Nuestro Destino Estaba Escrito

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Nuestro Destino Estaba Escrito
Nuestro Destino.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 19, 2003 (Standard Edition)
October 27, 2003 (Historia y Tradición Edition)
Genre Tex-Mex, Northeastern Norteño
Label EMI
Producer René Martínez, Ricky Muñoz
Intocable chronology
La Historia
(2003)
Nuestro Destino Estaba Escrito
(2003)
Intimamente
(2004)
Alternative cover
Nuestro Destino Historia.jpg
Historia y Tradición edition
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Nuestro Destino Estaba Escrito (Eng.: Our Destiny Was Written) is a studio album released by Regional Mexican band Intocable. This album became their third number-one set on the Billboard Top Latin Albums. It was released with two formats, CD and CD/DVD, and in 2007 a new edition retitled Nuestro Destino Estaba Escrito: Historia y Tradición. This release received a nomination for a Grammy Award for Best Mexican/Mexican-American Album.

Contents

Track listing

The track listing from Billboard.com [2]

CD and CD/DVD

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."¿A Dónde Estabas?"Roberto Martínez3:35
2."Soy un Novato"Luis Padilla3:14
3."¿Cuántas Veces?"Padilla3:41
4."Eso Duele"Padilla3:16
5."Invisible"Marco Pérez3:16
6."Si Pudiera"Padilla4:09
7."Aunque Me Duela"Martínez3:02
8."Siempre Al Final"Martínez4:09
9."Historia de Amor"Josué Contreras3:29
10."Si Nos Tenemos"Padilla3:46

Historia y Tradición edition

This information from Allmusic. [3]

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
11."Eso Duele (Multimedia Track)"Padilla3:18

Credits

The information form Allmusic. [4]

Chart performance

Chart (2003) [5] Peak
position
US Billboard Top Latin Albums 1
US Billboard Regional/Mexican Albums1
US Billboard 200 95

Sales and certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Mexico (AMPROFON) [6] Platinum+Gold150,000^
United States (RIAA) [7] 2× Platinum (Latin)200,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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References

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  6. "Certificaciones" (in Spanish). Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas.Type Intocable in the box under the ARTISTA column heading and Nuestro Destino Estaba Escrito in the box under the TÍTULO column heading.
  7. "American album certifications – Intocable – Nuestro Destino Estaba Escrito". Recording Industry Association of America.