Juan Luis Guerra discography | |
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Studio albums | 14 |
EPs | 2 |
Live albums | 2 |
Compilation albums | 11 |
Singles | 53 |
The Dominican singer, songwriter and producer Juan Luis Guerra has released 14 studio albums, two live albums and forty-eight singles. He is one of the best selling Latin artist of all time with more 30 millions of records worldwide. [1] He made his debut with his first studio album Soplando , released in 1984. He later released his second studio album in 1985, Mundanza y Acarreo which was his first national success and marked his first entry at the US Billboard Charts at number seventeen on Billboard Tropical Charts. In 1987, his third studio album Mientras Más Lo Pienso...Tú become his first work to gain international attention in countries such as Venezuela and Puerto Rico. Between this last two albums, it sold over two million copies worldwide. [2]
Juan Luis Guerra's fourth studio album, Ojala Que Llueva Cafe receive universal acclaim by the critics and is considered by many his most important work. The album sold over 2.5 millions of copies worldwide established himself as a superstar throughout Latin America and Europe. [3] It peaked at the Top 10 in Spain, Puerto Rico and Argentina and also at the top 10 of US Cashbox charts and Billboard Tropical Charts. In 1990, His follow album up, Bachata Rosa is Guerra most successful album, helping to launch Bachata and Merengue to mainstrean and international audience. It remained at the number one for 24 weeks on US Billboard Tropical Charts and was the best selling tropical album of 1991 and breaking record sales and top the charts Mexico, Spain, Chile, Argentina, Portugal, Holland and Belgium. Four of the singles released became top-ten hits on the Billboard Hot Latin Songs chart. It was certified platinum (Latin field) in the United States by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), Gold in Brazil, 7 times Platinum in Spain and Gold in Netherlands. Eventually, it sold more than 5 millions of copies worldwide and is one of the Best Selling Latin Albums of All Time. [4] [5] [6]
He later released he sixth studio album Areito in 1992, which contained his first number one single on Billboard Hot Latin Songs El Costo de la vida, receive limited commercial success in comparation of his last record. However, it sold over two million copies worldwide, [7] peaked at the number two in Spain and the top 10 of US Billboard Tropical and Latin Albums Charts. In the same way it was certified Gold in Argentina, Colombia and Mexico and Platinum in Spain and Venezuela. His next album Fogarate (1994) debuted at the top 20 Portugal and Netherlands and Top 10 in US Billboard Charts and Chile and Puerto Rico. Sales, however, were significantly less than the two previous studio albums. Juan Luis Guerra y 4:40 released a greatest hits album titled Grandes Éxitos Juan Luis Guerra y 440 in 1995, which was certified three time platinum in Spain. [8]
After a hiatus of more than three years due personal issues, Ni es lo mismo ni es igual , Guerra's eight studio album, was released in 1998 sold over one million of copies [9] and peaked number four on the Top Latin Albums and number two on the Tropical Albums chart and received a doble-patlinum certification (Latin Field) by RIAA for selling over 400,000 copies. In 2001, he released Coleccion Romantic which contains re-recorded versions of his earlier hits. It sold 50,000 copies in it first week in Spain [10] and was platinum certification (Latin Field) by RIAA for selling over 100,000 copies. In 2004, he released Para Ti , his first Christian album and hist ninth album overall. It debuted number 110 on Billboard 200 and topped the Billboard Latin charts and was certified three times platinum certification (Latin Field) by RIAA for selling over 300,000 copies. [5]
