Romanza

{{Short description|1997 compilation album by Andrea Bocelli}} {{Other uses}} {{Infobox album | name = Romanza | type = compilation | artist = Andrea Bocelli | cover = BocelliRomanzaAlbumCover.jpg | alt = | released = {{start date|1997|9|23}} | recorded = 1996 | studio = | genre = {{hlist|Easy listening|operatic pop|pop}} | length = {{Duration|m=70|s=13}} | label = {{hlist|Sugar|Philips|Universal}} | producer = {{hlist|Mauro Malavasi|Frank Peterson|Michele Torpedine {{small|(also exec.)}}|Celso Valli|Peppe Vessicchio}} | prev_title = Viaggio Italiano | prev_year = 1996 | next_title = Aria: The Opera Album | next_year = 1998 }} {{Infobox album | name = Romanza (20th Anniversary Edition) | type = compilation | artist = Andrea Bocelli | cover = | alt = | released = 18 November 2016 | recorded = {{hlist|1996|2016}} | venue = | studio = | genre = {{hlist|Easy listening|operatic pop|pop}} | length = | label = {{hlist|Sugar|Universal}} | producer = {{hlist|Mauro Malavasi|Michele Torpedine|Beppe Vessicchio|Celso Valli|Frank Peterson}} | prev_title = Cinema | prev_year = 2015 | next_title = Sì | next_year = 2018 }} '''''Romanza''''' is the first compilation album by Italian tenor singer Andrea Bocelli, released internationally in 1997.<ref>Billboard - May 8, 1999 - Page 48 "The album "Romanza" is a compilation of "Bocelli" and "II Mare Calmo Delia Sera," not as stated in the same article."</ref>

Although a compilation, ''Romanza'' is considered Bocelli's breakthrough album and is his most commercially successful, topping charts throughout Europe and Latin America. With over 20 million copies sold,<ref>{{Cite web |date=November 7, 2018 |title=Andrea Bocelli, gli album più importanti |url=https://tg24.sky.it/spettacolo/musica/2018/11/07/andrea-bocelli-album-importanti/amp |access-date=August 19, 2024 |work=Sky.tg24}}</ref> it is both the best-selling Italian-language album and the best-selling predominantly non-English language album of all time, as well as one of the best-selling albums worldwide.

==Background== The album is a compilation of Bocelli's two previous pop albums, ''Il mare calmo della sera'', released in 1994, and ''Bocelli'', released in 1995.

==Promotion==

===North America=== As ''Romanza'' was Bocelli's first album released in the United States and Canada, both the album and Bocelli himself were heavily promoted. This included Bocelli being featured in Hotel Bellagio's commercials in North America, as well as his voice being heard in its fountain show.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bellagio.com/pages/attrac_highfountain_pop.asp |title=Bellagio Fountains – Las Vegas |publisher=Bellagio.com |access-date=2011-08-17 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071015054728/http://www.bellagio.com/pages/attrac_highfountain_pop.asp |archive-date=2007-10-15 }}</ref>

PBS also played a big part in Bocelli's early success in the States, with the airing of ''A Night in Tuscany'', Bocelli's first ''Great Performances'' special, a concert filmed in 1997 in his native Tuscany.

===Europe=== In August, Bocelli first appeared at the Puccini Festival in Torre del Lago, Italy, and then at the World Youth Festival, in Paris, France, where he sang in the presence of Pope John Paul II to an audience of 800,000 people.<ref name="BOC1995"/>

In 1997, Bocelli won three major awards in Germany. On March 3, Bocelli appeared in Hamburg, with Sarah Brightman to receive the ECHO music award for "Best Single of the Year", for "Time to Say Goodbye",<ref name="BOC1995">[http://bocelli.de/en/chronicle1995.htm Andrea Bocelli Chronicle: 1995 - 1997], Official Fan site.</ref> on September 14, he received an ECHO Klassik, in Munich, for "Best seller of the year", for his previous album, ''Viaggio Italiano'',<ref name="echo1997">{{cite news| title = ECHO Klassik 1997 winners| language = de| publisher = ECHO| url = http://www.echo-deutscher-musikpreis.de/echo/echo_klassik_1997_gewinner.htm| access-date = 2008-01-20| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090107235337/http://www.echo-deutscher-musikpreis.de/echo/echo_klassik_1997_gewinner.htm| archive-date = 2009-01-07}}</ref> and finally, on October 25, Bocelli received a Bambi award, an annual television and media prize awarded by the German media company Hubert Burda Media, in Cologne.<ref name="BOC1995"/> All three ceremonies were broadcast live in Germany.

