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Greatest Hits Vol. II (Gloria Estefan Album)
''Greatest Hits Vol. II'' is the third English greatest hits album released by American singer Gloria Estefan, but is the fourth compilation and twenty-third album overall, released on February 6, 2001, by Epic Records. Content ''Greatest Hits Vol. II'' is the follow-up to Estefan's first English hits album ('' Best of Gloria Estefan'' was released only in Europe). The album includes most of her English single releases, spanning her albums '' Mi Terra'' (1993) up to '' Gloria!'' (1998). It also includes the 1999 single "Music of My Heart" with *NSYNC. The compilation includes three new songs and one new remix. " You Can't Walk Away from Love" was released as the first single from the album and was featured on the 2001 film '' Original Sin'' starring Antonio Banderas and Angelina Jolie. " Out of Nowhere" was released as the album's second single. " Y-Tu-Conga", a remix of Estefan's single " Conga, was released as the album's third single. The final new song included is "I G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gloria Estefan
Gloria Estefan (; born Gloria María Milagrosa Fajardo García; born 1 September 1957) is a Cuban-American singer, actress, and businesswoman. Estefan is a seven-time Grammy Award winner, a Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient, and has been named one of the Top 100 greatest artists of all time by both VH1 and ''Billboard''. Estefan's record sales exceed 75 million worldwide, making her the second best selling female latin artist in history and one of the best-selling female singers of all-time. A contralto, Estefan started her career as lead singer of Miami Latin Boys, which was later renamed Miami Sound Machine. She and Miami Sound Machine earned worldwide success with their 1985 single "Conga", which became Estefan's signature song and led to Miami Sound Machine winning the 15th annual Tokyo Music Festival's grand prix in 1986. In 1988, she and Miami Sound Machine achieved their first number-one hit with " Anything for You". Estefan is credited with breaking down barri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Music Of My Heart
"Music of My Heart" is a song by Cuban American recording artist Gloria Estefan and American boy band NSYNC. The teen pop song was written by Diane Warren and produced by David Foster, for the Wes Craven-directed movie ''Music of the Heart'' (1999). It was released as the first single from the soundtrack on August 2, 1999, through Miramax Records and Epic Records. The song peaked at number two on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 in 1999, kept out of the top spot by Mariah Carey's "Heartbreaker". It was listed on the ''Billboard'' year-end chart at number 97. The single was certified Gold by the RIAA in the United States for sales of 500,000 copies. It become Stefan's 11th and last top 10 hit. "Music of My Heart" won the ''Billboard'' Music Award for Top Song from a Movie, and the Blockbuster Award for Best Pop Song in a Movie. It was also nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song, as well as Grammy Awards for Best Song Written for a Motion Picture and Best Pop Collabo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MiniDisc
MiniDisc (MD) is an erasable magneto-optical disc-based data storage format offering a capacity of 60, 74, and later, 80 minutes of digitized audio. Sony announced the MiniDisc in September 1992 and released it in November of that year for sale in Japan and in December in Europe, North America, and other countries. The music format was based on ATRAC audio data compression, Sony's own proprietary compression code. Its successor, Hi-MD, would later introduce the option of linear PCM digital recording to meet audio quality comparable to that of a compact disc. MiniDiscs were very popular in Japan and found moderate success in Europe; although it was designed to be the successor of the cassette tape, it did not manage to mass replace it globally. By March 2011 Sony had sold 22 million MD players. Sony has ceased development of MD devices, with the last of the players sold by March 2013. Market history In 1983, just a year after the introduction of the Compact Disc, Kees ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Compact Cassette
