Editing Ricky Martin (section)

===2000–2005: ''Sound Loaded'', ''Almas del Silencio'', and ''Life''===
While the Livin' la Vida Loca Tour had not been concluded yet, Martin returned to the studio to record his sixth studio album, ''[[Sound Loaded]]''.<ref name="rickybook"/><ref name="Billboard Sound">{{cite magazine|year=2000|title=Martin Readies 2nd English Columbia Album|magazine=Billboard|page=26|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rRAEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA26|access-date=March 25, 2021|issn=0006-2510|volume=112}}</ref> The album was released on November 14, 2000.<ref>{{cite magazine|year=2000|last=Yehuda|first=Ayala Ben|title=Busy Martin Makes Set On the Road|magazine=Billboard|page=16|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0BAEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA16|access-date=October 12, 2021|issn=0006-2510|volume=126|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211012225913/https://books.google.com/books?id=0BAEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA16|archive-date=October 12, 2021|url-status=live}}</ref> It debuted at number four on the ''Billboard'' 200 with first-week sales of 318,000 copies.<ref name="Billboard Sound"/> The album has sold over seven million copies or even eight million copies worldwide, according to different sources,<ref name="Sony Poland"/><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.emol.com/noticias/magazine/2006/11/10/235610/ricky-martin-ultima-estrella-del-festival-de-vina-2007.html|title=Ricky Martin, última estrella del Festival de Viña 2007|work=[[El Mercurio]]|access-date=December 9, 2021|date=November 10, 2006|language=Spanish|archive-date=December 9, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211209141907/https://www.emol.com/noticias/magazine/2006/11/10/235610/ricky-martin-ultima-estrella-del-festival-de-vina-2007.html|url-status=live}}</ref> being certified double platinum in the US.<ref name="RIAA"/> The album featured two hit singles, "[[She Bangs]]" and "[[Nobody Wants to Be Lonely]]".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/culture/ricky-martin-ready-to-live-la-vida-loca-in-tel-aviv-457205|title=Ricky Martin ready to live 'La Vida Loca' in Tel Aviv|work=[[The Jerusalem Post]]|access-date=December 9, 2021|date=June 19, 2016|last=Rodgers|first=Shawn|archive-date=December 9, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211209152810/https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/culture/ricky-martin-ready-to-live-la-vida-loca-in-tel-aviv-457205|url-status=live}}</ref> The former reached number one in seven countries, including Italy and Sweden, as well as the top five in Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom, and several other countries. It was nominated for [[Best Male Pop Vocal Performance]] at the [[43rd Annual Grammy Awards]].<ref name="Grammy"/> The Spanish-language version of "She Bangs" reached the summit of the Hot Latin Tracks chart and won the [[Latin Grammy Award for Best Short Form Music Video|Latin Grammy Award for Best Music Video]] at the [[2nd Annual Latin Grammy Awards]].<ref>{{cite magazine|year=2001|title=For the First Time All His Spanish Language Hits on One Album La Historia|magazine=Billboard|page=80|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4BMEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT2|access-date=April 6, 2021|issn=0006-2510|volume=80|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210406072117/https://books.google.com/books?id=4BMEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT2&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjm6NC2iOnvAhWJilwKHdKAATsQ6AEwAHoECAMQAg|archive-date=April 6, 2021|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="billboard.com">{{cite magazine|title=Sanz, Juanes Top Winners At 2nd Latin Grammys|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/sanz-juanes-top-winners-at-2nd-latin-grammys-77905/|magazine=Billboard|access-date=December 13, 2014|date=October 30, 2001}}</ref> "Nobody Wants to Be Lonely" was re-recorded along with American singer Christina Aguilera,<ref>{{cite news|title=Today's Web Freebie|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/86983309/the-atlanta-constitution/|newspaper=[[The Atlanta Journal-Constitution]]|date=January 11, 2001|page=36|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=October 12, 2021|archive-date=October 12, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211012225942/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/86983309/the-atlanta-constitution/|url-status=live}}</ref> peaking at number one in five countries, as well as the top five in Italy, Germany, Spain, and the United Kingdom, among others. It was nominated for [[Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals]] at the [[44th Annual Grammy Awards]].