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''90 Millas'' () is the eleventh solo studio album by the Cuban-American singer-songwriter
Gloria Estefan Gloria María Milagrosa Estefan (; ; born September 1, 1957) is an American singer, actress, and businesswoman. Estefan is an eight-time Grammy Awards, Grammy Award winner, a Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient, and has been named one of t ...
, and her fourth Spanish language album, coming after ''
Mi Tierra ''Mi Tierra'' (''My Homeland'') is the third studio album by Cuban-American recording artist Gloria Estefan, released on June 22, 1993, by Epic Records. Produced by husband Emilio Estefan, it is a Spanish-language album and pays homage to her Cu ...
, Abriendo Puertas'' and '' Alma Caribeña.'' It was released on September 17, 2007 by SonyBMG. All original material, the album contains a selection of various Cuban rhythms mixed with Latin-American contemporary pop. The album debuted at #25 in the ''Billboard'' 200 chart and became Estefan's third number-one album on Billboard's
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. She was also honored with awards including two
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for "Best Traditional Tropical Album" and "Best Tropical Song" (for " Píntame De Colores"). Estefan also received two
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and was the recipient of the BMI Icon of the Year Award. Three singles were released from the album, although "Pintame De Colores" was a promotional-only single for Latin-radio stations. " No Llores" became Estefan's 14th number-one on Billboard's Latin Songs chart. It was followed by " Me Odio," which shot to the Latin Chart Top 40, and finally the
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winning song, " Píntame De Colores."


Recording and development

The album, with 14 brand new tracks, is a tribute to the music of Estefan's native
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, following on from her previous Cuban-influenced album, 1993's multi-platinum ''
Mi Tierra ''Mi Tierra'' (''My Homeland'') is the third studio album by Cuban-American recording artist Gloria Estefan, released on June 22, 1993, by Epic Records. Produced by husband Emilio Estefan, it is a Spanish-language album and pays homage to her Cu ...
''. ''90 Millas'' has been described as Estefan's love letter to the people of Cuba, and her beloved country.Cohen, Jonatha
''"Estefan Revels In Cuban Roots On '90 Millas'"''
@ Billboard.com — June 15, 2007
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made a guest appearance on the album, which also included several other legends of traditional Latin music such as: Andy García, Jose Feliciano,
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, La India,
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, Sheila E., Johnny Pacheco, Papo Lucca,
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, Giovanni Hidalgo,
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, Paquito D'Rivera, Nelson Gonzalez, Alfredo "Chocolate" Armenteros, Generoso Jiménez, Luis Enrique, and Orestes Vilato. The Album was produced by
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& Gaitán Bros, and Composed by
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,
Gloria Estefan Gloria María Milagrosa Estefan (; ; born September 1, 1957) is an American singer, actress, and businesswoman. Estefan is an eight-time Grammy Awards, Grammy Award winner, a Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient, and has been named one of t ...
, Ricardo Gaitán & Alberto Gaitán. The album was released worldwide in September 2007 and the track listing was different in certain countries, the European version and the Limited Edition Package (which was released exclusively in United States and United Kingdom) have two bonus tracks; "Vueltas Da La Vida" and "No Llores" (featuring
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). The Japanese edition also features "Vueltas Da la Vida" as well as "Al Verte Partir", a track exclusive to this version. The inclusion of Carlos Santana on the album stirred a controversy among certain
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s in the U.S. who alleged Santana was sympathetic to the
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regime and
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because he had worn a
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featuring Guevara's image created by Jim Fitzpatrick. Emilio and Gloria Estefan issued a joint statement in March 2007, addressing the controversy: :''"For the past 32 years of our career, our position against the Castro regime has been crystal clear . . . we have expressed our disagreement with the Cuban
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and have spoken worldwide of the pain of the Cuban people. We have never nor would we ever collaborate with anyone who supports the Cuban dictatorship or
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. This should be abundantly clear due to our trajectory"''. ''90 Millas'' made it to the 2007
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Charts", and ranked #28 at the ''
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'' Top Latin Albums, and #4 at the Top Tropical Albums. In April 2008, Estefan was the winner of two
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beating other artists such as Olga Tañon and Fanny Lú in the race for the "Tropical Album of the Year — Female" and "Tropical Airplay Song of the Year" for "No Llores". Estefan also received three nominations at the Latin Grammy Awards of 2008, and won for "Best Traditional Tropical Album" and "Best Tropical Song" for "Píntame De Colores" (she was also nominated for "Best Music Video – Long Form", but she lost out to
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's ''
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'' video concert). Estefan was also selected as the "Persona Del Año" ("Person of the Year"), the first time this award was given to a female artist. For the 2008
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charts, the album ranked at #7 in the Top Tropical Albums, and #59 in the Top Latin Albums. Estefan also ranked seventh as the Top Tropical Albums Artist.


