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Jon Secada (album)

{{Infobox album

| name = Jon Secada

| type = studio

| artist = Jon Secada

| cover = Jon Secada cover.jpg

| border = yes

| alt =

| released = May 5, 1992

| recorded = 1991–1992

| studio =

  • Crescent Moon Studios (Miami, Florida)
    The Hit Factory (New York City, New York)

| genre = {{hlist|Pop|R&B|Latin pop}}

| length = 53:51

| label = SBK

| producer = {{hlist|Emilio Estefan, Jr.|Clay Ostwald|Jorge Casas}}

| prev_title =

| prev_year =

| next_title = Otro Día Más Sin Verte

| next_year = 1992

| misc = {{Singles

| name = Jon Secada

| type = studio

| single1 = Just Another Day

| single1date = March 16, 1992

| single2 = Do You Believe in Us

| single2date = 1992

| single3 = Angel

| single3date = January 1993

| single4 = I'm Free

| single4date = 1993

}}

}}

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/jon-secada-mw0000073137|title=Jon Secada - Jon Secada - Songs, Reviews, Credits - AllMusic|publisher=AllMusic|accessdate=May 8, 2017}}

| rev2 = Entertainment Weekly

| rev2score = C+Linden, Amy (June 12, 1992). "Jon Secada". Entertainment Weekly.

}}

Jon Secada is the English-language debut album by Cuban American pop singer Jon Secada, released in 1992. The album features four singles that reached the Top 40 on the US Billboard Hot 100 or the Top 10 on Billboard's Adult Contemporary chart,[{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=jon secada|chart=all}} Billboard.com - Artist Chart History - Jon Secada - Singles] including "Just Another Day", which was also a big hit worldwide. The album was certified 3× Platinum by the RIAA. It peaked at number 15 on the Billboard 200 album chart in March 1993.[http://www.billboard.com/charts/1993-03-20/billboard-200 The Billboard 200 Chart Listing For The Week Of Mar 20 1993], Billboard.com At the 5th Lo Nuestro Awards, the album won the award for "Pop Album of the Year".{{cite web|url=http://www.univision.com/content/content.jhtml?cid=490937 |title=Lo Nuestro 1993 - Historia de Premio lo Nuestro |publisher=Univision |date=November 13, 2001 |accessdate=February 26, 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110805183225/http://www.univision.com/content/content.jhtml?cid=490937 |archivedate=August 5, 2011 }}

Track listing

All songs written by Jon Secada and Miguel A. Morejon, except as noted.

  1. "Just Another Day" – 5:25
  2. "Dreams That I Carry" – 4:46
  3. "Angel" – 4:34
  4. "Do You Believe in Us" – 3:58
  5. "One of a Kind" – 4:02 (Secada)
  6. "Time Heals" – 4:24 (Willy Perez Feria)
  7. "Do You Really Want Me" – 4:04
  8. "Misunderstood" – 4:22 (Secada, Scott Shapiro, Tom McWilliams, Jo Pat Cafaro)
  9. "Always Something" – 4:13 (Secada, Clay Ostwald, Jorge Casas)
  10. "I'm Free" – 4:01
  11. "Otro Día Más Sin Verte" (Spanish version of Just Another Day) – 5:27 (Secada, Morejon, Gloria Estefan)
  12. "Angel" (Spanish Version) – 4:35 (Secada, Morejon, Estefan)

Personnel

= Musicians =

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  • Jon Secada – lead vocals, backing vocals (1, 2, 4–11)
  • Miguel A. Morejon – programming (1–5, 7, 10–12), arrangements (1–5, 7, 10–12)
  • Clay Ostwald – additional programming (3, 4, 8, 12), keyboards (6, 9), programming (6, 9), arrangements (6, 9), clavinet (8)
  • Emilio Estefan, Jr. – accordion (5)
  • Scott Shapiro – programming (8), guitar solo (8), arrangements (8)
  • John DeFaria – guitars (2, 3, 6, 7, 9, 12)
  • Rene Luis Toledo – guitars (3, 10), guitar solo (12)
  • Jorge Casas – bass (3, 4, 7, 9, 10, 12), programming (6, 9), arrangements (6, 9), fretless bass (6)
  • Rafael Falcon – additional drum programming (1, 4, 11), additional programming (5)
  • Tom McWilliams – additional drum programming (4), programming (8), arrangements (8)
  • Rafael Padilla – shaker (1, 3, 4, 8, 11, 12), percussion (2, 5, 6, 9), tambourine (4, 12)
  • Rouge Cougu – percussion (10), shaker (10)
  • Ed Calle – flute (5)
  • Gloria Estefan – backing vocals (1, 11)
  • Anita Faye Green – backing vocals (2, 7–10)
  • Rita Quintero – backing vocals (5)
  • Charlotte McKinnon – backing vocals (7–9)
  • Mark Dowdle – vocal intro (9)

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= Production =

  • Jorge Casas – producer
  • Emilio Estefan, Jr. – producer, management
  • Clay Ostwald – producer, engineer
  • Mike Couzzi – engineer, mixing (2–4, 6, 9)
  • Mark Dowdle – engineer
  • Charles Dye – engineer
  • Patrice Levinsohn – engineer
  • John Patterson – engineer
  • Freddy Piñero, Jr – engineer
  • Eric Schilling – engineer, mixing (5, 7, 8, 10, 12)
  • Ron Taylor – engineer
  • Phil Ramone – mixing (1, 3, 11, 12)
  • Bob Ludwig – mastering at Masterdisk (New York, NY)
  • Henry Marquez – art direction
  • Carla Leighton – design concept
  • Alberto Tolot – cover photography
  • Timothy White – other photography
  • Paco – hair design
  • Mike Blanco – hair stylist
  • Lazaro Cuervo – make-up

