Top of the Line
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Top of the Line is the debut solo album by Tito "El Bambino". It was released on April 4, 2006 by EMI Televisa Music
.
Top of The Line featured 20 songs, with collaboration from artists such as Daddy Yankee
, Don Omar
and Beenie Man
. It featured quite a number of hits, such as "Caile", "Mía" (with Daddy Yankee), "Tu Cintura" (with Don Omar), "Flow Natural" (with Beenie Man and Deevani
) "Secreto", "Máximo", "Tuve Que Morir" and "Me Da Miedo" among others. Caile was the first single and it peaked at #2 in the Billboard Hot Latin charts. Top of the Line: El Internacional edition includes a bonus DVD
featuring live concert footage and music videos. It was released February 6, 2007.
and knocking R.K.M & Ken-Y
's album, "Masterpiece
", to #2 (which was a huge achievement, as R.K.M & Ken-Y were being called "The New Héctor & Tito" and their CD, Masterpiece, was also an incredible hit). However, even though Top of The Line sold incredibly well, it fell short of beating Masterpieces record of most CDs sold in the first week of release in Puerto Rico. The album would eventually reach Latin platinum status selling over 200,000 copies.
EMI Latin
EMI Televisa Music, also known as EMI Latin and EMI International, is a subsidiary of EMI which focuses on Latin American music....
.
Top of The Line featured 20 songs, with collaboration from artists such as Daddy Yankee
Daddy Yankee
Ramón Luis Ayala Rodríguez , known artistically as Daddy Yankee, is a Latin Grammy Award winning Puerto Rican Reggaeton recording artist. Ayala was born in Río Piedras, the largest district of San Juan, where he became interested in music at a young age. In his youth he was interested in baseball,...
, Don Omar
Don Omar
Don Omar, also known as El Rey Don Omar, also known as El Rey Don Omar, also known as El Rey (born William Omar Landrón Rivera; February 10, 1978, is a Puerto Rican Reggaetón singer and actor.-Early life:...
and Beenie Man
Beenie Man
Anthony Moses Davis , better known by his stage name Beenie Man, is a Grammy award winning Jamaican reggae artist. He is the self-proclaimed "King of the Dancehall".-Biography:...
. It featured quite a number of hits, such as "Caile", "Mía" (with Daddy Yankee), "Tu Cintura" (with Don Omar), "Flow Natural" (with Beenie Man and Deevani
Deevani
Adalgisa Inés Rooney-Saldaña, better known by her stage name Deevani, is a reggaeton singer from Puerto Rico. She is best known for her Hindi vocals on the songs "Mírame" with Daddy Yankee, and "Flow Natural" with Tito "El Bambino" and Beenie Man...
) "Secreto", "Máximo", "Tuve Que Morir" and "Me Da Miedo" among others. Caile was the first single and it peaked at #2 in the Billboard Hot Latin charts. Top of the Line: El Internacional edition includes a bonus DVD
DVD
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featuring live concert footage and music videos. It was released February 6, 2007.
Top of the Line
| # | Title | Production credits | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Intro" | 1:36 | |
| 2 | "Caile Caile (Tito El Bambino song) "Caile" is the first single by Puerto Rican reggaeton artist Tito "El Bambino" from his debut studio album Top of the Line, released in early 2006. It was produced by Luny Tunes, Tainy, and Nales.-Chart performance:... " |
Luny Tunes Luny Tunes Luny Tunes are a Dominican reggaeton production duo consisting of Francisco Saldaña and Víctor Cabrera , who have been known for creating unique musical rhythms for some of the most popular reggaeton artists since the early 2000s.-Biography:... , Tainy Tainy Marco Masís, artistically known as Tainy, is a reggaeton producer. At 20 years old, he is one of the youngest and most successful producers in the reggaeton genre today. Born and raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico, he entered the world of reggaeton with his work on Mas Flow 2.-Musical career:After... , Nales & Thilo |
3:11 |
| 3 | "Mi Chica Rebelde" | Nesty Nesty "La Mente Maestra" Nesty "La Mente Maestra" is a Puerto Rican reggaeton music producer. He is currently signed with Machete Music... , Victor "El Nasi" & Naldo Naldo (producer) Naldo is a Puerto Rican reggaeton and rock producer, singer and guitarist. He was born in Comerio, Puerto Rico.-Arrival at reggaeton:... |
3:12 |
