Esquinas (album)

''Esquinas'' (English: ''Corners'') is the third Spanish-language studio album by American singer-songwriter Becky G. It was released on September 28, 2023, through Kemosabe, RCA Records and Sony Music Latin.

" 2ndo Chance" with Iván Cornejo, debuted at number 34 on the Hot Latin Songs. " Por el Contrario", with siblings Leonardo Aguilar and Ángela Aguilar, debuted at number 19 on Latin Digital Song Sales and debuted at number 17 in the Hot Latin Songs.

Background and title

On August 25, Gomez announced the title of her upcoming third studio album being ''Esquinas'', and that it would be coming "soon". The album is Regional Mexican, her first in the genre, as a tribute to her grandparents, who emigrated from Mexico to the United States. Explaining its title, Gomez stated:

It revealed that the album has new collaborations with Iván Cornejo, DannyLux, Yahritza y su Esencia, Chiquis, Ángela Aguilar, Leonardo Aguilar, and the previously released collaborations with Gabito Ballesteros and Peso Pluma.

Singles

On March 30, 2023, Gomez and Peso Pluma released their collaboration "Chanel" as the lead single from ''Esquinas''.

On June 28, 2023, Gomez released her collaboration with Gabito Ballesteros, the song " La Nena" as the album's second single.

On September 14, 2023, Gomez released " Querido Abuelo" as the promotional single. The song is a tribute to her grandfather and her roots.

On September 27, 2023, a music video for the third single " 2ndo Chance" was released on the singer's YouTube channel. The song features the singer Ivan Cornejo.
The music videos contains some cameos, including all the artists that joined the singer on the album.

In December 2023, due to the success through the platform TikTok, the song " Por el Contrario", in collaboration with Ángela and Leonardo Aguilar, was released as the fourth and final single of the album. The music video was released on December 13, on the singer's official YouTube channel.

Accolades

Critical reception

Commercial performance

''Esquinas'' debuted at number 109 on the US ''Billboard'' 200, including number 7 on the Top Latin Albums and number 3 on the Regional Mexican Albums charts with 11,000 album equivalent units.

Track listing

Notes
* signifies a miscellaneous producer.
* signifies a vocal producer.

Personnel

Musicians
* Becky G – vocals
* Daniel Uribe – guitar (tracks 1, 9)
* Iván Cornejo – guitar (1)
* Casta – keyboards (2, 3, 9, 10)
* Édgar Barrera – keyboards (2), guitar (10)
* DannyLux – bass, guitar (2)
* Alex Luna – guitar (2)
* Leonardo Gama – guitar (3, 6–8, 13)
* Luis Gomez – keyboards (6)
* Catherine Ochoa – background vocals (7)
* Richard Bravo – percussion (9)

Technical
* Luis Barrera Jr. – mastering (1–3, 6–12), mixing (1–3, 6–13)
* Marcelo Rivera – mastering, mixing (4)
* Ernesto Fernández – mastering, mixing (5)
* Édgar Barrera – mastering (13), engineering (2, 6)
* Alejandro Ramirez – engineering (1–3, 6–13)
* Carlos Molina – engineering (1–3, 6–13), vocal engineering (5)
* Paulo Uribe – engineering (1–3, 6–13)
* Casta – engineering (2)
* Mazzarri – engineering (2)
* Simone Torres – engineering (4)
* Jose Lizarraga – engineering (7)
* Richard Bravo – engineering (9)
* Namln King – engineering assistance (1, 2, 6, 11)
* Josh Kay – engineering assistance (3, 7, 10, 12)
* Rubén Castro – engineering assistance (4)
* Melissa Hermosillo – engineering assistance (5)
* Michelle Núñez – engineering assistance (5)
* Andrew Castillo – engineering assistance (8, 9)
* Javier Arriagada – engineering assistance (13)

Charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

Release history

Notes

References

{{Becky G

2023 albums
Becky G albums
2020s Spanish-language albums
Sony Music Latin albums
Kemosabe Records albums
RCA Records albums