Saturno (album)

{{Infobox album

| name = Saturno

| type = studio

| artist = Rauw Alejandro

| cover = Rauw Alejandro Saturno.jpeg

| alt =

| released = {{Start date|2022|11|11}}

| recorded = 2022

| studio =

| genre = * Miami bass

| length = 54:03

| language = Spanish

| label = * Sony Latin

Duars

| producer = * El Zorro

Kenobi
Mr. NaisGai
DJ Playero
MadMusick
Súbelo NEO
Rvssian
Caleb Calloway
Red Triangle
Tainy
Slow Jamz
Magic en el Beat

| prev_title = Trap Cake, Vol. 2

| prev_year = 2022

| next_title = RR

| next_year = 2023

| misc = {{Singles

| name = Saturno

| type = studio

| single1 = Lokera

| single1date = July 25, 2022

| single2 = Punto 40

| single2date = September 22, 2022

| single3 = Lejos del Cielo

| single3date = November 10, 2022

| single4 = De Carolina

| single4date = December 8, 2022

| single5 = Panties y Brasieres

| single5date = January 26, 2023

}}

Saturno (Spanish for "Saturn") is the third studio album by Puerto Rican singer Rauw Alejandro. It was released on November 11, 2022, through Sony Music Latin and Duars Entertainment.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/latin/best-new-latin-new-music-julieta-venegas-la-nostalgia-1235162722/|magazine=Billboard|access-date=October 28, 2022|title=First Stream Latin: New Music From Julieta Venegas, Don Omar, Paula Arenas & More|date=October 28, 2022|archive-date=October 28, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221028201228/https://www.billboard.com/music/latin/best-new-latin-new-music-julieta-venegas-la-nostalgia-1235162722/|url-status=live|last1=Raygoza|first1=Isabela|last2=Ratner-Arias|first2=Sigal|last3=Fajardo|first3=Ingrid|last4=Roiz|first4=Jessica}} The album features collaborations with Baby Rasta, DJ Playero, Chris Palace, Arcángel, Súbelo NEO, Lyanno and Brray.

Singles

The first single of the album was "Lokera", a collaboration with Lyanno and Brray released on July 25, 2022.{{cite web|url=https://los40.com/los40/2022/07/26/videoclips/1658859794_118358.html|title=Rauw Alejandro, Lyanno and Brray throw us into a real party with "Lokera"|website=Los 40|accessdate=November 10, 2022|date=July 25, 2022|last1=Navarro|first1=Alba|language=Spanish|archive-date=November 11, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221111010729/https://los40.com/los40/2022/07/26/videoclips/1658859794_118358.html|url-status=live}} The second single was "Punto 40" with Baby Rasta, released on September 22, 2022.{{cite web|url=https://www.sonymusiclatin.com/rauw-alejandro-anuncia-nuevo-album-con-un-impresionante-remake-del-reggaeton-clasico-punto-40/|title=Rauw Alejandro announces new album with an impressive remake of the reggaeton classic "Punto 40"|website=Sony Music Latin|accessdate=November 10, 2022|language=Spanish|date=September 22, 2022|location=Miami|archive-date=November 11, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221111173631/https://www.sonymusiclatin.com/rauw-alejandro-anuncia-nuevo-album-con-un-impresionante-remake-del-reggaeton-clasico-punto-40/|url-status=live}}

Following the success of "Punto 40", Alejandro released "Dime Quién????" on October 28, 2022.{{cite web|url=https://los40.com/los40/2022/10/28/videoclips/1666949431_119630.html|title=Rauw Alejandro takes us back to the 80's in "Dime quién????" and confirms the release date of Saturno.|website=Los 40|accessdate=November 10, 2022|date=October 28, 2022|last1=Coca|first1=Laura|language=Spanish|archive-date=November 8, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221108234645/https://los40.com/los40/2022/10/28/videoclips/1666949431_119630.html|url-status=live}} On November 10, 2022, he released the video of "Lejos del Cielo".{{cite web|url=https://los40.cl/2022/temazo-rauw-alejandro-estreno-su-sencillo-lejos-del-cielo-128192.html|title=Great song! Rauw Alejandro released his single "Lejos del cielo"|website=Los 40|accessdate=November 10, 2022|date=November 10, 2022|last1=Quililongo|first1=Pascale|language=Spanish|archive-date=November 10, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221110192620/https://los40.cl/2022/temazo-rauw-alejandro-estreno-su-sencillo-lejos-del-cielo-128192.html|url-status=live}}