| 4 | "Mía Mía (Tito El Bambino song) "Mía" is the third single by Puerto Rican reggaeton artist Tito "El Bambino", from his debut studio album Top of the Line, released on October 2007. It was co-written and produced by Nely "El Arma Secreta"... " (featuring Daddy Yankee Daddy Yankee Ramón Luis Ayala Rodríguez , known artistically as Daddy Yankee, is a Latin Grammy Award winning Puerto Rican Reggaeton recording artist. Ayala was born in Río Piedras, the largest district of San Juan, where he became interested in music at a young age. In his youth he was interested in baseball,... ) |
Nely | 3:51 |
| 5 | "Secreto" | Luny & Nales | 2:41 |
| 6 | "Máximo" | Nely & Naldo | 3:04 |
| 7 | "Tu Cintura" (featuring Don Omar Don Omar Don Omar, also known as El Rey Don Omar, also known as El Rey Don Omar, also known as El Rey (born William Omar Landrón Rivera; February 10, 1978, is a Puerto Rican Reggaetón singer and actor.-Early life:... ) |
Luny Tunes & Tainy | 3:07 |
| 8 | "Me Da Miedo" | Santana | 2:45 |
| 9 | "Reto" | Luny Tunes & Tainy | 2:46 |
| 10 | "Peligro" | Luny Tunes & Tainy | 3:13 |
| 11 | "Flow Natural Flow Natural "Flow Natural" is the second single from Tito El Bambino's album Top of the Line. It features Deevani, listed on the track as "Ines", and Beenie Man.-Charts:... " (featuring Deevani Deevani Adalgisa Inés Rooney-Saldaña, better known by her stage name Deevani, is a reggaeton singer from Puerto Rico. She is best known for her Hindi vocals on the songs "Mírame" with Daddy Yankee, and "Flow Natural" with Tito "El Bambino" and Beenie Man... & Beenie Man Beenie Man Anthony Moses Davis , better known by his stage name Beenie Man, is a Grammy award winning Jamaican reggae artist. He is the self-proclaimed "King of the Dancehall".-Biography:... ) |
Luny Tunes, Tainy & Nales | 2:53 |
| 12 | "Será" | Echo Echo (producer) Paul Irizarry, known artistically as Echo is a Grammy Award-winning Puerto Rican reggaeton producer/songwriter.-Musical career:Echo has worked for the last 10 years with major Latin Hip-Hop & Reggaeton artists, producing beats, recording and mixing songs... |
4:51 |
| 13 | "Te Extraño" | 3:06 | |
| 14 | "¿Dónde Están?" | Naldo & Tainy | 2:51 |
| 15 | "Corre y Dile" | Tainy | 3:09 |
| 16 | "Grito Latino" | Tainy | 3:01 |
| 17 | "Me Tiemblan Las Manos" | Mr. G | 2:42 |
| 18 | "Súbelo" | Nely & Naldo | 3:03 |
| 19 | "Sonsoneo" | 3:22 | |
| 20 | "Tuve Que Morir (Outro)" | 2:22 |
Top of the Line: El Internacional
| # | Title | Production credits | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Intro" | 1:36 | |
| 2 | "Bailarlo" | Mr. G | 3:19 |
| 3 | "Voy a Mí" | Doble A & Nales | 3:23 |
| 4 | "Enamorando" | Escobar & Fade | 3:40 |
| 5 | "Calentándote" | 3:10 | |
| 6 | "Siente El Boom Siente El Boom "Siente El Boom" is a single from Tito "El Bambino" featuring Randy from the album Chosen Few II: El Documental. The remix features De La Ghetto, Jowell & Randy which is in the album Top of the Line: El Internacional as well as in the video game Grand Theft Auto IV... (Remix)" (featuring De La Ghetto De La Ghetto Rafael Castillo , better known by his stage name De La Ghetto, is an American reggaeton singer/rapper originally of the duo Arcángel & De La Ghetto.-Biography:... , Jowell & Randy Jowell & Randy Jowell & Randy are a Puerto Rican reggaeton duo composed of Joel Alexis Muñoz Martínez and Randy Ariel Ortiz Acevedo. The duo have been active since the mid-2000s and have become one of the most popular acts in reggaeton.-Early years:... ) |
DJ Giann, Dexter & Mister Greenz | 4:39 |
| 7 | "Caile (Remix)" (featuring Daddy Yankee Daddy Yankee Ramón Luis Ayala Rodríguez , known artistically as Daddy Yankee, is a Latin Grammy Award winning Puerto Rican Reggaeton recording artist. Ayala was born in Río Piedras, the largest district of San Juan, where he became interested in music at a young age. In his youth he was interested in baseball,... , Voltio Voltio Julio Voltio is one of the reggaetón genre's best-known artists.His nickname came to be as the result of an accident. Before joining Karel, he worked as an electrician. One day, he stuck his hand in the wrong place and got shocked... , Zion, Angel Doze) |
Luny Tunes Luny Tunes Luny Tunes are a Dominican reggaeton production duo consisting of Francisco Saldaña and Víctor Cabrera , who have been known for creating unique musical rhythms for some of the most popular reggaeton artists since the early 2000s.-Biography:... , Tainy Tainy Marco Masís, artistically known as Tainy, is a reggaeton producer. At 20 years old, he is one of the youngest and most successful producers in the reggaeton genre today. Born and raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico, he entered the world of reggaeton with his work on Mas Flow 2.-Musical career:After... , Nales & Thilo |
