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Cieli di Toscana

{{for|the DVD related to the album|Tuscan Skies}}

{{Infobox album

| name = Cieli di Toscana

| type = studio

| artist = Andrea Bocelli

| cover = cieliditoscana.jpg

| alt =

| released = 2001
16 October 2001 (United States)

| recorded = 2001

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Pop, classical

| length =

| label = Decca, Sugar Records

| producer =

| prev_title = Verdi

| prev_year = 2000

| next_title = Sentimento

| next_year = 2002

}}

Cieli di Toscana (Tuscan Skies) is Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli's eighth studio album, released in 2001.

Released in October 2001, the album spent a total of two weeks at No. 3 on the official UK albums chart, the highest chart position ever for a foreign-language pop album,{{Cite web|url=http://www.andreabocelli.org/bio1.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100704071342/http://www.andreabocelli.org/bio1.html|url-status=dead|title=Andrea Bocelli Biography|archivedate=July 4, 2010}} and reached the top 5 in over 10 other countries.{{Cite web |url=http://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Andrea+Bocelli&titel=Cieli+di+Toscana&cat=a |title=Cieli di Toscana chart performance |access-date=2010-06-20 |archive-date=2012-10-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023022138/http://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Andrea+Bocelli&titel=Cieli+di+Toscana&cat=a |url-status=live }}

Tuscan Skies, a DVD of music videos of most of the songs of the album, was released the following year.

Track listing

  1. "Melodramma" (4:09)
  2. "Mille Lune Mille Onde" (4:01)
  3. "E Sara' A Settembre (Someone Like You)" (5:06)
  4. "Chiara" (4:04)
  5. "Mascagni" (4:12)
  6. "Resta Qui" (4:10)
  7. "Il Mistero Dell'Amore" (4:30)
  8. "Se La Gente Usasse Il Cuore" (5:00)
  9. "Si Voltò" (4:07)
  10. "L'Abitudine" (4:21) (Feat. Helena Hellwig)
  11. "L'Incontro" (4:52) (Feat. Bono)
  12. "E Mi Manchi Tu" (5:03)
  13. "Il Diavolo E L'Angelo" (4:03)
  14. "L'Ultimo Re" (3:48)
  15. "Tornera la Neve" (4:05) (Bonus track)

Reception

=Commercial performance=

Cieli di Toscana sold millions of copies in a few weeks after its release, and quickly become the biggest selling album in the world in 2001, No. 1 on the CNN Worldbeat Global Album Chart.

In the United States, the album peaked at No. 11 on the Billboard 200 chart, with 85,000 units sold in its first week,[http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/77964/america-rules-the-billboard-200 'America' Rules... The Billboard 200] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140712123018/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/77964/america-rules-the-billboard-200 |date=2014-07-12 }}, Billboard.com and blew through 177,000 copies over Christmas week of 2001, Bocelli's best sales week in America, at the time.[http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/266745/carrie-underwood-claims-second-no-1-on-billboard-200 Carrie Underwood Claims Second No. 1 On Billboard 200] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180613091830/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/266745/carrie-underwood-claims-second-no-1-on-billboard-200 |date=2018-06-13 }}, Billboard.com Nov 11, 2009 article.

{{cite web

| title = Chart Beat Thursday: Multi-Format Diva Domination

| publisher = Billboard Magazine

| url = http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/266725/chart-beat-thursday-multi-format-diva-domination

| accessdate =2009-11-26 }} That record stood for the following 8 years, until My Christmas, Bocelli's first Holiday album, was released in late 2009 and achieved better sales weeks. The album performed better on six consecutive weeks during the Holiday season, with 185,000, 218,000, 428,000, 400,000, 390,000, and 284,000 copies sold on each, in the United States.

The album topped the charts in Sweden and the Netherlands, and reached the top 3 in at least 8 other countries, including the UK, where it spent two weeks at No. 3 on the albums chart, Bocelli's highest chart position in the country to date, and the highest chart position ever for a foreign-language pop album.

Charts

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= Weekly charts =

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|+Weekly chart performance for Cieli di Toscana

! scope="col"| Chart (2001)

! scope="col"| Peak
position

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{{album chart|Norway|2|artist=Andrea Bocelli|album=Cieli di Toscana|rowheader=true|accessdate=4 August 2020}}
{{album chart|Scotland|3|date=20011027|rowheader=true|accessdate=4 August 2020}}
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{{album chart|UK2|3|date=20011027|rowheader=true|accessdate=4 August 2020}}
{{album chart|Billboard200|11|artist=Andrea Bocelli|rowheader=true|accessdate=4 August 2020}}
{{album chart|BillboardClassical|1|artist=Andrea Bocelli|rowheader=true|accessdate=4 August 2020}}

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= Year-end charts =

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|+Year-end chart performance for Cieli di Toscana

! scope="col"| Chart (2001)

