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I Giorni
I Giorni
Studio album by Ludovico Einaudi
Released	2001
Recorded	October 2001 at Villa Giulini, Briosco
Genre	Contemporary classical music
Label	Sony Classical
Ludovico Einaudi chronology

I Giorni (2001) is a music album by the Italian pianist Ludovico Einaudi. The album's title translates as "The Days" in English. The title track, "I Giorni" has had a lot of interest due, in part, to Greg James' airing in June 2011 of the piece on BBC Radio 1.^[1] It entered the UK Singles Chart at number 32 on 12 June 2011.^[2] The solo piano track of the same name has been featured on a BBC advert for arts and culture programmes. The same solo track has also been used in a commercial for the Indian telecom service provider Airtel, to launch its 3G services in the sub-continent in November 2010.^[3] It featured in the Amazon Prime advert "Vicar and Imam" in late 2016.^[4] The single was certified gold for 400,000 adjusted sales in United Kingdom in 2022.^[5]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Melodia Africana I"	2:17
2.	"I Due Fiumi"	4:21
3.	"In Un'Altra Vita"	5:20
4.	"Melodia Africana II"	2:07
5.	"Stella Del Mattino"	2:13
6.	"I Giorni"	5:59
7.	"Samba"	4:14
8.	"Melodia Africana III"	4:19
9.	"La Nascita Delle Cose Segrete"	4:23
10.	"Quel Che Resta"	4:22
11.	"Inizio"	3:27
12.	"Limbo"	4:28
13.	"Bella Notte"	5:14
14.	"Canzone Africana IV"	7:32

Charts

Song	Chart	Peak position
"I Giorni"	UK Singles (OCC)^[6]	32

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)^[7]	Gold	100,000^‡
^‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

^ Greg James. "Greg James' blog: Ludovico Einaudi". BBC. Retrieved 2012-02-23.
^ "2011-06-18 Top 40 Official UK Singles Archive". Official Charts Company. 2011-06-18. Retrieved 2012-02-23.
^ "Airtel's New AD - Endless Goodbye". YouTube. 2010-11-17. Archived from the original on 2021-12-12. Retrieved 2012-02-23.
^ "Amazon Advert – Vicar and Imam 'Knee Pads' Commercial". Sounds-familiar.info. 13 December 2016. Retrieved 2017-05-11.
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-01-17. Retrieved 2017-11-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
^ "British album certifications – Ludovico Einaudi – I Giorni". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 25 January 2022.

[1] Greg James. "Greg James' blog: Ludovico Einaudi". BBC. Retrieved 2012-02-23.

[2] "2011-06-18 Top 40 Official UK Singles Archive". Official Charts Company. 2011-06-18. Retrieved 2012-02-23.

[3] "Airtel's New AD - Endless Goodbye". YouTube. 2010-11-17. Archived from the original on 2021-12-12. Retrieved 2012-02-23.

[4] "Amazon Advert – Vicar and Imam 'Knee Pads' Commercial". Sounds-familiar.info. 13 December 2016. Retrieved 2017-05-11.

[5] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-01-17. Retrieved 2017-11-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[sc_UK_Ludovico_Einaudi-6] "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.

[United_KingdomLudovico_EinaudiI_GiornialbumCertRef-7] "British album certifications – Ludovico Einaudi – I Giorni". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 25 January 2022.

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Ludovico Einaudi
Studio albums	Stanze (1992) Le Onde (1996) Eden Roc (1999) I Giorni (2001) Diario Mali (2003) Una Mattina (2004) Divenire (2006) Nightbook (2009) In a Time Lapse (2013) Elements (2015) Seven Days Walking (2019)
Live albums	La Scala Concert 03.03.03 (2003)
Film and television scores	April (1998) Not of this World (1999) The Words of My Father (2001) Light of My Eyes (2002) Doctor Zhivago (2002) Strange Crime (2004) This Is England (2006) This Is England '86 (2010) The End Is My Beginning (2010) This Is England '88 (2011) The Intouchables (2011) Samba (2014) This Is England '90 (2015) The Third Murder (2017) The Father (2020) Nomadland (2020)