Maps of Music

Alma Caribeña – Caribbean Soul (2000)

Where the lyrics of Alma Caribeña – Caribbean Soul take you, and where it was really made.

Gloria Estefan's ninth solo studio album reached French shops before North America, and the video for its first single went on to win a Latin Grammy.

Key places

Recording at Capitol Studios, Los Angeles (2000)

Recording site Capitol Studios — The album's recording credits list Capitol Studios in Los Angeles, California, as one of the studios used for the recording. Google Maps · Apple Maps

How to get there: See the map for directions.

Recording at Criteria Studios, Miami (2000)

Recording site Criteria Studios — The album's recording credits list Criteria Studios in Miami, Florida, as one of the studios used for the recording. Google Maps · Apple Maps

How to get there: See the map for directions.

Album story

Overview

• Alma Caribeña – Caribbean Soul: ninth studio solo album by Gloria Estefan
• Estefan is a Cuban-American singer-songwriter
• Third album she recorded in Spanish
• First released by Epic Records in France on May 9, 2000
• North American release followed on May 23, 2000

Background

• English subtitle of the title is "Caribbean Soul"
• Place in her catalogue: ninth solo studio album, third Spanish-language album
• Her Spanish-language recordings form a separate strand of her solo work
• Related lists linked from the album page: Billboard Top Latin Albums number-one list for 2000, and Billboard Tropical Albums number-one list from the 2000s

Recording

• Recording credits list Capitol Studios in Los Angeles, California
• Recording credits also list Criteria Studios in Miami, Florida
• The two studios are in different cities, on opposite coasts of the United States
• Recording location details for the other listed studios are not given on the page

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Tracklist

Sources: musicbrainz.org

Artist

Formation

• Born Gloria María Milagrosa Fajardo García in Havana, Cuba, on September 1, 1957; her family fled to Miami in 1959 after the Cuban Revolution.
• Began as lead singer of the Miami Latin Boys in 1975, renamed Miami Sound Machine when she and her cousin Mercedes Navarro joined.
• Studied psychology at the University of Miami, graduating in 1979.

Career

• Miami Sound Machine's 1985 single "Conga" became her signature song; the 1987 album Let It Loose included the Hot 100 No. 1 "Anything for You".
• Went solo in 1989 with Cuts Both Ways, which produced the Hot 100 No. 1 "Don't Wanna Lose You".
• Suffered a spinal fracture in a tour bus crash near Scranton, Pennsylvania, in March 1990, then recovered fully and returned with Into the Light (1991), whose "Coming Out of the Dark" reached No. 1 on the Hot 100.
• Mi Tierra (1993), her first Spanish-language album, won the Grammy for Best Tropical Latin Album; she later won it again for Abriendo Puertas (1995) and won Best Traditional Tropical Latin Album for Alma Caribeña (2000).
• Received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2015 and a Kennedy Center Honors in 2017.
• Her Broadway jukebox musical On Your Feet! (2015) is based on her life with husband Emilio Estefan.

Members

• Emilio Estefan, her husband and longtime producer, co-created much of her catalog.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Reception

At release

• Epic Records released the album in France first, on May 9, 2000
• North American release followed on May 23, 2000
• The album is Gloria Estefan's ninth studio solo album
• It is her third album recorded in Spanish
• The album page places it in the context of 2000 Billboard Latin chart coverage

Reappraisal

• At the 43rd Annual Grammy Awards in February 2001, the album won Best Tropical Latin Album
• That Grammy gave Estefan her third win in this category
• At the 1st Annual Latin Grammy Awards in September 2000, the video for the first single "No Me Dejes de Querer" won Best Music Video
• The video was directed by Emilio Estefan Jr. and Gloria Estefan
• At the Billboard Latin Music Awards, the album won Best Tropical Salsa Album

Records

• The album's awards are its main documented recognition on the page
• Its page links to the 2000 Billboard Top Latin Albums number-one list
• Its page also links to the 2000s Billboard Tropical Albums number-one list
• Sales figures and chart positions are not given on the page

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• The album was first released in France, a week ahead of its North American release date
• Its first single's video was directed by Emilio Estefan Jr. and Gloria Estefan together
• The Grammy for this album gave Estefan her third win in the Best Tropical Latin Album category
• The page links it to Billboard's 2000 Top Latin Albums number-one list

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Maps of Ages ↗ (mapsofages.com)

Privacy · Contact