The album's final single, "Panties y Brasieres" was released on January 26, 2023.{{cite web |last1=Escobar Rivas |first1=Ana |title=Rauw Alejandro and Daddy Yankee set a date for their long-awaited "Track 7": This is what "Panties y brasieres" sounds like. |url=https://los40.com/los40/2023/01/25/los40urban/1674640291_445897.html |website=Los 40 |access-date=January 25, 2023 |language=Spanish |date=January 25, 2023 |archive-date=January 25, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230125115924/https://los40.com/los40/2023/01/25/los40urban/1674640291_445897.html |url-status=live }}{{cite magazine |last1=Mier |first1=Tomás |title=Rauw Alejandro and Daddy Yankee make "Panties y brasieres" drop with new song |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-latin/rauw-alejandro-daddy-yankee-panties-y-brasieres-1234669066/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=January 26, 2023 |date=January 26, 2023 |archive-date=January 26, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230126211513/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-latin/rauw-alejandro-daddy-yankee-panties-y-brasieres-1234669066/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web |last1=Ruiz |first1=Matthew Ismael |title=Rauw Alejandro and Daddy Yankee share new song "Panties y brasieres": Listen |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/rauw-alejandro-and-daddy-yankee-share-new-song-panties-y-brasieres-listen/ |website=Pitchfork |access-date=January 26, 2023 |date=January 26, 2023 |archive-date=January 26, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230126193241/https://pitchfork.com/news/rauw-alejandro-and-daddy-yankee-share-new-song-panties-y-brasieres-listen/ |url-status=live }}

Critical reception

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = Pitchfork

| rev1score = 7.6/10{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/rauw-alejandro-saturno/|title=Rauw Alejandro: Saturno Album Review|website=Pitchfork|last=Fernández|first=Stefanie|date=November 30, 2022|access-date=November 30, 2022|archive-date=November 30, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221130060326/http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/rauw-alejandro-saturno/|url-status=live}}

| rev2 = Rolling Stone

| rev2score = {{rating|4|5}}{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/rauw-alejandro-saturno-1234626835/|title=Review: Rauw Alejandro Finds His Own Place In the Pop Cosmos on Saturno|magazine=Rolling Stone|last=Lopez|first=Julyssa|date=November 11, 2022|access-date=November 11, 2022|archive-date=November 11, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221111052805/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/rauw-alejandro-saturno-1234626835/|url-status=live}}

}}

Julyssa Lopez of Rolling Stone says Rauw Alejandro finds his own place in the pop cosmos on Saturno.

Commercial performance

Saturno debuted at number 25 on the US Billboard 200, including number 2 on both the Top Latin Albums and Latin Rhythm Albums charts with 19,000 album-equivalent units.{{cite magazine | last=Bustios | first=Pamela | title=Rauw Alejandro's Saturno Debuts at No. 2 on Top Latin Albums Chart | magazine=Billboard | date=2022-11-23 | url=https://www.billboard.com/pro/rauw-alejandro-saturno-top-latin-albums-chart-debut/ | access-date=2022-11-23 | archive-date=January 20, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230120223414/https://www.billboard.com/pro/rauw-alejandro-saturno-top-latin-albums-chart-debut/ | url-status=live }}

Track listing

{{Track listing

| headline = Saturno track listing

| extra_column = Producer(s)

| title1 = Saturno

| writer1 = {{hlist|Raúl Alejandro Ocasio Ruiz}}

| extra1 = {{hlist|El Zorro|Kenobi|Mr. NaisGai}}

| length1 = 1:31

| title2 = Punto 40

| note2 = with Baby Rasta

| writer2 = {{hlist|Ocasio|Pedro Torruellas}}

| extra2 = {{hlist|El Zorro|Kenobi|Mr. NaisGai|DJ Playero}}

| length2 = 3:10

| title3 = Más de Una Vez

| writer3 = Ocasio

| extra3 = {{hlist|El Zorro|Kenobi|Mr. NaisGai}}

| length3 = 4:05

| title4 = Lejos del Cielo

| writer4 = Ocasio

| extra4 = {{hlist|El Zorro|Kenobi|Mr. NaisGai}}

| length4 = 3:28

| title5 = Dejau'