The Compact Cassette or Musicassette (MC), also commonly called the tape cassette, cassette tape, audio cassette, or simply tape or cassette, is an analog magnetic tape recording format for audio recording and playback. Invented by Lou Ottens and his team at the Dutch company Philips in 1963, Compact Cassettes come in two forms, either already containing content as a prerecorded cassette (''Musicassette''), or as a fully recordable "blank" cassette. Both forms have two sides and are reversible by the user. Although other tape cassette formats have also existed - for example the Microcassette - the generic term ''cassette tape'' is normally always used to refer to the Compact Cassette because of its ubiquity. Its uses have ranged from portable audio to home recording to data storage for early microcomputers; the Compact Cassette technology was originally designed for dictation machines, but improvements in fidelity led to it supplanting the stereo 8-track cartridge an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don't Let This Moment End
"Don't Let This Moment End" is a 1998 song by Cuban-American singer and songwriter Gloria Estefan. It was released on November 3, 1998 by Epic Records, as the third single in the United States, the third in the United Kingdom, and her fourth globally, from her eighth album, '' Gloria!''. The song was written by Estefan, her husband Emilio Estefan, Lawrence Dermer and Roberto Blades and produced by Estefan Jr. and Dermer. It became a smash hit on the ''Billboard'' Hot Dance Club Play chart in the U.S., almost peaking at the top of charts for that field. The song also peaked at number 9 in Spain and was a Top 30 hit in the UK. It was first a ballad and then remixed into a dance-ballad. According to Gloria, it celebrates the perfect moment in time. The track was nominated for a Grammy Music Award, but lost to " Believe" by Cher. "Don't Let This Moment End" also appears on two of Estefan's compilation albums; '' The Very Best of Gloria Estefan'' in 2006 and '' The Essential Gloria E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cuba Libre (Gloria Estefan Song)
"Cuba Libre" ("Free Cuba") is a 1998 song by American singer and songwriter Gloria Estefan. It was released as the third single from her eighth studio album, ''Gloria!''. It is a dance-pop song which was included on the album in two versions: English and Spanish. The song is one of the three only Spanish-language tracks, alongside " Oye!" and " Corazón prohibido". It represents a homage to Estefan's homeland, Cuba. "Cuba Libre" was written and composed by Gloria Estefan, along with Emilio Estefan Jr. and Kike Santander. Critical reception Ben Wener from ''Beaver County Times'' noted the "bouncing Afro-Cuban flourishes" of the track in his review of ''gloria!''. The Daily Vault's Alfredo Narvaez wrote that "Cuba Libre" is about "the feelings many of the expatriates of that island feel - hoping for a day that they'll be able to return home." Chuck Eddy from ''Entertainment Weekly'' named the song as "ominously undulating", adding that it "reach sfor the skies like a missile-crisi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Higher (Gloria Estefan Song)
"Higher" is a 1996 song by Cuban American singer and songwriter Gloria Estefan. It was released as the fourth single from her seventh studio album, '' Destiny'' (1996). The song was released a double-side single along with " I'm Not Giving You Up" in the US and Canada, but in other countries was a solely single. The music video made for the song is not available as the original version album, only as the "Big Red Video Remix" in the video ''Don't Stop!''. When performed live at some concerts song, the song is mixed with Estefan's smash Latin hit "Tres Deseos". Critical reception AllMusic editor Stephen Thomas Erlewine wrote in his review of '' Destiny'', that the song rank with Estefan's finest work, with the other album tracks "Reach" and " I'm Not Giving You Up". Larry Flick from ''Billboard'' described it as a "festive street-party anthem". The magazine's Paul Verna viewed it as an "anti-drug anthem". Daina Darzin from ''Cash Box'' picked it as a "standout" of the album, noting ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
It's Too Late (Carole King Song)
"It's Too Late" is a song from American singer-songwriter Carole King's second studio album, ''Tapestry'' (1971). Toni Stern wrote the lyrics and King wrote the music. It was released as a single in April 1971 and reached number 1 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and Adult Contemporary charts. Sales were later gold-certified by the RIAA. ''Billboard'' ranked "It's Too Late" and its fellow A-side, " I Feel the Earth Move", as the No. 3 record for 1971. Music and lyrics The lyrics describe the blameless end of a loving relationship. Music critic Dave Marsh saw implicit feminism because the woman left the man. Marsh also remarked on the maturity of the theme. Music critic Robert Christgau wrote that "if there's a truer song about breaking up than 'It's Too Late,' the world (or at least AM radio) isn't ready for it." Marsh described the melody as Tin Pan Alley and the arrangement as a cross between light jazz and "L.A. studio craftsmanship." ''Rolling Stone'' remarked that King ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Con Los Años Que Me Quedan