Promotion


Media and promotional tour

Estefan embarked on a short international promotional tour in September 2007. She performed first in
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on September 8, 2007. Her performance included new songs, along with a collection of old hits. The performance was free and open to members of the public, and was part of the "Wereld Havens Dagen" (World Harbour Days), commemorating the 75th Anniversary of the
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. She also performed a free show at the Las Ventas
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in
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, Spain on September 15, 2007. A point of promotion for the album was a special album signing date at a
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in the
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, New York. Another venue of the promo-tour was a special concert at the Beacon Theatre in
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. She was also set to appear on the show ''
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'', performing some songs from her new album, but canceled the performance due her mother's critical health status. A week later, she performed at the show singing "A Bailar" and her 1985 hit "
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".


Tour

On May 1, 2008, Estefan announced that she would begin a tour in September 2008 in Spain to promote her latest effort. The " 90 Millas World Tour" was made to promote the album only on the European continent, but before she started the European tour, Estefan made an appearance in the United States at the opening of the MGM Grand's new venue, the
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, for three sold-out dates including Memorial Day. She then performed at the Casino Rama, in
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before beginning the European dates.


Singles

" No Llores" was released as the lead single on June 18, 2007. The song received some praise by Leila Cobo of ''
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'' who called it "a standout for impeccable production and enviable mix that allows every instrumental line (and there are many) to resonate with bell-like clarity. This is real music, to be danced to as much as cherished for its adept skill". The song was a success on the Latin charts, becoming Estefan's fourteenth number-one on the "
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" chart and was also another number-one on the Tropical Airplay charts. It was also a Top 20 hit in other Latin major charts such as Latin Pop Airplay, Latin Regional Mexican Airplay and Latin Rhythm Airplay charts. However, the song didn't make it onto the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 charting outside it at #117. To promote the song further in different formats, some remixes were made for the single, Cuban rapper Pitbull performed on a Hip-Hop version of the song, and a Reggae mix featuring Puerto-Rican
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was also released. A Salsa remix was also made. " Me Odio" was released as the second single from the album in November 2007 as a radio-only single. The song was less successful in comparison to its predecessor, peaking at #37 on the "
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", though it made the Top 40 on various other Airplay charts such as the Tropical Airplay and the Latin Regional Mexican Airplay. Remixes made again included a Hip-Hop version (this time featuring rapper
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) and a Salsa version. " Píntame De Colores" was released as the third and final single from this album in February 2008, again as a U.S. radio promo single. Though the song was a hit in the Tropical Airplay charts, it failed to enter the major Latin charts, becoming Estefan's first single released solely to Latin music stations not to make the Hot Latin Songs chart. Despite this, the song won a
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for "Best Tropical Song", and was also nominated for a Billboard Latin Music Award (though lost to
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and " Dime"). "Bésame" was released exclusively to Honduras, where due excellent digital sales, the song was able to peak number two on the singles chart, becoming the only country where the song gained that position, and also being the only song to chart from the album at the country.


Critical reception

Jason Birchmeier from ''Billboard'' commented that "ever since Gloria Estefan split from Miami Sound Machine in 1989 to go solo, her best efforts tended to be her Spanish-language ones, and her fourth such album, ''90 Millas'', is no exception. In fact, it might be her best overall effort—regardless of language—since ''Mi Tierra'' (1993), which was her first to be sung entirely in Spanish and an instant, best-selling classic. In a couple ways, ''90 Millas'' is a follow-up to ''Mi Tierra''". Tijana Illich from about.com said "Gloria Estefan's fourth Spanish-language album is her best, not surprising when you consider the spectacular cast of musicians that join her on this homage to her native Cuba. 90 Millas takes Estefan back to her roots with lots of varied Afro-Cuban rhythms and genres, some pure in form, others mixed with her trademark pop sound. A must have for any fan of modern, Afro-Cuban music".


Accolades


Commercial performance

In the United States, ''90 Millas'' debuted at #25 on the ''Billboard'' 200, selling approximately 23,000 copies in its first week. In comparison, Estefan's previous English-language album, '' Unwrapped'' (2003), only made it to #39. ''90 Millas'' also became Estefan's third number-one album on ''Billboard''
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and her fourth number-one on the ''Billboard'' Top Tropical Albums. It also went into the Top 20 on ''Billboard'''s Top Digital Albums. As of July 2011 it has sold 150,000 copies in United States. The album enjoyed some success in other countries, charting at #1 in
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(becoming the first number-one album for Estefan since 1988's '' Anything For You'' and also the first Spanish language album to reach number-one on the Dutch charts). The album was also a Top 10 hit in
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and
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, and Top 20 in Italy and Europe overall.


Track listing


Standard edition

United States & Europe Deluxe Edition Bonus Tracks iTunes Bonus Tracks Japan Bonus Tracks


Bonus DVD

Additional notes: *Some tracks were originally planned to be on the album but then omitted were: "No Voy a Trabajar" (I'm Not Going to Work), "Tratare De Olvidarte" (I'll Try To Forget You) and "Vueltas Da La Vida" (Life Goes Around). But later "Vueltas Da La Vida" was confirmed by SonyBMG-Japan as being a bonus track on the Japanese version of the album along with a new song titled "Al Verte Partir" (While Watching You Leave). *Also, some names were changed: "Píntame" was changed for "Píntame De Colores", as "Esperando" was changed finally to "Esperando (Cuando Cuba Sea Libre)".


