Un Día Normal

Un Día Normal
Studio album by Juanes
Released	May 21, 2002
Recorded	Los Angeles, California; January – March 2002
Genre	Latin rock, Alternative rock
Length	42:40
Label	Universal Music Latino
Producer	Juanes, Anibal Kerpel, Gustavo Santaolalla, Melissa Mattey
Juanes chronology
Fíjate Bien (2000) Un Día Normal (2002) Mi Sangre (2004)
Singles from Un Día Normal
"A Dios le Pido" Released: June 6, 2002 "Es Por Ti" Released: 2002 "Mala Gente" Released: 2003 "Fotografía" Released: 2003 "La Paga" Released: October 5, 2003 "Un Dia Normal" Released: 2003

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Un Día Normal (English: A Normal Day) is the second studio album by Colombian singer-songwriter Juanes, released on May 21, 2002 through Universal Music Latino.

Album information

The album was highly successful in Latin America. It was certified gold in Colombia during its first day of sales and was certified platinum and multi-platinum in countries including Colombia, United States, Mexico, and Spain. The album spent 92 weeks in the top ten of Billboard's Top Latin Albums chart, setting a new record and spent a total of two years on the chart.

The album also features "Fotografía" ("Photograph"), a duet with the Canadian pop singer Nelly Furtado about the isolation between lovers. All songs on the album were self-written by Juanes, except for the last song, "La Noche" ("The Night"), which was written by Joe Arroyo.

The album won six Latin Grammy Awards, one in 2002 for Best Rock Song ("A Dios le Pido") and five in 2003 for Album of the Year, Best Rock Solo Album, Song of the Year ("Es Por Ti"), Record of the Year ("Es Por Ti") and Best Rock Song ("Mala Gente").

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"A Dios le Pido"	Juanes	3:25
2.	"Es Por Ti"	Juanes	4:10
3.	"Un Dia Normal"	Juanes	3:42
4.	"La Paga"	Juanes	3:25
5.	"La Única"	Juanes	3:04
6.	"Luna"	Juanes	3:33
7.	"Día Lejano"	Juanes	3:32
8.	"Mala Gente"	Juanes	3:16
9.	"Fotografía" (with Nelly Furtado)	Juanes	3:58
10.	"Desde Que Despierto"	Juanes	3:54
11.	"La Historia de Juan"	Juanes	3:38
12.	"La Noche"	Joe Arroyo	2:58

Charts and certifications

Charts

Chart (2003)	Peak position
Belgium (Wa) Albums Chart	91
Netherlands Albums Chart	28
Portugal Albums Chart	2
Switzerland Albums Chart	80
Spain Albums Chart	37
U.S. Billboard 200	110
U.S. Top Latin Albums	1
U.S. Top Latin Pop Albums	1

Certifications

Region	Certification	Sales/shipments
Argentina (CAPIF)	Platinum	40,000x
Mexico (AMPROFON)	Platinum+Gold	225,000^
Portugal (AFP)	Gold	20,000x
Spain (PROMUSICAE)	2× Platinum	200,000^
United States (RIAA)	Gold	500,000^
United States (RIAA)	6× Platinum (Latin)	600,000^
^shipments figures based on certification alone xunspecified figures based on certification alone

Singles

"A Dios le Pido"
Released May 2002 April 2006 Writer(s) Juanes Producer(s) Juanes, Gustavo Santaolalla	Main article: A Dios le pido "A Dios le Pido" ("I Ask God") is the first single from Un Día Normal. It was primarily released in 2002 in Spain and Latin America. In 2006, the song was re-released in some countries in Europe due the success of "La camisa negra", which peaked in almost every European country in the top five.
	Chart positions
	#1 (ARG/US Latin Pop/US Latin Tropical), #2 (US Hot Latin), #5 (ROM/RUS), #6 (Spain/EU Airplay), #7 (SLOV/SWI), #9 (GRE), #11 (UKR), #12 (FRA), #18 (NLD), #19 (AUT), #20 (BEL-Wall), #22 (Chech Republic), #23 (EST), #31 (GER), #33 (BEL-Flan), #41 (EU)
	"Es Por Ti"
Released October 2002 Writer(s) Juanes	"Es Por Ti" ("This is for You") was released as the second single from the album. It is a romantic mid-tempo song. The song was also a big success in Latin America, but was not released in Europe.
	Chart positions
	#1 (Chile), #2 (US Latin Pop), #8 (US Hot Latin)
	"Mala Gente"
Released February 2003 Writer(s) Juanes Producer(s) Juanes, Gustavo Santaolalla	"Mala Gente" ("Bad People") is the third single from the album. The song won the award for Best Rock Song in 2003.
	Chart positions
	#8 (US Latin Pop), #12 (US Hot Latin)
	"Fotografía"
Released May 2003 Writer(s) Juanes Producer(s) Gustavo Santaolalla	Main article: Fotografía "Fotografía" ("Photograph") is a song recorded by Juanes and Nelly Furtado for Un Día Normal. The duet was extremely successful in Latin America on the Latin Charts in the US; it reached number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot Latin Tracks chart. The song became his third number one hit in Argentina and second one in Chile.
	Chart positions
	#1 (US Hot Latin/US Latin Pop), #4 (US Latin Tropical)
	"La Paga"
Released October 2003 Writer(s) Juanes Producer(s) Gustavo Santaolalla, will.i.am	"La Paga" is the fifth single from the album. The single version features Taboo from the popular band The Black Eyed Peas. The song became less successful than the previous singles, due the fact it did not receive promotion like the former singles did. It was the second single released in Europe after "A Dios le pido."
	Chart positions
	#2 (World Latin Singles), #3 (US Latin Pop/US Latin Tropical), #5 (US Hot Latin), #29 (Switzerland)
	"Un Día Normal"
Released March 2004 Writer(s) Juanes Producer(s) Gustavo Santaolalla	"Un Día Normal" ("A Normal Day") was released as the albums sixth and last single.
	Chart positions
	#24 (US Latin Pop), #44 (US Hot Latin)

Charts

Chart	Peak
U.S. Billboard Top Latin Albums	1
U.S. Billboard Latin Pop Albums	1
U.S. Billboard Top Heatseekers	1

Preceded by Sincero by Chayanne

U.S. Billboard Top Latin Albums number-one album September 20, 2003 - October 11, 2003

Succeeded by 33 by Luis Miguel