3:11 |
| 8 | "Mi Chica Rebelde" | Nesty Nesty "La Mente Maestra" Nesty "La Mente Maestra" is a Puerto Rican reggaeton music producer. He is currently signed with Machete Music... , Victor "El Nasi" & Naldo Naldo (producer) Naldo is a Puerto Rican reggaeton and rock producer, singer and guitarist. He was born in Comerio, Puerto Rico.-Arrival at reggaeton:... |
3:12 |
| 9 | "Mía" (featuring Daddy Yankee Daddy Yankee Ramón Luis Ayala Rodríguez , known artistically as Daddy Yankee, is a Latin Grammy Award winning Puerto Rican Reggaeton recording artist. Ayala was born in Río Piedras, the largest district of San Juan, where he became interested in music at a young age. In his youth he was interested in baseball,... ) |
Nely | 3:51 |
| 10 | "Secreto" | Luny & Nales | 2:41 |
| 11 | "Tu Cintura" (featuring Don Omar Don Omar Don Omar, also known as El Rey Don Omar, also known as El Rey Don Omar, also known as El Rey (born William Omar Landrón Rivera; February 10, 1978, is a Puerto Rican Reggaetón singer and actor.-Early life:... ) |
Luny Tunes & Tainy | 3:07 |
| 12 | "Me Da Miedo" | Santana | 2:45 |
| 13 | "Reto" | Luny Tunes & Tainy | 2:46 |
| 14 | "Peligro" | Luny Tunes & Tainy | 3:13 |
| 15 | "Flow Natural (Remix)" (featuring Deevani Deevani Adalgisa Inés Rooney-Saldaña, better known by her stage name Deevani, is a reggaeton singer from Puerto Rico. She is best known for her Hindi vocals on the songs "Mírame" with Daddy Yankee, and "Flow Natural" with Tito "El Bambino" and Beenie Man... , Beenie Man Beenie Man Anthony Moses Davis , better known by his stage name Beenie Man, is a Grammy award winning Jamaican reggae artist. He is the self-proclaimed "King of the Dancehall".-Biography:... , & Don Omar Don Omar Don Omar, also known as El Rey Don Omar, also known as El Rey Don Omar, also known as El Rey (born William Omar Landrón Rivera; February 10, 1978, is a Puerto Rican Reggaetón singer and actor.-Early life:... ) |
Luny Tunes, Tainy & Nales | 2:53 |
| 16 | "Será" | Echo Echo (producer) Paul Irizarry, known artistically as Echo is a Grammy Award-winning Puerto Rican reggaeton producer/songwriter.-Musical career:Echo has worked for the last 10 years with major Latin Hip-Hop & Reggaeton artists, producing beats, recording and mixing songs... |
4:51 |
| 17 | "¿Dónde Están?" | Naldo Naldo (producer) Naldo is a Puerto Rican reggaeton and rock producer, singer and guitarist. He was born in Comerio, Puerto Rico.-Arrival at reggaeton:... & Tainy |
2:51 |
| 18 | "Corre y Dile" | Tainy | 3:09 |
| 19 | "Tuve Que Morir (Outro)" | 2:22 |
Reception
Top of the Line was a hit, reaching #1 in Puerto RicoPuerto Rico
Puerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.Puerto Rico comprises an...
and knocking R.K.M & Ken-Y
R.K.M & Ken-Y
José Nieves and Kenny Vázquez , both of Gurabo, Puerto Rico, are a Grammy Award-nominated reggaeton duo.-Early career:The duo started their career of music in high school. R.K.M was inspired by the recent explosion of reggaeton music in the 90's...
's album, "Masterpiece
Masterpiece (Rakim y Ken-Y album)
Masterpiece is the debut album of reggaeton duo, R.K.M & Ken-Y.The album includes four singles: "Down", "Me Matas", "Dame Lo Que Quiero" & "Igual Que Ayer". The album did fairly well on the charts, peaking #2 on the Top Latin Albums chart and #1 on the Top Heatseekers charts...
", to #2 (which was a huge achievement, as R.K.M & Ken-Y were being called "The New Héctor & Tito" and their CD, Masterpiece, was also an incredible hit). However, even though Top of The Line sold incredibly well, it fell short of beating Masterpieces record of most CDs sold in the first week of release in Puerto Rico. The album would eventually reach Latin platinum status selling over 200,000 copies.
Chart performance
| Chart (2006) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| U.S. Billboard 200 Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists... |
85 |
| U.S. Billboard Billboard charts The Billboard charts tabulate the relative weekly popularity of songs or albums in the United States. The results are published in Billboard magazine... Top Latin Albums |
3 |
| U.S. Billboard Latin Rhythm Albums | 1 |
| Chart (2007) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| U.S. Billboard Billboard charts The Billboard charts tabulate the relative weekly popularity of songs or albums in the United States. The results are published in Billboard magazine... Top Latin Albums |
50 |
| U.S. Billboard Latin Rhythm Albums | 8 |