Laura Pausini (1993 album)

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{{Infobox album

| name = Laura Pausini

| type = studio

| artist = Laura Pausini

| cover = Laura_pausini_1993.jpg

| alt =

| released = May 18, 1993

| recorded =

| venue =

| studio = Santanna Recording Studios, Castelfranco Emilia https://www.discogs.com/release/407527-Laura-Pausini-Laura-Pausini

| genre = {{flatlist|

• Latin pop
• Adult contemporary}}

| length = 36:43

| language = Italian

| label = CGD

| producer = {{flatlist|

• Angelo Valsiglio
• Marco Marati}}

| prev_title =

| prev_year =

| next_title = Laura

| next_year = 1994

| misc = {{Extra album cover

| header = Alternative cover

| type = studio

| cover = Laura_pausini_1993_french_edition.jpg

| border =

| alt =

| caption = French pressing of Laura Pausini

}}

{{Singles

| name = Laura Pausini

| type = Studio album

| single1 = La solitudine

| single1date = February 1993

| single2 = Non c'è

| single2date = June 1993

| single3 = Perché non torna più

| single3date = October 1993

| single4 = Tutt'al più

| single4date = December 1993 (only in Italy, Japan & Slovakia)

}}

}}

Laura Pausini is the self-titled debut album by Italian singer Laura Pausini. It was released in Italy on May 18, 1993 by CGD Records (Warner).{{Cite web | url = http://archiviostorico.corriere.it/1993/maggio/25/Laura_Pausini_Sanremo_primo_disco_co_0_93052512464.shtml | publisher = Corriere della Sera| language = Italian | access-date = 22 July 2011 | title = Laura Pausini da Sanremo al primo disco | date = 25 May 1993}}

Following the success obtained in Italy, where it sold 400,000 copies,{{Cite web | url = http://www.elmundo.es/larevista/num157/textos/amore1.html | publisher = El Mundo | language = Spanish | access-date = 24 July 2011 | title = La Revista: Desde Italia con Amore – Laura Pausini, La voz bonita}} the album was later released in Europe, Australia and Japan. The worldwide sales for the album exceed two million copies.{{Cite web|url=http://www.italica.rai.it/eng/principal/topics/bio/pausini.htm |publisher=RAI |access-date=22 July 2011 |title=Biography of Laura Pausini |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120315153244/http://www.italica.rai.it/eng/principal/topics/bio/pausini.htm |archive-date= 15 March 2012 }}

The first single from the album, "La solitudine", was the winner of the 43rd Sanremo Music Festival in the newcomer artists' section.{{Cite web | url = http://archiviostorico.corriere.it/1993/marzo/01/aria_nuova_Sanremo_per_ora_co_0_93030110053.shtml | access-date = 22 July 2011 | title = Aria nuova a Sanremo? Per ora solo spifferi | author = Mario Luzzatto Fegiz, Gloria Pozzi |date = 1 March 1993}} It reached the top spot in the Italian Singles Chart{{Cite web|url=http://it-charts.150m.com/numeriuno-1990.htm |publisher=it-charts.150m.com |title=Singoli – I numeri uno (1959–2006) – Parte 4: 1990–1996 |access-date=22 July 2011 |language=Italian |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707055417/http://it-charts.150m.com/numeriuno-1990.htm |archive-date= 7 July 2011 }} and later became an Italian standard{{cite web | url = http://www.mtv.it/musica/artisti/archivio/artista.asp?idArt=5906#biografia | publisher = MTV| language= Italian| access-date = 22 July 2011 | title = Laura Pausini: La biografia}} and an international hit, reaching the charts in different European countries, including Belgium, the Netherlands and France.{{Cite magazine | magazine = Billboard | author = Mark Worden | title = Laura Pausini tenth anniversary | pages = 46–47 | date = 15 March 2003 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=MQ8EAAAAMBAJ&q=laura+pausini+la+solitudine&pg=PA48}}{{Cite web |url = http://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Laura+Pausini&titel=La+solitudine&cat=s | publisher = dutchcharts.nl | title = Laura Pausini – La Solitudine (nummer) | access-date = 22 July 2011 | language = Dutch}}