Zu & Co. is a
compilation album by Italian
blues rock singer-songwriter
Zucchero Fornaciari released in 2004.[5] With the exception of "Indaco Dagli occhi Del Cielo" (a cover of the
Korgis song "
Everybody's Got to Learn Sometime") and "Il Grande Baboomba", all songs have previously been recorded and released by Zucchero. For "Zu & Co." new versions of these songs were recorded with a selection of artists with whom Zucchero has performed during his career. It has been released in several editions, Italian, Spanish, French (including duet with
Johnny Hallyday), Australian, Latin American, and International.[5] The album has sold over a million copies worldwide and was one of the rare Italian albums which managed to enter the
Billboard 200 (#84) chart, after its release in the
United States in the summer of 2005 in partnership with the
StarbucksHear Music label and
Concord Records.[6] It topped the Billboards
World Albums chart, where it charted for 27 weeks.[7]
* Sales figures based on certification alone. ^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. ‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.
^John Aizlewood (4 August 2004).
"Zucchero : Un Milione Di Copies!" (in Italian). zucchero.it. Retrieved 3 March 2016. Il giornalista di Q John Aizlewood afferma tra l'altro che Zucchero il più delle volte riesce a cantare meglio dei suoi ospiti nel suo recente album e quando duetta con un vero soulman come Solomon Burke (in " A devil in me") i due sembrano fratelli di sangue... La recensione su Q ha meritato ben 3 stellette su 5! E questo capita raramente per un disco non anglosassone.