Dale (album)

{{Infobox album

| name = Dale

| type = studio

| artist = Pitbull

| cover = Pitbull's Dale album cover.jpg

| alt =

| released = July 17, 2015

| recorded = 2014–2015

| studio =

| genre = Reggaeton, Latin

| length = 44:04

| language = Spanish

| label =

Mr. 305
RCA

| producer =

| prev_title = Globalization

| prev_year = 2014

| next_title = Climate Change

| next_year = 2017

| misc = {{Singles

| name = Dale

| type = studio

| single1 = Como Yo Le Doy

| single1date = July 8, 2014

| single2 = Piensas (Dile la Verdad)

| single2date = November 20, 2014

| single3 = El Taxi

| single3date = November 20, 2014

| single4 = Baddest Girl in Town

| single4date = June 8, 2015

}}

Dale ({{IPA|es|ˈdale|pron}}; Spanish for "Hit it") is the second Spanish album and ninth studio album by American rapper Pitbull. It was released July 17, 2015, through Mr. 305 and Sony Music Latin. This album arrived almost five years after his first Spanish-language album Armando, released in 2010. The album won the Grammy Award for Best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Album at the 58th Annual Grammy Awards.

Background

The teaser for the release of Dale was released by Pitbull via Facebook and Twitter on May 6, 2015. On May 19, 2015 Farruko uploaded, on Facebook, a short preview of the track "Hoy Se Bebe" featured on "Dale". On June 27, Pitbull announced the official track list: the album includes collaborations with Farruko, Fuego, El Micha, Ricky Martin, Mohombi, Wisin & Yandel, Osmani Garcia, Sensato del Patio, Don Miguelo and El Chevo.

Singles

"Como Yo Le Doy" was released as the album's lead single on July 8, 2014.{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/it/album/como-yo-le-doy-feat.-don-miguelo/id895128049 |title=Como Yo Le Doy |publisher=iTunes }}{{dead link|date=March 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} The track features Don Miguelo.
"Piensas (Dile la Verdad)" was released as the album's second single November 20, 2014.{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/it/album/piensas-dile-la-verdad-feat./id943607696|title=Piensas|publisher=iTunes|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150527015722/https://itunes.apple.com/it/album/piensas-dile-la-verdad-feat./id943607696|archive-date=2015-05-27}} The track features Gente De Zona. On July 24 there was released a Spanglish version of the song with Shaggy on Spotify.
"Baddest Girl in Town" featuring Mohombi and Wisin, was released on June 8, 2015{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/it/album/baddest-girl-in-town-feat./id1000808269 |title=Baddest Girl in Town |publisher=iTunes |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150712182441/https://itunes.apple.com/it/album/baddest-girl-in-town-feat./id1000808269 |archive-date=2015-07-12 }} as the album's third single. The song was performed by trio on Latin Award show- Premios Juventud on July 16, 2015.

=Promotional singles=

"El Taxi" featuring Sensato and Osmani Garcia, was released on May 15, 2015, as the album's first promotional single.{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/taxi-feat.-sensato-osmani/id993756854 |title=El Taxi |publisher=iTunes |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150527014006/https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/taxi-feat.-sensato-osmani/id993756854 |archive-date=2015-05-27 }} The song is a Spanish adaptation of "Murder She Wrote", by Jamaican reggae duo Chaka Demus & Pliers. A Spanglish remix with Lil' Jon and Osmani Garcia, with an alternate version with Machel Montano, were also released as the Carnival Remix.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ctu0ADaqA8 |title=Taxi Carnival Remix (Official Audio) - Pitbull, Lil Jon & Machel Montano |via=YouTube|access-date=2020-05-01 }}

Critical reception

{{Music ratings

|rev1 = AllMusic

|rev1score = {{rating|3.5|5}}{{cite web | url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/dale-mw0002842673 | title=Pitbull - Dale | publisher=AllMusic | access-date=July 27, 2015 | author=Jeffries, David}}

|rev2 = Rolling Stone

|rev2score = {{rating|3.5|5}}{{cite web | url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/pitbull-dale-20150717 | title=Pitbull - Dale | work=Rolling Stone | date=July 17, 2015 | access-date=July 27, 2015 | last=Spanos | first= Brittany |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150721191117/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/pitbull-dale-20150717|archive-date=July 21, 2015}}