<ref name="Grammy"/> The solo Spanish version, entitled "Sólo Quiero Amarte" topped the Hot Latin Tracks chart.<ref name="Hot Latin Songs"/> Both "She Bangs" and "Nobody Wants to Be Lonely" are certified silver in the UK.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bpi.co.uk/award/5816-2798-1|title=British single certifications – Ricky Martin – She Bangs|publisher=British Phonographic Industry|access-date=December 22, 2021|archive-date=December 22, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211222115329/https://www.bpi.co.uk/award/5816-2798-1|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bpi.co.uk/award/16574-5324-1|title=British single certifications – Ricky Martin with C Aguilera – Nobody Wants to Be Lonely|publisher=British Phonographic Industry|access-date=December 22, 2021|archive-date=December 22, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211222115330/https://www.bpi.co.uk/award/16574-5324-1|url-status=live}}</ref> In February 2001, Martin released a Spanish compilation album entitled ''[[La Historia (Ricky Martin album)|La Historia]]'' ({{Translation|''The History''}}), which spent five weeks at number one on the Top Latin Albums chart,<ref name="Top Latin Albums">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/ricky-martin/chart-history/lcm/|title=Ricky Martin Chart History (Top Latin Albums)|magazine=Billboard|access-date=December 22, 2021}}</ref> topped the charts in Argentina and Sweden, and was certified quadruple Latin platinum in the United States.<ref name="RIAA"/> Later that year it was also announced that he would star in a remake of [[Elvis Presley]]'s ''[[Viva Las Vegas]]'' alongside [[Jennifer Lopez]], but this did not eventuate.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Ashcer-Walsh |first1=Rebecca |title=J. Lo and Ricky Martin may update ''Viva Las Vegas'' |url=https://ew.com/article/2001/03/26/j-lo-and-ricky-martin-may-update-viva-las-vegas/ |access-date=February 21, 2024 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |date=March 26, 2001}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Taillacq |first1=Evelio |title=Estudio 13 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/el-nuevo-herald-ricky-martin-viva-las/141755271/ |access-date=February 21, 2024 |work=El Nuevo Herald |date=July 11, 2001}}</ref>

[[File:Ricky Martin Cold Mountain.jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.75|Martin on the red carpet for the premiere of ''[[Cold Mountain (film)|Cold Mountain]]'' in 2003]]
Following the success of ''Ricky Martin'' and ''Sound Loaded'', he initially planned to release the third English-language album as his seventh studio album, which was supposed to be his first complete work in the field of songwriting. Despite Sony Music Entertainment's original plan after a two-year hiatus he decided to release a Spanish-language album: "I woke up five months ago, and I said 'We're doing an album in Spanish.' Everyone went nuts. They said, 'You don't have time; you have to release an album in English because of timing issues with your career.' And that's fine. But I told them, 'In five months, you'll have a kick-ass album' [in Spanish].<ref name="packs">{{cite magazine|year=2003|title=Ricky Still Packs Star Sales Punch|magazine=Billboard|page=83|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Xg4EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA83|access-date=November 5, 2021|issn=0006-2510|volume=88}}</ref> Martin's seventh studio album, ''[[Almas del Silencio]]'' ({{Translation|''Souls from the Silence''}}) was released in May 2003.<ref>{{cite magazine|year=2003|title=Latin Notas|magazine=Billboard|page=26|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VQ8EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA26|access-date=November 5, 2021|issn=0006-2510|volume=72|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211115143804/https://books.google.com/books?id=VQ8EAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA26&pg=PA26|archive-date=November 15, 2021|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/almas-del-silencio/296008647|title=Almas del Silencio – album by Ricky Martin|publisher=Apple Music (US)|access-date=November 15, 2021|archive-date=November 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211115143637/https://music.apple.com/us/album/almas-del-silencio/296008647|url-status=live}}</ref> It debuted atop the ''Billboard'' Top Latin Albums chart with first-week sales of 65,000 copies, according to data compiled by Nielsen SoundScan, breaking the record as the largest first-week sales for a Spanish-language album in the US. The album also debuted at number 12 on ''Billboard'' 200, tying the 2002 album, ''[[Quizás (album)|Quizás]]'' ({{Translation|''Maybe''}}) as the chart's highest Spanish-language debut. The album also debuted at number one in "at least 13 Latin American markets" and sold over two million copies worldwide.