The album was also supported in Germany, by a series of concerts, including 22 open-air concerts in the country, as well as an indoor concert in Oberhausen.<ref name="BOC1995"/> His German Tour started in Locarno, Switzerland on June 6, and ended in Berlin on August 30, with other venues including Hannover, Hamburg, Münster, Rügen, Koblenz, Aachen, Wiesbaden, Kiel, Stuttgart, Leverkusen, Baden-Baden, Dresden, Coburg, Leipzig, München, Kassel, Halle, Essen, Aschaffenburg, and Nuremberg.<ref>[http://bocelli.de/en/live/concert1997_1.htm Andrea Bocelli's 1997 German tour], Official Fan site.</ref>

In the United Kingdom, Bocelli held a concert with Sarah Brightman, at the Royal Albert Hall, in London, in the fall.<ref>[http://bocelli.de/en/live/concert1997_2.htm Sarah Brightman's 1997 concert at Royal Albert Hall], Official Fan site.</ref>

Back in Italy, on September 27, Bocelli sang again before the Pope at the International Eucharistic Congress, in Bologna. On October 19, he sang at the TeleFood benefit concert held in Vatican City, and organised by the Food and Agriculture Organization to raise awareness about world hunger.<ref name="BOC1995"/>

On December 15 and 20, 1997, Bocelli held a concert in Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, in Paris, and a concert in Seefeld, Austria.<ref>[http://bocelli.de/en/live/concert1997_3.htm Andrea Bocelli's 1997 concerts in Torre del Lago, Paris-Bercy, and Seefeld], Official Fan site.</ref>

Bocelli also performed the French version of "Vivo per lei" with French singer, Hélène Ségara, on television programmes in France and Belgium, the Spanish version of song with Spanish singer, Marta Sánchez, on television programmes in Spain, and the German version of the song with German singer, Judy Weiss, on television programmes in Germany and Switzerland. A music video for each of those three versions was released in those countries. In addition, a music video of the Portuguese version of the song, sang with Brazilian singer Sandy, was also released in Brazil and Portugal, contributing to ''Romanza''{{'}}s success in the two countries.

==''Romanza (20th Anniversary Edition)''== In 2016, a new special edition of the album was released worldwide to celebrate 20 years since the album's original release. The original album has been remastered and including also three bonus tracks.

