3 (Alejandro Sanz album)

3 is the fourth (third with WEA Latina) studio album recorded by Spanish singer-songwriter Alejandro Sanz. It was released by WEA Latina on June 13, 1995 (see 1995 in music). This album reaffirmed the success obtained with his previous albums and made him popular in Europe and Latin America. The album was also recorded in Portuguese and Italian.^[1] All songs were written by Alejandro Sanz except "Quiero Morir en Tu Veneno".^[1] The official singles of the album were "La Fuerza del Corazón", "Mi Soledad y Yo", "¿Lo Ves?" and "Quiero Morir en Tu Veneno", and he shot a video for each single.

3
Studio album by Alejandro Sanz
Released	June 13, 1995 (1995-06-13) September 26, 2006 (2006-09-26)
Recorded	February–March 1995
Studio	Condulmer Recording Studios (Venice, Italy)
Genre	Latin pop
Length	49:55
Label	WEA Latina
Producer	Miguel Ángel Arenas · Emanuele Ruffinengo
Alejandro Sanz chronology
Básico (1994) 3 (1995) Más (1997)
Singles from 3
"La Fuerza del Corazón" Released: 1995 (1995) "Mi Soledad y Yo" Released: 1995 (1995) "¿Lo Ves?" Released: 1996 (1996) "Quiero Morir en Tu Veneno" Released: 1996 (1996)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

Track listing

^[2]

No.	Title	Length
1.	"La Fuerza Del Corazón"	5:06
2.	"Por Bandera"	4:57
3.	"Mi Soledad Y Yo"	5:02
4.	"Ellos Son Así"	4:43
5.	"Quiero Morir En Tu Veneno" (D'Romy Ledo, Adolfo Rubio, Alejandro Sanz)	4:02
6.	"¿Lo Ves?"	3:51
7.	"Canción Sin Emoción"	4:51
8.	"Eres Mía"	5:28
9.	"Ese Que Me Dio Vida"	4:02
10.	"Se Me Olvidó Todo Al Verte"	4:43
11.	"¿Lo Ves? (Piano Y Voz)"	3:38

Italian version

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Veleno"	4:04
2.	"Per Bandiera"	4:56
3.	"Mi Trascini Via"	5:00
4.	"Tutto Quel Che Ho"	5:01
5.	"Se Tu Mi Guardi"	4:14
6.	"Non É, Per Te, Per Me"	3:49
7.	"Dimentico"	4:30
8.	"Questa Storia É Finita"	4:00
9.	"Sulla Linea Della Vita"	4:46
10.	"Sei Mia"	5:31

Portuguese version

No.	Title	Length
1.	"A Força do Coração"	5:08
2.	"Com Um Olhar"	4:17
3.	"Minha Solidão e Eu"	5:03
4.	"Se Me Esqueci"	4:21
5.	"Você Era Minha"	5:29
6.	"Quero Morrer Com Teu Veneno"	4:04
7.	"Minha Saudade É Tão Grande"	4:03
8.	"Minha Primeira Canção"	4:36
9.	"Não Vês?"	3:54
10.	"A Luz Se Apagou"	4:48

Chart performance

Singles

Year	Chart	Track	Peak	Weeks on Chart
1995	Billboard Latin Pop Airplay	La Fuerza del Corazón	9^[3]	7

Album certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Argentina (CAPIF)^[4]	3× Platinum	180,000^^
Chile^[5]	Gold
Spain (PROMUSICAE)^[6]	8× Platinum	800,000^^
^^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Personnel

Jack Adams – Mastering Miguel Angel Arenas – Producer Stefano Cantini – Saxophone Óscar Clavel – Engineer, mixing Paolo Costa – Electric bass Nigel Hitchcock – Saxophone D'Romy Ledo – Background vocals Pedro Miguel Ledo – Production assistant Juanjo Manez – Stylist "¿Lo Ves? (piano y voz)" Lele Melotti – Drums, percussion Phil Palmer – Acoustic guitar, electric guitar

Elena Roggero – Background vocals Adolfo Rubio – Background vocals Emanuele Ruffinengo – Arranger, keyboards, programming, producer Miguel Sacristán – Piano "¿Lo Ves? (piano y voz)" Alejandro Sanz – Vocals, arranger, Spanish guitar Jesus Ugalde – Photography Ludovico Vagnone – Acoustic guitar, electric guitar R. Vigil – Design Juan Vinader – Engineer, mixing Mark Warner – Mixing assistant

Re-release

3 (Edición 2006) is the re-release of the album 3 containing a CD and DVD. The CD contains 14 tracks and the DVD contains 8 videos.^[7]

Track listing

CD

No.	Title	Length
1.	"La Fuerza del Corazón"	5:05
2.	"Por Bandera"	4:59
3.	"Mi Soledad y Yo"	4:57
4.	"Ellos Son Así"	4:39
5.	"Quiero Morir en Tu Veneno" (D'Romy Ledo, Adolfo Rubio, Alejandro Sanz)	4:02
6.	"¿Lo Ves?"	3:48
7.	"Canción Sin Emoción"	4:48
8.	"Eres Mía"	5:25
9.	"Ese Que Me Dio Vida"	3:58
10.	"Se Me Olvidó Todo al Verte"	4:39
11.	"¿Lo Ves?" (piano y voz)	3:35
12.	"La Fuerza del Corazón" (Demo)	3:56
13.	"Canción Sin Emoción" (Demo)	4:13
14.	"Ese Que Me Dio Vida" (Demo)	3:30

DVD

1. La Fuerza del Corazón (Video)
2. Mi Soledad y Yo (Video)
3. ¿Lo Ves? (Video)
4. Quiero Morir en Tu Veneno (Video)
5. Veleno (Video)
6. A Força do Coração (Video)
7. Mi Trascini Via (Video)
8. EPK

See also

• List of best-selling albums in Spain

References

1. 3 at AllMusic
2. . Archived from the original on September 28, 2010. Retrieved January 29, 2011.
3. www.billboard.com
4. "CAPIF Charts – Accreditations – 1997 Albums" (in Spanish). www.capif.org.ar. Archived from the original on July 6, 2011. Retrieved October 22, 2012.
5. "Rechaza Sanz ser simbolo sexual". Reforma (in Spanish). May 1, 1996. p. 5. Retrieved March 7, 2022 – via ProQuest. La mas reciente produccion discografica del artista gano en Chile Disco de Oro por sus ventas
6. "Spanish album certifications" (in Spanish). Productores de Música de España. Select Álbumes under "Categoría", select 2006 under "Año". Select 45 under "Semana". Click on "BUSCAR LISTA".
7. . Archived from the original on July 22, 2011. Retrieved January 29, 2011.