Suavemente

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Suavemente
Studio album by Elvis Crespo
Released April 14, 1998 (1998-04-14)
Recorded 1997-1998
Genre Merengue
Label Sony
Elvis Crespo chronology

Suavemente
(1998)		 Píntame
(1999)
Singles from Suavemente
  1. "Suavemente"
    Released: April 4, 1998
  2. "Luna Llena"
    Released: May 16, 1998
  3. "Tu Sonrisa"
    Released: September 29, 1998
  4. "Nuestra Cancion"
    Released: January 4, 1999
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]

Suavemente is an album by Puerto Rican merenguero Elvis Crespo, literally meaning "smoothly" or "softly" in Spanish. The album reached Number 1 on Billboard's "National Latin top 40" chart in 1998.[citation needed] The album received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Tropical Latin Performance and was awarded "Tropical Album of the Year" at the 1999 Premio Lo Nuestro awards.

Track listing

  1. "Suavemente"
  2. "Nuestra Canción"
  3. "Luna Llena"
  4. "Me Arrepiento"
  5. "Princesita"
  6. "Tu Sonrisa"
  7. "Yo Me Moriré"
  8. "Llorando"
  9. "Por Qué?"
  10. "Te Vas"

Charts

Chart positions

Chart (1998) Peak
position[2]
U.S. Top Latin Albums 1
U.S. Tropical Albums 1
U.S. Top Heatseekers 4
U.S. Billboard 200 106

Sales and certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
Argentina (CAPIF)[3] 2× Platinum 120,000x
Mexico (AMPROFON)[4] Platinum+Gold 350,000^
United States (RIAA)[5] Platinum 1,000,000^

^shipments figures based on certification alone
xunspecified figures based on certification alone

See also

References

  1. ↑ Allmusic review
  2. ↑ "Elvis Crespo - Suavemente (album)". Allmusic. Retrieved 2010-08-30. 
  3. ↑ "Argentinian album certifications – Elvis Crespo – Suavemente". Argentine Chamber of Phonograms and Videograms Producers. 
  4. ↑ "Certificaciones –" (in Spanish). Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas. 
  5. ↑ "American album certifications – Elvis Crespo – Suavemente". Recording Industry Association of America.  If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH
Elvis Crespo
Studio albums
Compilation albums
  • The Remixes (1999)
  • Greatest Hits (2002)
  • Suavemente...Los Exitos (2008)
Live albums
  • Elvis Crespo Lives: Live from Las Vegas (2008)
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