"Ella Lo Que Quiere Es Salsa" (

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recording artist

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featuring

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Jowell & Randy Jowell & Randy are a Puerto Rican reggaeton duo composed of Joel Muñoz Martínez (born March 3, 1982) and Randy Ortiz Acevedo (born July 16, 1983). The duo have been active since the early-2000s and have become one of the most popular acts in r ...

. It was composed by himself and released on January 21, 2012, as the second single off his thirteenth studio album '' Busco un Pueblo''. An urban version was also recorded and later released on May 28, 2012. The song became his twenty-first number one single on the ''Billboard'' Tropical Songs chart which led to Manuelle becoming the artist with the most number-one singles on the chart. It was also a minor success peaking on the ''Billboard'' Latin Songs and ''Billboard'' Latin Pop Songs charts at number 29 and 33 respectively. It received positive reviews from critics praising the music in the song. A music video was released on July 5, 2012, which was directed by Steven Tapia.

Song information

"Ella Lo Que Quiere Es Salsa" is a song which was written by Manuelle and features fellow Puerto Rican artists

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. The song is a salsa record that fuses the sound of urban music.

Release and chart performance

The song was released on April 2, 2012, as the second single from the album. A reggaeton version was released on May 28, 2012. On the ''Billboard'' Hot Latin Songs chart, the song debuted at #41 on the week of June 9, 2012, and peaked at #29 on the week of July 28, 2012. On the ''Billboard'' Latin Pop Songs chart, the song debuted #34 on the week of June 16, 2012, and peaked #33 on the week of July 14, 2012. On the ''Billboard'' Tropical Songs chart, the song debuted at #29 on the week of April 21, 2012. On the week of June 23, 2012, the song reached #1 on the chart becoming his twenty-first song number-one single, replacing "

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and was later succeeded by

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for " Si Te Digo la Verdad". As a result, Manuelle is currently the artist with the most number-one singles as of June 2012.

Critical reception

Nicole Gonzalez of LatinRecap.com commented "Víctor Manuelle has managed to take the classical Salsa rhythm and mix it with a more Urban flavor with collabs from Reggaetoneros Julio Voltio and duo Jowell and Randy." On the review of the album, Juan Mesa of

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considered the song to be the most important in the album and praised the use of trombones in the recording. Hector Aviles of Latino Music Café called it a "solid" tune.

Music video

The music video for "Ella Lo Que Quiere Es Salsa" was released on June 5, 2012. It was directed by Steven Tapia and featured 50 dancers choreographed by Tito Ortos in

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. One of the dancers,

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also showed her salsa moves. Vilanova was second finalist in Miss World beauty pageant that was held in London, UK in 2011.

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