20 Años de Éxitos En Vivo con Moderatto
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20 Años de Éxitos En Vivo con Moderatto (20 Years of Hits Live with Moderatto) is the third live album
by Mexican
recording artist Alejandra Guzmán
. It was released by EMI Latin
on June 21, 2011 and features the participation of Moderatto
as her backing band. Jay de la Cueva
worked as producer of the album, which was recorded at the Palacio de los Deportes
in Mexico City
on March 17, 2011. The album includes Guzmán's greatest hits, a song originally performed by Moderatto, and two newly recorded songs, including the theme song of the Mexican telenovela
Una Familia con Suerte
.
The album entered the top five in Mexico and the top twenty in the United States. To promote the album, a video for the song "Un Grito en la Noche", previously a single from Guzmán's album Eternamente Bella
(1990), was released on September 2011. The standard edition of the album in Mexico includes a DVD documentary about the recording sessions. 20 Años de Éxitos En Vivo con Moderatto received a platinum certification in Mexico by the Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas.
in Mexico City. Guzmán asked Jay de la Cueva
to produce the album and include his band Moderatto
in the show. About the recording, Guzmán said that the main reason is to have a more produced show to perform songs of the bad and good things that have happened to her, "it's been many years, we want to make them [the public] happy." The album was recorded after Guzmán's featured performance on the album En Primera Fila
by Venezuelan singer-songwriter Franco De Vita
, with the song "Tan Sólo Tú
", which resulted in two nominations for the Latin Grammy Awards of 2011: Record of the Year
and Best Long Form Music Video
. The album is Guzmán's third live album following La Guzmán
(1998) and Alejandra Guzmán En Vivo
(2003).
of 1990. "Hacer El Amor Con Otro" and "Güera" are taken from Flor de Papel
(1991). "Mala Hierba" and "Mírala, Míralo" were first included on Libre
in 1993. "De Verdad
" was the lead single from Soy
(2001). "Volverte a Amar
" from Indeleble
in 2006. "Verano Peligroso" is the theme song of a film starred by Guzmán in 1991, and was first included on her compilation album Lo Más Prendido. The album is the first to feature the song "Día de Suerte", the theme song of the Mexican telenovela
Una Familia con Suerte
. "Ya Lo Veía Venir" was the first single from Moderatto's 2008 album Queremos Rock. "No Te Lo Tomes Personal" is a new song written by Jay de la Cueva and Guzmán.
, where they performed before a selected audience of fans. American singer Jenni Rivera accompanied the singer on the song "Eternamente Bella", while Puerto-Rican performer Vico C
joined them on "Mala Hierba". Guzmán also presented the song "Día de Suerte" for the first time. Guzmán declared on her experience working with Moderatto: "On stage, when I'm with them, everything is magic. Right now I feel part of the band because it made me feel very happy and made me feel like their songs are mine." A long form music video was recorded and included on the standard Mexican edition of the album as an accompanying DVD. This music video opened in several movie theaters in the United States and Mexico, and tickets were available for free to her fans on her official website.
, being blocked for the number-one by MTV Unplugged
by Mexican band Los Tigres del Norte
. The album is the highest placement in the chart for Guzmán since Indeleble
which peaked at the top in 2006. 20 Años de Éxitos En Vivo con Moderatto earned a platinum certificacion in Mexico by the Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas. In the United States, the album debuted and peaked at number 20 in the Billboard Latin Albums and at number seven on the Latin Pop Albums
chart, becoming Guzmán's fourth top ten album in the latter chart, following Flor de Papel
(1992), Soy (2001) and Reina de Corazones: La Historia (2007).
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Live album
A live album is a recording consisting of material recorded during stage performances using remote recording techniques, commonly contrasted with a studio album...
by Mexican
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
recording artist Alejandra Guzmán
Alejandra Guzmán
Alejandra Gabriela Guzmán Pinal , better known as Alejandra Guzmán, is a Latin Grammy Award–winning Mexican rock singer and actress. She has had a dedicated fanbase throughout Latin America since the late 1980s, and is known as the "Queen of Rock" in the Hispanic world...
