On 30 January 2009 Nek released "Un'altra direzione", his tenth album which contains 12 new originals plus "Walking Away", and preceded by the single "La voglia che non-vorrei", is his first album to top the album charts. It was certified Platinum, with over 70,000 copies sold. The Spanish-language version of the single called "El deseo que ya no puede ser" was released two months later followed by the album "Nuevas direcciones". Nek also participated as part of the supergroup Artisti Uniti on the charity single "&lt;a href="Domani%2021/04.09"&gt;Domani 21/04.09&lt;/a&gt;" in support for the victims of the 2009 L'Aquila earthquake.