Alegría (Marcos Witt album)

{{Infobox album

| name = Alegría

| type = live

| artist = Marcos Witt

| cover = Alegría (album).jpg

| alt =

| released = October 31, 2006{{cite web|title=Marcos Witt Alegria|url=http://www.lastfm.es/music/Marcos+Witt/Alegr%C3%ADa|publisher=Last.fm|accessdate=22 February 2013}}

| recorded = June 17, 2006 at Arena Santiago in Santiago, Chile

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Gospel & Religious

| length = 68:02

| label = CanZion
Sony BMG/Norte

| producer = Marcos Witt

| prev_title = Christmas Time

| prev_year = 2005

| next_title = Sinfonía del Alma

| next_year = 2007

}}

Alegría is the thirtieth album released by Christian singer Marcos Witt. The album was recorded live from Santiago, Chile. This album was winner of the Latin Grammy and Billboard Music Award in the category of Best Christian album.{{cite news|title=Latin Grammy Awards list of winners |url=http://blogs.suntimes.com/awards/2007/11/latin_grammy_awards_list_of_wi.html |accessdate=November 11, 2015 |work=Chicago Sun-Times |publisher=Sun-Times Media Group |date=November 9, 2007 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090106170438/http://blogs.suntimes.com/awards/2007/11/latin_grammy_awards_list_of_wi.html |archivedate=January 6, 2009 }}{{cite web|title=2007 Billboard Latin Music Awards Winners|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1052527/2007-billboard-latin-music-awards-winners|accessdate=November 11, 2015|date=April 27, 2007}} Track number 10 was sung by his daughter, Elena Witt.

Track listing

  1. "Introducción" – 01:23
  2. "Mira Nomas" – 03:29
  3. "Aclama A Dios" – 03:15
  4. "Alegré, Muy Alegré" – 03:44
  5. "Sólo En Ti" – 04:20
  6. "Tú Eres El Gozo" – 04:40
  7. "Dios De Mi Salvación" – 07:35
  8. "Tómame En Tus Brazos" (Feat. Luis Pedraza) – 05:56
  9. "Presentación" – 00:48
  10. "Cristo, Amante De Mi Alma" – 04:58
  11. "Fuente De Vida" – 06:25
  12. "Tú Me Haces Tan Feliz" – 06:48
  13. "Con Todo El Gozo" – 05:03
  14. "Vive Tu Alegría" (Feat. Luis Pedraza) – 06:03
  15. "Poema De Salvación" (Bonus Track) – 03:41

Awards

In 2007, Alegría was winner of the Latin Grammy and Billboard Music Award in the category of Best Christian album. It was also nominated for a Dove Award for Spanish Album of the Year at the 38th GMA Dove Awards.[http://christianmusic.about.com/od/doves/a/gma07awards.htm 38th Annual GMA Awards] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090426230343/http://christianmusic.about.com/od/doves/a/gma07awards.htm |date=2009-04-26 }} on About.com

Credits

Buddy Skipper – Choir Arrangement

Marcos Witt – Producer

Sergio González – Arranger, Arreglos

Roberto Juan Martínez – Piano, Arranger

Marcos Lopez – Arreglos

Juan Sanchez Concha – Trombone

Orlando Rodriguez – Engineer, Mixing

Salvador González – Trombone

Allan Villatoro – Arranger, Keyboards

Pablo A. Medina – Vocals

Jorge Santos – Production Coordination

Laura Blanchet – Cover Design

Charts

class="wikitable "
align="left"|Chart (2007)

!align="left"|Peak
position

{{album chart|BillboardLatinPop|14|artist=Marcos Witt|accessdate=November 10, 2015}}

References