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by American singer

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. It was released on January 20, 2017, by Industria Inc.,

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. It was produced by Yhoan Manuel Jiménez Londoño, Johnattan Gaviria, Urbani Mota, Jorge Luis Romero, Egbert Rosa Cintron,

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. At the 18th Annual Latin Grammy Awards, the album was nominated for a

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while " El Amante" was nominated for Best Urban Fusion/Performance and Best Urban Song. Additionally, the song "

El Perdón "El Perdón" () is a song by American singer Nicky Jam and Spanish singer Enrique Iglesias released as the first single to Nicky Jam's third studio album ''Fénix (Nicky Jam album), Fénix'' (2017). An English-language version of the song, titled ...

" won Best Urban Fusion/Performance two years prior in

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. The album also won Top Latin Album of the Year at the 2018 Billboard Latin Music Awards. The album proved to be a massive hit and gained Nicky Jam worldwide recognition. It reached the top position on both the

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chart, being his first and only number-one album on both charts to date. Additionally, it was certified platinum in United States and Mexico.

Background

The album was the first studio album by Nicky Jam in 10 years after the release of '' The Black Carpet'' in 2007, the album followed a period of drug addiction that kept him away from recording music. The name of the album, "phoenix" in English, is inspired by the immortal creature of Greek mythology. He has said that "I was even in jail, I was in the worst moments of my life, I had a very dark moment in my life where people no longer gave a penny for me, where people didn't want to listen to my music, that's why I identify with the phoenix, that's why the album is called ''Fénix''." Nicky Jam Fenix Mural

The cover of the album is a picture of a mural painted by the collective PeopWall of Nicky Jam in Medellin, Colombia. Jam decided to feature the mural on the cover after being tagged by the collective on

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. Prior to the release of the album, he embarked on the ''Fénix Tour'' that started on July 2, 2016, at the

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, and featured appearances from

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, De La Ghetto, and Valentino. Following its release, he promoted it with a series of concerts in countries such as Mexico, where he performed at

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. The album includes English versions of the songs " El Perdon," as "Forgiveness", and " Hasta el Amanecer," as "With You Tonight," the latter featuring American rapper

Singles

The song "

" with Spanish singer

was released on February 6, 2015. The song was commercially successful reaching the top positions in various countries such as France and Spain, as well as topping the

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chart in United States. It also peaked at number 56 on the

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chart, being Nicky Jam's first appearance on the chart. The song " Hasta el Amanecer" was released on January 15, 2016, and also reached number one at the

chart, being his second number-one song in the chart. " El Amante" was released as the third single for the album on January 15, 2017. The fourth single was "

Si Tú La Ves "Si Tú la Ves" ("If You See Her") is a song recorded by American singer Nicky Jam featuring fellow Puerto Rican rapper Wisin. It was released on July 28, 2017, as the fourth single from Nicky Jam's fourth studio album, '' Fénix'' (2017). It was ...

", a collaboration with Puerto Rican singer

released on July 28, 2017. The first three singles were certified platinum in the U.S. with "El Perdón" selling over 1.6 million copies as of 2017.

Track listing

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

References

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