==Track listing== {{Track listing | headline = International standard listing | extra_column = Producer(s) | total_length = | title1 = Con te partirò | writer1 = {{hlist|Francesco Sartori|Lucio Quarantotto}} | extra1 = Mauro Malavasi | length1 = 4:09 | title2 = Vivere | note2 = featuring Gerardina Trovato | writer2 = {{hlist|Gerardina Trovato|Angelo Anastasio|Celso Valli}} | extra2 = {{hlist|Michele Torpedine|Celso Valli}} | length2 = 4:41 | title3 = Per Amore | writer3 = Mariella Nava | extra3 = Malavasi | length3 = 4:42 | title4 = Il Mare Calmo Della Sera | writer4 = {{hlist|Gianpietro Felisatti|Malise<ref name="malise">''Malise'' is a pseudonym of Zucchero</ref>|Gloria Nuti}} | extra4 = {{hlist|Torpedine|Valli}} | length4 = 4:40 | title5 = Caruso | writer5 = Lucio Dalla | extra5 = {{hlist|Torpedine|Peppe Vessicchio}} | length5 = 5:16 | title6 = Macchine da Guerra | writer6 = Angus Smith | extra6 = Malavasi | length6 = 4:08 | title7 = Le Tue Parole | writer7 = {{hlist|Joe Amoruso|Sergio Cirillo}} | extra7 = Malavasi | length7 = 3:57 | title8 = Vivo per lei | note8 = featuring Giorgia | writer8 = {{hlist|Valerio Zelli|Art Mengo|Gatto Panceri}} | extra8 = Malavasi | length8 = 4:23 | title9 = Romanza | writer9 = Malavasi | extra9 = Malavasi | length9 = 3:41 | title10 = La Luna Che Non C'è | writer10 = {{hlist|Dario Farina|Antonella Maggio}} | extra10 = {{hlist|Torpedine|Vessicchio}} | length10 = 4:30 | title11 = Rapsodia | writer11 = Malise<ref name="malise" /> | extra11 = {{hlist|Torpedine|Vessicchio}} | length11 = 5:28 | title12 = Voglio Restare Così | writer12 = Andrea Bocelli | extra12 = Malavasi | length12 = 3:51 | title13 = E Chiove | writer13 = {{hlist|Amoruso|Cirillo}} | extra13 = Malavasi | length13 = 4:21 | title14 = Miserere | note14 = featuring John Miles) (live) (bonus track | writer14 = Zucchero | extra14 = | length14 = 4:20 | title15 = Time to Say Goodbye | note15 = featuring Sarah Brightman | writer15 = {{hlist|Sartori|Quarantotto|Frank Peterson}} | extra15 = Frank Peterson | length15 = 4:04 }} {{Track listing | headline = '''''Romanza''''' (Italian and Spanish version) standard listing | extra_column = Producer(s) | total_length = | title1 = Por ti Volaré | writer1 = {{hlist|Sartori|Quarantotto}} | extra1 = | length1 = 4:09 | title2 = Vivere | note2 = with Gerardina Trovato | writer2 = Trovato | extra2 = | length2 = 4:41 | title3 = Por Amor | writer3 = Nava | extra3 = | length3 = 4:42 | title4 = El Silencio de la Espera | writer4 = {{hlist|Felisatti|Malise|Nuti}} | extra4 = | length4 = 4:40 | title5 = Caruso | writer5 = Dalla | extra5 = | length5 = 5:16 | title6 = Le Tue Parole | writer6 = {{hlist|Amoruso|Cirillo}} | extra6 = | length6 = 3:57 | title7 = Vivo por Ella | note7 = with Marta Sánchez | writer7 = {{hlist|Zelli|Mengo|Panceri}} | extra7 = | length7 = 4:23 | title8 = Romanza | writer8 = Malavasi | extra8 = | length8 = 3:41 | title9 = Voglio Restare Così | writer9 = Bocelli | extra9 = | length9 = 3:51 | title10 = E Chiove | writer10 = {{hlist|Amoruso|Cirillo}} | extra10 = | length10 = 4:21 | title11 = Miserere | note11 = with John Miles – bonus track | writer11 = Zucchero | extra11 = | length11 = 4:20 | title12 = Time to Say Goodbye | note12 = with Sarah Brightman | writer12 = {{hlist|Sartori|Quarantotto|Peterson}} | extra12 = | length12 = 4:07 }} {{Track listing | headline = ''Romanza (20th Anniversary Edition)'' | total_length = | title1 = Con te partirò | writer1 = {{hlist|Francesco Sartori|Lucio Quarantotto}} | length1 = 4:09 | title2 = Vivere | note2 = with Gerardina Trovato | writer2 = Gerardina Trovato | length2 = 4:41 | title3 = Per Amore | writer3 = Mariella Nava | length3 = 4:42 | title4 = Il Mare Calmo Della Sera | writer4 = {{hlist|Gianpietro Felisatti|Malise<ref name="malise">''Malise'' is a pseudonym of Zucchero</ref>|Gloria Nuti}} | length4 = 4:40 | title5 = Caruso | writer5 = Lucio Dalla | length5 = 5:16 | title6 = Macchine da Guerra | writer6 = Angus Smith | length6 = 4:08 | title7 = Le Tue Parole | writer7 = {{hlist|Joe Amoruso|Sergio Cirillo}} | length7 = 3:57 | title8 = Vivo per lei | note8 = with Giorgia | writer8 = {{hlist|Valerio Zelli|Art Mengo|Gatto Panceri}} | length8 = 4:23 | title9 = Romanza | writer9 = Mauro Malavasi | length9 = 3:41 | title10 = La Luna Che Non C'è | writer10 = {{hlist|Dario Farina|Antonella Maggio}} | length10 = 4:30 | title11 = Rapsodia | writer11 = Malise<ref name="malise" /> | length11 = 5:28 | title12 = Voglio Restare Così | writer12 = Andrea Bocelli | length12 = 3:51 | title13 = E Chiove | writer13 = {{hlist|Amoruso|Cirillo}} | length13 = 4:21 | title14 = Miserere | note14 = with John Miles – bonus track | writer14 = Zucchero | length14 = 4:20 | title15 = Time to Say Goodbye | note15 = with Sarah Brightman | writer15 = {{hlist|Sartori|Quarantotto|Frank Peterson}} | length15 = 4:04 | title16 = Con te partirò (orchestra 2016 version) | note16 = bonus track – ''Romanza'' 20th Anniversary | writer16 = {{hlist|Sartori|Quarantotto}} | length16 = 4:14 | title17 = Con te partirò (piano and voice 2016 version) | note17 = bonus track – ''Romanza'' 20th Anniversary | writer17 = {{hlist|Sartori|Quarantotto}} | length17 = 4:03 | title18 = Il Mare Calmo Della Sera (2016 version) | note18 = bonus track – ''Romanza'' 20th Anniversary | writer18 = {{hlist|Gianpietro Felisatti|Malise|Gloria Nuti}} | length18 = 4:14 | title19 = Con te partirò (orchestra instrumental 2016 version) | note19 = extra bonus – digital only – ''Romanza'' 20th Anniversary | writer19 = {{hlist|Sartori|Quarantotto}} | length19 = 4:17 | title20 = Con te partirò (orchestra and choir 2016 version) | note20 = extra bonus – digital only – ''Romanza'' 20th Anniversary | writer20 = {{hlist|Sartori|Quarantotto}} | length20 = 4:17 }}

