Bachata Romántica: 1's | ||||
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Compilation album by Various Artist | ||||
Released | January 27, 2009 | |||
Recorded | 2004-2008 | |||
Genre | Bachata | |||
Length | 45:55 | |||
Language | Spanish | |||
Label | Machete Music | |||
Producer | Anthony Santos, Lenny Santos, Monserrate & DJ Urba, Los Magnificos | |||
Various Artist chronology | ||||
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Bachata Romántica: 1's (English: Romantic Bachata: #1's) is a compilation album released by Machete Music on January 27, 2009. The album includes tracks recorded by several artists from the bachata genre, such as Aventura, Ivy Queen, R.K.M. & Ken-Y, Jayco, Watson Brazoban, José Feliciano, Monchy & Alexandra, Frank Reyes, El Chaval de la Bachata, Zacarías Ferreíra, Daniel Monción, Fanny Lu, Toby Love and Xtreme, featuring content dating back to 2004.
Upon release, the album peaked at number eighteen on Billboard Latin Albums chart and number two on the Billboard Tropical Albums chart. It became the ninth best-selling Tropical Album of 2009. Several songs included on the album were released as singles from their respective parent albums including the opening "Un Beso" by Aventura and "Dime" by Ivy Queen. A second volume to the album was released in 2010 entitled Bachata Romántica 1's, Vol. 2.
Bachata Romántica: 1's was released by Machete Music on January 27, 2009 in the United States, two weeks before Valentine's Day to gain holiday sales boost. 30,000 copies of the album were shipped to stores, being supported by a television campaign on Univision, mun2 and MTV Tr3s. "Un Beso", written by Anthony "Romeo" Santos and performed by Aventura, was released as the fourth and final single from the group's fourth studio album, God's Project (2005). The song peaked at number six and two on the Billboard Latin Songs and Billboard Tropical Songs charts respectively. The bachata and R&B number, has been named one of their biggest hits along with "Los Infieles", "El Perdedor", and "Mi Corazoncito" among others. "Dime" was written by Ivy Queen along with the producers Monserrate & DJ Urba. It was serviced to radio as the lead single from Queen's first live album, Ivy Queen 2008 World Tour LIVE! (2008) in both bachaton and bachata versions. It peaked at number eight on the Billboard Latin Songs chart, number four on the Billboard Tropical Songs chart, and number one on the Billboard Latin Rhythm Airplay chart. It spent seven consecutive weeks atop the chart. "Te Amaré" performed by R.K.M & Ken-Y in collaboration with Jayco was previously featured on the duo's second studio effort, The Royalty: La Realeza (2008).