Seducción (album)

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Seducción
Studio album by
ReleasedMay 18, 2004 (2004-05-18)
Recorded2003-2004
Studio
  • Crescent Moon Studios
  • Cuero Room Studios
  • DB Music Productions Studios
  • L.M. Recording Studios
  • Lemon Tree Studios
  • Santander Studios
  • South Beach Audio
  • TCMP Studio
    (Miami, FL)
  • The Beach House Recording Studios
  • North Bay Recording Studios
  • The Playroom Recording Studios
    (Miami Beach, FL)
Genre
Length49:06
LanguageSpanish
LabelUnivision
Producer
Jennifer Peña chronology
Libre
(2002)
Seducción
(2004)
Houston Rodeo Live
(2004)
Singles from Seducción
  1. "Vivo y Muero En Tu Piel"
    Released: March 22, 2004 (2004-03-22)
  2. "Hasta El Fin Del Mundo"
    Released: July 19, 2004 (2004-07-19)
  3. "Si Me Vuelvo A Enamorar"
    Released: October 18, 2004 (2004-10-18)
  4. "No Hay Nadie Igual Como Tú"
    Released: February 7, 2005 (2005-02-07)

Seducción (English: Seduction) is the sixth studio album recorded by Mexican-American recording artist Jennifer Peña, The album was released by Univision Records on May 18, 2004 (see 2004 in music). This effort debuted at number one on the Billboard Top Latin Albums chart.

History[edit]

This recording reteamed the singer with Rudy Pérez, Kike Santander and offered new production by Emilio Estefan, Jr. "Vivo y Muero En Tu Piel" was selected as the lead single, and peaked at number one in the Hot Latin Tracks charts, her second single to do so. Seducción was released in a traditional CD package format and also as a CD/DVD combo which included the original track listing and a DVD with documentary, music videos and a picture gallery. The album was received well selling over 300,000, being certified multi-platinum by the RIAA. On this production, Jennifer Peña became a contributing producer for the first time on the tracks "Ya Verás" and "Si Yo Me Vuelvo A Enamorar". It was once again executive produced by José Behar, head of Univision Music Group. Heavy promotion followed the album which included stops in Central America, South America and all across the United States and Puerto Rico.

The success of this album led to many nominations for the Billboard Latin Music Award, including: Latin Pop Album of the Year for the album, and Latin Pop Airplay Track of the Year, Tropical Airplay Track of the Year and Regional Mexican Airplay Track of the Year for the first single "Vivo y Muero en Tu Piel". Also Jennifer received the Premio Lo Nuestro for Female Entertainer of the Year.

Track listing[edit]

The information from Billboard[1]

CD[edit]

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Vivo y Muero en Tu Piel"Rudy Pérez4:28
2."Cumba Iho"Kike Santander · Gustavo Santander3:58
3."Para Olvidarte de Mí"Rudy Pérez3:06
4."Hasta el Fin del Mundo"Manny López · Rudy Pérez3:53
5."Ya Verás"Jennifer Peña · Roger "El León" Peña · Rudy Pérez3:55
6."Cómo Saber"Alberto Gaitán · Ricardo Gaitán · Nicolás Tovar4:29
7."Si Yo Me Vuelvo a Enamorar"Ángel "Cucco" Peña · Roger "El León" Peña · Rudy Pérez3:10
8."Fuera de Mi Vida"Manny López · Rudy Pérez4:03
9."No Hay Nadie Igual Como Tú"Bob Crewe · Bob Gaudio ·
Spanish: Adapt: Rudy Pérez
3:31
10."Aunque Me Cueste la Vida"Kike Santander · Gustavo Santander · Tulio Cremisini3:26
11."Vivo y Muero en Tu Piel (Norteña)"Rudy Pérez3:40
12."Vivo y Muero en Tu Piel (Salsa)"Rudy Pérez3:48
13."Hasta el Fin del Mundo (Norteña)"Manny López · Rudy Pérez3:39

DVD[edit]

The information from Allmusic.[2]

No.TitleLength
1."At The Studio (Interviews)" 
2."Behind The Scenes" 
3."Vivo y Muero en Tu Piel (Multimedia Track)" 
4."Vivo y Muero en Tu Piel (Multimedia Track)" 
5."Vamos Al Mundial (Multimedia Track)" 
6."Photo Gallery" 
7."Biography" 

Credits and personnel[edit]

Adapted from Allmusic.[3]

Personnel[edit]

  • José BeharExecutive producer
  • Luz De La Cruz – Executive producer
  • Emilio Estefan, Jr. – Producer
  • Carlos Infante – Producer
  • Manny Lara – Producer
  • Kike Santander – Producer
  • Jennifer Peña – Performer, producer
  • Gaitán Bros. – Programming, producer
  • Rudy PérezGuitar, arranger, producer, vocals, direction
  • José Luis Arroyave – Arranger, keyboards, programming, producer
  • Daniel Betancourt – Arranger, keyboards, programming, producer
  • Tulio Cremisini – Arranger, electric guitar, keyboards, programming, producer
  • Clay Perry – Arranger, keyboards, programming
  • Boris Milan – Mixing
  • Andrés Bermúdez – Engineer
  • Bruce Weeden – Engineer
  • Scott Canto – Engineer
  • Juan Jose Virviescas – Engineer
  • Alfred Figueroa – Engineer
  • Joel Numa – Engineer
  • David López – Assistant engineer
  • Richie Pérez – Assistant engineer
  • Daniel Ponce – Assistant engineer
  • Kevin Dillon – Production coordination
  • Leyla Leeming – Production Coordination
  • Betsy Perez – Production Coordination
  • José Juan Maldonado – Production Coordination
  • Ángela Duque – Artist coordination
  • Steve Menezes – Studio Coordinator
  • Andrés Castro – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
  • Manny López – Guitar, arranger, keyboards, programming
  • Richard Bravo – percussion
  • Julio Hernández – Bass
  • Sergio Minski – Acoustic guitar, electric guitar, production coordination
  • Archie Peña – Percussion, drums
  • Rafael Vergara – vocals
  • Area 305 – Vocals
  • Vicky Echeverri – Vocals
  • Robin Espejo – Vocals
  • Mario Patiño – Creative director
  • Adriana ReboldGraphic design, art direction
  • Gio Alma – Photography
  • Vaughn Smith – Video director
  • Irma Martínez – Stylist

Charts[edit]

Chart (2004)[4] Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Latin Albums 1
U.S. Billboard Latin Pop Albums 1
U.S. Billboard Top Heatseekers 7
U.S. Billboard 200 162
Preceded by U.S. Billboard Top Latin Albumsnumber-one
June 5, 2004 - June 11, 2004
Succeeded by
Preceded by U.S. Billboard Latin Pop Albumsnumber-one
June 5, 2004 - June 25, 2004
Succeeded by

Sales and certifications[edit]

Region Certification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[5] Platinum (Latin) 100,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Notes[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Seducción". Billboard. Nielsen Business, Inc. 2004-06-05. Archived from the original on October 30, 2014. Retrieved 2008-09-24.
  2. ^ "Seducción". Allmusic. Macromedia Corporation. 2004-05-18. Retrieved 2008-09-24.
  3. ^ "Seducción". Allmusic. Macromedia Corporation. 2004-05-18. Retrieved 2008-09-24.
  4. ^ "Seducción". Allmusic. Macromedia Corporation. Retrieved 2008-09-23.
  5. ^ "American album certifications – Jennifer Pena – Seduccion". Recording Industry Association of America.