. It was released by EMI Latin
EMI Latin
EMI Televisa Music, also known as EMI Latin and EMI International, is a subsidiary of EMI which focuses on Latin American music....
on June 21, 2011 and features the participation of Moderatto
Moderatto
Moderatto is a Mexican band active since the late-1990s.-Beginning:Moderatto began playing in the mid nineties in Mexico City, as a parody of the glamorous style of many 1980s bands like Poison and Mötley Crüe. Originally started as a side project for the members' original bands, they eventually...
as her backing band. Jay de la Cueva
Jay de la Cueva
Jay de la Cueva is a Mexican producer, singer, bass player, drummer, guitarist, pianist and songwriter. His first musical experience was with the rock band M.I.C.R.O.C.H.I.P.S. in which he was a bass player. During his participation in this rock band Victimas del Dr. Cerebro. In 1995 he joined the...
worked as producer of the album, which was recorded at the Palacio de los Deportes
Palacio de los Deportes
Palacio de los Deportes is an indoor arena, located in Mexico City, Mexico, within the sports complex Magdalena Mixhuca Sports City, near the Mexico City International Airport and the Foro Sol, in which sports and artistic events are also celebrated. It is operated by Grupo CIE...
in Mexico City
Mexico City
Mexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole...
on March 17, 2011. The album includes Guzmán's greatest hits, a song originally performed by Moderatto, and two newly recorded songs, including the theme song of the Mexican telenovela
Telenovela
A telenovela is a limited-run serial dramatic programming popular in Latin American, Portuguese, and Spanish television programming. The word combines tele, short for televisión or televisão , and novela, a Spanish or Portuguese word for "novel"...
Una Familia con Suerte
Una familia con suerte
Una Familia Con Suerte is a Televisa-produced telenovela based on the original Argentinean telenovela named Los Roldán. The telenovela premiered on February 14, 2011 in Mexico. It is produced by Juan Osorio and stars Luz Elena Gonzales, Arath De La Torre and Mayrín Villanueva. It is currently...
.
The album entered the top five in Mexico and the top twenty in the United States. To promote the album, a video for the song "Un Grito en la Noche", previously a single from Guzmán's album Eternamente Bella
Eternamente Bella
Eternamente Bella is the third album by Mexican iconic Rock singer Alejandra Guzmán. It was released in 1990.-Track listing:# "Sheriff" # "Un Grito en la Noche"...
(1990), was released on September 2011. The standard edition of the album in Mexico includes a DVD documentary about the recording sessions. 20 Años de Éxitos En Vivo con Moderatto received a platinum certification in Mexico by the Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas.
Background
To commemorate 20 years of musical career, Alejandra Guzmán decided to record a live album at the Palacio de los DeportesPalacio de los Deportes
Palacio de los Deportes is an indoor arena, located in Mexico City, Mexico, within the sports complex Magdalena Mixhuca Sports City, near the Mexico City International Airport and the Foro Sol, in which sports and artistic events are also celebrated. It is operated by Grupo CIE...
in Mexico City. Guzmán asked Jay de la Cueva
Jay de la Cueva
Jay de la Cueva is a Mexican producer, singer, bass player, drummer, guitarist, pianist and songwriter. His first musical experience was with the rock band M.I.C.R.O.C.H.I.P.S. in which he was a bass player. During his participation in this rock band Victimas del Dr. Cerebro. In 1995 he joined the...
to produce the album and include his band Moderatto
Moderatto
Moderatto is a Mexican band active since the late-1990s.-Beginning:Moderatto began playing in the mid nineties in Mexico City, as a parody of the glamorous style of many 1980s bands like Poison and Mötley Crüe. Originally started as a side project for the members' original bands, they eventually...
in the show. About the recording, Guzmán said that the main reason is to have a more produced show to perform songs of the bad and good things that have happened to her, "it's been many years, we want to make them [the public] happy." The album was recorded after Guzmán's featured performance on the album En Primera Fila
En Primera Fila
En primera fila is the third live album by Venezuelan recording artist Franco De Vita. It was released by Sony Music on May 31, 2011, after a three-year gap since the release of his last studio album. De Vita worked as producer, along with David Cabrera...
by Venezuelan singer-songwriter Franco De Vita
Franco De Vita
Franco De Vita is a singer-songwriter of Latin music. His first disc as a solo artist garnered three Spanish-language hits in Venezuela. He signed with the Sony label in 1988, and in 1990, his album Extranjero had a song that reached No. 1 on the U.S. Latin charts and won an MTV Video Music Award...
, with the song "Tan Sólo Tú
Tan Sólo Tú
"Tan Sólo Tú" is a Latin pop song by Venezuelan recording artist Franco De Vita from his third live album En Primera Fila...
", which resulted in two nominations for the Latin Grammy Awards of 2011: Record of the Year
Latin Grammy Award for Record of the Year
The Latin Grammy Award for Record of the Year is an honor presented annually at the Latin Grammy Awards, a ceremony that recognizes excellence and creates a wider awareness of cultural diversity and contributions of Latin recording artists in the United States and internationally...
and Best Long Form Music Video
Latin Grammy Award for Best Long Form Music Video
The Latin Grammy Award for Best Long Form Music Video is given every year since the 7th Latin Grammy Awards ceremony. The award is given to the performer, director and producer of the video.- 2010s :- 2000s :...
