9 (Eros Ramazzotti album)

9 is the ninth studio album by Italian pop-rock singer Eros Ramazzotti, released on 4 June 2003 on the BMG label. Lead single "Un'emozione per sempre" topped the charts in Italy, Switzerland and (in its Spanish language version "Una emoción para siempre") Spain. 9 went to #1 on the Italian Albums chart, where it remained for 14 weeks; with sales of 760,000, it was the best-selling album of 2003 in Italy.

9
Studio album by Eros Ramazzotti
Released	4 June 2003
Recorded	MedaStudios, Milan, Italy Fonoprint, Bologna, Italy Impatto, Bologna, Italy Abbey Road Studios, London, England
Genre	Pop, rock
Length	51:27
Label	BMG
Producer	Eros Ramazzotti, Claudio Guidetti
Eros Ramazzotti chronology
Stilelibero (2000) 9 (2003) Calma apparente (2005)

Track listing

Italian-language edition

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Un attimo di pace"	Ramazzotti, Adelio Cogliati, Claudio Guidetti	4:38
2.	"Solo ieri"	Ramazzotti, Cogliati, Guidetti	4:09
3.	"Un'emozione per sempre"	Ramazzotti, Cogliati, Guidetti, Maurizio Fabrizio	3:58
4.	"Ti vorrei rivivere"	Ramazzotti, Cogliati, Guidetti	4:29
5.	"Il buio ha i tuoi occhi"	Ramazzotti, Cogliati, Guidetti	4:02
6.	"Un'ancora nel vento"	Ramazzotti, Cogliati, Guidetti	4:06
7.	"Piccola pietra"	Ramazzotti, Cogliati, Guidetti, Fabrizio	4:07
8.	"Mamarà"	Ramazzotti, Cogliati, Guidetti	4:01
9.	"L'uomo che guardava le nuvole"	Ramazzotti, Cogliati, Guidetti	3:42
10.	"Canzone per lei"	Ramazzotti, Cogliati, Guidetti, Fabrizio Lamberti	3:42
11.	"Non ti prometto niente"	Ramazzotti, Cogliati, Guidetti	4:06
12.	"Falsa partenza"	Ramazzotti, Cogliati, Guidetti	4:02
13.	"C'è una melodia"	Ramazzotti, Cogliati	2:23

Spanish-language edition

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Un segundo de paz"	Ramazzotti, Adelio Cogliati, Claudio Guidetti, Mila Ortíz Martín	4:38
2.	"Solo ayer"	Ramazzotti, Cogliati, Guidetti, Ortíz	4:09
3.	"Una emoción para siempre"	Ramazzotti, Cogliati, Guidetti, Maurizio Fabrizio, Ortíz	3:58
4.	"Revivirte otra vez"	Ramazzotti, Cogliati, Guidetti, Ortíz	4:29
5.	"La noche son tus ojos"	Ramazzotti, Cogliati, Guidetti, Ortíz	4:02
6.	"Un ancla en el viento"	Ramazzotti, Cogliati, Guidetti, Ortíz	4:06
7.	"Piedra pequeña"	Ramazzotti, Cogliati, Guidetti, Fabrizio, Ortíz	4:07
8.	"Mamarà, una gran mujer"	Ramazzotti, Cogliati, Guidetti, Ortíz	4:01
9.	"El hombre que miraba las nubes"	Ramazzotti, Cogliati, Guidetti, Ortíz	3:42
10.	"Cancion para ella"	Ramazzotti, Cogliati, Guidetti, Fabrizio Lamberti, Ortíz	3:42
11.	"No te prometo nada"	Ramazzotti, Cogliati, Guidetti, Ortíz	4:06
12.	"Falsa salida"	Ramazzotti, Cogliati, Guidetti, Ortíz	4:02
13.	"Hay una melodia"	Ramazzotti, Cogliati, Ortíz	2:23

Personnel

• Michele Canova – arranger, keyboards, programming, loops, drum programming, mixing
• Vinnie Colaiuta – percussion, drums
• Max Costa – keyboards, programming
• Paolo Costa – bass
• Alfredo Golino – drums
• Isobel Griffiths – violin
• Claudio Guidetti – acoustic guitar, backing vocals, bouzouki, piano, arranger, electric guitar, keyboards, organ, electric piano, producer, fender rhodes, drum programming, mixing, pre-production, mandoline, recording, rickenbacker guitar, 12 string acoustic guitar, baritone guitar
• Michael Landau – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, nylon string guitar
• Eros Ramazzotti – vocals, backing vocals, guitar, percussion, arranger, electric guitar, producer, drum programming, pre-production, baritone guitar
• Celso Valli – piano, arranger, keyboards, organ, electric piano, producer, string arrangements, synthesizer bass, choir arrangement, string director

Charts

Chart (2003)	Peak position
Argentine Albums Chart[1]	1
Austrian Albums Chart[2]	2
Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders)[3]	3
Belgian Albums Chart (Wallonia)[4]	3
Danish Albums Chart[5]	2
Dutch Albums Chart[6]	5
European Albums Chart[7]	2
Finnish Albums Chart[8]	9
French Albums Chart[9]	5
German Albums Chart[10]	2
Greek Albums Chart[11]	1
Hungarian Albums Chart[12]	4
Italian Albums Chart[13]	1
Norwegian Albums Chart[14]	6
Polish Albums Chart[15]	18
Portuguese Albums Chart[16]	27
Spanish Albums Chart[7]	5
Swedish Albums Chart[17]	14
Swiss Albums Chart[18]	1
US Latin Pop Albums[19]	9
US Top Latin Albums[20]	30

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Argentina (CAPIF)[21]	Gold	20,000^
Austria (IFPI Austria)[22]	Gold	15,000*
Belgium (BRMA)[23]	Gold	25,000*
Croatia (HDU)[24]	Silver
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[25]	Gold	20,000^
France (SNEP)[26]	2× Gold	200,000*
Germany (BVMI)[27]	Platinum	200,000^
Greece (IFPI Greece)[11]	Gold	10,000^
Hungary (MAHASZ)[28]	Gold
Italy (FIMI)[29]	11× Platinum	1,100,000*
Mexico (AMPROFON)[30]	Gold	75,000^
Netherlands (NVPI)[31]	Gold	40,000^
Norway (IFPI Norway)[32]	Gold	20,000*
Russia (NFPF)[33]	Gold	10,000*
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[34]	Gold	50,000^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[35]	3× Platinum	120,000^
* Sales figures based on certification alone. ^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.