}}

AllMusic critic David Jeffries wrote: "It's the Pitbull album that feels most like a party with all these friends dropping in and out, and this wild night out peaks toward the end with the highlights running from the club-worthy "Baddest Girl in Town" (the first clue that this album isn't all-Spanish like Armando) to the '80s-flavored, Human League-quoting "No Puedo Más."" Jed Gottlieb of Boston Herald stated "If you really miss Pit's lyrics, I suggest you make your own. I'm sure they'll be better than 'Big news, Pitbull, Tom Cruise, Mumbai I lit up their December night like the fourth of July, Vanilla Sky.'"{{cite web | url=http://www.bostonherald.com/entertainment/music/album_reviews/2015/07/pitbull_dale | title=Pitbull, "Dale" | work=Boston Herald | date=July 17, 2015 | access-date=July 27, 2015 | author=Gottlieb, Jed}} Brittany Spanos of Rolling Stone noted that unlike Pitbull's previous Spanish language effort Armando, Dale "skips EDM and Southern hip-hop almost entirely in favor of a fuller Latin-fusion sound." The American edition of Rolling Stone magazine placed Dale at number 2 in the list for the "10 Best Latin Albums of the Year", arguing that the singer "volleys between English and Spanish with ease, flirting with dancehall and guaguancó elements, while bringing MCs from neighboring islands along for the ride."{{cite news|title=10 Best Latin Albums of the Year|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/10-best-latin-albums-of-the-year-20151230/natalia-lafourcade-hasta-la-raiz-20151230|access-date=December 30, 2015|date=December 30, 2015|magazine=Rolling Stone|last1=Casillas|first1=Andrew|last2=Exposito|first2=Susy|first3=Isabela|last3=Raygoza}}

Commercial performance

Dale debuted at number one on the US Top Latin Albums chart, earning 5,000 album-equivalent units in its first week, according to Nielsen Music.{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/latin/6649173/pitbull-first-top-latin-albums-no-1|title=Pitbull Scores First Top Latin Albums No. 1|work=Billboard|author=Amaya Mendizabal|date=July 30, 2015|access-date=March 1, 2020}} This became Pitbull's first number one on that chart. The album also debuted at number 97 on the US Billboard 200 chart.{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/2015-08-08|title=BB200 - 2015-08-08|work=Billboard|access-date=March 1, 2020}}

Track listing

{{Track listing

| extra_column = Producer(s)

| total_length = 44:04

| title1 = Piensas (Dile la Verdad)

| note1 = featuring Gente de Zona

| writer1 = Armando C. Pérez aka Pitbull, José C. García, Jorge Gómez, AJ Jannusi, Bilal Hajji, Justin Trugman, Alexander Delgado, Randy Malcolm, Michael Calderon

| extra1 = DJ Chino, Jorgie, Justin Trugman, AJ Junior , Bilal TheChef

| length1 = 3:46

| title2 = Como Yo Le Doy

| note2 = featuring Don Miguelo

| writer2 =

| extra2 = Don Miguelo

| length2 = 4:22

| title3 = El Taxi

| note3 = featuring Sensato and Osmani García

| writer3 = English: John Taylor, Everton Bonner, Lloyd Oliver "Gitsy" Willis, Sly Dunbar / Spanish: Osmani Garcia, Armando C. Pérez, William Reyna, José C. García, Jorge Gómez.

| extra3 = DJ Chino, Jorgie, DJ Unic

| length3 = 4:10

| title4 = Yo Quiero (Si Tú Te Enamoras)

| note4 = Gente de Zona featuring Pitbull

| writer4 =

| extra4 = DJ Chino, Jorgie, Motiff

| length4 = 3:28

| title5 = El Party

| note5 = featuring El Micha

| writer5 =

| extra5 = DJ Chino, Jorgie, DVLP

| length5 = 3:55

| title6 = Mami Mami

| note6 = featuring Fuego

| writer6 =

| extra6 = DJ Chino, Jorgie, DVLP

| length6 = 3:32

| title7 = Baddest Girl in Town

| note7 = featuring Mohombi and Wisin

| writer7 = Armando C. Pérez, Mika Moupondo, Alexandru Cotoi, Mohombi Moupondo, Juan Luis Morera Luna, José C. Garcia, Jorge Gómez.

