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| Released | December 27, 2005 | |||
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Voltage DC is the eponymous second studio album by Puerto Rican reggaeton performer Voltio, released on December 27, 2005, by Sony BMG and White Lion.
Released roughly a year after his first solo album Voltage AC , Voltio charted and sold well, partly due to the successful single "Chulin Culin Chunfly", a collaboration with famous reggaeton performer Residente of Calle 13. It sold 4,020 copies in its first week, debuting at number twenty on the Billboard Latin Albums chart. [2]
Released in 2005, at a time that reggaeton was making a major breakthrough into the mainstream audience, the album charted well, peaking in the top 20 at number 17 on the United States Billboard Top Latin Albums chart and at number 15 on the Top Heatseekers chart. The album was also successful enough to cross genres and to chart on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, peaking at number 98.
| Chart (2007) | Peak position |
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| U.S. Billboard Top Latin Albums | 17 [3] |
| U.S. Billboard Top Heatseekers | 15 [4] |
| U.S. Billboard Latin Rhythm Albums | 8 [5] |
| U.S. Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums | 98 [6] |
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Ivy Queen.