Navidades

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Navidades is the seventeenth studio album by Mexican singer Luis Miguel released on November 14, 2006.

The album is the first "Christmas" album released by the singer and peaked at #51 on the Billboard 200 Chart. Two promo singles were released: "Mi Humilde Oración" and "Santa Claus Llegó a la Ciudad". The album was produced by Luis Miguel. Longtime collaborator Juan Carlos Calderón (along with Edgar Cortázar) did all the Spanish adaptations of the tracks.

This album received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Latin Pop Album at the 50th Grammy Awards.

Track listing

# Title Composer Time
1 Santa Claus Llegó A La Ciudad (Santa Claus Is Coming to Town) Fred Coots/Naven Gillespie/Juan Carlos Calderón 1:56
2 Te Deseo Muy Felices Fiestas (Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas) Martin Blane/Juan Carlos Calderón 4:15
3 Frente A La Chimenea (Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer) Edgar Cortázar/Johnny Marks 1:54
4 Blanca Navidad (White Christmas) Irving Berlin/Juan Carlos Calderón 3:30
5 Navidad, Navidad (Jingle Bells) Traditional/Juan Carlos Calderón 2:34
6 Estaré En Mi Casa Esta Navidad (I'll Be Home for Christmas) Buck Ram/Kim Gannon/Walter Kent/Juan Carlos Calderón 2:48
7 Mi Humilde Oración David Foster/Linda Thompson 3:18
8 Va A Nevar (Let It Snow) Jule Styne/Sammy Cahn 1:52
9 Sonríe (Smile) Charles Chaplin/Jule Styne/Sammy Cahn 3:07
10 Llegó La Navidad (Winter Wonderland) Dick Smith/Felix Bernard 2:05
11 Noche De Paz (Silent Night) Traditional/Juan Carlos Calderón 3:39

Chart performance

Chart (2006)[2] Peak
position
Mexico Top 100 AMPROFON[citation needed] 1
Spanish PROMUSICAE Album Chart[3] 4
US Billboard Top Latin Albums 1
US Billboard Latin Pop Albums 1
US Billboard 200 51
US Billboard European Top 100 Albums[4] 82
US Billboard Top Holiday Albums[5] 7

Sales and certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Argentina (CAPIF)[6] Platinum 40,000^
Mexico (AMPROFON)[7] 4× Platinum+Gold 450,000^
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[8] Gold 40,000^
United States (RIAA)[9] 2× Platinum (Latin) 200,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Preceded by U.S. Billboard Top Latin Albums number-one album
December 2, 2006
Succeeded by

References

  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ "Navidades". Allmusic. Macromedia Corporation. Retrieved 2008-10-17.
  3. ^ "Navidades - Luis Miguel". Spanish Charts. Les Charts. 2006-11-19. Retrieved 2008-10-21.
  4. ^ "European Top 100 Albums". Billboard. Nielsen Businees Media, Inc. 2006-12-09. Archived from the original on September 6, 2015. Retrieved 2008-10-21. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  5. ^ "Top Holiday Albums". Billboard. Nielsen Businees Media, Inc. 2007-01-07. Retrieved 2008-10-21. [dead link]
  6. ^ "Argentinian album certifications – Luis Miguel – Navidades". Argentine Chamber of Phonograms and Videograms Producers.
  7. ^ "Certificaciones" (in Spanish). Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas. Type Luis Miguel in the box under the ARTISTA column heading and Navidades in the box under the TÍTULO column heading.
  8. ^ "Spanish album certifications – Luis Miguel – Navidades". El portal de Música. Productores de Música de España.
  9. ^ "American album certifications – Luis Miguel – Navidades". Recording Industry Association of America.