Sabrina (album)

Sabrina
Studio album by
Sabrina
Released24 September 1987 (1987-09-24)[1]
Recorded1986–1987
Genre
Length35:44
LabelAriola
ProducerClaudio Cecchetto
Sabrina chronology
Sabrina
(1987) 		Something Special
(1988)
Singles from Sabrina
  1. "Sexy Girl"
    Released: August 1986
  2. "Lady Marmalade"
    Released: 1987
  3. "Boys"
    Released: 29 May 1987
  4. "Hot Girl"
    Released: November 1987

Sabrina is the debut studio album by Italian pop singer Sabrina, released on 24 September 1987 by Ariola.

Album information

The album includes her first four singles; in addition to "Sexy Girl", it includes Sabrina's international top 5 breakthrough, the smash hit single "Boys (Summertime Love)", which has sold more than 1.5 million copies to date worldwide, and "Hot Girl", which made the top 10 in five European countries.

Track listing

  1. "Boys (Summertime Love)" (Matteo Bonsanto, Roberto Rossi, Claudio Cecchetto, Malcolm Carlton) – 4:00
  2. "Hot Girl" (M. Bonsanto, C. Cecchetto, R. Rossi) – 3:38
  3. "Get Ready (Holiday Rock)" (M. Bonsanto, R. Rossi, C. Cecchetto, M. Carlton) – 3:30
  4. "Kiss" (Prince) – 3:39
  5. "Sexy Girl" (M. Bonsanto, N. Hackett, R. Rossi) – 3:24
  6. "Kiss Me" (M. Bonsanto, R. Rossi, T. Spencer, W. Biondi) – 4:08
  7. "Lady Marmalade" (Bob Crewe, Kenny Nolan) – 4:07
  8. "My Sharona" (Berton Averre) – 4:44
  9. "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy" (C. Appice, R. Stewart) – 4:34

Personnel

  • Sabrina Salerno – lead vocals and backing vocals
  • Malcolm Charlton – rap and backing vocals
  • Roberto Rossi – synthesizers, sequencer, drum machine and backing vocals
  • Claudio Bazzari – electric guitar on tracks 1–3 & 5–6
  • Betty Vittori, Matteo Bonsanto – backing vocals

Charts

Chart (1987–88) Peak
position
Australian ARIA Albums Chart[2] 113
Finnish Albums Chart 5
French SNEP Albums Chart[3] 24
Swiss Albums Chart[4] 11

Certifications

Certifications for Sabrina
Region Certification Certified units/sales
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[5] Gold 50,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ^ Karine Sanche. "Sabrina, biography discography, recent releases, news, featurings of eurodance group – The Eurodance Encyclopædia". Eurokdj.free.fr. Retrieved 8 March 2012.
  2. ^ "Response from ARIA re: chart inquiry, received 2015-11-09". Imgur. Archived from the original on 9 November 2015. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
  3. ^ French Albums Chart See: "Sélection des autres artistes" => "SABRINA" Infodisc.fr Archived 22 June 2012 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved 21 April 2009)
  4. ^ Sabrina, Swiss Albums Chart Lescharts.com (Retrieved 21 April 2009)
  5. ^ Salaverrie, Fernando (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (PDF) (in Spanish) (1st ed.). Madrid: Fundación Autor/SGAE. p. 923. ISBN 84-8048-639-2. Retrieved 22 July 2022.