# Talk:El Alma al Aire

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### El Alma al Aire
I've listed this article for peer review because the article had just passed GA and I am taking a shot nominating for FA. It's been six years since I last successfully nominated an article for FAC. Kind of nervous actually, but you never know until you try right?
Thanks, Erick (talk) 04:54, 10 March 2025 (UTC)


#### CatchMe
Do not link "Miami, Florida" in the infobox per Template:Infobox album#Studio: "Link the studio, but not well-known cities, states, or countries..."
"It is a pop album that features ballads and uptempo numbers. Unlike Más, El Alma al Aire focuses more on the ballads." - "It is a pop album that features more ballads than its predecessor, as well as uptempo numbers."?
"The album was produced by Emanuele Ruffinengo, who worked with Sanz on his previous albums, while several musicians, such as Vicente Amigo, who worked with the artists on Más, collaborated with him once more." - this could be worded/structured better. Perhaps "The album was produced by Sanz's frequent collaborator Emanuele Ruffinengo, while other musicians, including Vicente Amigo, returned to collaborate with the artist following Más."?
Unlink "music critics" and "singles" as these are common terms (WP:OVERLINK).
"Sanz received several accolades" - wasn't *the album* instead of Sanz?
"it topped the Spanish albums charts" - "it topped the Spanish albums chart"
"where it was the best-selling album of the year" - which year?
I think the copies could be removed from the lead and left for Commercial performance.
"with music videos being filmed for all three singles" - "with music videos accompanying all three singles" to clarify that they were also released.
"Sanz embarked on his El Alma Al Aire Tour in 2001" - "Sanz embarked on El Alma al Aire Tour in 2001"
Is the set list of the tour relevant for the lead section of the *album*?
"Sanz moved to Miami and began working on his next disc" - I have seen "record"/"album"/"release"/"project" being more used than "disc" in this context.
"Recording took place at the Hit Factory in Miami, Florida, with Emanuele Ruffinengo handling the album's production. Ruffinengo had previously produced Sanz's last two studio albums" - "Recording took place at the Hit Factory in Miami, Florida, while Emanuele Ruffinengo handled the album's production; he had produced Sanz's previous two studio albums"
"The album's title, El Alma al Aire, was announced on 7 July 2000, and it would feature ten original songs." - this reads a bit off for me. Try "On 7 July 2000, Sanz announced the album's title, El Alma al Aire, and revealed that it would feature ten original songs."
"In addition, he also" - these two are redundant.
I think the quotes could be trimmed a bit in Composition.
All quotes you leave should be properly attributed, e.g. "flamenco-tinged", "the latter being described as "nostalgic"". According to who?
"El Alma al Aire is a contemporary pop album" - this can be outdated so, per MOS:RELTIME, just remove "contemporary". By the way, the sentence that it starts has a lot of information so it could be separated.
"and has a little bit of swing influence" - just "and contains influences of swing music".
Why aren't the tracks in order in Composition?
Link "special edition" in Release.
You can follow WP:RECEPTION for the Critical reception section.
"Seven days later at the Premios Amigo, also in Spain" - it doesn't say that the previous awards were held in Spain.
I don't think the "album charts" link is appropiate. Just link it after in "Productores de Música de España".
"In South America, the disc" - same as before about the "disc" part.
"In the US, it debuted and peaked at numbers 148 and 3 on the Billboard 200 and Top Latin Albums charts." - add "respectively" or just do it in order.
I believe "All tracks are written by Alejandro Sanz, except where noted." should only be once, placed at the top of the section.
Personnel should be before the charts and certifications per MOS:ALBUM.
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I think this is all, prose and style-wise. CatchMe (talk · contribs) 05:54, 16 March 2025 (UTC)

@CatchMe Thanks for the review and apologies for the late response! Let me know how it looks now compared to before. Erick (talk) 18:00, 4 April 2025 (UTC)


### El Alma al Aire
Previous peer review

I had a peer review that while received comments, the commenter never responded to see if I have resolved them. I am nominating one more time before nominating for featured article. I'd appreciate any comments! Erick (talk) 21:51, 6 July 2025 (UTC)
Comments
The lead would be better if you were able to arrange it into having more info in the third paragraph since this is quite short currently, release section should be retitled release and promotion and release history should have a separate column for the refs. --K. Peake 18:21, 7 July 2025 (UTC)
Overall
Article looks very good overall, just a few minor spots that could do with some work. --K. Peake 18:21, 7 July 2025 (UTC)

@Kyle Peake Thanks for the review Kyle! I will go ahead and close this peer review. Wish me luck! Erick (talk) 19:32, 13 July 2025 (UTC)


### El Alma al Aire
Previous peer review

I've listed this article for peer review because the article failed at being promoted for FA. One of the key takeaways was that the "Commercial performance" came off as too list-y. Looking at my previous featured articles, I'm not sure how else to improve this section, but maybe someone can take a second look to see where the article can improve on? 
Thanks, Erick (talk) 19:32, 28 September 2025 (UTC)

Hi @Erick, I had a look at the "Commercial performance" earlier, though I'll admit this isn't my usual area of editing!
I think while all the info was useful, and personally I didn't see any info there that needed to be cut, it was a bit of a dry read since most of the sentences were of similar length and reused the same phrases (gone platinum) a good amount - which in fairness, is a hard thing to get around when an album sells so well. I had a go at rephrasing what you'd written previously, perhaps this could be of some help? Only bit that could get pulled up is the "In Mexico" sentence now having three references at its end, you may want to keep that sentence how you did it previously. I think in particular, heading up the second paragraph with firmly stating the album's mass success in the Latin America reason allows you more room to back that up with the detail of sales/platinum status in Mexico, Chile etc
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Within a week of its release, El Alma al Aire sold over one million copies, a feat Sanz's record label proclaimed had broken "all sales records in the Spanish record market." The album's primary success was in his native Spain, where it debuted atop the Productores de Música de España (PROMUSICAE) album chart on September 23, 2000. It was certified 13× platinum by PROMUSICAE for shipping over 1.3 million copies making it the best-selling album of the year in the country and, as of 2023, Spain's second best-selling album overall, surpassed only by the artist's own Sanz's earlier album Más. Across Europe, the album was certified Platinum by the  International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), after recognizing sales of over one million copies across the continent.  It also peaked at number 5 in Portugal and number 71 in Switzerland.
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The record achieved substantial commercial success across Latin America, ultimately selling over 900,000 units in the region. In Mexico, it peaked at number 3, was certified 5× gold, and had sold over 450,000 units. The album topped the national charts in Argentina and was certified triple platinum there. It was also certified double platinum in Chile and platinum in both Colombia and Venezuela. In the United States, El Alma al Aire debuted and peaked at number 3 on the Billboard Top Latin Albums chart, and number 148 on the Billboard 200. It was certified double platinum in the Latin field by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for shipping over 200,000 copies.  Nielsen SoundScan reported the record sold over 125,000 units in the country. By June 2001, El Alma al Aire had sold over 2.4 million copies worldwide.
RandomEditsForWhenIRemember (talk) 19:38, 14 October 2025 (UTC) RandomEditsForWhenIRemember (talk) 19:38, 14 October 2025 (UTC)
@RandomEditsForWhenIRemember Thank you so much! I went ahead and copied what you wrote and applied to it the article. I will try again with the FAC now! Erick (talk) 17:52, 26 October 2025 (UTC)
No problem Erick, best of luck with the FAC! RandomEditsForWhenIRemember (talk) 18:20, 26 October 2025 (UTC)