In 2007, Juan Luis Guerra released the 10th studio La Llave De Mi Corazon which become his first album to debut at number one on Billboard Latin Albums charts and was a success in Latin America where it was certified gold and platinum. His next album, Asondeguerra (2010), debuted at the top of Spanish and Uruguay charts and was certified gold by AMPROFON for selling 30,000 copies in Mexico and platinum by RIAA for selling over 100,000 copies. [11] He later released his second Christian album Coleccion Cristiana in 2012 and his first live album A Son de Guerra Tour debuted and peaked at number 80 on the Billboard 200 and number one of Billboard Latin Albums. It was certified gold by AMPROFON for selling 30,000 copies in Mexico. In the same way was certified gold in Ecuador and Colombia. [12] [13]
Todo tiene su Hora was released by Capitol Latin in 2014 and debuted at number 65 on the U.S. Billboard 200 and at number one on the Billboard Top Latin Albums chart, selling 6,000 copies in its first week. [14] It was received a Latin album gold certification by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for shipping 30,000 copies and gold by PROMUSICAE for selling 20,000 units in Spain. His 14th studio album, Literal, was released by Universal Music Latin in 2019. In 2020 he released his first EP Prive and his second live album, Entre Mar y Palmeras, the subsequent year. [15]
Title | Year | Charts [16] | Sales | Certifications | |||||
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US [17] | US Latin [18] | US Tropical [18] | SPA [19] | NL [20] | MEX [21] | ||||
Soplando | 1984 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
Mudanza y Acarreo | 1985 | — | — | 17 | — | — | — | ||
Mientras Más Lo Pienso...Tú | 1987 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
Ojalá Que Llueva Café | 1989 | — | 40 | 2 | 2 [22] | — | — |
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Bachata Rosa | 1990 | — | 19 | 1 | 1 | 1 [24] | 1 [25] |
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Areíto | 1992 | — | 9 | 2 | 2 [33] | 67 | — | ||
Fogaraté | 1994 | — | 3 | 2 | 1 | 18 | — |
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Ni es lo mismo ni es igual | 1998 | — | 4 | 2 | 17 [39] | — | — |
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Para Ti | 2004 | 110 | 2 | 1 | 41 | — | — | ||
La llave de mi corazón | 2007 | 77 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 77 | 63 |
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A Son de Guerra | 2010 | 52 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | 16 | ||
Colección Cristiana | 2012 | — | 6 | 2 | 41 | — | — |
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Todo Tiene Su Hora | 2014 | 65 | 1 | 1 | 18 | — | — |
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Literal | 2019 | — | 31 | 7 | 17 [53] | — | — | ||
Albums that did not chart are denoted with an "—". |
Title | Year |
Privé | 2020 |
Radio Güira | 2023 |
Title | Year | Charts | Certifications | ||
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US [17] | US Latin | US Tropical | |||
A Son de Guerra Tour | 2013 | 80 | 1 | 1 | |
Entre Mar y Palmeras | 2021 | — | — | 8 |
Title | Year | Charts | Certifications | |||
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US Latin | US Tropical | SPA | NL | |||
Éxitos | 1988 | — | — | — | — | - |
Los Grandes Éxitos | 1990 | — | — | — | — | |
Grandes Éxitos | 1995 | 10 | 2 | 3 [57] | 13 |
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Colección Romantica | 2000 | 6 | 1 | — | — | |
The Collection | 2000 | — | — | — | — | |
Universo Latino 1 | 2001 | — | — | — | — | |
Archivo Digital 4.4 | 2007 | 44 | 6 | — | — | |
Burbujas de Amor: 30 Grandes Canciones Románticas | 2010 | — | — | 18 | — | |
¡Que Suba la Bilirrubina! | 2011 | — | — | 41 | — | |
Antología | 2011 | — | — | 79 | — | |
Quisiera Ser Un Pez...: Los Grandes Éxitos | 2012 | — | — | 42 | — | |
Date | Song | Charts [16] | Certifications | Album | ||||
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US | US Latin [18] | US Tropical | US Latin Pop [18] | SPA | ||||
1989 | "Ojalá Que Llueva Café" | — | 21 | — | — | Ojalá Que Llueva Café | ||
