Electricidad

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Electricidad
Studio album by Jesse & Joy
Released September 15, 2009
Recorded 2008 - 2009
Genre Latin pop, pop rock
Length 44:50 (standard edition)
54:20 (deluxe edition)
Label Warner Music México
Producer Thom Russo
Jesse & Joy chronology

Esto Es Lo Que Soy
(2006)
Electricidad
(2009)
¿Con Quién Se Queda El Perro?
(2011)
Singles from Electricidad
  1. "Adiós"
    Released: July 20, 2009[1]
  2. "Electricidad"
    Released: August 18, 2009[2]
  3. "Chocolate"
    Released: November 24, 2009[3]
  4. "Si Te Vas"
    Released: August 4, 2010[4]

Electricidad (English: Electricity) is the second studio album by Mexican duo Jesse & Joy. The album was released on 15 September 2009 by Warner Music México, and reached number twenty-one on the Mexican Albums Chart. The album was certified Gold by the Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas (AMPROFON). "Adiós" became the album's lead single in July 2009. It peaked at number thirteen at the Hot Latin Songs chart and number three at Latin Pop Airplay chart. The title track was released the next month, and "Chocolate" was released as the third single. It peaked at number thirteen at the Mexican Airplay chart, as well as twenty-nine at the Latin Pop Airplay chart. "Si Te Vas" was released as the fourth and last single. Jesse & Joy promoted the album on a concert tour.

Background

In an interview with Univision, Jesse commented "We're happy with how the album turned out, we're very satisfied with it, we've been experimenting for about eighteen months with sounds and everything and now here in the last five months we managed to assemble those parts in Los Angeles and from that came the single 'Adiós'".[5]

Track listing

All songs were written by Jesse & Joy.[6]

No. Title Length
1. "Electricidad"   4:04
2. "Adiós"   4:09
3. "Chocolate"   4:08
4. "Si Te Vas"   3:54
5. "Nuevo Día"   4:46
6. "Nada Es Mejor"   3:16
7. "Una Y Otra Vez"   4:00
8. "Invisible"   3:39
9. "Es Amor"   4:21
10. "Por Siempremente"   4:17
11. "Quédate"   4:14
12. "10 Mil Vidas"
(Bonus Track)"  
3:11
13. "Sublime"
(Bonus Track)"  
2:35
14. "Nunca Dije No"
(Amazon Exclusive Bonus Track)"  
3:44
15. "Mi Sol"
(Brazilian Edition Bonus Track)"  
6:58
16. "Dulce Melodía"
(Brazilian Edition Bonus Track)"  
3:41

Electricidad Tour

To promote the album, Jesse & Joy began the tour with a concert in the city of Houston, Texas on September 25 also New York City's Webster Hall, along with Kinky on September 30.[7] Along with these dates, the tour has dates on Mexico, United States, Spain, Central America and South America.[8]

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from Electricidad liner notes.[9]

  • Albert Mata – mastering engineer assistant
  • Fernando Roldán – recording
  • Thom Russo – arranger, hammond B3, keyboards, mix engineer, percussion, piano, producer, programming, recording, music director
  • Maggie Wheeler – music director

Charts

Album

The album debuted on the Mexican Albums Chart at number fifty-five, and reached number twenty-one as its peak position.[10]

Chart Peak
position
Mexican Album Charts[10] 21
US Billboard Latin Albums[11] 14
US Billboard Latin Pop Albums[11] 3
US Billboard Heatseekers[11] 22

Singles

Year Song Mex (airplay) U.S. Latin U.S. Latin Pop
2009 "Electricidad"
"Adiós" 13[12] 3[12]
2010 "Chocolate" 13[13] 29[14]
"Si Te Vas"

Year-end charts

Single Chart 2009 Peak Position
Adiós US Billboard Hot Latin Songs 74

Certifications

Country (provider) Certifications
(sales thresholds)
Mexico AMPROFON Gold (+ 55,000)[15]

References

  1. "Adiós - Single". iTunes. Retrieved May 18, 2013. 
  2. "Electricidad - Single". iTunes. Retrieved May 18, 2013. 
  3. "Chocolate - Single". iTunes. Retrieved May 18, 2013. 
  4. "Si Te Vas - Single". iTunes. Retrieved May 18, 2013. 
  5. Manjarrez, Beatriz (17 September 2009). "High-Voltage Pop" (in Spanish). Univision. Retrieved 8 February 2010. 
  6. "Electricidad – Jesse & Joy". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 21 June 2011. 
  7. "Jesse & Joy and Kinky on New York's Webster Hall". N.Y. de Día (in spanish). 17 September 2009. Retrieved 8 December 2009. 
  8. (Page 26) "Electricidad". Mixup (in spanish). 17 September 2009. Retrieved 8 December 2009. 
  9. Electricidad (Liner Notes) (Compact Disc). Jesse & Joy. Mexico City, Mexico: Warner Music Mexico. 2009.
  10. 10.0 10.1 "Electricidad". Ultratop. Retrieved 26 April 2010. 
  11. 11.0 11.1 11.2 Billboard. "Electricidad". Retrieved 26 January 2010. 
  12. 12.0 12.1 "Jesse & Joy Album & Song Chart History". Billboard. Nielsen Company. Retrieved 2012-11-03. 
  13. "Mexico Airplay Issue Date: 2013-01-26". Billboard. Nielsen Company. 2013-01-26. Retrieved 2013-01-17. 
  14. "Chocolate". Billboard. Nielsen Company. Retrieved 2010-01-24. 
  15. Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas. "Certificaciones" (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 February 2010. 
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