Regalo del Alma
2003 studio album by Celia Cruz / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Regalo del Alma (English: A Gift from the Soul) is the final studio album recorded by Cuban salsa recording artist Celia Cruz, released posthumously on 29 July 2003 by Sony Music Latin, following Cruz's death from brain cancer on July 16, 2003. It is Cruz's seventieth album.
Regalo del Alma | ||||
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Released | 29 July 2003 | |||
Recorded | February—March 2003[1] | |||
Genre | Salsa · Latin pop | |||
Length | 46:35 | |||
Label | Sony Music Latin | |||
Producer | Sergio George · Oscar Gómez | |||
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Singles from Regalo del Alma | ||||
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The album spawned two singles, "Rie y Llora" and "Ella Tiene Fuego". The former peaked at number twelve on the Billboard Latin Songs chart and number nineteen on the Billboard Latin Pop Songs chart. It led the Billboard Tropical Songs chart for eleven weeks in 2003. The latter reached number twenty-five and number two on the Latin Song and Tropical Songs charts, respectively.
Selling 24,000 copies in its first week, the recording peaked at number forty on the Billboard 200 and number one on both the Billboard Latin Albums and Billboard Tropical Albums charts. Regalo del Alma was awarded the Latin Grammy Award for Best Salsa Album. It also received the Grammy Award for Best Salsa/Merengue Album at the 46th Annual Grammy Awards.