Dreaming of You (album)

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Dreaming of You
Dreaming of You cover
Studio album by Selena
Released July 18, 1995 (US)
Recorded 1994/1995
Genre Tejano/Latin Pop/Pop
Length 5:14
Label EMI
Producer Keith Thomas
Guy Roche
Rhett Lawrence
Arto Lindsay
Susan Rogers
David Byrne
A.B. Quintanilla
K. C. Porter
José Hernàndez
Professional reviews
Selena chronology
12 Super Exitos
(1994)		 Dreaming of You
(1995)		 Exitos Y Recuerdos
(1996)

Dreaming of You was the last studio album recorded by Selena. It was first released in 1995 after her death, and re-released in 2002.

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[edit] History

The album showcased Selena's talents as a performer, as well as how she was able to perform at ease in diverse musical genres. Dreaming of You was to have been the album that would bring Selena to the mainstream market that was always her goal. The album was released by EMI in 39 countries around the world.

For this album, Selena collaborated with some of several producers and writers. Songs like "Dreaming of You", written by Franne Golde and Tom Snow, and "I Could Fall In Love", written by Keith Thomas, became modest hits in Mainstream and Latin radio stations all over the U.S. and Latin America. Dreaming of You sold 175,000 copies on July 18, the day it was released. It debuted at # 1 on Billboard's Pop 200 chart on the CD's debut week, selling more than 321,000 copies, making Selena the fastest selling Latin female artist of all time and the first to debut at #1. EMI Latin's president estimated that the album actually sold more than 700,000 copies the first week because Billboard did not include discount stores or the small shops specializing in Latin music. The album has since sold about 5 million copies since its 1995 release. Well received by critics and fans[citation needed], the album can be described as two mini-albums, one with new unreleased English tracks and the other with Selena's most current and memorable hits like "Amor Prohibido," "Como La Flor," and "Bidi Bidi Bom Bom." Dreaming of You solidified Selena, and caused Billboard Magazine to proclaim her "Artist of the Decade."[citation needed]. The success of this and succeeding albums has been compared[citation needed] to the histories of Elvis, John Lennon, Kurt Cobain and Tupac Shakur with continuous album sales and commercial hits even in death.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "I Could Fall In Love" (Keith Thomas)
  2. "Captive Heart" (Mark Goldenberg & Kit Hain)
  3. "I'm Getting Used To You" (Diane Warren)
  4. "God's Child" (Baila Conmigo) (Quintanilla-Perez and David Byrne)
  5. "Dreaming of You" (Franne Golde and Tom Snow)
  6. "Missing My Baby" (A.B. Quintanilla III)
  7. "Amor Prohibido" (Quintanilla III & Astudillo)
  8. "Dondequiera Que Estés (Wherever You Are)"(Duet with the Barrio Boyzz) (remix) (Porter & M. Flores)
  9. "Techno Cumbia" (Quintanilla III & Astudillo)
  10. "El Toro Relajo" (Felipe Bernejo)
  11. "Como la Flor" (Quintanilla III & Astudillo)
  12. "Tú Sólo Tú" (Felipé Valdés Leal)
  13. "Bidi Bidi Bom Bom" (remix) (Quintanilla-Perez & Astudillo)
  14. "Como La Flor" {remix} {A.B. Quintanilla III}

[edit] Chart positions

U.S. Billboard 200
Week 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10
Position
1
1
5
5
7
2
4
3
Sales
331,000
203,475
131,063
114,192
167,168
157,000
243,000
273,865
Total
331,000
534,475
665,538
779,730
946,898
1,103,898
1,346,898
1,620,763

[edit] Singles released

  1. "I Could Fall In Love"
  2. "Dreaming of You"
  3. "I'm Getting Used To You"
  4. "Tú Solo Tú"
  5. "Techno Cumbia"

[edit] Certifications

Note: Certifications are based on the number of shipped copies and not the number of copies sold. The album is under certified and has sold over 9 million copies in the U.S. alone and approx. 27 million worldwide.

Country Certification
USA 8x Platinum
Preceded by
Pocahontas (soundtrack) by Various artists		 Billboard 200 number-one album
August 5 - August 11, 1995		 Succeeded by
E. 1999 Eternal by Bone Thugs N Harmony
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