India is the first studio album by Spanish

Spain

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 singer Vega

Vega (singer)

Mercedes Mígel Carpio , alias Vega, is a Spanish singer-songwriter.Her interest in music started when she was a child. She studied Advertising and Public Relations in Segovia, where she also worked as a waitress. She left her university career to be a contestant in Operación Triunfo 2002, her...

, released on November 7, 2003 (see 2003 in music

2003 in music

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) on Vale Music Spain.

History

This album represents her success after having sold more than 200.000 copies of her first single "Quiero Ser Tú" (Spanish for "I Want to Be You"), which was a task to be accomplished before being entitled to a recording contract. The album itself sold more than 110.000 copies in Spain alone.

The country, India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

, has always been an inspiration to Vega, and that is why she decided to name her album after it. All but two songs on the album, "That's Life

That's Life (song)

"That's Life" is a popular song written by Dean Kay and Kelly Gordon for Frank Sinatra, and released on his 1966 album of the same name. Both the album and the song proved major successes for Sinatra...

" (Frank Sinatra

Frank Sinatra

Francis Albert "Frank" Sinatra was an American singer and actor.Beginning his musical career in the swing era with Harry James and Tommy Dorsey, Sinatra became an unprecedentedly successful solo artist in the early to mid-1940s, after being signed to Columbia Records in 1943. Being the idol of the...

 cover) and "Believe" (K's Choice

K's Choice

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 cover), were written by Vega. The eighth track, "Olor A Azahar", is dedicated to the city she was born in.

The first single from India was "Grita!", which became the best-selling single of 2003 in Spain. After the success of the first single, "La Verdad (ft. Elena Gadel)" and "Directo Al Sol" followed. Elena Gadel

Elena Gadel

Elena Gadel is a Spanish singer.She placed eleventh in Operacion Triunfo 2. Her debut single in 2002, Es Por Ti, claimed the number four slot on the Spanish charts, and in 2003, she had success in the pop group Lunae...

, a member of the girl-group Lunae

Lunae

Lunae was a short-lived Spanish pop group built upon the success of Operación Triunfo a reality show talent contest popular on Spain's TVE network....

, whom Vega had met during the time they were part of Operación Triunfo

Operación Triunfo

Operación Triunfo is a reality-show talent contest which first aired on Spain's TVE network in 2001. A kind of cross between Pop Idol, Voces en Función, Star Search, and Big Brother, the show aimed to find the country's next solo singing sensation, putting a selection of hopefuls through their...

, also helped with the background vocals for "Grita!".

Track listing

1. "Directo Al Sol"
2. "Mi Propio Mundo"
3. "Grita!"
4. "No Necesito Nada De Ti"
5. "La Verdad" (ft. Elena Gadel
   Elena Gadel
   Elena Gadel is a Spanish singer.She placed eleventh in Operacion Triunfo 2. Her debut single in 2002, Es Por Ti, claimed the number four slot on the Spanish charts, and in 2003, she had success in the pop group Lunae...
   
   )
6. "India"
7. "Believe"
8. "Olor A Azahar (A Córdoba)"
9. "Mijitita"
10. "That's Life
    That's Life (song)
    "That's Life" is a popular song written by Dean Kay and Kelly Gordon for Frank Sinatra, and released on his 1966 album of the same name. Both the album and the song proved major successes for Sinatra...
    
    "
11. "Un Día Normal"
12. "Mi Habitación"