Vivir (English: Live) is the second Spanish studio album recorded by the Spanish singer-songwriter Enrique Iglesias. The album witch released by Fonovisa Records on January 21, 1997 (see 1997 in music). The album includes three number-one singles on the Billboard Hot Latin Tracks charts in United States: "Enamorado Por Primera Vez", "Sólo En Tí" and "Miente". In the United States, it was platinum on May 6, 1997. This album received a nomination for Grammy Award for Best Latin Pop Album at the 40th Annual Grammy Awards, held on Wednesday February 25, 1998, losing to Romances (1997) by Luis Miguel. The album received a Premio Lo Nuestro award for "Pop Album of the Year" at the 9th Lo Nuestro Awards. To date, the record has sold one million copies in the U.S and over 5 million copies worldwide.
Commercial performance
The album debuted in the Billboard Top Latin Albums chart at number 1 in the week of 15 February 1997, dethroning his own father Julio Iglesias with the album Tango, and spent eight weeks at pole position, until Selena's Dreaming of You took the number-one spot for two weeks. Enrique Iglesias with his debut album replaced Selena's album at number-one the year before. In the week of 26 April 1997 Vivir returned to the top spot for another three weeks at the summit. The album spent 15 non-consecutive weeks at pole position, it also spent 36 weeks inside the Top Ten and 69 weeks in the chart, selling 5 million copies worldwide. The album's first three singles achieved 26 weeks at the top of the "Hot Latin Tracks" of Billboard in 1997, an astonishing feat that hasn't been matched yet by any other artist.
Track listing
Personnel
Christina Abaroa - producer, production coordination Jeff DeMorris - assistant engineer, mixing assistant Mike Dy - assistant engineer, mixing assistant Cristin Allen Goetz - production coordination Brad Kinnek - backing vocals, engineer, assistant engineer, mixing assistant Chris Lord-Alge - mixing Michael Parnin - assistant engineer, mixing assistant Tony DeFranco - mixing coordinator Antonio Olariaga - transfers, digital transfers Chein García-Alonso - adaptation Doug Sax - mastering Andrew Sheeps - digital editing Miguel Ángel Cuberto - transfers Fernando Martínez - management Roberto Morales - advisor, music assistant Steven Lippman - photography Erin Flanagan - stylist Manolo Ruiz - stylist John Coulter - design Rafael Pérez-Botija - piano, arranger, keyboards, producer Enrique Iglesias - vocals, backing vocals Luis Conte - percussion Gregg Bissonette - drums Neal Avron - engineer, drums Bob Painter - keyboards, programming, vocals, engineer Mitchel Forman - piano Gary Grant - trumpet Jerry Hey - trumpet Paulinho Da Costa - percussion Michael Landau - guitar Neil Stubenhaus - bass Arturo Velasco - trombone Dan Higgins - saxophone Leland Sklar - bass Billy Preston - Hammond organ Bill Reichenbach Jr. - trombone Charmain Renata - Hubbard Vocals, Choir, Chorus Ron Marshall - vocals, choir, chorus Sarah Anindo Marshall - vocals, choir master Steve Sykes - guitar, backing vocals, engineer Ayo Adeyemi - vocals, choir, chorus Malang Bayo - vocals, choir, chorus Patricio Castillo - backing vocals María Del Rey - backing vocals, contractor Dennis Hetzendorfer - engineer Carlos Murguía - backing vocals Dan Navarro - backing vocals Kenny O'Brien - backing vocals Terry Wood - backing vocals Gisa Vatcky - backing vocals Elhadj Malick Sow - vocals, choir, chorus Brad Kinney - backing vocals Eric Ratz - vocals, engineer
Charts Chart (1997/1998)Peakposition Australian Albums (ARIA) N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart.167 European Top 100 Albums (Music & Media)39US Billboard Top 200 Albums33US Billboard Top Latin Albums 1US Billboard Latin Pop Albums 1
Certifications and sales
See also 1997 in Latin music List of number-one Billboard Top Latin Albums from the 1990s List of best-selling Latin albums
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