Mi destino

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Mi destino
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Studio album by
Released21 July 2000 (2000-07-21)
Recorded1999–2000
Genre Pop
Label Sony
Producer
  • Jimmy Greco
  • Ray Contreras
  • Ric Wake
  • Rafael Pérez-Botija
  • Ricardo "Eddy" Martínez
  • Jean B. Smit
Lucero chronology
Un Lucero En La México
(1999)
Mi destino
(2000)
Un Nuevo Amor
(2002)
Singles from Mi destino
  1. "Mi destino eres tú"
    Released: 22 March 2000
  2. "No puedo más"
    Released: 28 May 2000
  3. "Nadie me quiere como tú"
    Released: 1 July 2000
  4. "Cada latido"
    Released: 29 October 2000

Mi destino (Eng.: My Destiny) is the fifteenth album from Mexican pop music singer and actress Lucero. It was released on 21 July 2000.

Contents

This album is the second time in Lucero's career where she writes her own material; she wrote the Spanish version of the first single "Mi Destino Eres Tú" (My Destiny Is You). Eventually the song went No. 1 in Mexico powered by the telenovela of the same name, starring herself, Jorge Salinas and Jaime Camil. She also collaborated some lyrics for the track "Arde" (Burn) and did the Spanish version of "Vamos a Cantar" (Everything is Right...) which was the official song for the 2000 Mexican Teletón.

It is also the first time that more than two producers work on a single album of the artist. On this project the singer also includes two songs completely sung in English and according to the album's booklet: "in a New York English pronunciation". Rafael Pérez-Botija worked again with Lucero, this time with five tracks (written and produced by him). Ric Wake produced "Tuya" (Yours), "Mi Destino Eres Tú", "Nadie Me Quiere Como Tú" and "Vamos a Cantar".

Jean B. Smit did "Llegarás" (You'll Come), which was supposed to be the first single for the album, since the telenovela that Lucero was going to shoot had this name initially, but since the title of the novela was changed to "Mi Destino Eres Tú," the track was not released as a single.

"No Puedo Más" (English and Spanish versions) were produced by the team of Jimmy Greco and Ray Contreras (Jimmyray Productions). Ricardo "Eddy" Martínez worked as producer for "Arde".

"Nadie Me Quiere Como Tú" (Nobody Loves Me Like You), "No Puedo Más" (Can't Take it Anymore) and "Cada Latido" (Each Heartbeat) were also released as singles.

This album was the first studio album recorded by Lucero on her new label at the time Sony and the sales eventually reached gold status in Mexico (150,000 copies sold). [1]

Reviews

The album received generally positive reviews when it was released, for example Drago Bonacich from Allmusic.com highlighted her work with Rick Wake, Rafael Perez Botija, Jimmy Greco, and Ray Contreras; besides he pointed out the Spanish versions of several songs in the album, where Tuya was the stand-out track of the album receiving an AMG Pick Track. On his review he said the songs are "supported by well-balanced arrangements".

Professional ratings
Review scores
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Problems with Sony

With this album, Sony planned to internationalization the image of Lucero, intending globalization. However Sony, at that time, contemplated to "throw the boat out with this record" but with a high quality production, they were unsure how well it would do with the public due to the departure of Tommy Mottola.

A tour was also planned early on in 2001 but failed to transpire due to Lucero's first pregnancy. Sony began to show disinterest in the disk and its attempts at the "internationalization" of Lucero. The album sold only 150,000 copies certifying gold status, but was a failure for Sony. "My Destiny" is one of the best albums by Lucero, a production from the likes of Celine Dion and Mariah Carey, whom have sold millions of copies worldwide.

Track listing

The album is composed by 14 songs, all of them were arranged by different composers.

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."No puedo más (Don't waste my time)"Ray Contreras, Jimmy Greco, Andy Varga, Manny Benito4:01
2."Tuya (Do you wanna be mine)"Steve Skinner, Arnie Roman, Karla Aponte3:50
3."Mi destino eres tú (Quiero Amor) (From you)"Jim Daddario, Will Robinson, Aaron Saint, Lucero3:00
4."Cada latido"Rafael Pérez Botija3:58
5."Arde"Roberto Amaro, Lucero, Jean B. Smit3:26
6."Prisionera"R. Pérez Botija4:21
7."Nadie me quiere como tú (Everything)"Denise Rich, Andy Marvel, Peter Zizzo, Giselle D'Cole, Alejandro Lerner 4:36
8."Llegarás"Mario Santos, Juan Carlos Paz y Puente, Roberto Figueroa3:27
9."Mátame"R. Pérez Botija4:58
10."Dejar de querer"R. Pérez Botija5:19
11."Quiero amor (From you)"J. Daddario, W. Robinson, A. Saint3:00
12."Bailar"R. Pérez Botija4:51
13."Vamos a cantar (Everything is Right...)"Arnie Roman, Russ DeSalvo, Lucero3:26
14."Don't waste my time"R. Contreras, J. Greco, A. Varga, M. Benito4:01

Singles

#TitleMexico Argentina Costa Rica Colombia Chile Peru Nicaragua Venezuela
1."Mi destino eres tú"1928110115
2."No puedo más"1525101098114
3."Nadie me quiere como tú"62311105151032
4."Cada latido"203115n/an/a159n/a

Personnel

Sales and certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Mexico (AMPROFON) [3] Gold75,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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References

  1. AMPROFON http://www.amprofon.com.mx/certificaciones.php?artista=lucero&titulo=&disquera=&certificacion=todas&anio=todos&categoria=todas&Submitted=Buscar&item=menuCert&contenido=buscar Archived 13 February 2008 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
  2. Bonacich, Drago (12 April 2011). "Mi destino". AllMusic . Retrieved 12 September 2011.
  3. "Certificaciones" (in Spanish). Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas . Retrieved 12 March 2022.Type Lucero in the box under the ARTISTA column heading and Mi destino in the box under the TÍTULO column heading.