| note5 = with DJ Playero

| writer5 = Ocasio

| extra5 = {{hlist|El Zorro|Kenobi|DJ Playero}}

| length5 = 3:02

| title6 = Gatas

| note6 = with Chris Palace

| writer6 = {{hlist|Ocasio|Christian Palacios|Omar Valdez}}

| extra6 = {{hlist|El Zorro|MadMusick}}

| length6 = 3:27

| title7 = Panties y Brasieres

| note7 = with Daddy Yankee

| writer7 = {{hlist|Ocasio|Ramón Ayala}}

| extra7 = {{hlist|El Zorro|Caleb Calloway|Alvarito Díaz|Magic en el Beat}}

| length7 = 3:17

| title8 = Cazadores

| note8 = with Arcángel

| writer8 = {{hlist|Ocasio|Austin Santos}}

| extra8 = {{hlist|El Zorro|Kenobi|Mr. NaisGai}}

| length8 = 3:46

| title9 = Deca' a Las Vegas (interlude)

| writer9 = Ocasio

| extra9 = {{hlist|El Zorro|Mr. NaisGai}}

| length9 = 1:27

| title10 = Qué Rico Chingamos

| writer10 = Ocasio

| extra10 = {{hlist|El Zorro|Kenobi}}

| length10 = 4:06

| title11 = Ron Cola

| note11 = with Súbelo NEO

| writer11 = Ocasio

| extra11 = {{hlist|El Zorro|Súbelo NEO|Rvssian}}

| length11 = 3:06

| title12 = No Me Sueltes

| writer12 = Ocasio

| extra12 = {{hlist|El Zorro|Mr. NaisGai}}

| length12 = 2:42

| title13 = Verde Menta

| writer13 = Ocasio

| extra13 = {{hlist|El Zorro|Kenobi|Mr. NaisGai|Calloway}}

| length13 = 3:08

| title14 = Corazón Despeinado

| writer14 = Ocasio

| extra14 = {{hlist|El Zorro|Kenobi|Mr. NaisGai}}

| length14 = 3:27

| title15 = Dime Quién????

| writer15 = {{hlist|Ocasio|James Bell|Abner Cordero Boria|Red Triangle|Josh Wilkinson}}

| extra15 = {{hlist|El Zorro|Red Triangle|Tainy}}

| length15 = 2:44

| title16 = Rauleeto (Skit)

| writer16 = Ocasio

| extra16 = El Zorro

| length16 = 1:10

| title17 = De Carolina

| note17 = with DJ Playero

| writer17 = Ocasio

| extra17 = {{hlist|El Zorro|Kenobi|DJ Playero|Calloway}}

| length17 = 3:01

| title18 = Lokera

| note18 = with Lyanno and Brray

| writer18 = {{hlist|Ocasio|Edgar Cuevas|Bryan García Quiñones}}

| extra18 = {{hlist|El Zorro|Mr. NaisGai|Caleb Calloway|Slow Jamz}}

| length18 = 3:17

| total_length = 54:03

}}

Note

All track titles are stylized in all caps.

Personnel

Musicians

Rauw Alejandro – vocals
Katriana Huguet – background vocals (tracks 3, 9, 14)
Alessandra Bregante – background vocals (3, 14)
Samantha Cámara – background vocals (3, 14)
Wendy Besada Rodríguez – background vocals (3, 14)

Technical

Josh Gudwin – mixing (1, 3, 4, 6, 8–)
José "Colla" Collazo – mixing (2, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11, 16, 17), mastering (2, 5, 7, 14–17)
José "Huertvs" Huertas – mixing (2, 5, 7, 16, 17), mastering (5, 7, 14–17)
Chris Gehringer – mastering (1, 3, 4, 6, 8–14)
Jorge "Kenobi" Pizarro Ruiz – engineering
Samuel "Ehxx the Professor" Serrano – engineering (8)
Eric Duars – executive production