Formats

* Standard – 14 tracks album. * Deluxe Edition – 14 tracks + DVD with the documental "90 Millas" with bonus features such the "No Llores" music video, behind the scenes footage and career retrospective. * Limited Edition Wal-Mart Exclusive 2-Pack – 14 tracks + 2 bonus tracks, includes the deluxe version of the album with a DVD with the documental "90 Millas" with bonus features such the "No Llores" music video, behind the scenes footage and career retrospective. This set was only sold at Wal-Mart stores.


Personnel


Musicians

*
Gloria Estefan Gloria María Milagrosa Estefan (; ; born September 1, 1957) is an American singer, actress, and businesswoman. Estefan is an eight-time Grammy Awards, Grammy Award winner, a Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient, and has been named one of t ...
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* Gaitanes Alberto & Ricardo Gaitan (Gaitan Bros.) – producers, arrangers, backing vocals, piano, percussion *Cheito Quiñonez – Backing vocals * Alfredo "Chocolate" Armenteros – trumpet on " Me Odio" *
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 – electric guitar on "No Llores" * José Feliciano –
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on "No Llores" & "Yo No Cambiaría" * Luis Enrique – congas & bongos on "No Llores" * Sheila E. – timbales on "No Llores" * Nelson González –
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on "Lo Nuestro", "Píntame De Colores", "A Bailar" & "Esperando (Cuando Cuba Sea Libre)" * Andy García – bongos & bell on "Píntame De Colores" * Orestes Vilató – bongos & timbales on "Caridad", "A Bailar", "Esta Fiesta No Va' A Acabar" & "Esperando (Cuando Cuba Sea Libre)" * Giovanni Hidalgo – congas & quinto on "Caridad" & "Esta Fiesta No Va' A Acabar" *Juanito Marquez – guitar on "Yo No Cambiaría" * Johnny Pacheco –
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on "Bésame" * Papo Lucca – piano on "A Bailar" * Generoso Jiménez –
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on "Esta Fiesta No Va' A Acabar" *
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 – trumpet on "Esta Fiesta No Va' A Acabar" * Israel "Cachao" Lopez – bajo on "Volveré" *
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 – congas on "Volveré" * Paquito D'Rivera – saxophone on "Volveré" *Lionel "Dead Beat" De La O – electric guitar on "Morenita" *
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*Edwin Bonilla –
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s,
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, timbale, minor percussion, guiro *Daniel Berroa – congas, bongos, maracas, guiro, wood sticks *Marco Linares –
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*Jesús Cruz – laúd *Javier Concepcion –
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* Paquito Hechavarría – piano *Ed Calle –
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*Braily Ramos – Trombones *Hernan "Teddy" Mulet – trumpets, horns arrangement *Pedro Alfonso – Violins


Production

*Gloria Estefan – mixing engineer * Emilio Estefan Jr. –
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, mixing engineer *Ricardo & Alberto Gaitan (Gaitan Bros) ( Gaitanes) – producers, tracking engineers *
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 – Mastering *José Maldonado – production coordinator *Billie Pechenik – Studio coordinator *Leyla Leeming – logistic *Andy Pechenik – technical support *Kurt Berge – technical support *Danny Ponce – tracking engineer *Mike Couzzi – tracking engineer *Eric Schilling –
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*Steve "Rock Star" Dickey – additional engineer of "Me Odio", "Caridad" & "Volveré" *Jim Ritzel – additional engineer of "No Llores", "A Bailar" & "Esperando (Cuando Cuba Sea Libre) *Raymond Mckinley – additional engineer of "No Llores" *Mauricio Guerrero – additional engineer of "Píntame De Colores" *Hector Ivan Rosa – additional engineer of "Caridad", "A Bailar" *Ron Taylor – additional engineer of "Volveré" *José Colon – assistant engineer at Crescent Moon Studios *Sarita Torres – assistant engineer at Crescent Moon Studios *Miguél Bermudez – assistant engineer at Crescent Moon Studios


Design

*Jennifer Liebeskind – marketing *Tony Ward – marketing *Jeff Schluz/Command Z-Design – art direction and design *Alberto Tolot – photography *Francesca Tolot – make-up *Serena Radaelli – hair *Cristina Cellini – stylist


Chart positions


Weekly charts


Year-end charts


Certifications


Release history


See also

* List of number-one Billboard Top Latin Albums of 2007 * List of number-one Billboard Tropical Albums from the 2000s


References


External links


Gloria Estefan Myspace page

GloriaEstefanMexico.com
{{Authority control 2007 albums Gloria Estefan albums Burgundy Records albums Albums produced by Emilio Estefan Latin Grammy Award for Best Traditional Tropical Album 2000s Spanish-language albums