Déjame Entrar (album)

Déjame Entrar is the tenth studio album recorded by Colombian singer-songwriter Carlos Vives, It was released on November 6, 2001 (see 2001 in music). It won the Grammy Award for Best Traditional Tropical Latin Album at the 44th Annual Grammy Awards on February 27, 2002.

Déjame Entrar
Studio album by Carlos Vives
Released	November 6, 2001 (2001-11-06)
Recorded	February – June 2001
Studio	The Club House (Cooper City, Florida) Crescent Moon Studios The Hit Factory Critiera The Warehouse Studio (Miami, Florida)
Genre	Latin pop · vallenato · cumbia · porro
Length	41:04
Label	Sonolux (Colombia) EMI Music/Virgin Records (Worldwide)
Producer	Emilio Estefan, Jr. · Sebastián Krys · Andrés Castro · Carlos Vives
Carlos Vives chronology
El Amor de Mi Tierra (1999) Déjame Entrar (2001) El Rock de Mi Pueblo (2004)

Track listing

1. "Déjame entrar" (Andrés Castro, Carlos Vives, Martín Madera) – 3:57
2. "Carito" (Carlos Vives, Egidio Cuadrado) – 3:38
3. "Amor latino" (Carlos Vives, Martín Madera) – 4:10
4. "Luna nueva" (Carlos Vives, Martín Madera) – 3:36
5. "Papadió" (Andrés Castro, Carlos Iván Medina, Carlos Vives) – 3:27
6. "Quiero verte sonreír" (Andrés Castro, Carlos Vives, Carlos Huertas) – 3:18
7. "A las doce menos diez" (Carlos Vives) – 4:01
8. "María Teresa" (Andrés Castro, Emilio Estefan, Carlos Vives) – 3:36
9. "Décimas" (Carlos Vives, Martín Madera) – 3:33
10. "Santa Elegia" (Carlos Vives) – 3:52
11. "Déjame entrar (Bonus track)" (Andrés Castro, Carlos Vives, Martín Madera) – 3:57

Personnel

• Carlos Vives – vocals, choir
• Archie Peña – percussion, conga, drums
• Sebastián Krys – choir
• Mayte Montero – maraca, bagpipes
• Ramón Benítez – bombard
• Egidio Cuadrado – accordion, choir
• Andrés Castro – acousticgGuitar, electric guitar, charango, choir
• Carlos Huertas – choir
• Pablo Bernal – drums
• Tedoy Mullet – trombone, trumpet
• Carlos Iván Medina – choir
• Luis Ángel Pastor – double bass, six-string bass
• Paquito Hechavarría – piano
• Martín Madera – choir

Technical personnel

• Carlos Vives – arranger, producer
• Scott Canto – engineer
• Mike Couzzi – engineer
• Bob Ludwig – mastering
• Sebastián Krys – arranger, producer, engineer
• Kevin Dillon – logistics
• Mayte Montero – arranger
• Lucho Correa – graphic design
• Egidio Cuadrado – arranger
• Andrés Castro – arranger, producer
• David Heuer – engineer
• Javier Garza – engineer
• Steve Menezes – studio coordinator
• José A. Maldonado – logistics
• Trevor Fletcher – studio coordinator
• Luis Ángel Pastor – arranger
• Emilio Estefan Jr. – producer
• Eric Schilling – engineer
• John Thomas II – engineer
• Ron Taylor – engineer

Charts

Chart (2001)	Peak position
US Top Latin Albums (Billboard)[1]	1
US Tropical Albums (Billboard)[2]	1
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[3]	9

Sales and certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Colombia[4]	Platinum	40,000[4]
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[5]	Gold	50,000^
United States (RIAA)[6]	2× Platinum (Latin)	200,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

See also

• List of number-one Billboard Top Latin Albums of 2001
• List of number-one Billboard Tropical Albums from the 2000s

References

1. "Carlos Vives Chart History (Top Latin Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved July 16, 2024.
2. "Carlos Vives Chart History (Tropical Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved July 16, 2024.
3. "Carlos Vives Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved July 16, 2024.
4. "'Lo mío es el vallenato'". El Diario de Hoy (in Spanish). January 5, 2002. Retrieved January 14, 2022.
5. Salaverrie, Fernando (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (PDF) (in Spanish) (1st ed.). Madrid: Fundación Autor/SGAE. p. 957. ISBN 84-8048-639-2. Retrieved August 26, 2019.
6. "American album certifications – Carlos Vives – Dejame Entrar". Recording Industry Association of America.

External links

• Carlos Vives official website