,300,000 copies of an album is an amazing achievement, but as you can see ‘Más’ is the best selling album of all time in Spain by some margin.

So, do you know much about Alejandro Sanz and his music?

Sanz was born in Madrid in 1968 and has been releasing albums since he was 19. He has won 3 Grammy Awards 15 Latin Grammy Awards and his music is a mix of flamenco, rock, pop, salsa, and hip hop.

Sanz was the first Spanish artist to be asked to do an MTV Unplugged album and he famously collaborated with Shakira in 2005 for her Spanish number 1 single ‘La Tortura’.

Let´s take a listen to one of the singles from the best selling album of all time in Spain ’Corazón partío’. ’Corazón partío’ reached number 1 in Spain and a version also appeared on the MTV Unplugged album.

 

 Click here to hear the song and watch the video

 

Below are the lyrics to Corazón partío in Spanish followed by an English translation (Broken heart).

See how much of the orginal Spanish lyrics you understand and then compare with the English translation.

 

Corazón partío

Tiritas pa este corazón partío.
tiri-ti-tando de frío.
tiritas pa este corazón partío.
pa este corazón.
Ya lo ves, que no hay dos sin tres,
que la vida va y viene y que no se detiene…
y, que sé yo,
pero miénteme aunque sea, dime que algo queda
entre nosotros dos, que en tu habitación
nunca sale el sol, ni existe el tiempo,
ni el dolor.
Llévame si quieres a perder,
a ningún destino, sin ningún porqué.
Ya lo sé, que corazón que no ve
es corazón que no siente,
o corazón que te miente amor.
pero, sabes que en lo más profundo de mi alma
sigue aquel dolor por creer en ti.
¿qué fue de la ilusión y de lo bello que es vivir?
¿Para qué me curaste cuando estaba herío,
si hoy me dejas de nuevo el corazón partío?
¿Quién me va a entregar sus emociones?,
¿quién me va a pedir que nunca le abandone?,
¿quién me tapara esta noche si hace frío?,
¿quién me va a curar el corazón partío?,
¿quién llenara de primaveras este enero,
y bajará la luna para que juguemos?
Dime, si tú te vas, dime, cariño mío,
¿quién me va a curar el corazón partío?
Tiritas pa este corazón partío.
tiritas pa este corazón partío.
Dar solamente aquello que te sobra
nunca fue compartir, sino dar limosna, amor.
si no lo sabes tu, te lo digo yo.
después de la tormenta siempre llega la calma,
pero, sé que después de ti,
después de ti no hay nada.
¿Para qué me curaste cuando estaba herío,
si hoy me dejas de nuevo el corazón partío?
¿Quién me va a entregar sus emociones?,
¿quién me va a pedir que nunca le abandone?,
¿quién me tapara esta noche si hace frío?,
¿quién me va a curar el corazón partío?,
¿quién llenara de primaveras este enero,
y bajará la luna para que juguemos?
Dime, si tú te vas, dime, cariño mío,
¿quién me va a curar el corazón partío?

 

Broken heart

Bandages for this broken heart
shaking with cold
Bandages for this broken heart
for this heart.
You see, all things come in threes.
Life goes around and never stops…
And what do I know?
But lie to me, please, tell me that there is still
something between us, that in your room
the sun doesn’t rise and time doesn´t exist,
neither pain.
Take me, if you want, to wander
with no destiny, with no reason
I know it, out of heart,
out of mind
out of a heart that lies to you, my love.
But you know that deep inside my soul
there is still that pain I suffered because I believed you.
¿What happened to our hope and happiness of being together?
Why did you heal me when I was hurt
if now you leave again with a broken heart?
Who is going to give me her emotions?
Who is going to ask me to never leave her?
Who is going to warm me if the night is cold?
Who is going to heal my broken heart?
Who is going to fill the springs this January
and who is going to lower the moon so we can play with it?
Tell me, if you are leaving, my love
Who is going to heal my broken heart?
Bandages for this broken heart
Bandages for this broken heart
Giving only what you don’t need
has never been sharing, but giving charity, my love.
And if you don’t know it, I’m telling you.
After the storm, comes the calm,
but I know that after you
nothing will come.
Why did you heal me when I was hurt
if now you leave again with a broken heart?
Who is going to give me her emotions?
Who is going to ask me to never leave her?
Who is going to warm me if the night is cold?
Who is going to heal my broken heart?
Who is going to fill the springs this January
and who is going to lower the moon so we can play with it?
Tell me, if you are leaving, my love
Who is going to heal my broken heart?

 

Alejandro Sanz. 1997

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