Carpe Diem (Belinda Peregrín album)

Carpe Diem
Studio album by Belinda
Released	March 23, 2010
Recorded	2009—2010 Various Darkchild Studios, Los Angeles Theplay Studios, Madrid Metropolis Studios, London Miami Sweden
Genre	Electro-pop
Length	40:14
Label	Capitol Latin
Producer	Various Belinda Peregrín (also executive) Áureo Baqueiro Jimmy Harry Carlos Jean Arno Elias Jörgen Ringqvist Daniel Barkman
Belinda chronology
Utopía (2006) Carpe Diem (2010) Catarsis (2013)
Singles from Carpe Diem
"Egoísta" Released: February 23, 2010 "Dopamina" Released: August 10, 2010

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Carpe Diem is the third studio album from Mexican pop singer Belinda, released on March 23, 2010 through Capitol Latin.^[1] The album is primarily electropop music for dancing, a more mature sound than previous albums.^[2] The album debuted on the Billboard Top Latin Albums at number 12, number 3 in the Latin pop albums and number 21 on the Top Heatseekers Album. In Mexico, entered at No. 7 and No. 5 in the category in Spanish.^[3]

On March 25, two days after its release, Belinda was certified gold by offering an autograph session in Mexico City, more than 30,000 copies sold. The name of the carpe diem album comes from the Latin language, a phrase that literally means "Long live the day" or "Seize the day", coined by the Roman poet Horace, 12, who was adopted by Belinda movie Dead Poets Carpe diem Society.13 unlike his previous album, containing more cheerful, positive, more danceable, 14 fusion of electronic beats songs.^[4]

Among the producers is the Mexican Golden Baqueiro, who produced the theme "Sal de mi Piel" in Los Angeles, also was attended by Jimmy Harry, who produced the theme "Égoista", and previously had worked in his old job Utopía. The album also features production by French artist Arno Elias, who produced the theme "Amor Transgénico" as well as the participation of the Spanish Carlos Jean. In addition, the propia Belinda, composed, coordenor credited the image, along with his father, executive producer of the album.^[5]

Background

Production

The album name is a Latin phrase meaning "Seize the Day" coined by the Roman poet Horace. The album includes 11 tracks and 12 on the iTunes and European editions, composed and produced by herself and would be a change in her musical styles heard on her previous album, Utopía, also include a song titled "Cuida De Mí" written specially for her late grandfather, who died in 2008.^[6] The album was recorded mainly in cities such as Los Angeles, Madrid, London, Miami.^[6] The album includes contributions from songwriter Nacho Peregrín along with the producers Aureo Baqueiro, Jimmy Harry, Carlos Jean, Arno Elias, as well as Belinda herself, who is accredited as composer, image coordinator and executive producer of the album.^[7]

Release

The released date was originally November 24, 2009, later Belinda confirmed on her Twitter that the release date was postponed from November 24, 2009 to March 23, 2010. The album was released March 12, 2010 in Canadian iTunes by mistake, which led to a mass leak over the internet and popular video site YouTube. The album was taken off from iTunes later that same day. The album debuted at number 1 on both iTunes Mexico and the USA (Latin)'s top album charts on the day of its official release. Two days after its release, the album was certified gold in Mexico on March 25, 2010, after 40,000 copies sold.^[8][9]

Promotion

Singles

The album's lead single, "Egoísta" released on February 8, a collaboration with Cuban rapper Pitbull, who also appears in the English version of the song.^[10] The song peaked at number 28 at the Billboard Hot Latin Songs, on Billboard's Latin Rhythm chart the song peaked at number nine making it her first top ten on the chart.^[11] Music videos for both versions were filmed in Mexico City in early May directed by Vance Burberry and Belinda herself.^[6][12][13]

"Dopamina" was released to iTunes on March 16, 2010 as part of a countdown to the album release. It was later announced the track, initially a promotional single, would be serviced to radio on August 10 as the second single from the album. The music video was released on February 1, 2011.^[14][15]

Promotional singles

Prior to the release of the album, three promotional singles were released exclusively on Apple's iTunes Store as a "Countdown to Carpe Diem".

• "Sal de Mi Piel" was the first release of the album, it was released digitally on August 18, 2009, used as the main theme of telenovela Camaleones. This is not the official first single and was previously included on Camaleones soundtrack.^[16]
• "Lolita" was the first promotional single, released on March 2, 2010.^[17]
• "Culpable" was the second promotional single, released March 9, 2010. The song is a Spanish version of "Into The Morning" by the band The Weekend.^[18][19]

Other songs

• "Wacko" is a cover of the song "Not That Kinda Girl" originally performed by Dutch singer Kim-Lian and Swedish singer Linda Bengtzing, released in October 2009.^[20]
• "Lolita" was used to promote and as the theme song for the MTV Latin America series Niñas Mal, but not as the third single from the album. A music video with scenes from the series was premiered on August 23, 2010.^[21]

Tracklist

Charts and sales

The album debuted on the Billboard Top Latin Albums at number 12, also debuted at number 3 on the Latin Pop Albums and number 21 on the Top Heatseekers Albums. On the Mexican Albums Chart the album debuted at number 7, and on the Mexican International Albums Chart at number 5.

Release history

References

External links

• Belinda official website
• Carpe Diem at Discogs.com