4 is the third studio album and fourth album overall by Mexican-American cumbia group A.B. Quintanilla y Los Kumbia Kings and the third studio album by Mexican-American musician A.B. Quintanilla. It was released on February 25, 2003, by EMI Latin. This album became their second number one album on the United States Billboard Top Latin Albums chart. "No Tengo Dinero" song by Juan Gabriel original version on Juan Gabriel's debut album El Alma Joven in 1971. The album received a nomination for a Latin Grammy Award for Best Pop Album by a Duo or Group with Vocals in 2003.
Track listing This track listing from Billboard.com
Personnel Adapted from Allmusic.
Kumbia Kings A.B. Quintanilla III – bass guitar, backing vocals, arranger, producer, executive producer, mixing, composer Jason "DJ Kane" Cano – vocals, arranger Francisco "Frankie J" Bautista Jr. – vocals, arranger Andrew "Drew" Maes – vocals Anthony "Nino B" López – backing vocals, dancer Juan Jesús "JP" Peña – backing vocals, dancer Cruz Martínez – keyboards, arranger, programming, producer, engineer, mixing, composer Chris Pérez – guitar Alex Ramírez – keyboards Roy "Slim" Ramírez – percussion, backing vocals "El Animal" Noe "Gipper" Nieto Jr. – accordion Frankie Aranda – percussion Jesse "O'Jay" Martínez – drums
Additional musicians and production Rodney "Cortada" Alejandro – arranger Nicolas Barry – arranger, didjeridu, computers Robert Becker – viola Joel Derouin – violin Wil Donovan – studio assistant Erika Duke-Kirkpartick – cello Eric Flores – saxophone Juan Gabriel – vocals, rap (track 1) James Gálvez – arranger Humberto García – guitar Jesse García – guitar Emede González – trombone El Gran Silencio – vocals (track 1) Tony Hernández – vocals Cano Hernández – rap Isaac "Campo" Valdez – accordion Marcos Martínez – percussion Susan Jensen – violin Tomas Jacobi – amanuensis Peter Kent – violin Gina Kronstadt – violin Limi-T 21 – vocals (track 14) Maria Newman – viola Dusty "DJ Dus" Oliveira – DJ cuts and scratches Organized Rhymes – vocals (track 10) Ozomatli – vocals (track 7) Asdru Sierra – vocals, trumpet Raúl Pacheco – vocals, electric guitar, rhythm guitar Jiro Yamaguchi – conga, cymbals, tabla, güira, cowbell Justin "El Niño" Poree – cuíca, timbales, repinique Charles Paakkari – engineer Randy Stein – cello Aleks Syntek – vocals, keyboards (track 4) Jean Rosenberg – contractor Elvin F. Torres – producer, musical direction Roger Vera – trumpet John Wittenberg – violin
Chart performance Chart (2003)PeakpositionUS Billboard 20086US Billboard Top Latin Albums1US Billboard Latin Pop Albums1
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