"Con Los Años Que Me Quedan" () is a song by Cuban–American singer-songwriter Gloria Estefan from her third studio album, ''Mi Tierra'' (1993). It was written by the artist and her husband Emilio Estefan, with Emilio, Jorge Casas, and Clay Ostwald handling its production. An English-language version titled "If We Were Lovers" was released to the Anglo market. It was released as the second single from the album in 1993 by Epic Records. It is a pop bolero ballad that speaks of an melancholy lament. The song received positive reactions from music critics. Commercially, it topped the ''Billboard'' Hot Latin Songs chart in the United States. The accompanying music video was directed by Alberto Tolot features the artist reminiscing an old love. "Con Los Años Que Me Quedan" was nominated in the category of Pop Song of the Year and was acknowledged as an award-winning song at the 1995 BMI Latin Awards. The song has been covered live by Puerto Rican singer José Feliciano as part ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spanish Language
Spanish ( or , Castilian) is a Romance language of the Indo-European language family that evolved from colloquial Latin spoken on the Iberian peninsula. Today, it is a global language with more than 500 million native speakers, mainly in the Americas and Spain. Spanish is the official language of 20 countries. It is the world's second-most spoken native language after Mandarin Chinese; the world's fourth-most spoken language overall after English, Mandarin Chinese, and Hindustani (Hindi-Urdu); and the world's most widely spoken Romance language. The largest population of native speakers is in Mexico. Spanish is part of the Ibero-Romance group of languages, which evolved from several dialects of Vulgar Latin in Iberia after the collapse of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century. The oldest Latin texts with traces of Spanish come from mid-northern Iberia in the 9th century, and the first systematic written use of the language happened in Toledo, a prominent c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conga (song)
"Conga" is the first hit single released by the American band Miami Sound Machine, led by Gloria Estefan, on their second English-language album, '' Primitive Love''. The song was written by the band's drummer and lead songwriter Enrique Garcia. The song first appeared on August 31, 1985, as part of the album. The single was released in Australia on September 9, 1985. "Conga" became a worldwide success and is recognized as the Miami Sound Machine and Gloria Estefan's signature song. The single reached the top 10 in various countries, including the United States and the Netherlands. Background According to Gloria Estefan in an interview in the Netherlands television show RTL Late Night, Conga was written after the band had performed "Dr. Beat" in a club called Cartouche in Utrecht, the Netherlands. "Conga" is written in the key of E minor. "Conga" was re-recorded as a new remix in 2001, including samples of "Dr. Beat" and "Rhythm Is Gonna Get You" and was released on Estefan's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angelina Jolie
Angelina Jolie (; born Angelina Jolie Voight; June 4, 1975) is an American actress, filmmaker, humanitarian and former Special Envoy to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees. The recipient of numerous accolades, including an Academy Award and three Golden Globe Awards, she has been named Hollywood's highest-paid actress multiple times. Jolie made her screen debut as a child alongside her father, Jon Voight, in ''Lookin' to Get Out'' (1982), and her film career began in earnest a decade later with the low-budget production '' Cyborg 2'' (1993), followed by her first leading role in a major film, '' Hackers'' (1995). She starred in the critically acclaimed biographical cable films ''George Wallace'' (1997) and ''Gia'' (1998), and won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in the 1999 drama ''Girl, Interrupted''. Her starring role as the titular video game heroine in '' Lara Croft: Tomb Raider'' (2001) established her as a leading Hollywood actress ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