| extra7 = Alexandru Cotoi, Mika Moupondo, DJ Chino

| length7 = 3:03

| title8 = Chi Chi Bon Bon

| note8 = featuring Osmani García

| writer8 =

| extra8 = DJ Chino, Jorgie, Javier Conde Alonso

| length8 = 3:37

| title9 = Haciendo Ruido

| note9 = featuring Ricky Martin

| writer9 =

| extra9 = DJ Chino, Jorgie, AJ Junior, Jimmy Joker

| length9 = 3:08

| title10 = Hoy Se Bebe

| note10 = featuring Farruko

| writer10 =

| extra10 = DJ Chino, Jorgie

| length10 = 3:36

| title11 = No Puedo Más

| note11 = featuring Yandel

| writer11 =

| extra11 = DJ Chino, Jorgie, Bilal the Chef, DVLP

| length11 = 3:45

| title12 = Que Lo Que

| note12 = Sensato featuring Pitbull, Papayo and El Chevo

| writer12 = Armando Pérez, Sensato Del Patio, Leo Brooks, Federico Vindver, Manuel Corao, Michael Calderón, Robert Fernandéz, Mario Coto, Cesar Cáceres

| extra12 = Mario Genio Coto

| length12 = 3:43

}}

Charts

=Weekly charts=

scope="col"\| Chart (2015) ! scope="col"\| Peak position
class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
{{album chart\|Spain\|62\|artist=Pitbull\|album=Dale\|rowheader=true\|access-date=August 8, 2015}}
{{album chart\|Switzerland\|71\|artist=Pitbull\|album=Dale\|rowheader=true\|access-date=July 29, 2015}}
{{album chart\|Billboard200\|97\|artist=Pitbull\|rowheader=true\|access-date=July 28, 2015}}
{{album chart\|BillboardLatin\|1\|artist=Pitbull\|rowheader=true\|access-date=July 28, 2015}}

=Year-end charts=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
scope="col"\| Chart (2015) ! scope="col"\| Position
scope="row"\| US Top Latin Albums (Billboard){{cite web\|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2015/top-latin-albums\|title=Top Latin Albums – Year-End 2015\|work=Billboard\|access-date=January 4, 2021}} \| 19
scope="col"\| Chart (2016) ! scope="col"\| Position
scope="row"\| US Top Latin Albums (Billboard){{cite web\|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2016/top-latin-albums\|title=Top Latin Albums – Year-End 2016\|work=Billboard\|access-date=January 4, 2021}} \| 15
scope="col"\| Chart (2017) ! scope="col"\| Position
scope="row"\| US Top Latin Albums (Billboard){{cite web\|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2017/top-latin-albums\|title=Top Latin Albums – Year-End 2017\|work=Billboard\|access-date=January 4, 2021}} \| 99

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"

scope="col"| Chart (2015)

! scope="col"| Position

scope="row"| US Top Latin Albums (Billboard){{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2015/top-latin-albums|title=Top Latin Albums – Year-End 2015|work=Billboard|access-date=January 4, 2021}}

| 19

scope="col"| Chart (2016)

! scope="col"| Position

scope="row"| US Top Latin Albums (Billboard){{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2016/top-latin-albums|title=Top Latin Albums – Year-End 2016|work=Billboard|access-date=January 4, 2021}}

| 15

scope="col"| Chart (2017)

! scope="col"| Position

scope="row"| US Top Latin Albums (Billboard){{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2017/top-latin-albums|title=Top Latin Albums – Year-End 2017|work=Billboard|access-date=January 4, 2021}}

| 99

Certifications

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Mexico|artist=Pitbull|title=Dale|type=album|award=Gold|relyear=2015|certyear=2019|certref={{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/CertificacionesAmprofon/photos/a.1394085487382725/1396961823761758|title=Certificados Musicales Amprofon (in Spanish)|publisher=Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas|access-date=5 October 2021}}}}

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