Ananda (album)

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Ananda
PAULINA RUBIO Ananda.jpg
Studio album by
Paulina Rubio
ReleasedSeptember 18, 2006
RecordedJanuary 2005 – June 2006
StudioPaulina Rubio's home studio (Miami, Florida)
Genre
Length49:28
LabelUniversal Music Group
Producer
Paulina Rubio chronology
Pau-Latina
(2004) 		Ananda
(2006) 		Paulina Remixes
(2007)
Singles from Ananda
  1. "Ni una Sola Palabra"
    Released: July 23, 2006
  2. "Nada Puede Cambiarme"
    Released: January 29, 2007
  3. "Me Siento Mucho Más Fuerte Sin Tu Amor [a]"
    Released: March 20, 2007
  4. "Ayúdame"
    Released: April 4, 2007
  5. "Que Me Voy A Quedar"
    Released: November 13, 2007[1]

Ananda (Sanskrit: Bliss) is the eighth studio album by Mexican singer-songwriter Paulina Rubio, released on September 18, 2006, through Universal Music Group.[2] Its pop rock music incorporates latin, dance, folk, electropop, alternative and flamenco styles with instrumentation from synthpop beats, guitars, drums, synthesizers, strings and Spanish musical instruments. Its themes range from love, empowerment and dancing. Contributions to the album's production came from a wide range of producers, including Cachorro López, Rick Wake, Tricky Stewart, Áureo Baqueiro, TOY Hernández and Gustavo Santaolalla. Among the songwriters and artist collaborators appear on the album are Xabi San Martín from La Oreja de Van Gogh, Slash from Guns N' Roses, Juanes, Julieta Venegas and Coti.[3]

Ananda was generally acclaimed by most critics and Cachorro López received a Latin Grammy nomination for Producer of the Year, and Rubio received other one for Female Latin Pop Album given to 2007 Latin Billboard Music Awards. The record was also a commercial success, reached at number one in Mexico, and top ten in Spain and Finland. In the United States, Ananda reached at number one on the Billboard Top Latin Albums and Latin Pop Albums; it becomes her second top 40 album on the Billboard 200 with first week sales of 26,000 copies in its first week . It was certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and sold 250,000 copies in the United States, double platinum in Spain by the Productores de Música de España (PROMUSICAE) for selling 200,000 copies. In Mexico received the Tarabu de Oro for selling 200,000 digital downloads sales[4] and to April 2007 sold over 600,000 copies worldwide.[5]

Four singles were released from the album. "Ni Una Sola Palabra" was released as the lead single and peaked inside top ten in several countries and was certified triple platinum in Spain. "Nada Puede Cambiarme" and "Ayúdame" met chart success, while the final single, "Que Me Voy A Quedar" underperformed on the charts. In March 20, 2007 Ananada was reissued as a deluxe edition "by public demand for having more material of the artist". The same day, "Me Siento Mucho Más Fuerte Sin Tu Amor" was released as the only album's digital single. To further promote the album, Rubio embarked on the Amor, Luz y Sonido Tour in February 2007, where she travelled around Europe, North America and South America.

Background and development[]

After the critical and commercial success of her album Pau-Latina (2004), Rubio embarked on a extensive concer tour in support of her record. The Pau-Latina Tour finalized in June 2005, and she announced she would take a break from her career. However, throughout that year, different media reported that she was still working on new music, including an album in English and another in Spanish.[6]

In mid-2005, she participated in Coti's live album, Esta Mañana Y Otros Cuentos, performed the song "Otra Vez" in duet with Coti, and the smash-hit "Nada Fue Un Error", with the himself Argentine singer-songwriter, and her compatriot Julieta Venegas. During it time, Rubio began a relashionship with Spanish socialite Nicolás "Colate" Vallejo-Nájera.[7] Wanting to distract herself from the media frenzy surrounding this news, she concentrated on the development of her eighth studio album recording new music for the first time in her house. In her residence in Miami, Rubio met with different songwriters about possible collaborations. While secretly working with different music producers and songwriters, she catered for her role as a supermodel at New York Fashion Week[8] and the Gaudi catwalk in Spain.[9]

In March 2006, Rubio's official website announced the pre-production of his eighth studio album. At that time she had already visualized the concept of the album. In June, she did the photo shoot for the album cover.[10] According to Los 40, Rubio "intervened in the creation of the album, intervening in the exchange of ideas between authors and producers." The radio network's website announced that the name of the album would be Ananda, three days after the release of "Ni Una Sola Palabra", which had already been confirmed as the album's first single. It also confirmed the release date. [11]

Recording and production[]

Ananda features contributions from producers and musicians Cachorro López, Coti Sorokin, and Gustavo Santaolalla (clockwise).

