Английская Википедия:Esquinas (album)
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Esquinas (Spanish for "Corners") is the third Spanish-language studio album by American singer Becky G. It was released on September 28, 2023, through Kemosabe Records, RCA Records and Sony Music Latin.
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.[1] As Esquinas lands, two songs debut across Latin charts: "2ndo Chance" with Iván Cornejo, one of two pop songs on the album, launches at number 34 on the multimetric Hot Latin Songs tally, fueled by streaming activity; it logged 2.7 million U.S. clicks during the same tracking week. Meanwhile, "Por el Contrario", with siblings Leonardo Aguilar and Ángela Aguilar, debuts at number 19 on Latin Digital Song Sales.[1]
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.[2][3]
On June 28, 2023, Gomez released her collaboration with Gabito Ballesteros "La Nena" as the album's second official single.[4]
On September 28, 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 the all the artists that joined the singer in this album.
Critical reception
| Publication | List | Rank | Шаблон:Abbr |
|---|---|---|---|
| Billboard | The 25 Best Latin Albums of 2023 | Шаблон:Center | [5] |
| Rolling Stone | The 100 Best Albums of 2023 | 16 | [6] |
| The 50 Best Spanish-Language Albums of 2023 | 12 | [7] | |
| Variety | The 10 Best Latin Albums of 2023 | 8 | [8] |
Track listing
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Personnel
Musicians
- Becky G – vocals
- Daniel Uribe – guitar (tracks 1, 9)
- Iván Cornejo – guitar (1)
- Casta – keyboards (2, 3, 9, 10)
- Edgar 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)
- Edgar 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
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Release history
| Region | Date | Format(s) | Label | Шаблон:Abbr |
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| Various | September 28, 2023 | Шаблон:Hlist | Шаблон:Hlist | [9] |
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