. The album is Guzmán's third live album following La Guzmán
La Guzmán
La Guzmán is a live album by Mexican iconic rock singer Alejandra Guzmán. It was released in 1997. Guzmán sang Live in Xcaret, a Mexican eco-tourism park on the Mayan Riviera. Coincidentally, on April 30, 2007, Paulina Rubio wed Spanish public relations executive, Nicolas Vallejo Najera "Colate",...
(1998) and Alejandra Guzmán En Vivo
Alejandra Guzman En Vivo
Alejandra Guzmán En Vivo is the second live album recorded by Mexican singer Alejandra Guzmán. A DVD with the full concert was also released...
(2003).
Repertoire
Ten songs previously recorded by the singer are included: "Llama Por Favor", "Un Grito en la Noche" and the title track from her album Eternamente BellaEternamente Bella
Eternamente Bella is the third album by Mexican iconic Rock singer Alejandra Guzmán. It was released in 1990.-Track listing:# "Sheriff" # "Un Grito en la Noche"...
of 1990. "Hacer El Amor Con Otro" and "Güera" are taken from Flor de Papel
Flor de Papel
Flor de Papel is the fourth album by Mexican rock singer Alejandra Guzmán. It was released in 1991 and became one of the most important female albums in Mexico. It won the Eres Award for Album of the Year and received a nomination for a Grammy Award for Best Latin Pop Album.-Track listing:#...
(1991). "Mala Hierba" and "Mírala, Míralo" were first included on Libre
Libre (Alejandra Guzmán album)
Libre is the fifth album by Mexican iconic Rock singer Alejandra Guzmán. It was released in 1993."Te Esperaba" is the song Guzmán dedicated to her Daughter "Frida Sofia" It talks about her being pregnant with Frida.-Track listing:...
in 1993. "De Verdad
De Verdad
"De Verdad" is the first single released from Soy the tenth studio album by Mexican singer Alejandra Guzmán. The track was written by Steve Mandle, Julia Sierra and Jodi Marr.-Music video:...
" was the lead single from Soy
Soy (Alejandra Guzmán album)
Soy is the title of the tenth studio album released by Mexican singer Alejandra Guzmán. This album was the first produced by Desmond Child and was the winner of the 2002 Latin Grammy Award for "Best Rock Solo Vocal Album", being the first win and, to date, the only Latin Grammy won by the...
(2001). "Volverte a Amar
Volverte a Amar
"Volverte a Amar" is the first single from Alejandra Guzmán's twelfth studio album Indeleble. The song was produced by Loris Ceroni and written by Mario Domm and Alejandra Guzmán. The song was very successful in Mexico and United States.In Mexico, the ringtone of this single was certified...
" from Indeleble
Indeleble
Indeleble is the twelfth studio album released by Mexican singer Alejandra Guzmán. The album was produced by Loris Ceroni and features songs written by Mario Domm, lead singer of the Mexican group Camila and Kalimba....
in 2006. "Verano Peligroso" is the theme song of a film starred by Guzmán in 1991, and was first included on her compilation album Lo Más Prendido. The album is the first to feature the song "Día de Suerte", the theme song of the Mexican telenovela
Telenovela
A telenovela is a limited-run serial dramatic programming popular in Latin American, Portuguese, and Spanish television programming. The word combines tele, short for televisión or televisão , and novela, a Spanish or Portuguese word for "novel"...
Una Familia con Suerte
Una familia con suerte
Una Familia Con Suerte is a Televisa-produced telenovela based on the original Argentinean telenovela named Los Roldán. The telenovela premiered on February 14, 2011 in Mexico. It is produced by Juan Osorio and stars Luz Elena Gonzales, Arath De La Torre and Mayrín Villanueva. It is currently...
. "Ya Lo Veía Venir" was the first single from Moderatto's 2008 album Queremos Rock. "No Te Lo Tomes Personal" is a new song written by Jay de la Cueva and Guzmán.
Recording and release
20 Años de Éxitos En Vivo con Moderatto was recorded on March 17, 2011 at Palacio de los Deportes in Mexico City. Guzmán was joined on stage by the Mexican band ModerattoModeratto
Moderatto is a Mexican band active since the late-1990s.-Beginning:Moderatto began playing in the mid nineties in Mexico City, as a parody of the glamorous style of many 1980s bands like Poison and Mötley Crüe. Originally started as a side project for the members' original bands, they eventually...
