20 – The Greatest Hits (Laura Pausini album)
2013 compilation album by Laura Pausini
20 – The Greatest Hits and 20 – Grandes Exitos are the second greatest hits albums by Italian singer Laura Pausini, released on November 12, 2013 by Warner Music Group. The Spanish-language edition received a Premio Lo Nuestro nomination for Pop Album of the Year.
Background
On February 26, 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 in April 2013, with recording and photo-shooting sessions taking place up to August. The album was confirmed in May 2013.
On June 1, 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.
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