The recording sessions were carried out for 18 months and thirteen songs were selected from the eighty that they had contemplated.[12] The process of recording the album was spontaneously and naturally, where the producers and songwriters did not set a time to finish it. Rubio said in an interview after receiving his first platinum certification in Spain that "this circumstance gave us a lot of freedom, it allowed us not to have schedules and, if there was a good run, we did not have to stop; it has been a reflection of everything we did. at our bohemian gatherings."[13] She envisioned her eighth studio album as a statement of "young adult, in a period of realization" as woman and artist, and with a notorious cosmic consciousness that is reflected in her as a songwriter.[14]

For the production of her eighth studio album, Rubio collaborated with songwriters and producers Xabier San Martín from La Oreja de Van Gogh, Fernando Montesinos, Eric Sanicola, Brooke Ross, Gustavo Celis, Nika García, Julieta Venegas, Juanes, Cachorro López, Sebastian Schon, Sandra Baylac, Maria Christensen, Jonnie "Most" Davis, Marc Nelkin, Adrián Sosa, Áureo Baqueiro, Marcelo Berestovoy, Tricky Stewart and once again with Coti as well as featuring Guns N' Roses ex-guitarist Slash .

In July 2006, through different media specialized in music, the name of the album and the official release were announced.[15] The album's first single is the mellow pop rock song, "Ni una Sola Palabra", was released on radio on July 24, 2006.[16]

'Ananda' was scheduled to be published on September 18 in Mexico and Latin America, but two days before the album's official release date, Mexican stores put the album on sale to avoid piracy; this led the album's leaking that same day.

Title and artwork[]

Rubio and her record label team considered titling the album Rubia, which she thought was a "pun with the last name", but they considered it a cliché; they discarded the idea and called it Ananda, because its same Paulina' house name, where almost the entire album was recorded.[17] The album also takes its title to cite the primary attendant of the Buddha, Ānanda, as she felt it touched on the album "mystical" concept "more free and more fresh."[18] Also, it is a Sanskrit word, a classical language of South Asia, which in English means "happiness". Jason Birchmeier by AllMusic, opined that the album title is upon "a worldwide movement based on the teachings of Paramhansa Yogananda, a spiritual form of yoga." Sergio Burstein from The Houston Chronicle stated that with the album's title "[Rubio] tries to show her spiritual side, after being considered by some of her detractors as a simple representative of mainstream pop", and did a comparison with the titles of her others records "which has names that referred directly to herself."[19]

The artwork was shot by French fashion photographer Lionel Deluy in Rubio's residence in Miami Beach, Florida. The main color in the picture are magenta and shades of gold to reinforce the album's title. Features a close-up shot of Rubio positioned herself in a bold pose while wearing pale make up, with the blonde hair fur on her shoulders.

Composition[]

The final 13-track version of Ananda is a Latin pop genre-spanning record, departing from the predominantly pop rock sound of Rubio's firsts albums. According to What's Up Magazine staff, the album is "a mixture of dance floor beats, electric guitars, keyboards and the occasional ranchera/cumbia/pop ballad" that Rubio incorpore in her previous records.[20]

"Aunque no sea conmigo" is her "typical ranchera" that represents the sounds of the "colonia" in a modern light and combines the sounds of Spain and Mexico. "Hoy" is a dance-disco "aggressive song that says I want to see you now and you know that is exactly what is going to happen'". "Lo Que Pensamos" "reveals the chaos that the world lives and we say that armies wear white and that, instead of killing people, make love and peace."[14]

Critical reception[]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic4.5/5 stars[21]
MSN Music4.5/5 stars[22]

Ananda received generally positive reviews from music critics. La Nación wrote that with this album Rubio "tries to maintain his dominant position in pop".[23] A similar opinion did Jason Birchmeier from AllMusic in her review, saying she "has her career as one of Latin pop's biggest and brightest hitmakers on safe ground." Birchmeier praised it as a album "so enjoyable" and claimed "fully embrace restrained pop/rock, as Rubio does throughout Ananda, is surprising." Rapsody reviewer, Sarah Bardeen, commented that in Ananda "we get to spend more time with Rubio's smoky, expressive voice on lovely songs ."[24]

