Tengo Un Amor

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His influential musicians include Michael Jackson and Lauryn Hill (both pictured) which helped combined the mixture of R&B and bachata found on "Tengo Un Amor".

"Tengo Un Amor" was written by Love with additional composition by Edwin Perez who also handled production for the song. [4] The song was written with Spanglish lyrics combining crunk hip hop with bachata. [5] David Jefferies, while reviewing the parent album, called the song an "incredibly smooth, lush, and glittery ballad" while listing the song as a selected "Allmusic Pick". [6] Love later called "Tengo Un Amor" the "door-opener" for all of his future success. [7]

His influential musicians include Michael Jackson, Lauryn Hill, Juan Luis Guerra and Héctor Lavoe, which helped combined the mixture of R&B and bachata found on "Tengo Un Amor". [8] According to Billboard , the original version of the song is a "straightforward bachata song while the remix with R.K.M & Ken-Y, known then as Rakim & Ken-Y provides "urban street cred". [9] The remix also features a verse by R.K.M where he raps to a rhythm of bachata infused with reggaetón, or bachaton. [10]

Release and chart performance

"Tengo Un Amor" was released digitally on November 6, 2006 by Sony BMG Norte. [11] After reaching number three on the Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100, the song debuted and peaked at number 100 of the Billboard Hot 100 chart for the week of November 18, 2006. [12] [13] On the Billboard Hot Latin Tracks chart, the song debuted for the issue week of August 5, 2006 and peaked at number two for the week of November 11, 2006. [14] [15] For two weeks, David Bisbal's "¿Quién Me Iba a Decir?" withheld the song from the top of the chart. [16] In its third week at the number two spot, Alejandro Sanz' "A la Primera Persona" was occupying the number one spot. [17] This gave R.K.M & Ken-Y their third top 10 single following "Down" and "Me Matas". [18] On the Billboard Latin Tropical Airplay chart, the song debuted for the week of August 19, 2006 and peaked at number three for the week of November 11, 2006. [19] [20] On the Billboard Latin Pop Airplay chart, the song debuted for the week of October 7, 2006 and peaked at number 25 for the week of October 28, 2006. [21] [22] In Los Angeles, the song became one of the top five most requested tracks on the Rhythmic Top 40 KXOL (96.3), the Senior Vice President of which called the song a "smash" while citing its success as an acceptance of Hispanic audiences and urban tastes. [23]

Accolades

"Tengo Un Amor" received three nominations at the 2007 Latin Billboard Music Awards for Best Vocal Duet or Collaboration and Tropical Airplay Song of the Year, Duo or Group for the remix version while winning the award for Tropical Airplay Song of the Year, New Artist category. [18] He was also awarded Best Rap/Hip-Hop Album for Toby Love . [18] [24] The song was award an ASCAP award for Urban Song of the Year from the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers. [25] According to Jon Caramanica of New York Times , "Tengo Un Amor" is Love's "biggest hit". [26]

Charts

"Tengo Un Amor"
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Single by Toby Love
from the album Toby Love
ReleasedJuly 18, 2006
Recorded2006
Genre
Length4:18
Label Sony BMG Note
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Edwin "EZP" Pérez
  • Tony CJ
Toby Lovesingles chronology
"Tengo Un Amor"
(2006)		"Don't Cry"
(2006)
Audio sample
25 second sample of the English intro and first verse of the song by Toby Love.

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA) [38] 2× Platinum (Latin)120,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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