==Commercial performance== First in Europe, then on charts around the world, the album amassed a multitude of platinum and multi-platinum awards,<ref name="Andrea Bocelli page on getmusic.com">{{cite web|title=artist info |publisher=Universal Music Group Inc |url=http://www.getmusic.com.sg/artistdtl.aspx?n=andrea_bocelli |access-date=2008-12-23 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081009070712/http://www.getmusic.com.sg/artistdtl.aspx?n=andrea_bocelli |archive-date=October 9, 2008 }}</ref> outselling even Bocelli's 1995 album, ''Bocelli'', with worldwide sales in excess of 20 million copies.<ref>{{Cite web |date=November 7, 2018 |title=Andrea Bocelli, gli album più importanti |url=https://tg24.sky.it/spettacolo/musica/2018/11/07/andrea-bocelli-album-importanti/amp |access-date=August 19, 2024 |work=Sky.tg24}}</ref>

With more than 350,000 units sold in Switzerland, it is the second best-selling album in history there, and with over two million copies sold in France, it is among the top 10 best-selling albums ever in the country.

It also received triple platinum status in the United States with 4.2 million copies sold,<ref name="Sales in US">[http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/266446/boyles-dream-continues-at-no-1-on-billboard-200 Boyle's 'Dream' Continues At No. 1 On Billboard 200] Billboard Magazine.com Dec 9, 2009 article.</ref> being Bocelli's first album released in the States, and Diamond status in Canada. Actual sales stand at 1,133,000 copies across Canada according to Nielsen,<ref name="CANsales">{{cite web|url=http://www.nielsen.com/content/dam/corporate/us/en/public%20factsheets/Soundscan/year-end-2014-canada-music-report.pdf|title=2014 NIELSEN MUSIC CANADA REPORT|publisher=Nielsen|accessdate=June 23, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150210041905/http://www.nielsen.com/content/dam/corporate/us/en/public%20factsheets/Soundscan/year-end-2014-canada-music-report.pdf|archive-date=February 10, 2015|url-status=dead|date=December 28, 2014|pages=1–5 }}</ref> making ''Romanza'' the best-selling album by a foreign artist of the Nielsen SoundScan era, and the fourth best-selling overall, in Canada.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.chartattack.com/news/64742/acdc-outsold-everyone-else-in-2008 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090217020913/http://www.chartattack.com/news/64742/acdc-outsold-everyone-else-in-2008 |archive-date=17 February 2009 |title=Top 10 Selling Albums Of The SoundScan Era (1995-2008) |website=Chart Attack |year=2009 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=TOP TEN SELLING ALBUMS OF SOUNDSCAN ERA (since 1995) |website=Jam! |year=2007 |url=http://jam.canoe.com/Music/Artists/G/Groban_Josh/2008/01/14/4772010-ca.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150928164055/http://jam.canoe.com/Music/Artists/G/Groban_Josh/2008/01/14/4772010-ca.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 28, 2015 }}</ref>

To date, the album remains Bocelli's most commercially successful, and is considered his breakthrough album, launching his career worldwide.