"Como Abeja al Panal" | — | 31 | — | — | Bachata Rosa | |||
1990 | "La Bilirrubina" | — | 9 | — | — | |||
"Burbujas de Amor" | — | 2 | — | — | ||||
"A Pedir Su Mano" | — | 13 | — | — | ||||
1991 | "Estrellitas y Duendes" | — | 3 | — | — | |||
"Bachata Rosa" | — | 15 | — | 25 | 7 [59] | |||
"Carta de Amor" | — | 35 | — | — | ||||
"Frío Frío" | — | 4 | — | — | Areíto | |||
1992 | "Señales de Humo" | — | 6 | — | — | |||
"El Costo de la Vida" | — | 1 | — | — | ||||
1993 | "Mal de Amor" | — | 4 | — | — | |||
"Coronita de Flores" | — | 4 | — | — | ||||
"Rompiendo Fuente" | — | 27 | — | — | ||||
1994 | "Cuando Te Beso" | — | 28 | — | — | |||
"La Cosquillita" | — | 6 | — | — | 1 [60] | Fogaraté | ||
"Viviré" | — | 5 | — | 1 | ||||
1995 | "El Beso de la Ciguatera" | — | 17 | 6 | 5 | |||
1998 | "Mi PC" | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 [61] | Ni es lo Mismo, Ni Es Igual | |
1999 | "Palomita Blanca" | — | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||
"El Niágara en Bicicleta" | — | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||||
"La Hormiguita" | — | — | 39 | 33 | ||||
2001 | "Tú" | — | 28 | 7 | 21 | Colección Romántica | ||
"Quisiera" | — | 33 | 26 | 19 | ||||
2004 | "Las Avispas" | 122 | 4 | 1 | 8 | Para Ti | ||
"Para Ti" | — | 17 | 1 | 16 | ||||
2005 | "Los Dinteles" | — | — | 34 | — | |||
2007 | "La Llave de Mi Corazón" | 114 | 1 | 1 | 2 | La Llave de Mi Corazón | ||
"Que Me Des Tu Cariño" | — | 2 | 1 | 5 | ||||
"La Travesía" | 120 | 3 | 1 | 3 | ||||
2008 | "Sólo Tengo Ojos Para Ti" | — | 28 | — | 9 | |||
"Como Yo" | — | 18 | 1 | 13 | ||||
2010 | "Bachata en Fukuoka" | 116 | 1 | 1 | 1 | A Son de Guerra | ||
"La Guagua" | — | 23 | 7 | 10 | ||||
"La Calle" (featuring Juanes) | — | 26 | — | 9 | ||||
"Lola's Mambo" (featuring Chris Botti) | — | — | 29 | 36 | ||||
2011 | "Mi Bendición" | — | 42 | — | 12 | |||
"Apaga y Vámonos" | — | — | — | 29 | ||||
2012 | "En el Cielo No Hay Hospital" | — | 20 | 22 | 5 | Colección Cristiana | ||
"El Quita Pena" | — | — | — | — | ||||
2013 | "Frío Frío" (Live) (featuring Romeo Santos) | — | 16 | 17 | — | A Son de Guerra Tour | ||
2014 | "Tus Besos" | — | 8 | 1 | 1 | Todo Tiene Su Hora | ||
2015 | "Todo Tiene Su Hora" | — | 46 | — | 35 | |||
"Muchachita Linda" | — | 23 | 35 | 14 | ||||
2019 | "Kitipun" | — | — | 4 | 25 | Literal | ||
"Corazón Enamorado" | — | — | — | — | ||||
"I Love You More" | — | — | — | — | ||||
"Lámpara Pa' Mis Pies" | — | — | — | — | ||||
2020 | "Pambiche de novia" | — | — | — | — | Privé | ||
2021 | "Rosalia (Live)" | — | — | — | — | Entre Mar y Palmeras | ||
"El Farolito (Live)" | — | — | — | — | ||||
"Vale la Pena (Live)" | — | — | — | — | ||||
2023 | "Mambo 23" | — | — | 4 | — | Radio Güira |
Date | Song | Charts [16] | Album | ||||
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US | US Latin | US Latin Pop | US Tropical | SPA | |||
2006 | "Abriendo Caminos" (Diego Torres featuring Juan Luis Guerra) | — | 30 | 9 | — | — | Andando |
"Bendita Tu Luz" (Maná featuring Juan Luis Guerra) | 102 [63] | 1 | 1 | — | — | Amar Es Combatir | |
2010 | "Cuando Me Enamoro" (Enrique Iglesias featuring Juan Luis Guerra) | 89 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | Euphoria |
2014 | "Llegaste Tú" (Luis Fonsi featuring Juan Luis Guerra) | — | 23 | 6 | 27 | — | 8 |
2018 | "Carmín" (Romeo Santos featuring Juan Luis Guerra) | — | — | — | — | — | Golden |
2024 | "Si Tú Me Quieres" (Fonseca featuring Juan Luis Guerra) | — | — | — | — | — | Tropicalia |
Songs that did not chart are denoted with an "—". | |||||||
Year | Song | Artist | Album |
1990 | "No He Podido Verte" | Emmanuel | Vida |
1993 | "Derroche" | Ana Belén | Veneno para el corazón |
1994 | "Que Bonita Luna" | Various Artists | El Espíritu De Un Pueblo |
1995 | "Señorita" | Various Artists | My Family – The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack |
2001 | "El Último Adiós" | Various Artists | El Último Adiós |
2006 | "Bendita Tu Luz" | Maná | Amar Es Combatir |
2006 | "Abriendo Caminos" | Diego Torres | Andando |
