"Sentir" is a song recorded by Cuban recording artist

Jon Secada Juan Francisco Secada Ramírez (born October 4, 1961), better known as Jon Secada, is a Cuban-born American singer. He has won two Grammy Awards and sold 15 million records, making him one of the best-selling Latin music artists. His music f ...

for his debut

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studio album and for his debut Spanish-language album ''

Otro Día Más Sin Verte ''Otro Día Más Sin Verte'' ( en, Another Day Without Seeing You), also called ''Sentir'' ( en, Feel) in Spain, is the Spanish-language debut album by Cuban singer Jon Secada. It was released on October 6, 1992 by EMI Latin to coincide with ...

'' (1992). It was released in 1993 as the fourth single from his Spanish-language album. The Spanish version peaked at number one on the US ''Billboard''

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chart, making Secada the first Hispanic artist to do so. It was composed by Secada, Miguel Morejon, and

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, while

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produced the piece.

Production and success

Jon Secada was the backup vocalist for Cuban singer

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in 1989. Secada became close friends with Gloria and her husband,

, who helped guide Secada into the music business. Secada released his

debut album in 1992 with

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. The recording made up of English-language compositions and two Spanish-language tracks. It was

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triple platinum by the

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(RIAA), denoting shipments of three million copies. Secada, with the help from Emilio, decided to release an all Spanish-language album. During the recording sessions, Secada confirmed that Gloria helped translate his English-language recordings into Spanish. He said that she told him to record songs that he would be comfortably fine with singing throughout his career as a singer. She also told them not to "translate everything literally" but to "keep the same theme of the song in play." "Sentir" was released as the fourth single from his Spanish album. It peaked at number one on the US ''Billboard''

chart ending on July 3, 1993. Secada became the first Latin artist to place four number one singles from a single album on the US ''Billboard'' Hot Latin Tracks chart. Spanish

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singer

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broke Secada's record with five number one singles from his

album in 1997. "Sentir" was the seventh best-performing Latin single on the Hot Latin Tracks year-end chart in 1993.

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Credits and personnel

Credits are taken from the album's liner notes. *Jon Secada — vocals, composer *Miguel Morejon — composer *Joseph Stefano — composer *Emilio Estefan Jr. — producer

References

Sources

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sentir 1993 singles 1992 songs Jon Secada songs Spanish-language songs Song recordings produced by Emilio Estefan Songs written by Jon Secada EMI Records singles Songs written by Miguel A. Morejon