==Charts== {{col-begin}} {{col-2}}

===Weekly charts=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" |+Weekly chart performance for ''Romanza'' !Chart (1997–2002) !Peak<br />position |- {{album chart|Australia|2|artist=Andrea Bocelli|album=Romanza|rowheader=true|accessdate=22 January 2021}} |- {{album chart|Austria|1|artist=Andrea Bocelli|album=Romanza|rowheader=true|accessdate=22 January 2021}} |- {{album chart|Flanders|2|artist=Andrea Bocelli|album=Romanza|rowheader=true|accessdate=22 January 2021}} |- {{album chart|Wallonia|1|artist=Andrea Bocelli|album=Romanza|rowheader=true|accessdate=22 January 2021}} |- {{album chart|Canada|5|chartid=3333|rowheader=true|accessdate=22 January 2021}} |- !scope="row"|Czech Republican Albums (IFPI CR)<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1997/MM-1997-09-27.pdf#page=15|title=Czech Republic|magazine=Music & Media|date=27 September 1997|page=15|access-date=28 May 2022|via=World Radio History}}</ref> | style="text-align:center;"|1 |- !scope="row"|Danish Albums (Hitlisten)<ref>{{cite news |title=Listen - Danmarks Officielle Hitliste - Udarbejdet af AIM Nielsen for IFPI Danmark - Uge 29 |work=Ekstra Bladet |location=Copenhagen |language=da |date=1997-07-20 }}</ref> | style="text-align:center;"|1 |- {{album chart|Netherlands|1|artist=Andrea Bocelli|album=Romanza|rowheader=true|accessdate=22 January 2021}} |- !scope="row"|Eurochart (Music & Media)<ref name="charts">{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iQ4EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA40|title=Hits of the world|magazine=Billboard|page=40|date=5 July 1997|issn=0006-2510|accessdate=29 March 2022}}</ref> | style="text-align:center;"|1 |- {{album chart|Finland|3|artist=Andrea Bocelli|album=Romanza|rowheader=true|accessdate=22 January 2021}} |- {{album chart|France|1|artist=Andrea Bocelli|album=Romanza|rowheader=true|accessdate=22 January 2021}} |- {{album chart|Germany|2|artist=Andrea Bocelli|album=Romanza|rowheader=true|id=2465|accessdate=22 January 2021}} |- {{album chart|Hungary|4|year=1998|week=4|rowheader=true|accessdate=3 January 2026}} |- !scope="row"|Italian Albums (FIMI)<ref name="charts"/> | style="text-align:center;"|5 |- {{album chart|New Zealand|8|artist=Andrea Bocelli|album=Romanza|rowheader=true|accessdate=22 January 2021}} |- {{album chart|Norway|1|artist=Andrea Bocelli|album=Romanza|rowheader=true|accessdate=22 January 2021}} |- ! scope="row"| Portuguese Albums (AFP)<ref>[https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1997/MM-1997-11-01.pdf Music & Media, vol. 14, issue 44; Nov 1, 1997]</ref> | style="text-align:center;"| 1 |- {{album chart|Sweden|5|artist=Andrea Bocelli|album=Romanza|rowheader=true|accessdate=22 January 2021}} |- {{album chart|Switzerland|1|artist=Andrea Bocelli|album=Romanza|rowheader=true|accessdate=22 January 2021}} |- {{album chart|UK|6|artist=Andrea Bocelli|rowheader=true|accessdate=22 January 2021}} |- {{album chart|Billboard200|35|artist=Andrea Bocelli|rowheader=true|accessdate=22 January 2021}} |- {{album chart|BillboardCatalog|1|artist=Andrea Bocelli|rowheader=true|accessdate=22 January 2021}} |- {{album chart|BillboardWorld|1|artist=Andrea Bocelli|rowheader=true|accessdate=22 January 2021}} |} {{col-2}}

