Top Hits (Paulina Rubio album)

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Top Hits
Paulina Rubio Top Hits.jpg
Greatest hits album by
ReleasedJuly 18, 2000 (2000-07-18)
Recorded1991–1996
Studio
  • Balu-Balu Studios
    (Madrid, España)
  • South Beach Studios
    (Miami, Florida)
  • Studio Center
    (Miami, Florida)
  • Castle Recording Studio
    (Miami, Florida)
  • Moonlight Music Studios
    (Miami, Florida)
Genre
Length54:50
Label EMI Latin
Producer
Paulina Rubio chronology
Paulina
(2000)
Top Hits
(2000)
I'm So in Love: Grandes Éxitos
(2001)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Top Hits is the first greatest hits album by Mexican singer Paulina Rubio. It was released on July 18, 2000, through EMI Latin in United States. The album was released in two different editions, standard and limited, with the latter containing two remixes incorporates elements of Rubio's earlier singles. The album includes a new track: "Será Entre Tú Y Yo", which was previously released on the 1996 Olympics album Voces Unidas .

Contents

Top Hits received mixed reviews from music critics. Allmusic felt that it brings Paulina Rubio's best, before crossing over with her first English-language. The compilation album reached number thirty in Spain, despite receiving promotion from the singer.

Material

The album consists with thirteen greatest hits from Rubio's first records: "Mío", "Amor De Mujer", and "Sabor A Miel" from La Chica Dorada (1992); "Nieva, Nieva", "Él Me Engañó", and "Asunto De Dos" from 24 Kilates (1993); "Te Daría Mi Vida", "Nada De Ti", "Hoy Te Dejé De Amar", and "Bésame En La Boca" from El Tiempo Es Oro (1995); and, "Siempre Tuya Desde La Raíz", "Solo Por Ti", and "Enamorada" from Planeta Paulina (1996). The newly material for the album, which was included for the first time in a compilation album of the singer, begins with previously released for the 1996 Summer Olympics album Voces Unidas , "Será Entre Tú Y Yo", written by Marco Flores, and produced by Oscar Mediavilla. The "energetic and rhythmic" [2] final tracks "Megahits" incorporates elements of Rubio's biggest hit singles remix by DJ Eduardo Posadas.

Critical reception

Drago Bonacich of Allmusic opined that the collection of greatest hits "comprising more than a decade of romantic ballads and dance/pop songs", and explained "Top Hits brings Paulina Rubio's best, before crossing over with her first English-language single called "Sexual Lover". [1]

Track listing

Top Hits — North American edition and digital edition [3]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Mío"3:44
2."Amor de Mujer"
  • Flórez
  • Blasco
3:53
3."Sabor a Miel"
  • Flórez
  • Valle
Blasco3:33
4."Nieva, Nieva"
  • Valle
  • Mari Carmen Sanchez
Blasco3:32
5."Él Me Engañó"
  • Don Matamoros
  • Valle
Blasco4:09
6."Asunto De Dos"
  • Flórez
  • Fredy Marugán
Blasco3:41
7."Te Daría Mi Vida"
  • Valle
  • Sánchez
Blasco4:14
8."Nada De Ti"Marco Flores
  • Blasco
  • Flores
3:31
9."Hoy Te Dejé De Amar"Flores
  • Blasco
  • Flores
3:55
10."Solo Por Ti"FloresFlores4:16
11."Enamorada"3:29
12."Siempre Tuya Desde La Raíz"
  • Karla Aponte
  • Cesar Lemos
  • Rodolfo Castillo
Flores4:41
13."Bésame En La Boca"
  • Adrián Posse
  • Didi Gutman
Adrián Posse3:53
14."Será Entre Tú Y Yo"FloresOscar Mediavilla4:19
Total length:54:50
Top Hits — International edition
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
15."Megahits" (Radio Version)
  • Flórez
  • Valle
  • Sánchez
  • Aponte
  • Lemos
  • Castillo
  • Flores
Eduardo Posadas4:46
16."Megahits" (Extended Version)
  • Flórez
  • Valle
  • Sánchez
  • Aponte
  • Lemos
  • Castillo
  • Rubio
  • Flores
Posadas8:56
Total length:69:17

Charts

CountryPeak
position
Spain Albums Chart (Promusicae) [4] 30

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