, where they performed before a selected audience of fans. American singer Jenni Rivera accompanied the singer on the song "Eternamente Bella", while Puerto-Rican performer Vico C
Vico C
Vico C is an Puerto Rican rapper and rap artist. He is considered one of the founding fathers of rap and has played an influential role in the development of Latin American hip hop....
joined them on "Mala Hierba". Guzmán also presented the song "Día de Suerte" for the first time. Guzmán declared on her experience working with Moderatto: "On stage, when I'm with them, everything is magic. Right now I feel part of the band because it made me feel very happy and made me feel like their songs are mine." A long form music video was recorded and included on the standard Mexican edition of the album as an accompanying DVD. This music video opened in several movie theaters in the United States and Mexico, and tickets were available for free to her fans on her official website.
Tracklisting
Chart performance
The album debuted at number 15 and peaked at number two on the Mexican Albums ChartTop 100 Mexico
Top 100 México is a record chart which accounts for sixty percent of the albums sold in Mexico. The chart has the support of major record distributors in Mexico and is issued by the Mexican Association of Producers of Phonograms and Videograms, A.C. since 2005 on a weekly basis...
, being blocked for the number-one by MTV Unplugged
MTV Unplugged: Los Tigres del Norte and Friends
MTV Unplugged: Los Tigres del Norte and Friends is a live album by Mexican recording artists Los Tigres del Norte. Released by Fonovisa Records on May 24, 2011, it was recorded before a live audience at the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles, California, on February 8, 2011...
by Mexican band Los Tigres del Norte
Los Tigres del Norte
Los Tigres del Norte is a norteño-band ensemble based out of San Jose, California, hailing from Rosa Morada, Sinaloa, Mexico.- History :...
. The album is the highest placement in the chart for Guzmán since Indeleble
Indeleble
Indeleble is the twelfth studio album released by Mexican singer Alejandra Guzmán. The album was produced by Loris Ceroni and features songs written by Mario Domm, lead singer of the Mexican group Camila and Kalimba....
which peaked at the top in 2006. 20 Años de Éxitos En Vivo con Moderatto earned a platinum certificacion in Mexico by the Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas. In the United States, the album debuted and peaked at number 20 in the Billboard Latin Albums and at number seven on the Latin Pop Albums
Latin Pop Albums
Latin Pop Albums is a record chart published on Billboard magazine. It features Latin music information of the Pop music genre. Established in June 1985, this chart features only full length albums and like all album charts on Billboard, is based on sales. The information is compiled by Nielsen...
chart, becoming Guzmán's fourth top ten album in the latter chart, following Flor de Papel
Flor de Papel
Flor de Papel is the fourth album by Mexican rock singer Alejandra Guzmán. It was released in 1991 and became one of the most important female albums in Mexico. It won the Eres Award for Album of the Year and received a nomination for a Grammy Award for Best Latin Pop Album.-Track listing:#...
(1992), Soy (2001) and Reina de Corazones: La Historia (2007).
Charts
| Chart (2011) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Mexican Albums Chart Top 100 Mexico Top 100 México is a record chart which accounts for sixty percent of the albums sold in Mexico. The chart has the support of major record distributors in Mexico and is issued by the Mexican Association of Producers of Phonograms and Videograms, A.C. since 2005 on a weekly basis... |
2 |
| U.S. Billboard Top Latin Albums | 20 |
| U.S. Billboard Latin Pop Albums Latin Pop Albums Latin Pop Albums is a record chart published on Billboard magazine. It features Latin music information of the Pop music genre. Established in June 1985, this chart features only full length albums and like all album charts on Billboard, is based on sales. The information is compiled by Nielsen... |
7 |
Album certification
Personnel
- Alejandra GuzmánAlejandra GuzmánAlejandra Gabriela Guzmán Pinal , better known as Alejandra Guzmán, is a Latin Grammy Award–winning Mexican rock singer and actress. She has had a dedicated fanbase throughout Latin America since the late 1980s, and is known as the "Queen of Rock" in the Hispanic world...
– vocals - Bryan AmadeusJay de la CuevaJay de la Cueva is a Mexican producer, singer, bass player, drummer, guitarist, pianist and songwriter. His first musical experience was with the rock band M.I.C.R.O.C.H.I.P.S. in which he was a bass player. During his participation in this rock band Victimas del Dr. Cerebro. In 1995 he joined the...
– vocals, pianoPianoThe piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...
, guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
s - Xavi Moderatto – bass guitarBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
- Mick Marcy – guitar, vocals
- Roy – guitar, vocals
- Elohim Corona – drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
- Jose Portilla – guitar
- Gustavo Borner – recording engineer and mixing
- Juan Luis Falluca – recording engineer
- Toni Francois – photography
- Karola, Micro and Guille – graphic design
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