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<i>La Revolución</i>

La Revolución

2009 studio album by Wisin & Yandel


La Revolución (English: The Revolution) is the sixth studio album, and the ninth album overall,[3] by Puerto Rican reggaeton duo Wisin & Yandel. It was released on May 26, 2009 by Machete Music and WY Records.[1] The album features collaborations with rapper 50 Cent, Ivy Queen, Yaviah, Ednita Nazario and Yomo. The album became a success in the United States and a bigger hit in Latin America.[4] It won the Latin Music Award for Latin Rhythm Album of the Year at the 2010 Latin Billboard Music Awards.[5] To promote the album the artists embarked on the La Revolución Tour in the US.[6]

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Background

The album is reported to incorporate the more older styles and sounds of Wisin & Yandel's music, tracing back to when they first started to produce music. This was confirmed by Wisin to the EFE Agency in Argentina, he confirmed that "It'll be a return to our origins; It'll have everything."[3]

Commercial performance

In the United States, the first week prediction were between 25-30k.[7] La Revolución debuted at number seven on the Billboard 200 with sales of 35,700,[8][9] making it the highest debut for a Spanish language recording act since Maná's Amar es Combatir and Shakira's Fijación Oral Vol. 1, both albums debuted and peaked at number four.[10] It was the second best selling latin album of 2009 in the United States selling 204,000 copies.[11] Following the 2009`s Latin Grammy Awards ceremony, where the duo won Best Urban Song, album sales increased by 81% the next week in the United States.

Following the reissue of the album, La Revolucion: Evolucion, the album bounds back from ten to number one at Billboard Latin Albums with 10,000 units sold with a 365% increased.[12]

Worldwide, the album sold 100,000 copies in it first week.[13]

Track listing

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La Revolución: Evolution

La Revolución: Evolution (English: The Revolution: Evolution) is a re-issue edition of the album released on November 23, 2009. It comes with 2 CDs with the first disc containing the 15 tracks from the standard edition and disc 2 containing 8 new tracks. It also featured a DVD with four Music Videos.

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Personnel

Adapted from album's liner notes:

  • General Producers: Juan Luis Morera "Wisin" / Llandel Veguilla "Yandel"
  • Executive Producers: Juan Luis Morera "Wisin" / Llandel Veguilla "Yandel" / Edgar Andino
  • Musical Producers: Ernesto F. Padilla "Nesty La Mente Maestra" / Victor Martinez "El Nasi" / Jose Gomez "Profesor Gomez" / Marcos Masis "Tainy" / Christian M. Colon "Vagabundo" / Raymond Diaz "Memo"
  • Recording Studio: La Mente Maestra Studio (Barranquitas, Puerto Rico) / Spectrum Studio
  • Recording: Victor Martinez "El Nasi"
  • Production Coordinator: Ana J. Alvarado
  • Mixing: Mario de Jesus "Marioso"
  • Mixing Assistant: Luis "Luisito" Lopez, Kiko Hurtado, Yamil Martinez
  • Mixing Studio: Mas Audio Production
  • Mastering: Sterling Sound
  • Creative Direction/Design/Digital Post-Production: Iancarlo "Conqui" Reyes
  • Photography: Andres Hernandez
  • Stylist: Ed Coriano
  • Managing Team: Andino Marketing / Edgar Andino / Paco Lopez

50 Cent appears courtesy of Shady/Aftermath/Interscope Record.
Yomo appears courtesy of Black Pearl International Records, Inc.
Ednita Nazario appears courtesy of Sony Music Entertainment US Latin.
Yaviah appears courtesy of Pina Records.
Ivy Queen appears courtesy of Drama Records.

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See also


References

  1. El cambio es inevitable se acerca La Revolución Archived February 25, 2009, at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish). UniversalMusica.com. Retrieved on February 24, 2009
  2. Jeffries, David. Review: La Revolucion. Allmusic. Retrieved on February 21, 2010.
  3. Perez, Jazmin (February 13, 2009). "Wisin y Yandel Say Their New Album Is 'A Return to Our Origins'". Latina. Latina Media Ventures, LLC. Retrieved February 24, 2009.
  4. Acevedo, Yoselín (February 9, 2009). "Wisin y Yandel sorprendidos al ganar el GRAMMY estadounidense". People en Español (in Spanish). Time, Inc. Archived from the original on February 13, 2009. Retrieved February 24, 2009.
  5. "Wisin & Yandel Start A Revolucion". MTV News. Retrieved 2022-01-07.
  6. "HITS Daily Double : Rumor Mill - RELAPSE REDUX, MANSON DEBUTS". HITS Daily Double. Retrieved April 3, 2020.
  7. Archive-Lisa-Gonzalez. "Wisin Y Yandel Start A Revolucion". MTV News. Retrieved 2022-03-18.
  8. "Wisin And Yandel's 'La Revolución' Hits High Mark". Billboard. 4 June 2009. Retrieved 2022-01-07.
  9. Cobo, Leila (January 9, 2010). "Apart from the Crowd". Billboard. p. 11.
  10. Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 2009-10-03.
  11. Radar.com, El. "Wisin y Yandel dicen que llegaron a otro nivel con su nuevo disco". EL RADAR.COM (in Indonesian). Retrieved January 6, 2021.
  12. "Music Plus :: Musicalisimo :: Ecuador". July 29, 2009. Archived from the original on 2009-07-29.
  13. "Meilleures Critiques De Chaussures" (PDF). Archived from the original on December 24, 2010.
  14. "|| RecordLand ||". www.recordland.com:80. Archived from the original on 3 July 2009. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  15. "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2009". Billboard. Retrieved March 21, 2021.
  16. "Top Latin Albums – Year-End 2009". Billboard. Retrieved March 21, 2021.
  17. "Top Latin Albums – Year-End 2010". Billboard. Retrieved March 21, 2021.
  18. "Wisin & Yandel se presentarán en el 45° Festival de la Leyenda Vallenata". Noticias Principales de Colombia Radio Santa Fe 1070 am.
  19. "Certificaciones" (in Spanish). Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas. Type Wisin & Yandel in the box under the ARTISTA column heading and La Revolucion in the box under the TÍTULO column heading.
  20. "Los reyes del reggaeton". www1.rionegro.com.ar.
  21. Nominados al Latin Grammy 2009, Urbano, latingrammy.com. Retrieved on May 16, 2015.
  22. Final Nominations List: 52nd Annual Grammy Awards Archived April 24, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, grammy.com. Retrieved on May 16, 2015.
  23. Nominados A Los Premios Billboard Latin Music (2010), flowhot.net. Retrieved on May 16, 2015.
  24. Nominados Premio Lo Nuestro 2011, musikislife.com. Retrieved on May 16, 2015.

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