Editing Sound Loaded (section)

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{{Infobox album
| name         = Sound Loaded
| type         = studio
| artist       = [[Ricky Martin]]
| cover        = Sound Loaded.png
| alt          = 
| released     = {{Start date|2000|11|14}}
| recorded     = 
| venue        = 
| studio       = Various ([[#Recording_and_mixing_locations|see recording locations]])
| genre        = <!-- Sourced in "Music and lyrics" section -->
*[[Dance music|Dance]]
*[[Pop music|pop]]
*[[Adult contemporary music|adult contemporary]]
*[[Latin music|Latin]]
| length       = 64:38
| language     = {{flatlist|
*English
*Spanish}}
| label        = [[Columbia Records|Columbia]]
| producer     = {{flatlist|
*[[Walter Afanasieff]]
*[[Draco Rosa|Draco Robi Rosa]]
*[[Desmond Child]]
*[[Emilio Estefan]]
*[[George Noriega]]
*Randall Barlow
*Steve Morales
*[[Mark Taylor (producer)|Mark Taylor]]
*[[K.C. Porter]]}}
| prev_title   = [[Ricky Martin (1999 album)|Ricky Martin]]
| prev_year    = 1999
| next_title   = [[La Historia (Ricky Martin album)|La Historia]]
| next_year    = 2001
| misc         = {{Singles
 | name        = Sound Loaded
 | type        = Studio album
 | single1     = [[She Bangs]]
 | single1date = September 18, 2000
 | single2     = [[Nobody Wants to Be Lonely]]
 | single2date = January 15, 2001
 | single3     = [[Loaded (Ricky Martin song)|Loaded]]
 | single3date = April 16, 2001
}}
}}

'''''Sound Loaded''''' is the sixth studio album by Puerto Rican singer [[Ricky Martin]]. It was released on November 14, 2000, by [[Columbia Records]]. Following the huge success of his first English album, ''[[Ricky Martin (1999 album)|Ricky Martin]]'' (1999), Martin returned to the studio to record its follow-up English album. He worked with producers [[Walter Afanasieff]], [[Emilio Estefan]], [[Draco Rosa]], and [[Desmond Child]] to create the album. Musically, ''Sound Loaded'' consists of [[Electronic dance music|dance club]] tracks, [[Pop music|pop]] songs, [[Adult contemporary music|adult contemporary]] [[Sentimental ballad|ballads]], and [[Tempo|mid-tempo]] [[Latin music|Latin]] numbers.  After the album's release, Martin embarked on a North American promotional tour.

The album was supported by three [[singles (music)|singles]]. The [[lead single]] "[[She Bangs]]" topped the charts in seven countries and reached the top five in Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom, and several other countries. The second single "[[Nobody Wants to Be Lonely]]" was re-recorded along with American singer [[Christina Aguilera]] and became a number one and top five hit around the world. "[[Loaded (Ricky Martin song)|Loaded]]" was released as the album's final single and experienced moderate commercial success. ''Sound Loaded'' received generally favorable reviews from [[Music journalism|music critics]], who complimented its dance tracks. The album was a commercial success. It debuted at number four on the US [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] with first-week sales of 318,000 copies. It also reached the top-five in Australia, Canada, Spain, Sweden, and Switzerland. It has received several [[Music recording certification|certification]]s, including triple platinum in Canada and double platinum in the United States, and has sold over seven million copies worldwide.