María (song)

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“María”
“María” cover
Single by Ricky Martin
from the album A Medio Vivir
Released June 18, 1996
Format CD single
CD maxi
12" maxi
Recorded 1995 (album version)
1997 (remixes)
Genre Latin
Length 4:23
Label Sony
Writer(s) Luis Gómez Escolar
KC Porter
Ian Blake
Producer Pablo Flores
KC Porter
Javier Garza
Robi Rosa
Ricky Martin singles chronology
-- "María"
(1996)
"The Cup of Life"
(1998)
Alternate cover
French CD single cover
French CD single cover

"María" is a song recorded by Puerto Rican singer Ricky Martin for his third album, A Medio Vivir (1995). In 1996 (see 1996 in music), Martin released the song as a CD single, his first in the United States. The song had great success on the Hot Latin Tracks airplay chart, peaking at #6, which coincided with the CD single sales to place him at #88 on The Billboard Hot 100. Martin later revamped fans' familiarity with the song by including it on the 1999 release of the self-titled album, Ricky Martin. The song became the main theme of the Brazilian telenovela Salsa e Merengue in 1996 and was very well received from the Brazilian Airplay. The song was written for a Puerto Rican love-interest Ricky Martin met on one of his tours, a "Maria" Santiago.

Contents

[edit] Tracklist

CD single - Europe
  1. "María" (Spanish Radio Edit) (4:38)
  2. "María" (Album Version) (4:23)
CD single -Remixes
  1. "María" (Spanglish Radio Edit) (4:31)
  2. "María" (Spanish Radio Edit) (4:38)
CD maxi - Remixes
  1. "María" (Spanglish Radio Edit) (3:58)
  2. "María" (Spanish Radio Edit) (4:38)
  3. "María" (Spanglish Extended) (7:56)
  4. "María" (Spanish Extended) (8:10)
  5. "María" (Spanglish Dub) (6:07)
  6. "María" (Perc A Pella Mix) (5:07)
12" maxi - Remixes
  1. "María" (Spanish Extended) (8:10)
  2. "María" (Perc A Pella Mix) (5:07)
  3. "María" (Spanglish Extended) (7:56)
  4. "María" (Spanglish Dub) (6:07)

[edit] Certifications and sales

Country Certification Sales/shipments
Australia[1] Platinum 70,000+
France[2] Diamond 1,400,000+
Germany[3] Gold 150,000+
Switzerland[4] Gold 25,000+

[edit] Charts

Chart (1995)[5] [6] [7] [8] [9] Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot Latin Tracks 6
U.S. Billboard Hot Latin Pop Airplay 2
Chart (1996) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 88
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales 34
U.S. Billboard Latin Tropical/Salsa Airplay 8
U.S. Billboard Rhythmic Top 40 33
Chart (1997) Peak
position
Austrian Singles Chart 4
Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart 2
Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart 1
Dutch Singles Chart 6
Finnish Singles Chart 9
French Singles Chart 1
German Singles Chart 3
Irish Singles Chart 12
New Zealand Singles Chart 7
Norwegian Singles Chart 11
Swedish Singles Chart 3
Swiss Singles Chart 3
UK Singles Chart 6
End of the year chart (1997) Position
Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart[10] 9
Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart[11] 4
French Singles Chart[12] 2
Swiss Singles Chart[13] 9
Preceded by
"Con te partirò" by Andrea Bocelli
French (SNEP) number-one single
April 12, 1997 - June 7, 1997
Succeeded by
"Alane" by Wes
Preceded by
"Let a Boy Cry" by Gala
Belgian (Wallonia) number-one single
May 10, 1997 - July 12, 1997

[edit] References

  1. ^ Austrian certifications ifpi.at (Retrieved April 20, 2008)
  2. ^ French certifications Disqueenfrance.com (Retrieved April 20, 2008)
  3. ^ German certifications musikindustrie.de (Retrieved April 20, 2008)
  4. ^ Swiss certifications Swisscharts.com (Retrieved April 20, 2008)
  5. ^ "María", in various Singles Chart Lescharts.com (Retrieved April 20, 2008)
  6. ^ German Singles Chart Charts-surfer.de (Retrieved April 20, 2008)
  7. ^ Irish Single Chart Irishcharts.ie (Retrieved April 20, 2008)
  8. ^ UK Singles Chart Chartstats.com (Retrieved April 20, 2008)
  9. ^ Billboard allmusic.com (Retrieved April 20, 2008)
  10. ^ 1997 Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart Ultratop.be (Retrieved April 20, 2008)
  11. ^ 1997 Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart Ultratop.be (Retrieved April 20, 2008)
  12. ^ 1997 French Singles Chart Disqueenfrance.com (Retrieved April 20, 2008)
  13. ^ 1997 Swiss Singles Chart Hitparade.ch (Retrieved April 20, 2008)
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