A photo album allows you to save photos.
Album is a term that can be used in different ways. According to the Royal Spanish Academy ( RAE ) in its dictionary, the first meaning of the concept refers to a type of notebook whose pages are blank so that they can be completed according to the interests of its owner.
The album emerged as a book with blank pages so that the owner could collect notes or signatures from friends or family. At the end of a school year, in some regions it is common for students to exchange albums so that their classmates can write a few lines for them. In this way, upon receiving the album again, the subject can treasure as a memory the words of those who have studied with it.
Given the shyness or introversion of some people, having the opportunity to write a few words for their peers can be ideal for saying those things that they have not found the opportunity to convey in any other way. In addition, an album of this type can become a valuable object in adulthood and generate a lot of nostalgia when reviewing it and remembering the years of childhood or adolescence.
Album types
From this idea, the notion of album can be used to name the notebook where expressions, verses, drawings, etc. are collected. For example, a person may have the habit of describing the dreams of the previous night in an album every morning and then analyze them more lucidly and try to understand the messages they hide.
Albums are also books or notebooks that are used to store different types of collections . It is possible to name the album of postage stamps (stamps), the album of stickers (also called figurines) and others.
A photo album is one intended to store photographs . Since the rise of digital photography , albums became virtual, functioning as systems or applications on a computer .
In music, an album is a collection of songs.
Musical productions
Something similar happened with music albums . The first albums were records that were kept in a case. Then all physical music carriers, such as compact discs, began to be called albums. Currently, any collection of songs, including digital ones, is known as an album.
In the field of music, the term can be used as a synonym for record or CD , among others, and this depends largely on the culture of each Spanish-speaking country. Generally, the concept refers to a collection of songs, whether unreleased or not, but almost all different; As a complement, there is the single (also known as a single ), which can also be released in physical format and have more than one version , but revolves around the promotion of a single song .
It is normal for singers to release a single to anticipate the release of an album, so that their followers can satisfy their hunger for new material and also to study the market response before embarking on a larger investment. Especially in the case of artists who have been in the industry for several decades, they do not always manage to maintain their success, and that is why they need to make greater and greater efforts to maintain their relevance .
One of the most common types of musical album to reinforce the presence of a singer in the market is the compilation of greatest hits, something that many companies abuse due to the lack of new songs or to take advantage of the immense fame of certain artists. There are also Christmas theme albums, which only a few make responsibly and creatively , while the majority use them as a resource to make easy money.