Released:January 13,2017
Vida is the tenth studio album by Puerto Rican singer Luis Fonsi,released on February 1,2019,through Universal Music Latin Entertainment. It received a nomination for Best Latin Pop Album at the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards and for Album of the Year at the 20th Annual Latin Grammy Awards. [1]
Vida is Fonsi's first album in five years, [2] and features the singles "Despacito" (both the original version and remix),"Échame la Culpa","Calypso" (both the original version and remix),"Imposible" and "Sola". [3] Commercially the album sold over one million copies in the United States,topping the Billboard Top Latin Albums.
After the ninth studio album 8 published in 2014,Fonsi started working on the next project. [4] In 2017 he published "Despacito" with Daddy Yankee,witch topped the charts of 47 official charts and won four Latin Grammy Awards,including for Record of the Year and Song of the Year. [5] The same year Fonsi published "Échame la Culpa" with Demi Lovato witch reached number one in sixteen countries charts worldwide. [6]
Along with its singles,the primarily Spanish album includes "Sola",which was described as a "mid-tempo,sultry R&B tinged jam over sparse arrangements" by Billboard . [3] It includes a variety of tempos,ranging from the "up-tempo urban/pop fusions" "Despacito" and "Échame la Culpa" to the romantic ballad "Le pido al cielo". [3]
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [7] |
Rolling Stone | [8] |
Billboard named Vida one of the most anticipated albums of 2019,saying there would be "plenty of new ballads,which Fonsi sings predominantly in Spanish and delivers with an urban touch". [9]
Publication | Accolade | Ranking | Ref. |
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AllMusic | AllMusic Best of 2019 | — |
In the United States,Vida debuted at number 18 on the US Billboard 200 with 22,000 equivalent album units and at number one on the Top Latin Albums chart and on the Latin Pop Albums chart. [11]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
---|---|---|---|
1. | "Sola" |
| 3:24 |
2. | "Apaga la Luz" |
| 3:32 |
3. | "Le Pido al Cielo" |
| 4:07 |
4. | "Imposible" (with Ozuna) |
| 2:44 |
5. | "Poco a Poco" |
| 2:55 |
6. | "Dime Que No Te Irás" |
| 4:21 |
7. | "Échame la Culpa" (with Demi Lovato) |
| 2:53 |
8. | "Tanto para Nada" |
| 3:50 |
9. | "Despacito" (featuring Daddy Yankee) |
| 3:49 |
10. | "Más Fuerte Que Yo" |
| 3:49 |
11. | "Calypso" (featuring Stefflon Don) |
| 3:20 |
12. | "Ahí Estás Tú" |
| 3:22 |
13. | "Despacito" (Remix) (with Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber) |
| 3:50 |
14. | "Calypso" (Remix) (featuring Karol G) |
| 3:05 |
15. | "Sola" (English version) |
| 3:24 |
Total length: | 52:25 |
Weekly charts
| Year-end charts
|
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
---|---|---|
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil) [36] | 2× Diamond | 320,000‡ |
Denmark (IFPI Danmark) [37] | Gold | 10,000‡ |
Italy (FIMI) [38] | Gold | 25,000‡ |
Poland (ZPAV) [39] | 2× Platinum | 40,000‡ |
Singapore (RIAS) [40] | Platinum | 10,000* |
Spain (PROMUSICAE) [41] | Gold | 20,000‡ |
United States (RIAA) [42] | 22× Platinum (Latin) | 1,320,000‡ |
* Sales figures based on certification alone. |
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