Libre is a 2002 Grammy Award-nominated album released by Univision Music Group

Univision Music Group

For the successor to this company, go to Universal Music Latin Entertainment.Univision Music Group was a Latin music company in the United States with approximately 45% market share...

 by Latin singer Jennifer Peña

Jennifer Peña

Jennifer Marcella Peña , is an American Latin Pop/Tejano singer and actress who has sold over 3.5 million records internationally. Peña is the third and youngest daughter of Jaime and Mary Peña with other siblings Janet and Jackie...

. Released on June 11, 2002, Libre debuted on Billboard

Billboard (magazine)

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Top Latin Albums Chart at #2 with a 17 track listing of which spawned several top ten hits including "Vamos al Mundial", which was selected by the U.S Hispanic network Univision

Univision

Univision is a Spanish-language television network in the United States. It has the largest audience of Spanish language television viewers according to Nielsen ratings. Randy Falco, COO, has been in charge of the company since the departure of Univision Communications president and CEO Joe Uva...

 as the official song of the 2002 World Cup Soccer tournament. Libre also includes the #1 Hot Latin Track "El Dolor De Tu Presencia" which spent 8 weeks atop of the charts in the summer of 2002 along with "Entre el Delerio Y la Locura". Recorderd in Miami, Florida it was executive produced by Jose Behar and included production by Rudy Perez, Kike Santander and Gustavo Santander. Libre was a crossover album for Peña, who has spent the first phase of her career recording Tejano

Tejano

Tejano or Texano is a term used to identify a Texan of Mexican heritage.Historically, the Spanish term Tejano has been used to identify different groups of people...

 music. Libre re-introduced Jennifer has a pop singer with ballads, dance songs that were far more mainstream than anything she had recorded before. Libre became one of the most successful Latin albums of 2002 selling over 500,000 units certified multi-platinum by the RIAA.

Singles

• "Vamos Al Mundial" (2002) FIFA World Cup Song (PROMO)
• "El Dolor De Tu Presencia" (2002/2003) Hot Latin Tracks # 1 for 8 Weeks
• "Entre El Delirio y La Locura" (2002) Hot Latin Tracks # 6
• "A Fuego Lento" (2004) Hot Latin Tracks # 21

Chart information courtesy of Billboard.com © 2006 VNU eMedia, Inc. All rights reserved.

Personnel

• Levi Mora Arriaga - Keyboards
• Meredith Mora Arriaga - Guitar
• José Luis Arroyave - Arranger, Engineer, Keyboards, Producer, Programming
• Jose Behar - Executive Producer
• Nelson Cano - Vocals
• Vicky Echeverri - Vocals
• Enrique Elizondo - Engineer, Producer
• Joaquin Perez Fernandez - Engineer
• Jonathon Fuzessy - Vocal Coordinator, Vocals
• Claudia Garcia - Vocals
• Iker Gastaminza - Mixing
• José Gaviria - Arranger, Engineer, Keyboards, Producer, Programming
• Beppe Gemelli - Keyboards, Programming
• Piero Gemelli - Guitar
• Gabby Giannelli - Art Coordinator
• Bernie Grundman - Mastering
• Julio Hernandez - Bass
• Paul Hoyle - Arranger, Keyboards, Programming
• Erick Labson - Mastering
• David Lopez - Assistant Engineer
• Manny López - Guitar
• Alfredo Matheus - Mixing
• Sergio Minski - Production Coordination
• David Mora-Arriaga - Bass
• Joel Numa - Engineer, Mixing
• José Luis Pagán - Arranger, Keyboards, Programming
• Mario Patiño - Production Coordination
• Jennifer Peña - Vocals
• Betsy Perez - Production Coordination
• Rudy Pérez
  Rudy Pérez
  Rudy Pérez is a Cuban American composer, producer and Sound engineer specialized in Latin Ballad whose songs have been very successful. He is considered one of the most outstanding creators in the field of international pop music...
  
   - Arranger, Director, Guitar, Producer, Vocals
• Clay Perry
  Justin Clay Perry
  Justin Clay Perry is an American jazz, pop, and Latin pianist best known for his arrangements heard behind numerous recording artists. He is a graduate of the Pinellas County Center for the Arts at Gibbs High School in Tampa Bay where he studied classical and jazz piano and composition...
  
   - Keyboards, Programming
• Catalina Rodríguez - Vocals
• Barry Rosen - Photography
• Arturo Salas - Arranger
• Manuel Sanchez - Mixing
• Kike Santander
  Kike Santander
  Dr. Flavio Enrique Santander Lora, commonly known as Kike Santander, is a Colombian composer, record producer, arranger and entrepreneur. He is considered to be one of the principal Latino composers of the day, having worked with artists such as David Bisbal, Christian Castro, Thalía, Chayanne,...
  
  - Producer
• Andrés Felipe Silva - Executive Director
• Ramiro Teran - Arranger, Keyboards, Programming, Vocal Coordinator, Vocals
• Fernando Tobon - Bass, Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Electric)
• Juan Jose Virviescas - Engineer
• Dan Warner - Guitar
• Bruce Weeden - Engineer, Mixing