<ref name="packs"/><ref>{{cite magazine|year=2003|title=Ricky Still Packs Star Sales Punch|magazine=Billboard|page=1|last=Cobo|first=Leila|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Xg4EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA1|access-date=November 5, 2021|issn=0006-2510|volume=88}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.eluniverso.com/2003/09/18/0001/259/84F56D32E6CE42D6835F71531FCC2D04.html|title=Ricky Martín manejará su carrera|work=[[El Universo]]|access-date=December 22, 2021|date=September 18, 2003|language=Spanish}}</ref>

''Almas del Silencio'' spawned three Hot Latin Tracks chart-topper hits: "[[Tal Vez]]" ({{Translation|"Perhaps"}}), "[[Jaleo (Ricky Martin song)|Jaleo]]", and "[[Y Todo Queda en Nada]]" ({{Translation|"And Everything Ends in Nothing"}}).<ref name="Hot Latin Songs"/> "Tal Vez" debuted at number one on the ''Billboard'' Hot Latin Tracks chart on the week of April 12, 2003, marking the first [[List of Billboard Hot Latin Songs chart achievements and milestones#Number-one debuts|number one debut]] since February 1998, and becoming the sixth song overall in the chart's history to do so.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/ricky-martin-returns-with-a-bang-71671/|title=Ricky Martin Returns With A Bang|magazine=Billboard|date=April 4, 2003|access-date=November 15, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |title=Juanes' 'Me Enamora,' Mana's 'Labios Compartidos' & More No. 1 Debuts on Hot Latin Songs |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/latin/juanes-me-enamora-manas-labios-compartidos-more-no-1-debuts-on-hot-7572567/ |magazine=Billboard |access-date=May 4, 2021 |date=November 8, 2016 }}</ref> It spent a total of 11 weeks at this position, surpassing "Livin' la Vida Loca" as Martin's longest number-one single on the chart, and was the longest-running number one of 2003.<ref>{{cite magazine|year=2006|last=Caulfield|first=Keith|title=Truly One with the Audience|magazine=Billboard|page=60|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Pg8EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA60|access-date=September 2, 2021|issn=0006-2510|volume=116|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211014191845/https://books.google.com/books?id=Pg8EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA60|archive-date=October 14, 2021|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/archive/charts/2003/HTL|title=Hot Latin Songs - 2003 Archive|magazine=Billboard|access-date=November 15, 2021|archive-date=January 13, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200113040347/https://www.billboard.com/archive/charts/2003/HTL|url-status=dead}}</ref> It also topped the charts in several Latin American markets.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sony.com/content/sony/en/en_us/SCA/company-news/press-releases/sony-music-entertainment/2003/ricky-martins-almas-del-silencio-is-1.html|title=Ricky Martin's 'Almas Del Silencio' Is #1|publisher=[[Sony]]|date=May 28, 2003|access-date=May 15, 2021}}</ref> In October 2005, Martin released his third English album, ''[[Life (Ricky Martin album)|Life]]''. He commented on the album: "I was really in touch with my emotions. I think this album is very multi-layered, just like life is. It's about feeling anger. It's about feeling joy. It's about feeling uncertainty. It's about feeling. And all my emotions are part of this production".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ricky-martin-lets-life-happen/|title=Ricky Martin Lets 'Life' Happen|first=Tatiana|last=Morales|date=November 11, 2005|access-date=February 15, 2010|publisher=[[CBS News]]|archive-date=November 24, 2005|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051124020112/https://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/11/11/earlyshow/leisure/music/main1038774.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref> To promote ''Life'', Martin embarked on the worldwide [[One Night Only with Ricky Martin]] tour.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Cobo |first=Leila |date=March 11, 2006 |title=Loca for Martin |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1BQEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA42|magazine=Billboard|volume=118|issue=10 |access-date=November 10, 2013|page=42|archive-date=December 25, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211225135651/https://books.google.com/books?id=1BQEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA42|url-status=live}}</ref>