Ananda (album)

Ananda (album)

Ananda (Sanskrit: bliss) is the seventh Spanish-language album by the Mexican singer Paulina Rubio and Rubio's eighth studio album as a solo artist and was released on 18 September in Latin America and Spain and 19 September in the United States.

The album's first single is the mellow pop rock song, "Ni una Sola Palabra", written by Xabier San Martín (member of the Spanish band La Oreja de Van Gogh). The single was released on radio on 24 July 2006. Among the collaborators mentioned to appear on the album are Cachorro López, Colombian singer Juanes, Julieta Venegas and Coti Sorokin (the Argentine responsible for Rubio's 2004 hit single "Te Quise Tanto").

On 16 September, 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. In addition, some stores carry a special version of the album that includes a poster autographed by Rubio. On 29 August 2007, Cachorro López received a Latin Grammy nomination for Producer of the Year, for his work on Ananda.

On 28 April 2007, it was announced that the album had sold 400,000 copies in the United States and Puerto Rico. Ananda was also certified gold and platinum in Mexico and Spain. The album was also awarded the first ever Tarabu de Oro for digital sales of over 250,000 downloads in Mexico alone. The album has sold 1.000.000 million copies worldwide.