20 – The Greatest Hits / 20 – Grandes Exitos | ||||
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Greatest hits album by Laura Pausini | ||||
Released | November 12, 2013 | |||
Recorded | 1976 – 2013 | |||
Genre | Latin pop | |||
Language | Italian, Spanish | |||
Label | Atlantic, Warner Music Group | |||
Laura Pausini chronology | ||||
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20 – Grandes Éxitos | ||||
Spanish language edition re-issue
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Singles from 20 – The Greatest Hits | ||||
Singles from 20 – Grandes Exitos | ||||
20 – The Greatest Hits is the second greatest hits album by Italian singer Laura Pausini, released on November 12, 2013 by Warner Music Group. The album was also issued in a Spanish version, titled 20 – Grandes Exitos, and this edition received a nomination for a Lo Nuestro Award for Pop Album of the Year.
On 26 February 2013, in order to celebrate the twentieth anniversary of her career, Pausini released a digital single including the original versions in Italian, Spanish and English of the song which launched her career in 1993, "La solitudine". The track was launched as a limited-edition single, available for purchase for a week only. Later during the same year, she confirmed that a greatest hits album will be released for the same purpose by December 2013.
Working on the album began on April 2013, with recording and photo-shooting sessions taking place up to August. The album was confirmed on May 2013.
On 1 June 2013 Pausini took part in the concert Chime for Change in London, supporting the global campaign of the same name for girls' and women's empowerment. Pausini performed the songs "Io canto" and "It's Not Goodbye". During the same year, she appeared as a featured artist on the track "Sonríe (Smile)", included in American singer Gloria Estefan's album The Standards. A new world tour has also been confirmed by Pausini through her official website. Starting from December 2013, Pausini will promote her greatest hits album with concerts in her native Italy, as well as in other European countries, in Latin America, in the United States and in Canada. The tour also includes a performance during the Viña del Mar International Song Festival in Chile.
On September 9, 2013, Pausini released a new single named "Limpido" (in Spanish, "Limpio"), in order to promote her new album. The song is a duet between Pausini and the Australian singer Kylie Minogue. On the same day, the name of the album was confirmed to be 20 - The Greatest Hits. "Limpido" is the first single released in September 9, 2013.