Singles[]

Ananda spawned only three official singles; one of them became Paulina's third number one single on Latin radio in the United States: "Ni una Sola Palabra". Even more, Paulina received several awards for this song's success and "Ni Una Sola Palabra" was certified platinum in Spain. Although a video featuring footage from Paulina's Love, Light and Sound Tour of "Que Me Voy A Quedar" was filtered on the Internet, it was never released as an official single. With the exception of "Ni Una Sola Palabra", other singles from the album like "Ayúdame" and "Nada Puede Cambiarme" did not fare as well as did the singles from Pau-Latina.

"Me Siento Mucho Más Fuerte Sin Tu Amor" was a digital single that was launched with the deluxe edition of Ananda. "Hoy" was launched as a promotional single in Latin America.

Accolades[]

"Ni Una Sola Palabra" won for Female Latin Single of the Year and Ananda won for Female Latin Pop Album at the 2007 Latin Billboard Music Awards. Cachorro López was among the producers which nominated for the Producer of the Year at the 8th Annual Latin Grammy Awards for his work in Ananda.

Commercial performance[]

In the United States, Ananda debuted at number one on the Billboard Top Latin Albums chart[25] with first-week sales of 26,000 copies.[26] It was Rubio's third number-one album there, following Paulina (2000) and Pau-Latina (2004). The album spent 19 weeks on the chart, ultimately earning double platinum (Latin) certification from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in November, 2006, for shipments in excess of 200,000 copies. Additionally, it also debuted at number one on the Latin Pop Albums chart.[27] It appeared on the year-end Latin album chart on the Top Latin Albums and Latin Pop Albums, at number 41 and number 15, respectively. It charted at number 31 on the Billboard 200, becoming Rubio's second biggest-charted album in the United States, following Border Girl (2002); and the highest debut on the chart for a Rubio Spanish-language album. By March 2007, the album has sold 250,000 units in the US.

In Rubio's native Mexico, Ananda atop on the Mexican Albums Chart in October 10, 2006,[28] just a few days before, it was certified gold by Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas (AMPROFON). It appeared on the year-end album chart at number 29. It sold 50,000 copies physicals, while sold 200,000 ringtones and digital copies. In April, 2007 "Tarabú", a music portal and media player developed by Televisa, awarded Rubio with the "Tarabú de Oro" as the artist with the most digital sales,[29] becoming the firt artist to receive it award.[30] Ananda peaked at number 15 on the Argentine Albums Chart,[31] and was certified platinum by Argentine Chamber of Phonograms and Videograms Producers in 2007; also was certified platinum in others Latin American territories, like Colombia and Puerto Rico. Ananda was certified gold or platinum in every Spanish-speaking country where it was released.[32]

Ananda debuted and peaked at number two on the Spanish Albums Chart. The album spent 58 weeks on the chart. Within days of release, the Productores de Música de España (PROMUSICAE) certified the album platinum for selling 80,000 copies. It appeared on the Spanish year-end album chart in 2006 and 2007, at number 29 and number 49, respectively. By the time Gran City Pop was released in June 2009, Ananda had sold 160,000 copies, becoming Rubio's second biggets-sold album there, following Paulina (2000). Ananda peaked at number 3 on the Finnish Albums Chart, and stayed there for 11 weeks. As of April 2007, Ananda had sold 600,000 copies worldwide.[5]

Track listing[]

Ananda – Standard edition
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Ni una Sola Palabra"Xabier San Martín BeldaríanCachorro López3:44
2."Nada Puede Cambiarme"Fernando MontesinosÁureo Baqueiro3:38
3."Ayúdame"
López3:56
4."N.O."
  • Rick Wake
  • Eric Sanicola
3:26
5."Que Me Voy A Quedar"
López3:20
6."Aunque No Sea Conmigo"
  • Alfonso Herrera
  • Chago Díaz
  • TOY Hernández
  • Sacha Triujeque
  • Gush Montalvo
3:39
7."No Te Cambio"Juanes
  • Hernández
  • Triujeque
  • Montalvo
3:41
8."Retrato"
  • Cachorro López
  • Sebastian Schon
  • Sandra Baylac
López3:13
9."Miénteme Una Vez Más"
  • Maria Christensen
  • Jonnie Davis
  • Marc Nelkin
  • Schon
  • Wake
  • Sanicola[a]
3:37
10."Hoy"
  • Adrián Sosa
  • Rubio[b]
3:54
11."Lo Que Pensamos"
  • Rubio
  • Baqueiro
Baqueiro3:48
12."Tú y Yo"
Tricky Stewart3:35
13."Sin Final"
  • López
  • Sebastian Schon
López5:57
Total length:49:28
Ananda – iTunes Store edition (bonus track)
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
14."Me Siento Mucho Más Fuerte Sin Tu Amor"
López3:09
15."Ni Una Sola Palabra" (Music video)  3:48
16."Digital booklet - Ananda"   
Total length:56:25

