La Historia (Ricky Martin album)

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La Historia (Template:Langx) is the first compilation album of the Puerto Rican singer and composer Ricky Martin. It was released on February 27, 2001, by Sony Discos and Columbia Records. The recordings are in Spanish. The album contains reworkings of two of Martin's early songs: "Fuego Contra Fuego" and "El Amor de Mi Vida".<ref name="lahist2">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The compilation was released in two different formats. The CD edition contains sixteen of his best songs, in the American and Japanese version, the song "Sólo Quiero Amarte" is included (the Spanish version of "Nobody Wants to Be Lonely"). The DVD edition contains thirteen music videos of Martin.

Commercial performance

La Historia wasn't promoted by any single, did not include any new recordings, and contains only Spanish-language songs.

In the United States, La Historia peaked at number one for five weeks on the Billboard's Top Latin Albums and number eighty-three on the Billboard 200. It was certified 4× Platinum Latin award for shipping 400,000 units in the US, and has sold 220,000 copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan (as of January 2011).<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>

The album also topped the chart in Argentina and Sweden, and was certified Platinum in both countries. Other achievements include peaks at number thirteen in Spain, number sixteen in Italy, number twenty-three in Switzerland, and number thirty-seven in Japan. La Historia was also certified Gold in Spain.

Accolades

La Historia was nominated as the Latin Greatest Hits Album of the Year at the 2002 Latin Billboard Music Awards but lost to Vicente Fernández's Historia de un Ídolo, Vol. 1.

Charts

Weekly charts

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Chart (2001)	Peak position
Argentinian Albums (CAPIF)<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>	1
European Albums (Top 100)<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>	42
Japanese Albums (Oricon)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	37
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)<ref name="spain">Template:Cite book</ref>	13

Year-end charts

Chart (2001)	Position
Argentine Albums (CAPIF)<ref name=argentineyearend2001>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	15
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	6
US Top Latin Albums (Billboard)<ref name="usend">Template:Cite magazine</ref>	6
US Latin Pop Albums (Billboard)<ref name="usend"/>	4

Certifications and sales

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Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
United States	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Sony Discos	CD	LAK-84300/9-501938
	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>		DVD	LVD 84815
Hong Kong	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Columbia	CD	5019382
Taiwan<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	March 1, 2001	Sony Music	CD	501938.2
		DVD	201320.9
Japan	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Epic Records	CD	ESCA-8299
	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>		DVD	EIBP-9
Argentina	2001	Sony Music	CD	2-501938
	citation		CitationClass=web }}</ref>	DVD	9-201320