2006 | "Amor de Conuco" | Michel Camilo & Tomatito | Spain Again |
2007 | "Bendita Tu Luz (Bachata Version)" | Maná | Amar Es Combatir – Deluxe Limited Edition |
2007 | "Não Tenho Lágrimas (feat. Ivete Sangalo)" | Various Artists | Cidade Do Samba |
2009 | "Como Lluvia" | Nelly Furtado | Mi Plan |
2010 | "Cuando Me Enamoro" | Enrique Iglesias | Euphoria |
2011 | "Dime Dónde" | Gianmarco | Días Nuevos |
2011 | "Toma Mi Vida" | Milly Quezada | Aquí Estoy Yo |
2011 | "Mi Son" | Rosario Flores | Raskatriski |
2011 | "Tu Nombre" | Marcos Vidal | Tu Nombre |
2012 | "Creo en Ti" | Miguel Bosé | PapiTwo |
2012 | "Just in Time" | Tony Bennett | Viva Duets |
2013 | "Esto Es Vida" | Draco Rosa | Vida |
2013 | "Bachata Rosa" | Natalie Cole | Natalie Cole En Español |
2014 | "Llegaste Tú" | Luis Fonsi | 8 |
2015 | "Suena la Pelota" | Alejandro Sanz | Sirope |
2017 | "Carmín" | Romeo Santos | Golden |
2017 | "Júrame" | Julio Iglesias | México & Amigos |
2017 | "Almost Like Praying" | Various Artists | Almost Like Praying |
2018 | "Si No Te Hubieras Ido (feat. David Bisbal)" | Various Artists | Todos Somos MAS |
2018 | "La Bilirrubina" | Arturo Sandoval | Ultimate Duets |
2018 | "Quiero Tiempo" | Victor Manuelle | 25/7 |
2019 | "Loma de Cayenas" | Vicente García | Candela |
2020 | "Dance with Me" | Carol Welsman | TBA |
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Ilegales is a Grammy-nominated Dominican merenhouse group, which is one of the main exponents that helped to introduce and establish the merenhouse to the mainstrean and get an international audience. The band is well known by hits such as "La Morena", "Taki Taki", "Tu Recuerdo", "La Otra" and "Chucucha". They were one of the first merenhouse acts to perform at Viña del Mar International Song Festival in 1998 and 2003.
Ojalá Que Llueva Café is the fourth studio album by Dominican singer-songwriter Juan Luis Guerra released in 1989 by Karen Records. It is considered one of his most emblematic and important albums. The album set the musical path for his later albums, re-formulating Dominican merengue and bachata music through the contemporary elements of pop, rock, salsa, or jazz. Incorporating socially conscious lyrics with danceable merengues and romantic-poetic bachatas, the album is considered one of the most important albums of his discography.
Fogaraté! is the seventh album of the famous Dominican songwriter and musician Juan Luis Guerra. It was released on July 19, 1994. The album mixed a variety of music genres including rural and folkloric roots of merengue called "Perico Ripao" with elements of African soukus music and Tropical Music such as Reggae with the collaboration of African guitarist Diblo Dibala and Dominican accordionist Francisco Ulloa, along with Son, Bachata and Salsa. Also, the album features a particular, bachata-styled adaptation of the Lacrimosa movement from Mozart's Requiem Mass in D Minor and Guerra's first song fully in English "July 19". Exploring lyrics and themes about magical realism of Latin American literature and commenting on the politics of the Caribbean, for many fans and critics, Fogaraté! is one of his most musically complex album.
Areíto is the sixth album by Juan Luis Guerra with his band 440, released on 8 December 1992, by Karem Records. The album, meant to be a tribute to the indigenous tribes of the Dominican Republic, is named after a dance that the aboriginal inhabitants of the Greater Antilles (Taínos) accompanied with songs during their festivals and religious rites. The album contains twelve tracks including "Cuando te Beso", interpret by Santo Domingo Philharmonic Orchestra. Congolese musician Diblo Dibala played guitar on the song "El Costo de la Vida", which was a Spanish cover of his own soukous song "Kimia Eve", while the last track on the album, "Naboria daca, mayanimacaná", is sung in Arawak, the language of the Taíno people. Areíto was originally set to be released in early April 1992, but was first delayed to the end of October 1992 and was finally released on 8 December 1992.
