


In 2004, Allmusic's Jason Birchmeier considered Pausini's sales "an impressive feat for someone who'd never really broken into the lucrative English–language market". In 2006, her record Io canto was the best-selling album of the year in Italy.

Her sole English-language album of original songs, From the Inside, was released in 2002, but failed to satisfy commercial expectations both in North America and in the rest of the world. She mostly performs in Italian and Spanish, but she has also recorded songs in English, French, Portuguese and more recently, Catalan. Īs of 2017, Pausini has released twelve studio albums, two international greatest hits albums and two compilation albums for the Hispanic and Anglophone market only, respectively. The album was certified diamond by the Association of Phonographic and Videographic of Spain, making her the first non-Spanish artist to sell more than one million copies in Spain. During the same year, she released her first Spanish-language album, Laura Pausini, composed of ten adapted songs originally included in her previous works. Its follow-up, Laura, was released in 1994 and confirmed her international success, selling three million copies worldwide. Her self titled debut album was released in Italy on 23 April 1993 and later became an international success, selling two million copies worldwide.

She rose to fame in 1993, winning the newcomer artists' section of the 43rd Sanremo Music Festival with her debut single " La solitudine", which became an Italian standard and an international hit, topping the charts in the Netherlands and Belgium. After competing in local singing contests, Pausini signed her first recording contract. As a child, she was encouraged by her father to join him during his performances in local piano bars. Laura Pausini OMRI ( Italian: born ) is an Italian singer.