Charts

= Weekly charts =

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

|+ Weekly chart performance for Saturno

! scope="col"| Chart (2022)

! scope="col"| Peak
position

{{Album chart|Spain|2|M|url=https://elportaldemusica.es/album/rauw-alejandro-saturno|title=Saturno – Rauw Alejandro|publisher=Productores de Música de España|work=El portal de música|artist=Rauw Alejandro|album=Saturno|rowheader=true|access-date=November 21, 2022}}

{{Album chart|Billboard200|25|artist=Rauw Alejandro|rowheader=true|access-date=November 22, 2022}}

{{Album chart|BillboardLatinRhythm|2|artist=Rauw Alejandro|rowheader=true|access-date=November 23, 2022}}

{{Album chart|BillboardLatin|2|artist=Rauw Alejandro|rowheader=true|access-date=November 22, 2022}}

= Year-end charts =

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" \|+ 2022 year-end chart performance for Saturno ! scope="col"\| Chart (2022) ! scope="col"\| Position
scope="row"\| Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE){{cite web\|url=https://www.elportaldemusica.es/lists/top-100-albums/2022\|title=Top 100 Albums Annual 2022\|publisher=Productores de Música de España\|work=El portal de Música\|access-date=January 26, 2023\|archive-date=January 26, 2023\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230126102650/https://www.elportaldemusica.es/lists/top-100-albums/2022\|url-status=live}} \| 38

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

|+ 2022 year-end chart performance for Saturno

! scope="col"| Chart (2022)

! scope="col"| Position

scope="row"| Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE){{cite web|url=https://www.elportaldemusica.es/lists/top-100-albums/2022|title=Top 100 Albums Annual 2022|publisher=Productores de Música de España|work=El portal de Música|access-date=January 26, 2023|archive-date=January 26, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230126102650/https://www.elportaldemusica.es/lists/top-100-albums/2022|url-status=live}}

| 38

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" \|+ 2023 year-end chart performance for Saturno ! scope="col"\| Chart (2023) ! scope="col"\| Position
scope="row"\| Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE){{cite web\|url=https://www.elportaldemusica.es/lists/top-100-albums/2023\|title=Top 100 Albums Yearly\|publisher=Promusicae\|work=El portal de Música\|access-date=January 20, 2024}} \| 7
scope="row"\| US Billboard 200{{cite magazine\|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2023/top-billboard-200-albums/\|title=Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2023\|magazine=Billboard\|access-date=November 23, 2023}} \| 173
scope="row"\| US Top Latin Albums (Billboard){{cite magazine\|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2023/top-latin-albums/\|title=Top Latin Albums – Year-End 2023\|magazine=Billboard\|access-date=November 23, 2023}} \| 7

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

|+ 2023 year-end chart performance for Saturno

! scope="col"| Chart (2023)

! scope="col"| Position

scope="row"| Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE){{cite web|url=https://www.elportaldemusica.es/lists/top-100-albums/2023|title=Top 100 Albums Yearly|publisher=Promusicae|work=El portal de Música|access-date=January 20, 2024}}

| 7

scope="row"| US Billboard 200{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2023/top-billboard-200-albums/|title=Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2023|magazine=Billboard|access-date=November 23, 2023}}

| 173

scope="row"| US Top Latin Albums (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2023/top-latin-albums/|title=Top Latin Albums – Year-End 2023|magazine=Billboard|access-date=November 23, 2023}}

| 7

Certifications

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Mexico|artist=Rauw Alejandro|title=Saturno|award=Platinum|type=album|relyear=2022|certyear=2024|access-date=July 29, 2024}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Spain|artist=Rauw Alejandro|title=Saturno|award=Platinum|type=album|relyear=2022|certyear=2023|id=rauw-alejandro-saturno|access-date=June 12, 2023}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|artist=Rauw Alejandro|title=Saturno|award=Platinum|number=7|type=album|certyear=2024|Spanish=true|access-date=April 30, 2024}}

{{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true|streaming=true|noshipments=true}}

References

Category:2022 albums

Category:Rauw Alejandro albums

Category:2020s Spanish-language albums

Category:Sony Music Latin albums

Category:Albums produced by Tainy