Te Felicito (Grupo Mojado song)

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"Te Felicito"
Song by Grupo Mojado
from the album La Gorda
Released1992
Genre Grupera
Length3:10
Label Fonovisa
Songwriter(s) Felipe Barrientos

"Te Felicito" ("I Congratulate You") is a song by Grupo Mojado and written by Felipe Barrientos for their studio album La Gorda (1992). [1] It was later covered by Mexican actress and singer Laura Flores on her studio album, Nunca Hagas Llorar a Una Mujer (1995), [2] which received airplay on the grupera charts in Mexico. [3] It was also covered by Puerto Rican singer Jessica Cristina on her first merengue album, Me Gusta Todo de Ti (1996). [4] Cristina's version reached #1 on the Billboard Tropical Airplay chart and was recognized as one of the best-performing Latin songs of the year at the 1998 BMI Latin Awards. [5] [6]

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