En Bancarrota

"En Bancarrota" (English: "In Bankruptcy") is a song written, performed and produced by Spanish singer-songwriter Braulio. It was released in 1987 as the second single from his studio album Lo Bello y lo Prohibido (1986). This song became his first (and to date only) number-one hit at the Billboard Hot Latin Tracks chart and was later covered by Elvis Martínez, Raulin Rosendo and Floria Márquez.^[1]

In 1988, "En Bancarrota" was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Latin Pop Performance, on the 30th Annual Grammy Awards. losing to Un Hombre Solo by Julio Iglesias.^[2]

Chart performance

The song debuted on the Billboard Hot Latin Tracks chart at number 36 on April 25, 1987 and climbed to number-one twelve weeks later.^[3][4] It replace at the top of the chart "Es Mi Mujer" by Mexican performer Emmanuel and was replaced six weeks later by "Lo Mejor de Tu Vida" by Spanish perfomer Julio Iglesias.

Personnel

This information adopted from Allmusic.

• Richard Eddy Martínez – arranger, director, producer
• Braulio García – producer
• Eric Schilling – engineer, mixing
• Mike Cuzzi – engineer
• Ted Stein – engineer
• Mike Todd – assistant engineer

See also

• List of number-one Billboard Top Latin Songs from the 1980s

References