''Papito'' (lit. "Daddy") is an album released by Spanish pop singer

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to celebrate his 30 years in the Music industry. The album includes 14 tracks of previously known hit songs by the artist, in reworked versions in collaboration with many artists including

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, Amaia Montero,

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, Bimba Bosé, David Summers, Ivete Sangalo and Italian singer Mina.

Recording

According to the album booklet, this is the biggest music project ever completed in

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. To make this album, the recording sessions lasted 10 months, Mr. Bosé had to travel 80,000 km by plane whilst his crew traveled even more: 130,000 km. They used 80 plane tickets, 152 hotel rooms and 38 rental cars, 15,000 phone calls were made and 10,000 e-mails were sent to make this project. 2,977 digital tracks were recorded during 2,234 hours in 19 different studios in eight cities, seven producers were involved, 14 sound engineers, 25 assistants and 87 musicians.

Packaging

There are two versions of ''Papito'': the standard edition with 15 tracks, and the special edition with another CD containing 15 previously recorded duets with same number of artists.

Awards

On August 29, 2007, this album received four

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nominations for Album of the Year,

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for "

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" (his collaboration with

), Best Pop Vocal Album, Male and Carlos Jean got a nod for his work producing this album, winning none. Also, on December 6, 2007, ''Papito'' was nominated in the Best Latin Pop Album field at the 50th Annual Grammy Awards. This album also won the ''Oye'' award in

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for Album of the Yea

Track listing

Disc one #“ Morena Mía” featuring

#“ Si Tú No Vuelves” featuring

#“Bambú” featuring

#" Nada particular" featuring

#“ Amante Bandido” featuring

#“

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” featuring Amaia Montero former member of

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#“

” featuring

#“ Te amaré” featuring

#“ Los chicos no lloran” featuring David Summers #“ Como un Lobo” featuring Bimba Bosé #“ Olvídame tú” featuring Ivete Sangalo #“ Este mundo va” featuring Leonor Watling 4:50 #“ No Encuentro Un Momento Pa' Olvidar” featuring Sasha Sokol #“ Hay días” featuring

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#“ Lo que hay es lo que ves” featuring

The special edition of Papito includes the songs from above and also: Disc two # Si Puedo Volverte a Ver (featuring Benny Ibarra) # Encadenados (featuring Chavela Vargas) # Agua y Sal (featuring Mina) # El Sitio de mi Recreo (featuring Antonio Vega) #La Vida es Bella (featuring Noa) # El Verano más Triste (featuring Carlos Berlanga) # Mía (featuring

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) # Habana (featuring

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) # Corazones (featuring Ana Torroja) # Hojas Secas (featuring Mikel Erentxun) # Manos Vacías (featuring Rafa Sánchez) #Cada día (featuring Hotel Persona) # Carla (featuring David Ascanio) # Donde Alcance el Sol (featuring Pedro Andrea) # Si Todos Fuesen Iguales a Tí (featuring Rosa León)

Charts

Weekly charts

Sales and certifications

Personnel

* Produced by: Miguel Bosé, Andrés Levin, Carlos Jean, Sandy McLelland and Nicolas Sorín * Executive producer: José Luis de la Peña * Additional production : Goodandevil ("Morena Mia", "Nada Particular", "Este Mundo Va", "Los Chicos No Lloran", and "Lo Que Hay es lo que Ves". * Recorded at: PKO Studios (

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), La Cuadra (Madrid), Estudio Jean (Madrid) Estudio Jean Roche (Cádiz), The River (

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), Fun Machine ( NY), Stratosphere Sound (NY), Sony Music Studios (NY), Goodandevil (NY), Elias Arts (NY), The Sound Lab (NY), Sony Music Studios (NY), Carl Thiel Music (

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), Gamson's Place ( LA), El Coraje (

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), The Hit Factory Criteria (Miami) and Dreams Factory Studios (

Panama Panama, officially the Republic of Panama, is a country in Latin America at the southern end of Central America, bordering South America. It is bordered by Costa Rica to the west, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean Sea to the north, and ...

). * Recorded by: Pepo Sherman, Sandy McLelland, Andres Levin, Carlos Alvarez, Bori Alarcon, Gustavo Celis, Jose Luis Crespo, Goodandevil, Geof Sanoff, Phil Mezzetti, Carl Thiel, Dan Dzula, Robert A. Moses, Carlos Hernández y Miguel Bustamante. * Mixed at: PKO Studios by Andy Bradfeld * Assisted by: Carlos Hernández and Melisa Nanni. * Backing vocals: Helen de Quiroga (“Te Amaré”), Tommy Dena (“Los Chicos No Lloran”) and Bosé (all tracks). * Design: Daviddelfin/GrandeGraphix * Graphic design and illustrations: GrandeGraphix

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Papito (Album) 2007 albums Miguel Bosé albums Warner Records albums Vocal duet albums 2000s Spanish-language albums