Primera Fila (Vicente Fernández album)

{{Infobox album

| name = Primera Fila

| type = live

| artist = Vicente Fernández

| cover = Primera_Fila.jpg

| alt =

| released = 18 November 2008 (USA)
2 December 2008 (Mexico)

| recorded =

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Mariachi

| length =

| label = Sony Music Latin

| producer = Gustavo Borner

| prev_title = Canciones de sus Películas: El Arracadas

| prev_year = 2008

| next_title = Necesito de Tí

| next_year = 2009

| misc = {{Singles

| name = Primera Fila

| type = Live

| single1 = El Último Beso

| single1date = 28 December 2007

}}

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = Allmusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}{{cite web|title=Primera Fila review|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r1445507|pure_url=yes}}|accessdate=9 January 2009|last=Birchmeier |first=Jason|work=Allmusic |publisher=Macromedia Corporation}}

| noprose = yes

}}

Primera Fila ("Front Row") is the title of a live album released by Mexican performer Vicente Fernández. This album is the 80th release by the performer, and became his third number-one set on the Billboard Top Latin Albums and the recipient of a Latin Grammy Award for Best Ranchero Album.

Album history

After the success of Para Siempre, releases this album, which includes his greatest hits recorded live, with the participation of 30 musicians, in the "Vicente Fernández Gómez Arena". This unplugged CD and DVD also contains four songs never recorded before by Fernández: "Bésame Mucho", "Amor Mío", "No Vuelvo a Amar" and "Gracias". According to the record label Sony BMG, this is a live performance dedicated to the families, to see it in high definition and to be close to the idol. Primera Fila is the 80th album by the singer.{{cite web|url=http://www.elfinanciero.com.mx/ElFinanciero/Portal/cfpages/contentmgr.cfm?docId=159489&docTipo=1&orderby=docid&sortby=ASC|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090814161815/http://www.elfinanciero.com.mx/ElFinanciero/Portal/cfpages/contentmgr.cfm?docId=159489&docTipo=1&orderby=docid&sortby=ASC|url-status=dead|archive-date=14 August 2009|title=Lanza Vicente Fernández "Primera Fila"|date=3 December 2008|publisher=El Financiero S.A. de C.V.|work=El Financiero Online|accessdate=16 December 2008}}

Commercial release

=Formats=

This album was released in three different formats, CD/DVD and DVD/CD, and also in "Blu-ray", this last format as a collectors item. It was recorded in a "anti-pirate" system and in High definition, and in a near future will be released on 3D, to give the best quality for the fans, according to Miguel Trujillo, CEO of Sony Music México.

=Album=

A day after its release, Primera Fila it sold 80,000 units in Mexico, receiving a platinum certification. In the United States, according to the Billboard Top Latin Albums chart it debuted at number one, replacing 5to Piso by Guatemalan singer-songwriter Ricardo Arjona.{{cite web |url=http://www.billboardenespanol.com/musica/noticias/Vicente-Fernández-coloca-disco-"Primera-fila"-en-primer-lugar-del-Billboard/20180.article |title=Vicente Fernández coloca disco "Primera fila" en primer lugar del Billboard |language=Spanish |date=11 December 2008 |work=Billboard en Español |accessdate=16 December 2008}} In February 2009, this album was replaced by Para Siempre, Fernández' previous album, at the top of the Billboard Top Latin Albums chart, after seven consecutive weeks at number-one. The late Tex-Mex performer Selena was the only performer to achieve this feat, when Dreaming of You replaced her own Amor Prohibido at the top of the chart in 1995.{{Cite news |title="Para siempre" de Vicente Fernández regresa #1 de Top Latin Albums; Wisin & Yandel con Nesty, "tentando" Hot Latin Songs |url=http://www.billboardenespanol.com/musica/content_display/noticias/ultimas-noticias/e3i4a91743e701a2ac6cb8ebff452e9d039 |work=Billboard en Español |first=Joel |last=Brito |language=Spanish |publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc|accessdate=29 January 2009}}

