''Libre'' is the fifth studio album recorded by

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singer Jennifer Peña. It was released by Univision Records on June 11, 2002 (see

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), ''Libre'' debuted on ''

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'' Top Latin Albums Chart at #2 with a 17 track listing of which spawned several top ten hits including "Vamos al Mundial", which was selected by the U.S Hispanic network Univisión as the official song of the 2002 World Cup Soccer tournament. ''Libre'' also includes the #1 Hot Latin Track " El Dolor de Tu Presencia" which spent eight weeks atop of the charts in the summer of 2002 along with "Entre el Delirio y la Locura". Recorderd in

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and

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it was executive produced by José Behar and included production by Rudy Pérez, Kike Santander,

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, Enrique Elizondo, José Luis Arroyave and José Gaviria. ''Libre'' was a crossover album for Peña, who has spent the first phase of her career recording

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music. ''Libre'' re-introduced Jennifer as a pop singer with romantic ballads, dance songs that were far more mainstream than anything she had recorded before. ''Libre'' became one of the most successful Latin albums of 2002 selling over 500,000 units certified multi-Platinum by the

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. The album was nominated for a

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Award.

Track listing

Singles

*"Vamos Al Mundial" (2002) FIFA World Cup Song (PROMO) *" El Dolor De Tu Presencia" (2002/2003)

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# 1 for 8 Weeks *"Entre El Delirio y La Locura" (2002)

# 6 *"A Fuego Lento" (2003)

# 21

Personnel

*Levi Mora Arriaga – keyboards *Meredith Mora Arriaga – guitar *José Luis Arroyave – arranger, engineer, keyboards, producer, programming * José Behar – executive producer *Nelson Cano – vocals *Vicky Echeverri – vocals *Enrique Elizondo – engineer, producer *Joaquin Pérez Fernández – engineer *Jonathon Fuzessy – vocal coordinator, vocals *Claudia García – vocals *Iker Gastaminza – mixing *José Gaviria – arranger, engineer, keyboards, producer, programming *Beppe Gemelli – keyboards, programming *Piero Gemelli – guitar *Gabby Giannelli – art coordinator *Bernie Grundman – mastering *Julio Hernández – bass *Paul Hoyle – arranger, keyboards, programming *Erick Labson – mastering *David López – assistant engineer *Manny López – guitar *Alfredo Matheus – mixing *Sergio Minski – production coordination *David Mora-arriaga – Bass *Joel Numa – engineer, mixing *José Luis Pagán – arranger, keyboards, programming *Mario Patiño – production coordination * Jennifer Peña – vocals *Betsy Pérez – production coordination * Rudy Pérez – arranger, director, guitar, producer, vocals *

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– keyboards, programming *Catalina Rodríguez – vocals *Barry Rosen – photography *Arturo Salas – arranger *Manuel Sánchez – mixing * Kike Santander – producer *Andrés Felipe Silva – executive director *Ramiro Terán – arranger, keyboards, programming, vocal coordinator, vocals *Fernando Tobón – bass, guitar (acoustic), guitar (electric) *Juan José Virviescas – engineer *Dan Warner – guitar *Bruce Weeden – engineer, mixing

Sales and certifications

References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Libre (Jennifer Pena album) 2002 albums Jennifer Peña albums Spanish-language albums Univision Records albums Albums produced by Rudy Pérez Albums produced by Kike Santander Albums recorded at Q-Productions