Gracias por Esperar

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Gracias por Esperar
Album Cover Juan Gabriel Gracias Por Esperar.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedJune 28, 1994 (1994-06-28)
Recorded1993–1994
Genre Latin pop
Label Sony BMG
Juan Gabriel chronology
Pensamientos
(1986)
Gracias por Esperar
(1994)
El México Que Se Nos Fue
(1995)

Gracias por Esperar (Thanks For Waiting) is the twenty-first studio album by Mexican recording artist Juan Gabriel, released on June 28, 1994, eight years after his previous studio album in 1986. This extraordinarily long period of time between Juan Gabriel's prolific releases was due to a copyright dispute with his publisher BMG Music Publishing. The album was nominated for a Lo Nuestro Award for Pop Album of the Year and a Grammy Award for Best Latin Pop Album. [1] [2] losing both to Luis Miguel's Segundo Romance . Gabriel released four singles from the album, "Pero Que Necesidad", "Lentamente", "Vienes o Voy", and "Muriendo de Amor", with the first peaking at number-one at the Billboard Latin Songs chart.

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Vienes o Voy"5:05
2."Pero Qué Necesidad"5:49
3."Lentamente"8:45
4."Cariño Mío"5:22
5."Más Que Amor"4:25
6."Di, Ámame Más"3:55
7."Como la Luna"4:54
8."Luna Tras Luna"5:35
9."Que Bello Es Vivir"4:50
10."Muriendo de Amor"5:29
11."El Amor"5:21

Album certification

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Mexico600,000 [3]
United States (RIAA) [4] 2× Platinum (Latin)200,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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References

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