=Singles=

The first single released from this album is "El Ultimo Beso", written by Joan Sebastian and first included on Para Siempre. This song became the first number-one hit by Fernández in the Billboard Hot Latin Songs chart and became the oldest performer to peak at number-one on this chart.{{Cite news |title=Daddy Yankee da salto en lista urbana |language=Spanish|url=http://www.billboardenespanol.com/musica/content_display/noticias/ultimas-noticias/e3ib79a0c63704566625389ec1da654d23b |work=Billboard en Español |publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc |date=12 February 2009|accessdate=13 February 2009}}

Track listing

{{tracklist

| title1 = El Rey (song)

| writer1 = José Alfredo Jiménez

| length1 = 2:26

| title2 = Mujeres Divinas

| writer2 = Martín Urieta

| length2 = 3:03

| title3 = La Diferencia

| writer3 = Juan Gabriel

| length3 = 3:00

| title4 = Urge

| writer4 = Urieta

| length4 = 3:17

| title5 = A Duras Penas

| writer5 = Jorge Massias

| length5 = 2:47

| title6 = Me Voy a Quitar de En Medio

| writer6 = Manuel Monterrosas

| length6 = 3:19

| title7 = La Ley del Monte

| writer7 = José A. Espinoza "Ferrusquilla"

| length7 = 3:29

| title8 = No Vuelvo a Amar

| writer8 = Alfonso Esparza

| length8 = 3:43

| title9 = Por un Amor

| writer9 = Gilberto Parra

| length9 = 3:37

| title10 = Amor Mío

| writer10 = Álvaro Carrillo

| length10 = 3:28

| title11 = Hermoso Cariño

| writer11 = Fernando Maldonado

| length11 = 2:34

| title12 = Acá Entre Nos

| writer12 = Martín Urieta

| length12 = 3:40

| title13 = Caminemos

| writer13 = Alfredo Gil, Heriberto Martins

| length13 = 3:19

| title14 = A Pesar de Todo

| writer14 = Nelson Ned

| length14 = 3:41

| title15 = Motivos

| writer15 = Italo Piazzolante

| length15 = 3:31

| title16 = El Último Beso

| writer16 = Joan Sebastian

| length16 = 3:04

| title17 = Bésame Mucho

| writer17 = Consuelo Velázquez

| length17 = 4:04

| title18 = Para Siempre

| writer18 = Sebastian

| length18 = 3:12

| title19 = Estos Celos

| writer19 = Sebastian

| length19 = 4:52

| title20 = Cruz de Olvido

| writer20 = Juan Zaizar

| length20 = 4:25

| title21 = Guadalajara

| writer21 = Pepe Guízar

| length21 = 3:23

| title22 = Gracias

| writer22 = Jiménez

| length22 = 5:22

}}

Personnel

This information from Allmusic.{{cite web |title=Primera Fila |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r1445507|pure_url=yes}}|work=Allmusic |publisher=Macromedia Corporation |accessdate=16 December 2008}}

Gustavo Borner – didjeridu, engineer, mastering, realization
Pedro Ramírez – arranger, musical direction
Josué "Ciclón" García – production assistant
Juan Carlos Rodríguez – production assistant
Justin Moshkevich – digital engineer
Charlie Garcia – A&R
Gilda Oropeza – A&R
Miguel Trujillo – A&R
Fernando Aceves – photography

Charts

=Weekly charts=

scope="col"\| Chart (2008) ! scope="col"\| Peak position
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scope="row"\| Mexico Albums (Top 100 Mexico){{Cite news\|title=Primera Fila\|url= http://www.mexicancharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Vicente+Fern%E1ndez&titel=Primera+Fila&cat=a \|url-status=dead\|archive-date=December 17, 2010\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101217071242/http://www.mexicancharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Vicente+Fern%E1ndez&titel=Primera+Fila&cat=a\|work=Mexican Charts\|access-date=November 23, 2023}} \| 1
{{album chart\|Billboard200\|92\|artist=Vicente Fernandez\|rowheader=true\|accessdate=13 June 2021}}
{{album chart\|BillboardLatin\|1\|artist=Vicente Fernandez\|rowheader=true\|accessdate=13 June 2021}}
{{album chart\|BillboardRegionalMexican\|1\|artist=Vicente Fernandez\|rowheader=true\|accessdate=13 June 2021}}

=Year-end charts=

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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\|accessdate=13 June 2021}} \| 4

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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|accessdate=13 June 2021}}

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