Como Ama una Mujer | ||||
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Studio album by Jennifer Lopez | ||||
Released | March 23, 2007 | |||
Recorded | 2005–07 | |||
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Length | 49:57 | |||
Label | Epic | |||
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Singles from Como Ama una Mujer | ||||
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | (45/100) |
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AllMusic | |
Billboard | (positive) |
The Boston Globe | (positive) |
Entertainment Weekly | C+ |
People | |
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Como Ama una Mujer (English: How a Woman Loves) is the fifth studio album and first Spanish album by American entertainer Jennifer Lopez. It was released on March 23, 2007 by Epic Records. After including some Spanish songs on her first two albums, Lopez initially became interested in recording a full-length studio album in 2004 when she recorded a song with her then-husband Marc Anthony for his ninth studio album. After releasing her fourth studio album, Rebirth (2005), Lopez started working heavily on the album with Anthony, Estéfano and Julio Reyes in a period of two and a half years. Composed entirely of ballads (and the exception of a few other genres), Como Ama una Mujer talks about love and heartbreak, being organic in its instrumentation and introspective in its lyrics.
The album received generally mixed to negative reviews from music critics, with many praising her vocals for being more improved than her previous records, but thought the album was too serious and questioned a lack of highlights within the album. Commercially, the album became one of the first Spanish albums to debut inside the top-ten on the US Billboard 200 and the highest debut sales in the United States for a Spanish record. Elsewhere, it topped the Switzerland charts and became a top-ten album in eight other countries.
Two singles were released from the album: "Qué Hiciste" and "Me Haces Falta". The first was released on January 26, 2007 and became a success in many countries, reaching number-one in Italy, Spain, Switzerland and on the US Hot Latin Songs, and a top-ten hit elsewhere, while the second single was released on March 23, 2007, but failed to make any impact on the charts. Lopez promoted the album with a co-headlining tour with Anthony in 2007.
Prior to breaking out into the music scene in May 1999 with her single "If You Had My Love", Lopez always pictured her music career to be in Spanish. Her first demo tape was called "Vivir Sin Ti" ("To Live Without You"), however former Sony Music president Tommy Mottola persuaded Lopez to do her first album in English. According to Lopez: "My life took a different turn, which was great for me. But my heart was always kind of on the Spanish side." Later, throughout her career as a singer, she included two tracks in Spanish on her debut album, On the 6 (1999), with one being the single "No Me Ames" and five on her sophomore studio album, J.Lo (2001).