===Year-end charts=== {|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |+1997 year-end chart performance for ''Romanza'' !scope="column"|Chart (1997) !scope="column"|Position |- !scope="row"|Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=1997&cat=a|title=Jaaroverzichten 1997|language=nl|website=Ultratop|access-date=19 December 2020}}</ref> |53 |- !scope="row"|Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ultratop.be/fr/annual.asp?year=1997&cat=a|title=Rapports Annuels 1997|language=fr|website=Ultratop|access-date=19 December 2020}}</ref> |17 |- !scope="row"|Danish Albums (Hitlisten)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://top20.dk/chart/1997|title=TOP20.dk © 1997|publisher=Hitlisten|access-date=29 December 2020|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141216134527/http://top20.dk/chart/1997|archive-date=16 December 2014}}</ref> |13 |- !scope="row"|Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=1997&cat=a|title=Jaaroverzichten – Album 1997|language=nl|website=DutchCharts.nl|access-date=17 December 2020}}</ref> |4 |- !scope="row"|European Top 100 Albums (''Music & Media'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1997/MM-1997-12-27.pdf |title=Eurochart Top 100 Albums 1997|access-date=1 November 2019 |magazine=Billboard }}</ref> |2 |- !scope="row"|French Albums (SNEP)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://snepmusique.com/les-tops/le-top-de-lannee/top-albums-annee/?annee=1997|title=Tops De L'annee: Top Albums 1997|language=fr|website=SNEP|access-date=17 December 2020}}</ref> |1 |- !scope="row"|German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/album-jahr/for-date-1997 |title=Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts|language=de |publisher=GfK Entertainment|access-date=September 8, 2016}}</ref> |3 |- !scope="row"|Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sverigetopplistan.se/chart/42?dspy=1997&dspp=1|title=Year list Album (incl. Collections), 1997|website=Sverigetopplistan|language=sv|access-date=19 December 2020}}</ref> |64 |- !scope="row"|Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://hitparade.ch/charts/jahreshitparade/1997/alben|title=Schweizer Jahreshitparade 1997 Alben|language=de|website=Hitparade.ch|access-date=22 January 2021}}</ref> |1 |} {|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |+1998 year-end chart performance for ''Romanza'' !scope="column"|Chart (1998) !scope="column"|Position |- !scope="row"|Australian Albums (ARIA)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aria.com.au/charts/1998/albums-chart|title=ARIA Top 100 Albums for 1998|website=ARIA|access-date=17 December 2020}}</ref> |13 |- !scope="row"|Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=1998&cat=a|title=Jaaroverzichten 1998|language=nl|website=Ultratop|access-date=19 December 2020}}</ref> |80 |- !scope="row"|Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ultratop.be/fr/annual.asp?year=1998&cat=a|title=Rapports Annuels 1998|language=fr|website=Ultratop|access-date=19 December 2020}}</ref> |19 |- !scope="row"|Canadian Albums (''RPM'')<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.7015&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=mhe12pta2k83e08udtq66ot062 |title=RPM's Top 100 CDs of '98 |publisher=RPM |date=14 December 1998 |access-date=6 December 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202114733/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.7015&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=mhe12pta2k83e08udtq66ot062 |archive-date=2 February 2014 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> |9 |- !scope="row"|Danish Albums (Hitlisten)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://top20.dk/chart/1998|title=TOP20.dk © 1998|publisher=Hitlisten|access-date=29 December 2020|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141216152141/http://top20.dk/chart/1998|archive-date=16 December 2014}}</ref> |26 |- !scope="row"|Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=1998&cat=a|title=Jaaroverzichten – Album 1998|language=nl|website=DutchCharts.nl|access-date=19 December 2020}}</ref> |15 |- !scope="row"|European Top 100 Albums (''Music & Media'')<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1998/MM-1998-12-19.pdf|title=Eurochart Hot 100 Albums 1998|date=19 December 1998|access-date=1 November 2019|issue=51|volume=15|oclc=29800226|work=Music & Media|page=8}}</ref> |16 |- !scope="row"|French Albums (SNEP)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://snepmusique.com/les-tops/le-top-de-lannee/top-albums-annee/?annee=1998|title=Tops De L'annee: Top Albums 1998|language=fr|website=SNEP|access-date=19 December 2020}}</ref> |18 |- !scope="row"|German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/album-jahr/for-date-1998 |title=Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts|language=de |publisher=GfK Entertainment|access-date=September 8, 2016}}</ref> |87 |- !scope="row"|Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sverigetopplistan.se/chart/42?dspy=1998&dspp=1|title=Year list Album (incl. Collections), 1998|website=Sverigetopplistan|language=sv|access-date=19 December 2020}}</ref> |29 |- !scope="row"|US ''Billboard'' 200<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1998/top-billboard-200-albums|title=Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1998|magazine=Billboard|date=2 January 2013|access-date=19 December 2020}}</ref> |59 |} {|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |+1999 year-end chart performance for ''Romanza'' !scope="column"|Chart (1999) !scope="column"|Position |- !scope="row"|Australian Albums (ARIA)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aria.com.au/charts/1999/albums-chart|title=ARIA Top 100 Albums for 1999|website=ARIA|access-date=6 January 2021}}</ref> |39 |- !scope="row"|Canadian Albums (''RPM'')<ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021021617/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.9954&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=mhe12pta2k83e08udtq66ot062|archive-date=21 October 2012|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.9954&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=mhe12pta2k83e08udtq66ot062|title=RPM 1999: Top 100 CDs|work=RPM|access-date=6 January 2021}}</ref> |94 |- !scope="row"|Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=1999&cat=a|title=Jaaroverzichten – Album 1999|website=DutchCharts.nl|language=nl|access-date=9 November 2015}}</ref> |52 |- !scope="row"|New Zealand Albums (RIANZ)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/annual-albums/1999-12-31|title=Top Selling Albums of 1999|publisher=The Official New Zealand Music Chart|access-date=19 November 2019}}</ref> |20 |- !scope="row"|US ''Billboard'' 200<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1999/the-billboard-200|title=1999 Year-End Chart – Billboard 200|magazine=Billboard|access-date=2014-06-30|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141011193315/http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1999/the-billboard-200|archive-date=11 October 2014|df=mdy-all}}</ref> |73 |} {|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |+2000 year-end chart performance for ''Romanza'' !scope="column"|Chart (2000) !scope="column"|Position |- !scope="row"|Australian Albums (ARIA)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aria.com.au/charts/2000/albums-chart|title=ARIA Top 100 Albums for 2000|publisher=ARIA|access-date=5 January 2021}}</ref> |57 |- ! scope="row"|Canadian Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)<ref>{{cite web|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040906184459/http://www.jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/2000_2.html|archivedate=September 6, 2004|url=http://www.jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/2000_2.html|title=Canada's Top 200 Albums of 2000|website=Jam!|accessdate=March 29, 2022}}</ref> |154 |} {|class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |+2001 year-end chart performance for ''Romanza'' !scope="column"|Chart (2001) !scope="column"|Position |- !scope="row"|UK Albums (OCC)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ukchartsplus.co.uk/ChartsPlusYE2001.pdf|title=The Official UK Albums Chart 2001|work=UKChartsPlus|access-date=25 November 2021}}</ref> |129 |} {{col-end}}

