Amén (Azúcar Moreno album)

Amén is the tenth studio album by Spanish duo Azúcar Moreno, released on Sony International in 2000.

Amén, entirely recorded in Miami, was coproduced by Estéfano, with whom the duo had collaborated on the 1994 album El Amor, and Ricardo “Eddy” Martínez who had produced their two preceding albums Esclava de tu piel and Olé and also the track “Muévete salvaje” on their 1997 greatest hits compilation Mucho Azúcar - Grandes Éxitos. Six of the album’s thirteen titles, “Amén”, “Abracadabra”, “Mamma mia”, “Tururú”, “40 kilos de besos”, “Amigo mío” and “Viva la vida”, were written or co-written by Spanish singer and composer Miguel Gallardo, who previously had penned hits like “Hazme el amor”, “Desnúdate, desnúdame”, “A galope”, “Solo se vive una vez”, “Hoy tengo ganas de ti” and “Esclava de tu piel” for the Salazar sisters.

The lead single from the album was “Mamma mia” —not to be confused with the ABBA song with the same title— followed by the title track “Amén”, “Ay amor”, “Dale que dale” and the ballad “Piel de seda”, the latter written by prolific Spanish composer José Luis Perales. The track “San José” was co-produced by Spanish remix team Pumpin’ Dolls, who previously had remixed worldwide hits like Cher’s “Strong Enough”, TLC’s “Unpretty” and Carlos Santana’s “María María”. The track “Abracadabra”, the third single from the album, was along with “Juramento” featured in Spanish movie Gitano, starring famous flamenco dancer Joaquín Cortés. “Mamma Mia”, “Amén” and “Abracadabra” were all released in a wide variety of extended dance mixes, mixed by among others Pedro del Moral, David Ferrero and Pablo Flores.

Tal Vez (song)

"Tal Vez" (English: "Perhaps") is the first single from Ricky Martin's album, Almas del Silencio (2003). It was released as a promotional single on March 25, 2003 in Latin territories.

Music video

A music video, directed by Kacho Lopez and Carlos Pérez, aired in March 2003.

Chart performance

"Tal Vez" debuted at number one on the US Hot Latin Songs and spent eleven weeks at the top. It also spent thirteen weeks at the top of Latin Pop Airplay and peaked at number one on the Tropical Songs for one week. "Tal Vez" reached number seventy-four on the Billboard Hot 100, thanks to its seventy-three peak on the Hot 100 Airplay.

Awards

"Tal Vez" was nominated for a Latin Grammy Award for Song of the Year at the Latin Grammy Awards of 2003. It won Hot Latin Song of the Year and Latin Pop Airplay Track of the Year, Male at the 2004 Latin Billboard Music Awards.

Formats and track listings

European promotional CD single

US / Latin America promotional CD single