''Caramelito'' (''Candy'') is the title of a studio album released by Spanish performer

Rocío Dúrcal María de los Ángeles de las Heras Ortiz (4 October 1944 – 25 March 2006), better known as Rocío Dúrcal (), was a Spanish singer and actress with a career spanning more than four decades. She performed pop music, bolero, mariachi and romanti ...

on 6 May 2003 by

BMG Ariola Ariola (also known as Ariola Records, Ariola Express, Ariola-Eurodisc and BMG Ariola) is a German record label. In the late 1980s, it was a subsidiary label of the Bertelsmann Music Group, which in turn has become a part of the international ...

. Produced by Colombian songwriter

Kike Santander Flavio Enrique "Kike" Santander Lora is a Colombian-American composer, record producer, arranger and entrepreneur. He is considered to be one of the principal Latino composers of the day, having worked with artists such as David Bisbal, Cristi ...

. The album was nominated for a

Latin Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Album The Latin Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Album was an honor presented annually at the Latin Grammy Awards from 2001 to 2011 The award was given to a female performer for albums containing at least 51 percent of new recordings of the pop ge ...

at the 2004. This album contains a selection of tracks that cross the Rhythmic pop and the

romantic ballad Latin ballad () is a sentimental ballad derived from bolero that originated in the early 1960s in Los Angeles, California and Southern California. Some of the best known artists of the Latin ballad are Julio Iglesias, Mocedades, José Luis Rod ...

, with songs of big composers as: Raúl Ornelas,

José Alfredo Jiménez José Alfredo Jiménez Sandoval (; 19 January 1926 – 23 November 1973) was a Mexican singer-songwriter, whose songs are regarded as the basis of modern Regional Mexican music and Rancheras. Early life Jiménez was born in Dolores Hidalgo, ...

, Luis Carlos Monroy, Claudia Brant, kiko Cibrian and

, Its lead single "Caramelito" enjoyed moderate success on Spain and Latinamerica.

Track listing

Awards

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Credits and personnel

Musicians * Rocío Dúrcal – (Vocals) * Kike Santander – (Words and Music). * Milton Salcedo – (Piano, Keyboards,

Programming Program (American English; also Commonwealth English in terms of computer programming and related activities) or programme (Commonwealth English in all other meanings), programmer, or programming may refer to: Business and management * Program m ...

) * Bernardo Ossa – (Keyboards, Programming) * Salvador Cuevas – (Baby bass, Bass 5th) * Richard Bravo – (Acoustic guitar and

Clarinet The clarinet is a Single-reed instrument, single-reed musical instrument in the woodwind family, with a nearly cylindrical bore (wind instruments), bore and a flared bell. Clarinets comprise a Family (musical instruments), family of instrume ...

) * Manny Lopez – (Lower sixth) * José Hernández – (

vihuela The vihuela () is a 15th-century fretted plucked Spanish string instrument, shaped like a guitar (figure-of-eight form offering strength and portability) but tuned like a lute. It was used in 15th- and 16th-century Spain as the equivalent of t ...

and Trumpet) * Jose Gaviria, Milton Salcedo, Bernardo Ossa and Daniel Betancourt – (Keyboards, Programming) * Tedoy Mullet – (Percussion) * Alfredo Oliva – ( Concertino) Production * Producers:

. * Words and music topics: Kike Santander (except those mentioned). * Arranger: Milton Salcedo, Bernardo Ossa and Daniel Betancourt. * String Arrangements: Milton Salcedo * Engineer: Esteban Aristizabal, Vicky Echeverri, Claudia Garcia, Juan Cristobal Losada, Boris Milan, Catalina Rodriguez. * Engineering, programming and production under: Jose Gaviria. * Musical Director:

Antonio Morales Antonio Morales Veloso (6 December 1889 – 7 November 1967), sometimes referred to by some sources as Arsenio Morales was a Spanish footballer who played as a forward for Club Español de Madrid, RS Gimnástica and FC Barcelona. His brother ...

. * Contributors: Alberto Carballo Cabiedes, Sergio Minsky. * Programming and Production Agreement: Milton Salcedo Rope. * Executive Director and co-ordination of production: Andrés Felipe Silva. * Recorded at: More Music, DB Music Productions Studios, Studio G, Miami, More Studios, Santander Studios, The Gallery Recording Studios Recording Studios and Ultrasound. * Photographer: Adolfo Pérez Butron. * Label:

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BMG Music Bertelsmann Music Group (BMG) was a division of a German media company Bertelsmann before its completion of sale of the majority of its assets to Sony Corporation of America on 1 October 2008. Although it was established in 1987, the music co ...

Ariola Records Ariola (also known as Ariola Records, Ariola Express, Ariola-Eurodisc and BMG Ariola) is a German record label. In the late 1980s, it was a subsidiary label of the Bertelsmann Music Group, which in turn has become a part of the international ...

. * Distributed by RCA International and Ariola International.

Sales

References

{{Authority control 2003 albums Rocío Dúrcal albums