==Sales and certifications== {{Certification Table Top|caption=Certifications and sales for ''Romanza''}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Argentina|title=Romanza|artist=Andrea Bocelli|type=album|award=Platinum|number=3|certref=<ref name="Archived CAPIF certifications">{{cite web|url=http://www.capif.org.ar/Default.asp?PerDesde_MM=0&PerDesde_AA=0&PerHasta_MM=0&PerHasta_AA=0&interprete=&album=&LanDesde_MM=1&LanDesde_AA=1980&LanHasta_MM=12&LanHasta_AA=2010&Galardon=O&Tipo=1&ACCION2=+Buscar+&ACCION=Buscar&CO=5&CODOP=ESOP|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706084844/http://www.capif.org.ar/Default.asp?PerDesde_MM=0&PerDesde_AA=0&PerHasta_MM=0&PerHasta_AA=0&interprete=&album=&LanDesde_MM=1&LanDesde_AA=1980&LanHasta_MM=12&LanHasta_AA=2010&Galardon=O&Tipo=1&ACCION2=+Buscar+&ACCION=Buscar&CO=5&CODOP=ESOP|archive-date = 6 July 2011|title = Discos de oro y platino|access-date=October 15, 2012|publisher=Cámara Argentina de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas|language=es}}</ref>|note=Italian edition|salesamount= rowspan=2 {{!}} 500,000|salesref=<ref name="Bocelli Latin America"/>}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Argentina|title=Romanza|artist=Andrea Bocelli|type=album|award=Platinum|number=3|certref=<ref name="Archived CAPIF certifications"/>|note=Spanish edition|format=2col}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Australia|title=Romanza|artist=Andrea Bocelli|type=album|award=Platinum|number=7|certyear=2015}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Austria|title=Romanza|artist=Andrea Bocelli|type=album|award=Platinum|relyear=1997}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Belgium|title=Romanza|artist=Andrea Bocelli|type=album|award=Platinum|number=2|relyear=1997|certyear=1998}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Brazil|title=Romanza|artist=Andrea Bocelli|type=album|award=Gold|salesamount=900,000|salesref=<ref name="Bocelli Latin America">{{cite web | title = Andrea Bocelli in Latin America | date = 4 October 2001 | publisher = Billboard Magazine 2001 article. | url = http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/78214/andrea-bocelli-aims-for-latin-favor | access-date =2008-12-23 }}</ref>}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Canada|title=Romanza|artist=Andrea Bocelli|type=album|award=Diamond|certyear=1999|certmonth=3|salesamount=1,133,000|salesref=<ref name="CANsales"/>}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Chile|award=Platinum|number=4|certref=<ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KgkwAAAAYAAJ|title=Concierto en 1997|work=Revista de Occidente|page=31|issue=367–371|year=1998|via=Google Books|access-date=25 June 2021|quote=" Romanza ", el primer disco lanzado por Andrea Bocelli, bajo el alero del sello Polygram, ha obtenido Cuádruple Disco de Platino en Chile, por la venta de más de 100 mil copias . |language=es}}</ref>|salesamount=120,000|salesref=<ref name="Bocelli Latin America"/>}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Czech Republic|title=Romanza|artist=Andrea Bocelli|type=album|award=Platinum|number=6|relyear=1997|salesamount=182,000|salesref=<ref name=Cz/>|certref=<ref name=Cz>{{cite web|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1999/MM-1999-04-24.pdf|title=Czech Success|publisher=Music & Media|page=21|date=24 April 1999|access-date=14 October 2019}}</ref>}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Finland|title=Romanza|artist=Andrea Bocelli|type=album|award=Gold|salesamount=28,592}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=France|title=Romanza|artist=Andrea Bocelli|type=album|award=Diamond|certyear=1997|relyear=1997|salesamount=2,000,000|salesref=<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rockol.it/recensioni-musicali/album/6700/andrea-bocelli-romanza-20th-anniversary-edition-deluxe-edition|title='Romanza', ovvero quando Andrea Bocelli diventò ambasciatore della musica italiana nel mondo|publisher=Rockol|date=22 November 2016|accessdate=27 October 2024}}</ref>}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Germany|title=Romanza|artist=Andrea Bocelli|type=album|award=Platinum|relyear=1997|salesamount=1,000,000|salesref=<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rg0EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA47|title=Bocelli, Polygram, BMG on Top in German Year-End Charts|magazine=Billboard|first=Wolfgang|last=Spahr|page=47|date=17 January 1998|issn=0006-2510|accessdate=21 June 2022}}</ref>}} {{certification Table Entry|region=Greece|type=album|title=Romanza|artist=Andrea Bocelli|award=Gold|relyear=1997|certref=<ref>{{cite web|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/00s/2003/MM-2003-06-21.pdf|title=Andrea - Gold in Greece|publisher=Music & Media|page=3|volume=21|issue=26|date=21 June 2003|via=American Radio History|access-date=15 December 2019}}</ref>}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Hungary|title=Romanza|artist=Andrea