Ciclos (Luis Enrique album)

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{{Infobox album

| name = Ciclos

| type = Studio album

| artist = Luis Enrique

| cover = Luis-enrique-ciclos.jpg

| alt =

| released = {{Start date|2009|05|19|df=y}}

| recorded = 2008–2009

| venue =

| studio = * Alliance Recording Studios
(Hollywood, Florida, USA)

  • The Hit Factory Critiera
  • Picks And Hammers
  • Sonic Projects Studios
  • The Tiki Room
    (Miami, Florida, USA)

| genre = {{hlist|Salsa|latin pop|tropical}}

| length = {{Duration|m=47|s=37}}

| label = Top Stop Music

| producer = {{hlist|Bob Benozzo|Sergio George}}

| prev_title = Dentro Y Fuera

| prev_year = 2007

| next_title = Soy y Sere

| next_year = 2011

| misc = {{Singles

| name = Ciclos

| type = studio

| single1 = Yo No Sé Mañana

| single1date = {{Start date|2009|03|23|df=y}}

| single2 = Como Volver a Ser Feliz

| single2date = {{Start date|2009|09|14|df=y}}

| single3 = Sonríe

| single3date = {{Start date|2010|02|01|df=y}}

}}

}}

{{Album ratings

|rev1 = Allmusic

|rev1score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r1548529|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic review]

}}

Ciclos (English: Cycles) is the 17th studio album recorded by American salsa singer-songwriter Luis Enrique, The album was released by Top Stop Music on 19 May 2009 (see 2009 in music). The album became his first number-one set on the Billboard Tropical Albums chart since Una Historia Diferente in 1991.

Track listing

  1. "Yo No Sé Mañana" (Jorge Luís Piloto, Jorge Villamizar) – 4:19
  2. "Cómo Volver a Ser Feliz" (Amaury Gutiérrez, Luis Enrique Mejia) – 4:11
  3. "Sonríe" (Sergio George, Mejia, Fernando Osorio) – 4:14
  4. "Sombras Nada Más" (Jose Maria Contursi, Francisco Lomuso) – 4:27
  5. "Parte de Este Juego" (Gianmarco Zignago) – 4:02
  6. "No Me Des la Espalda" (Gutierrez) – 4:46
  7. "Autobiografía" (Mejia, Piloto) – 4:34
  8. "Cambia" (Carlos Varela) – 4:59
  9. "Inocencia" (Mejia, Osorio) – 4:19
  10. "Abre Tus Ojos" (Mejia, Osorio ) – 3:47
  11. "Yo No Sé Mañana" (Piloto, Villamizar) (Pop Version) – 3:51

Credits and personnel

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  • Jose Aguirre – trumpet, horn arrangements
  • Carlos Álvarez – mixing
  • Juan Mario Aracil "Mayito" – engineer
  • Alberto Barros – trombone
  • Ahmed Barroso – guitar
  • Bob Benozzo – arranger, keyboards, programming, producer, engineer
  • LaTisha Cotto – director
  • Tom Coyne – mastering
  • Leonardo Di Angilla – percussion
  • Luis Enrique – guitar, percussion, Chorus
  • Sergio George – arranger, producer
  • Guianko Gómez – chorus
  • [http://www.andreshernandez.net Andrés Hernández] – Photographer
  • Raúl Hernández – concept, cover design
  • Lee Levin – drums
  • Luis Márquez – horn arrangements
  • Elio Rivagli – drums
  • Héctor Rubén Rivera – production coordination
  • Reuben Rodríguez – bass
  • Yorgis Goiricelaya – bass
  • Milton Salcedo – keyboards
  • José Sibaja – trumpet
  • Manolito – arranger
  • Rafael Solano – conga, shekere
  • Andrea Valfré – engineer
  • Ismael Vergara – sax
  • Robert Vilera – bongos, timbals, bell
  • Sidney Swift – engineer

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Charts

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= Weekly charts =

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
scope="col"| Chart (2009)

! scope="col"| Peak
position

{{album chart|Billboard200|126|artist=Luis Enrique|rowheader=true|access-date=23 July 2021}}
{{album chart|BillboardIndependent|18|artist=Luis Enrique|rowheader=true|access-date=23 July 2021}}
{{album chart|BillboardLatin|2|artist=Luis Enrique|rowheader=true|access-date=23 July 2021}}
{{album chart|BillboardTropical|1|artist=Luis Enrique|rowheader=true|access-date=23 July 2021}}

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= Year-end charts =

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
scope="col"| Chart (2009)

! scope="col"| Position

scope="row"| US Top Latin Albums (Billboard){{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2009/top-latin-albums|title=Top Latin Albums – Year-End 2009|work=Billboard|access-date=23 July 2021}}

| 35

scope="col"| Chart (2010)

! scope="col"| Position

scope="row"| US Top Latin Albums (Billboard){{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2010/top-latin-albums|title=Top Latin Albums – Year-End 2010|work=Billboard|access-date=23 July 2021}}

| 59

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= Singles =

class="wikitable"
Year

! Chart{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r1548529|pure_url=yes}}{{cite web|url=http://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Luis+Enrique&titel=Yo+no+s%E9+ma%F1ana&cat=s|title=Peak positions of all songs in Dutch Single Top 100|date=25 October 2010}}

! Single

! Peak

2009

| Billboard Hot Latin Songs

| Como Volver a Ser Feliz

| 24

2009

| Billboard Latin Pop Airplay

| Como Volver a Ser Feliz

| 16

2009

| Billboard Tropical/Salsa

| Como Volver a Ser Feliz

| 6

2009

| Billboard Hot Latin Tracks

| Yo No Sé Mañana

| 6

2009

| Billboard Latin Pop Airplay

| Yo No Sé Mañana

| 28

2009

| Billboard Latin Tropical Airplay

| Yo No Sé Mañana

| 1

2009

| Billboard Hot Latin Tracks

| Yo No Sé Mañana

| 12

2009

| Billboard Latin Pop Airplay

| Yo No Sé Mañana

| 12

2009

| Billboard Tropical Airplay

| Yo No Sé Mañana

| 1

2010

| Dutch Single Top 100

| Yo No Sé Mañana

| 13

2010

| Billboard Latin Pop Airplay

| Sonrie

| 30

2010

| Billboard Tropical/Salsa

| Sonrie

| 17

Sales and certifications

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{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|title=Ciclos|artist=Luis Enrique|type=video|award=Gold|certyear=2010|note=DVD}}

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Awards

= Latin Grammy Awards =

The Album received five nominations for the Latin Grammy Awards of 2009. The album won the following awards:

  • Best Salsa Album: Ciclos
  • Best Tropical Song: "Yo No Sé Mañana" (Jorge Luis Piloto and Jorge Villamizar, songwriters)

The Album was also nominated for the following awards:

= Grammy Awards =

The Album won the following at the 2010 Grammy Awards:

  • Best Tropical Latin Album

See also

References