Dejarte de Amar is the second studio album recorded by Mexican pop rock band Camila, It was released by Sony Music Latin on February 9, 2010 Produced by band leader Mario Domm and mostly written by Domm and Mónica Velez, the album became a success in the United States and Mexico. The album was certified Disco Platino in the United States by the RIAA and 4× Platinum in Mexico by AMPROFON. It was recorded in Mexico at Mamita Studio with theme about love, loneliness and lies. The album spawned three singles: "Mientes", "Aléjate de Mi", and "Bésame", all of which reached number-one on the Billboard Latin Pop Airplay chart. The album received generally positive reviews for its arrangements and compositions.
Tropical Albums is a record chart published by Billboard magazine. Established in June 1985, the chart compiles information about the top-selling albums in genres like salsa, merengue, bachata, cumbia, and vallenato, which are frequently considered tropical music. The chart features only full-length albums and, like all Billboard album charts, is based on sales. The information is compiled by Nielsen SoundScan from a sample representing more than 90% of the U.S. music retail market, including not only music stores and music departments at electronics and department stores but also direct-to-consumer transactions and Internet sales. A limited number of verifiable sales at concert venues is also tabulated. Innovations by El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico was the first album to reach number-one in the chart on June 29, 1985. Up until May 21, 2005, reggaeton albums appeared on the chart. After the installation of the Latin Rhythm Albums chart, reggaeton titles could no longer appear on the Tropical Albums chart. By removing reggaeton albums from the Tropical Albums chart, it opened slots for re-entries and debuts. American bachata group Aventura claimed the top spot on the Tropical Albums chart, which marked the first time since the issue dated November 6, 2004 that a reggaeton album was not at the number-one spot. The current number-one album on the chart is Todavía Me Amas: Lo Mejor De Aventura by Aventura.
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Grandes Éxitos de Juan Luis Guerra y 440 or simply Grandes Éxitos is a compilation album of Dominican singer-songwriter Juan Luis Guerra, and his band 440 released in July 1995 by Karem Records. It contained Guerra's fifteen biggest hits from 1988 to 1994 on the original version and from the albums Mudanza y Acarreo(1985) to Fogarate! (1994) on the international versions. The compilation receive positive reviews by the critics.
Colección Romántica is a compilation album by Dominican songwriter and musician Juan Luis Guerra and 4.40. It was released in November 21, 2000 and February 6, 2001 in the United States by Karen Records.It is a dual album compilation including 20 of the group's classic songs remastered and re-recorded as ballads. The album also contained unaltered original versions of their softer songs, like acoustic ballads or bachatas. It would become Guerra's last album released under the Dominican independent music label Karen Records, as his later albums would be released under Vene Music and subsequently under EMI music and Capitol Latin.
Todo Tiene Su Hora is the 13th studio album by Dominican singer-songwriter Juan Luis Guerra and his band 4.40. It was released on November 11, 2014, by Capitol Latin and was produced by Juan Luis Guerra & Janina Rosado. Like his previous albums, the album is composed by variety of tropical music genres such as bachata, merengue, salsa and son but with different instrumentation normally used in classical music such as strings and violins. Guerra described the album as "innovative" and explored lyrics raging from love and romance to social conscience and protest against political corruption. The record encompassed elements of funk and jazz with merengue and classical music with bachata.
"Bachata Rosa" is a song by Dominican Republic singer-songwriter Juan Luis Guerra released in 1991 and served as the lead seventh and final from his fifth studio album Bachata Rosa (1990). Along with Estrellitas y Duendes and Como Abeja Al Panal, is one of Guerra's first international hits and helped to contribute to the bachata sophistication and have recognition in Latin America and Europe. The track was a commercial success, toping the airplay charts in Mexico and was the fourth single of the album to peak insade of the top 10 at the US Hot Latin Tracks.
Coronita de Flores is the fifth single of Juan Luis Guerra sixth studio album Areito, released in 1993 by Karem Records. The song was written band produced by Juan Luis Guerra. The track received positive reviews due the musical structure of cha-cha and Bolero and was nominated for Tropical/Salsa Song of the Year at the 1994's Lo Nuestro Awards.
"Mal de Amor" (Lovesickness) is the fourth single from Juan Luis Guerra's sixth studio album Areíto, released in 1993 by Karem Records. The melody is by Nemous Jean Baptiste the Haitian compositor in 1960 the song was written and produced by Guerra. The track encompasses traditional merengue with Cumbia. The song was the fourth consecutive single from the album to reach the top-ten on the Billboard Hot Latin Songs chart in the United States. It also reached the top-ten in Venezuela.
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