Amanecer is an album by Bomba Estéreo. It earned Bomba Estéreo a Latin Grammy Award nomination for Best Alternative Music Album and a Grammy Award nomination for Best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Album. It peaked at number 17 on the Billboard Top Latin Albums chart.[2] It was also considered the best Latin album of 2015 by Rolling Stone.[3]
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| Released | June 2, 2015 | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Pitchfork | 6.8/10[1] |
It includes the viral hit "Soy Yo", which features Costa Rican child star Sarai Gonzalez, and received over 109 million views on YouTube.[4] The song and video were called a "celebration of self and a symbol of proud Latinidad" and "an ode to brown girls".[4] Lead singer Li Saumet, half sings and half raps the lyrics of the repeated refrain “when they criticise you, you just say ‘I am me’” (translated from Spanish) which is an obvious reference to the importance of self-confidence and pride in one’s identity.[5]
Track listing
edit| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Amanecer" | 4:08 |
| 2. | "Caderas" | 2:55 |
| 3. | "Somos Dos" | 3:59 |
| 4. | "Soy Yo" (featuring Timbaland) | 2:39 |
| 5. | "Fiesta" | 3:39 |
| 6. | "Voy" | 3:16 |
| 7. | "Algo Está Cambiando" | 4:29 |
| 8. | "Mar (Lo Que Siento)" | 3:49 |
| 9. | "To My Love" | 3:59 |
| 10. | "Sólo Tú" | 4:14 |
| 11. | "Raíz" | 3:38 |
Usage in media
editIn 2020, GrubHub used the song "Soy Yo" in a commercial that immediately gained attention in meme culture. The song can also be heard in Pitch Perfect 3 and during the end credits of Dora and the Lost City of Gold[citation needed], commercials for The CW crime drama In The Dark[citation needed], and a commercial for the Samsung Galaxy S8.[6] Pizzeria Pizza Napoletana,[7] a restaurant specialized in Neapolitan pizza, also used this song when they sponsored the delivery service Just Eat in their Instagram stories.[citation needed] The song also appears in the soundtrack of the 2021 racing video game Forza Horizon 5. "Caderas" was featured as the diegetic soundtrack to the opening police-siege scenes of the 2019 American action-adventure film Triple Frontier.[8] In 2021, a remix of this song was used in Illumination's Sing 2 and FIFA 16.
Charts
edit| Chart (2015) | Peak position |
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| US Top Latin Albums (Billboard)[2] | 17 |
Certifications
edit| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| Mexico (AMPROFON)[9] | Gold | 30,000‡ |
| United States (RIAA)[10] | Gold (Latin) | 30,000‡ |
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‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. | ||
References
edit- ^ Zhou, Minna (2015-06-23). "Bomba Estéreo: Amanecer Album Review". Pitchfork.
- ^ a b "Bomba Estéreo Chart History (Top Latin Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved September 15, 2017.
- ^ Casillas, Andrew; Exposito, Suzy; Raygoza, Isabela (2015-12-30). "10 Best Latin Albums of 2015".
- ^ a b Lopez, Julyssa (September 10, 2017). "Colombian band Bomba Estéreo to ignite 9:30 Club's dance floor". The Washington Post. Retrieved September 15, 2017.
- ^ Dwek, Joel (3 October 2021). "COLOMBIA: Amanecer - Bomba Estéreo". 200worldalbums.com. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
- ^ "Samsung Galaxy S8 Travel Guide Headlines Peru". Tour in Peru. May 18, 2017. Retrieved August 25, 2021.
- ^ "PIZZERIA PIZZA NAPOLETANA® (@pizzeriapizzanapoletana) • Instagram photos and videos". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 2021-09-03.
- ^ Triple Frontier 2019 soundtrack listing on IMDB[1]
- ^ "Certificaciones" (in Spanish). Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas. Type Bomba Estereo in the box under the ARTISTA column heading and Amanecer in the box under the TÍTULO column heading.
- ^ "American album certifications – Bomba Estereo – Amanecer". Recording Industry Association of America.
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