Deluxe Edition[]

The reissue Ananda: Deluxe Edition[33] was released on March 20, 2007 by Universal Music Latino nearly six months after the original album. It included three versions of two of the album's singles, a previously unreleased bonus track and a DVD with nearly 50 minutes of never-before seen material.[34] This edition was released in North America only.

Deluxe Edition CD + DVD (CD)
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Ni Una Sola Palabra"Xabier San Martín BeldaríanCachorro López3:44
2."Nada Puede Cambiarme"Fernando MontesinosÁureo Baqueiro3:38
3."Ayúdame"
  • Paulina Rubio
  • Coti
López3:56
4."N.O."
  • Eric Sanicola
  • Brooke Ross
  • Gustavo Celis
  • Nika García
  • Rick Wake
  • Eric Sanicola
3:26
5."Que Me Voy A Quedar"
  • Coti
  • Julieta Venegas
López3:20
6."Aunque No Sea Conmigo"
  • Chago Díaz
  • Alfonso Herrera
  • Toy Hernández
  • Sacha Triujeque
  • Gush Montalvo
3:39
7."No Te Cambio"Juanes
  • Hernández
  • Triujeque
  • Montalvo
3:41
8."Retrato"López
  • Cachorro López
  • Sebastian Schon
  • Sandra Baylac
3:13
9."Miénteme Una Vez Más"
  • Maria Christensen
  • Jonnie Davis
  • Marc Nelkin
  • Schon
  • Wake
  • Sanicola[a]
3:37
10."Hoy"
  • Adrián Sosa
  • Rubio[b]
  • Gustavo Santaolalla
  • Adrián Sosa
  • Anibal Kerpel[a]
3:54
11."Lo Que Pensamos"
  • Rubio
  • Baqueiro
  • Baqueiro
3:48
12."Tú y Yo"
  • Rubio
  • Tricky Stewart
  • Marcelo Berestovoy
Tricky Stewart3:35
13."Sin Final" (Short Version)
  • López
  • Schoon
López4:30
14."Me Siento Mucho Más Fuerte Sin Tu Amor"
  • Gene Clark
  • Charly García
López3:09
15."Ni Una Sola Palabra" (Pasito Duranguense Version)San Martín Beldarían
  • Alberto "Lion King De León"
3:47
16."Ni Una Sola Palabra" (Remix by Belanova)San Martín Beldarían
  • Edgar Huerta
4:39
17."Nada Puede Cambiarme" (Pasito Duranguense Version)Fernando Montesinos
  • "Lion King De León"
3:20
Total length:1:02:51
Deluxe Edition CD + DVD (DVD)
No.TitleLength
1."EPK Ananda" 
2."Ni Una Sola Palabra" (Music Video) 
3."Nada Puede Cambiarme" (Music Video) 
5."Ni Una Sola Palabra" (Behind The Scenes) 
6."Nada Puede Cambiarme" (Behind The Scenes) 
7."Ananda Album Photo Shoot" (Behind The Scenes) 
8."The Fans" (Behind The Scenes) 
9."In Málaga, Spain" (Behind The Scenes) 

Notes

Charts[]

Certifications and sales[]

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Argentina (CAPIF)[47] Platinum 40,000^
Colombia[47] Platinum  
Mexico (AMPROFON)[48] Gold 50,000^
Puerto Rico[49] Platinum  
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[32] 2× Platinum 160,000^
United States (RIAA)[51] 2× Platinum (Latin) 250,000[50]
Summaries
Worldwide — 600,000[5]

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References[]

Notes[]

  1. ^ It was a digital single from deluxe edition reissue.

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