Charts

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=Weekly charts=

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|+ Weekly chart performance for Jon Secada

!Chart (1992–1993)

!Peak
position

scope="row"|Australian Albums (ARIA){{cite Ryan|page=247}}

|align="center"|89

{{album chart|Austria|15|artist=Jon Secada|album=Jon Secada|rowheader=true|accessdate=August 27, 2021}}
{{album chart|Netherlands|43|artist=Jon Secada|album=Jon Secada|rowheader=true|accessdate=August 27, 2021}}
{{album chart|Germany4|5|id=1490|artist=Jon Secada|album=Jon Secada|rowheader=true|accessdate=August 27, 2021}}
scope="row"|Spanish Albums (AFYVE)

|align="center"|1

{{album chart|Sweden|39|artist=Jon Secada|album=Jon Secada|rowheader=true|accessdate=August 27, 2021}}
{{album chart|Switzerland|7|artist=Jon Secada|album=Jon Secada|rowheader=true|accessdate=August 27, 2021}}
{{album chart|UK|20|artist=Jon Secada|rowheader=true|accessdate=August 27, 2021}}
{{album chart|Billboard200|15|artist=Jon Secada|rowheader=true|accessdate=August 27, 2021}}
scope="row" rowheader=true{{album chart|BillboardLatinPop|1|artist=Jon Secada|refname="latinpop"|access-date=27 October 2022}}

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=Year-end charts=

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|+ 1992 year-end chart performance for Jon Secada

!Chart (1992)

!Position

scope="row"|German Albums (Offizielle Top 100){{cite web|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/album-jahr/for-date-1992|title=Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts|language=de|work=GfK Entertainment|publisher=offiziellecharts.de|accessdate=August 27, 2021}}

|align="center"|79

scope="row"|US Latin Pop Albums (Billboard){{cite magazine|title=The Year in Music – Top Pop Latin Albums|magazine=Billboard|date=26 December 1992|page=YE-50|publisher=Nielsen N.V.|issn=0006-2510}}

|align="center"|6

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|+ 1993 year-end chart performance for Jon Secada

!Chart (1993)

!Position

scope="row"|German Albums (Offizielle Top 100){{cite web|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/album-jahr/for-date-1993|title=Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts|language=de|work=GfK Entertainment|publisher=offiziellecharts.de|accessdate=August 27, 2021}}

|align="center"|78

scope="row"|US Billboard 200{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1993/top-billboard-200-albums|title=Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1993|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=August 27, 2021}}

|align="center"|31

scope="row"|US Latin Pop Albums (Billboard){{cite magazine|title=The Year in Music – Top Pop Latin Albums|magazine=Billboard|date=25 December 1993|page=YE-54|publisher=Nielsen N.V.|issn=0006-2510}}

|align="center"|5

=All-time charts=

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|+All-time chart performance for Jon Secada

scope="col"|Chart (1985-1994)

!scope="col"|Position

scope="row"|US Latin Pop Albums (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/90s/1994/BB-1994-100th-Anniversary.pdf|title=Latin Pop|magazine=Billboard|date=1 November 1994|page=242|issn=0006-2510|via=World Radio History}}

|align="center"|2

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Sales and certifications

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{{Certification Table Entry|region=Argentina|nocert=True|salesamount=48,000|salesref={{cite magazine|title=El suceso afina en 4.40|newspaper=Página 12|url=https://archive.org/details/BNA_S001207768_19930309N01778/page/10/mode/2up/page/10/mode/2up?q=%22bachata+rosa%22|date=March 9, 1993|page=24|access-date=3 April 2025|language=es}}}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Brazil|title=Jon Secada|artist=Jon Secada|type=album|award=Gold|relyear=1992|certyear=1997|salesamount=250,000|salesref={{cite magazine|first=Enor|last=Paiano|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZQgEAAAAMBAJ&dq=%22luis%20miguel%22%20romance%20brasil&pg=PA66|title=Brasil goes latino|magazine=Billboard|page=66|date=10 December 1994|access-date=7 April 2022|volume=106|issue=50|issn=0006-2510}}}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Canada|title=Jon Secada|artist=Jon Secada|type=album|award=Platinum|number=3|relyear=1992}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Germany|title=Jon Secada|artist=Jon Secada|type=album|award=Gold|relyear=1992}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Mexico|title=Jon Secada|artist=Jon Secada|type=album|nocert=true|salesamount=300,000|salesref={{cite magazine|first=Lannert|last=John|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/90s/1993/BB-1993-09-25-N.pdf|title=Popular grupos and a successful concert scene help music industry hold steady in Mexico's uncertain economy|magazine=Billboard|date=25 September 1993|page=52|issn=0006-2510|via=World Radio History}}|relyear=1992}}

{{certification Table Entry|region=Spain|type=album|title=Jon Secada|artist=Jon Secada|award=Platinum|number=2|relyear=1992|certref={{cite book|last=Salaverri|first=Fernando|title=Sólo éxitos. Año a año. 1959-2002|trans-title=Only Hits. Year by year. 1959-2002|year=2005|location=Madrid, Spain|publisher=Iberautor Promociones Culturales|language=es|isbn=9788480486392}}}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Switzerland|title=Jon Secada|artist=Jon Secada|type=album|award=Gold|relyear=1992}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|title=Jon Secada|artist=Jon Secada|type=album|award=Gold|relyear=1992|id=3516-2904-2}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|title=Jon Secada|artist=Jon Secada|type=album|award=Platinum|number=3|relyear=1992|refname=RIAA}}

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See also

References

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Category:1992 debut albums

Category:Jon Secada albums

Category:SBK Records albums