Grandes Éxitos 1991–2004 is the first greatest hits album from Spanish singer-songwriter Alejandro Sanz. The album assembles his previous hits in two CDs; the first contains songs from 1991 to 1996 of the albums Viviendo Deprisa, Si Tú Me Miras, Básico and 3 and the second the hits from 1997 to 2004 of the albums Más, El Alma al Aire, MTV Unplugged and No Es lo Mismo. For this album, Sanz recorded two new songs, the single "Tú No Tienes Alma" and "Cuando Sea Espacio".
This album comes in two editions; the first, called "Jewel Box", contains the two CDs mentioned above, and a second edition, called "Digipack", with an extra CD that includes demos, duets and material previously unreleased. From this selection of 14 rarities, stands out the demo of "Corazón Partío" to guitar and voice, recorded as it was conceived by Sanz before starting the recording of Más.
Complementing the release of the album, the DVD Los Videos 1991–2004 was released, which includes all Alejandro Sanz's music videos up-to-date with additional content.
Track listing
Personnel
CD 1: 1991–1996
"Tú No Tienes Alma"
Alejandro Sanz – vocals, arrangement Lulo Pérez – arrangement, programming, piano, keyboards, strings arrangements, chorus Vinnie Colaiuta – drums Jimmy Haslip – bass Michael Landau – electric guitar Wendy Pederson – chorus Eddie Thomas – chorus Miami Symphonic Strings – orchestra
"Cuando Sea Espacio"
Alejandro Sanz – vocals Lulo Pérez – arrangement, programming, piano, keyboards, synth bass, strings arrangements Luis Dulzaides – percussion Miami Symphonic Strings – orchestra
Miami Symphonic Strings
Violins – Alfredo Oliva (concertmaster), Scott Flavin, Mei Mei Luo, Joan Faigen, Glen Basham, Orlando Forte, Laslo Pap, Carole Cole, Huifang Chen, Tina Raimondi, Kurt Coble, Yein Hung, John DiPuccio, Mariusz Wojtowicz, Dina Kostic Violas – Scott O'Donnell, Michael McClelland, Debra Spring, Viera Borisova, Bernard Vallandingham Cellos – Chris Glansdorp, David Cole, Susan Moyer, Yue Tang
Production
Recording engineers – Oscar Vinader, Carlos Álvarez, Rafa Sardina Recording assistants – Miguel Galguera, Felipe Guevara, Javier Valverde, Alex Mesa, Pablo Eslava Mixing engineer – Rafa Sardina Mixing assistants – Kevin Szymansky, Tom Bender Mastering – Antonio Baglio, Claudio Giussani Mastering supervision – Emanuele Ruffinengo, Bob Benozzo
Chart performance
Album Year Chart Peak Weeks on chart 2004 Billboard Latin Pop Albums 5www.billboard.com 9 2004 Billboard Top Latin Albums 18 8 2004 Billboard Top Heatseekers 30 2
Singles Year Chart Track Peak Weeks on chart 2004 Billboard Hot Latin Songs Tú No Tienes Alma 18 10 2004 Billboard Latin Pop Airplay Tú No Tienes Alma 12 14
Awards YearCategoryTitleResult2005Latin Grammy Award for Record of the YearTú No Tienes AlmaWonLatin Grammy Award for Song of the YearTú No Tienes AlmaWon
Certifications
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