Bocelli|type=album|award=Platinum|relyear=1997|certyear=2000|nosales=yes}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Italy|title=Romanza|artist=Andrea Bocelli|type=album|nocert=true|salesamount=800,000|salesref=<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/1997/12/30/brevi.html|title=BREVI|language=it| work=La Repubblica|date=December 30, 1997}}</ref>}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Italy|type=album|title=Romanza|artist=Andrea Bocelli|award=Gold|relyear=1997|certyear=2013|note=since 2009|access-date=May 9, 2021}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Mexico|nocert=yes|salesamount=650,000|salesref=<ref name="Bocelli Latin America"/>}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Netherlands|title=Romanza|artist=Andrea Bocelli|type=album|award=Platinum|number=2|relyear=1997|id=1236761}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=New Zealand|title=Romanza|artist=Andrea Bocelli|type=album|award=Platinum|number=3|id=2001-09-21|source=newchart|access-date=2024-11-20|relyear=1997}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Norway|title=Romanza|artist=Andrea Bocelli|type=album|award=Platinum|number=3|relyear=1997}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Poland|title=Romanza|artist=Andrea Bocelli|type=album|award=Platinum|relyear=1997|relmonth=1|certyear=1999|access-date=20 April 2021}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Portugal|title=Romanza|artist=Andrea Bocelli|type=album|award=Platinum|number=5|relyear=1997|certref=<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.janusonline.pt/arquivo/2003/2003_1_4_15.html#topo|title=Portugal no panorama da indústria fonográfica - Álbuns mais vendidos em Portugal|publisher=Janus Online|author=José Soares Neves|accessdate=24 May 2021}}</ref>}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Spain|relyear=1997|certyear=1998|title=Romanza|artist=Andrea Bocelli|type=album|award=Platinum|number=3|certref=<ref>{{cite book |last=Salaverri|first=Fernando|title=Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002|edition=1st|date=September 2005|publisher=Fundación Autor-SGAE|location=Spain|isbn=8480486392|page=948}}</ref>|salesamount=500,000|salesref=<ref>{{cite web|url=https://elpais.com/diario/1999/03/19/agenda/921798005_850215.html|title=Bocelli y sus amigos|work=El País|language=es|url-access=subscription|access-date=10 January 2023|date=18 March 1999}}</ref>}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Sweden|title=Romanza|artist=Andrea Bocelli|type=album|award=Platinum|certyear=1998|relyear=1997}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Switzerland|title=Romanza|artist=Andrea Bocelli|type=album|award=Platinum|number=7|relyear=1997}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|title=Romanza|artist=Andrea Bocelli|type=album|award=Platinum|relyear=1997|id=5611-3727-2}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|title=Romanza|artist=Andrea Bocelli|type=album|award=Platinum|number=3|salesamount=4,200,000|salesref=<ref name="Sales in US"/>}} {{Certification Table Summary}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Europe|title=Romanza|artist=Andrea Bocelli|type=album|award=Platinum|number=6|certyear=2001}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Worldwide|nocert=yes|salesamount=20,000,000|salesref=<ref>{{Cite web |date=November 7, 2018 |title=Andrea Bocelli, gli album più importanti |url=https://tg24.sky.it/spettacolo/musica/2018/11/07/andrea-bocelli-album-importanti/amp |access-date=August 19, 2024 |work=Sky.tg24}}</ref>}} {{Certification Table Bottom}}

==PBS Special==

''A Night in Tuscany'', Bocelli's first PBS ''Great Performances'' special, filmed in 1997, was designed to promote the album.

The concert held in his native Tuscany, at the Piazza dei Cavalieri, in Pisa, saw Bocelli perform two opera duets with soprano Nuccia Focile, sing "Miserere" with Italian rock star Zucchero, who discovered him in 1992, and finally "Time to Say Goodbye" with English soprano Sarah Brightman.<ref name="NYT AB ANIT Article">{{cite web | title = Andrea Bocelli: A Night In Tuscany (1997) article| url = https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/177255/Andrea-Bocelli-A-Night-In-Tuscany/overview| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071221193705/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/177255/Andrea-Bocelli-A-Night-In-Tuscany/overview| url-status = dead| department = Movies & TV Dept.| work = The New York Times| author = Katie Tamms| date = 2007| archive-date = 2007-12-21}}</ref> The DVD of the full program was internationally released on November 10, 1998.

==References== {{Reflist|30em}}

==External links== * [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=andrea bocelli|chart=all}} Romanza on the Billboard charts] (United States and Canada) * [https://www.ultratop.be/nl/album/9a1/Andrea-Bocelli-Romanza Romanza] on Ultratop.be

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