! scope="col"| Position

scope="row"| Australian Albums (ARIA){{cite web|url=https://www.ariacharts.com.au/annual-charts/2001/albums-chart|title=ARIA End of Year Albums Chart 2001|publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association|accessdate=4 August 2020}}

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scope="row"| Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria){{cite web|url=https://austriancharts.at/year.asp?cat=a&id=2001|title=Jahreshitparade Alben 2001|website=austriancharts.at|accessdate=4 August 2020}}

| 44

scope="row"|Canadian Albums (Nielsen SoundScan) {{cite web|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20031212202406/http://jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/200-1_2001.html|archivedate=12 December 2003|url=http://jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/200-1_2001.html|title=Canada's Top 200 Albums of 2001 (based on sales)|website=Jam!|accessdate=26 March 2022}}

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scope="row"| Dutch Albums (Album Top 100){{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=2001&cat=a|title=Jaaroverzichten – Album 2001|website=dutchcharts.nl|accessdate=4 August 2020}}

| 6

scope="row"| German Albums (Offizielle Top 100){{cite web|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/album-jahr/for-date-2001|title=Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts|language=German|work=GfK Entertainment|publisher=offiziellecharts.de|accessdate=4 August 2020}}

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scope="row"| Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan){{cite web|url=https://www.sverigetopplistan.se/chart/83?dspy=2001&dspp=1|title=Årslista Album – År 2001|publisher=Sverigetopplistan|language=Swedish|accessdate=4 August 2020}}

| 4

scope="row"| Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade){{cite web|url=https://hitparade.ch/charts/jahreshitparade/2001|title=Schweizer Jahreshitparade 2001|website=hitparade.ch|accessdate=4 August 2020}}

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scope="row"| UK Albums (OCC){{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/end-of-year-artist-albums-chart/20010107/37502/|title=End of Year Album Chart Top 100 – 2001|publisher=Official Charts Company|accessdate=4 August 2020}}

| 50

scope="row"| Worldwide Albums (IFPI){{cite web|url=http://www.ifpi.org/content/library/top50-2001.pdf|title=Top 50 Global Best Selling Albums for 2001|publisher=IFPI|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081117003957/http://www.ifpi.org/content/library/top50-2001.pdf|archive-date=November 17, 2008|access-date=February 1, 2023}}

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class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
scope="col"| Chart (2002)

! scope="col"| Position

scope="row"| Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria){{cite web|url=https://austriancharts.at/year.asp?cat=a&id=2002|title=Jahreshitparade Alben 2002|website=austriancharts.at|accessdate=10 August 2020}}

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scope="row"|Canadian Albums (Nielsen SoundScan){{cite web|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040906184132/http://www.jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/200-2_2002.html|archivedate=6 September 2004|url=http://www.jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/200-2_2002.html|title=Top 200 Albums of 2002 (based on sales)|website=Jam!|accessdate=23 March 2022}}

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scope="row"| Dutch Albums (Album Top 100){{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=2002&cat=a|title=Jaaroverzichten – Album 2002|website=dutchcharts.nl|accessdate=4 August 2020}}

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scope="row"| UK Albums (OCC){{cite web|title=2002 UK Year-End Chart|url=http://www.ukchartsplus.co.uk/ChartsPlusYE2002.pdf|publisher=ChartsPlus|accessdate=4 August 2020}}

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Certifications and sales

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{{Certification Table Entry|region=Spain|artist=Andrea Bocelli|title=Cieli di Toscana|award=Gold|type=album|relyear=2001|certyear=2001|certref={{cite book |last=Salaverrie |first=Fernando |url=http://www.mediafire.com/file/7q55521w7go6vh6/Spanish+Certifications+for+2000-2002.pdf |title=Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 |language=Spanish |edition=1st |location=Madrid |publisher=Fundación Autor/SGAE |date=September 2005 |page=957 |isbn=84-8048-639-2 |accessdate=26 August 2019}}}}

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{{certification Table Entry|region=Worldwide|certyear=2001|title=Cieli di Toscana|artist=Andrea Bocelli|type=album|nocert=true|salesamount=4,000,000|salesref={{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/00s/2003/BB-2003-01-18.pdf|title=Andrea Bocelli Is A "Sugar-Coated" Global Phenomenon|magazine=Billboard|page=30|date=18 January 2003|via=World Radio History|first=Mark|last=Worden|accessdate=5 October 2020}}}}

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Music videos

Music videos of 10 songs of the album were filmed in Tuscany, in 2001.

Tuscan Skies (Cieli di Toscana) a DVD containing those videos was released January 15, 2002.

See also

References

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External links

  • [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=andrea bocelli|chart=all}} Cieli Di Toscana] on Billboard.com
  • [https://www.ultratop.be/nl/album/1db68/Andrea-Bocelli-My-Christmas Cieli Di Toscana] on Ultratop.com

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