Kumbia Kings Live

Kumbia Kings Live
Kumbia Kings Live
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Video by A.B. Quintanilla y Los Kumbia Kings
Released	April 4, 2006
Recorded	April 30, 2005
Venue	Arena Monterrey; Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico
Genre	Cumbia
Length	1:34:57 (Side A); 1:12:18 (Side B)
Label	EMI Latin
A.B. Quintanilla y Los Kumbia Kings chronology

Kumbia Kings Live
Kumbia Kings Live
Live album by A.B. Quintanilla y Los Kumbia Kings
Released	April 4, 2006
Recorded	April 30, 2005
Venue	Arena Monterrey; Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico
Genre	Cumbia
Length	1:10:17
Label	EMI Latin
Producer	A.B. Quintanilla III; Cruz Martínez
A.B. Quintanilla y Los Kumbia Kings chronology
Singles from Kumbia Kings Live
	"Pachuco"; Released: March 1, 2006;

Kumbia Kings Live is a live album and tenth album by Mexican-American cumbia group A.B. Quintanilla y Los Kumbia Kings and the first live album by Mexican-American musician A.B. Quintanilla. It was released on April 4, 2006, by EMI Latin. The concert took place on April 30, 2005 at Arena Monterrey in Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico.^[2] The song "Pachuco" is a studio recording that was released as a single to promote the album.

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]

The concert was released on video in DVD format in conjunction with the album.

Track listing

CD
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Intro - Time to Shine"		0:50
2.	"Baila Esta Kumbia"	A.B. Quintanilla III, Pete Astudillo	3:51
3.	"Boom Boom"	Quintanilla III, Cruz Martínez, Luigi Giraldo	3:23
4.	"Te Quiero a Ti"	Quintanilla III, Ricky Vela	4:15
5.	"Desde Que No Estás Aquí"	Quintanilla III, Giraldo	6:08
6.	"Insomnio"	Quintanilla III, Giraldo, Chris Pérez	5:41
7.	"No Tengo Dinero"	Juan Gabriel	5:31
8.	"Sabes a Chocolate"	Carlos Villa De La Torre, Alejandro Monroy Fernández	3:41
9.	"Na Na Na (Dulce Niña)"	Quintanilla III, Martínez, Giraldo	4:05
10.	"Mi Gente"	Quintanilla III, Asdru Sierra, Jiro Yamaguchi, Raúl Pacheco, Justin Poree, Giraldo, Nir Seroussi	5:34
11.	"Fuiste Mala"	Quintanilla III, Martínez, Vela	4:07
12.	"Azúcar"	Quintanilla III, Giraldo, Edward Palmieri	6:44
13.	"Reggae Kumbia"	Quintanilla III, Vico C	3:30
14.	"Fuego"	Quintanilla III, Martínez, Giraldo, Jerry Bloodrock, Selite Evans, Richard Fowler, Charles Pettiford, Gregory Wigfall	3:55
15.	"Shhh!"	Quintanilla III, Martínez, Giraldo	5:18
16.	"Pachuco"	Lobito, Sax, Aldo, Pacho, Roco, Tiki	3:45
Total length:			1:10:17

Notes

"Baila Esta Kumbia" features prerecorded vocals by Selena Quintanilla.
"Mi Gente" contains a snippet of "Fuiste Mala".
"Azúcar" contains audio of the "Dance Off" towards the end.
"Pachuco" is a studio recording and the only non-live track on the album.

DVD

Track listing

DVD Side A
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Intro" (Spoken Message by A.B. Quintanilla)		2:25
2.	"Intro" ("Baila Esta Kumbia" Video Opening)		1:10
3.	"Baila Esta Kumbia"	A.B. Quintanilla III, Pete Astudillo	3:10
4.	"Army Chant/Nino's Hair" (Interview)		3:19
5.	"Boom Boom"	Quintanilla III, Cruz Martínez, Luigi Giraldo	3:23
6.	"Te Quiero a Ti"	Quintanilla III, Ricky Vela	4:06
7.	"Desde Que No Estás Aquí" (Intro)	Quintanilla III, Giraldo	1:05
8.	"Pangie and Pollo" (Interview)		1:39
9.	"Desde Que No Estás Aquí"	Quintanilla III, Giraldo	4:57
10.	"The Power of Kings" (Interview)		1:42
11.	"Insomnio"	Quintanilla III, Giraldo, Chris Pérez	5:39
12.	"Mr. Green Eyes" (Interview)		3:04
13.	"No Tengo Dinero"	Juan Gabriel	5:31
14.	"You Thought You Knew P-Dub" (Interview)		6:27
15.	"Sabes a Chocolate"	Carlos Villa De La Torre, Alejandro Monroy Fernández	3:40
16.	"I'm Tired of This Song" (Interview)		2:40
17.	"Na Na Na (Dulce Niña)"	Quintanilla III, Martínez, Giraldo	4:04
18.	"My Favorite Song" (Interview)		1:06
19.	"Mi Gente"	Quintanilla III, Asdru Sierra, Jiro Yamaguchi, Raúl Pacheco, Justin Poree, Giraldo, Nir Seroussi	3:42
20.	"Tattoos" (Interview)		7:10
21.	"Fuiste Mala"	Quintanilla III, Martínez, Vela	4:08
22.	"Azúcar"	Quintanilla III, Giraldo, Edward Palmieri	4:07
23.	"Unsung Heroes" (Interview)		1:17
24.	"Reggae Kumbia" (includes the "Dance Off")	Quintanilla III, Vico C	5:17
25.	"Nando Can Cook" (Interview)		1:11
26.	"Fuego"	Quintanilla III, Martínez, Giraldo, Jerry Bloodrock, Selite Evans, Richard Fowler, Charles Pettiford, Gregory Wigfall	3:53
27.	"Shhh!"	Quintanilla III, Martínez, Giraldo	5:15
Total length:			1:34:57

DVD Side B
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Intro" ("Baila Esta Kumbia" Video Opening)		1:12
2.	"Baila Esta Kumbia"	A.B. Quintanilla III, Pete Astudillo	3:12
3.	"Boom Boom"	Quintanilla III, Cruz Martínez, Luigi Giraldo	3:25
4.	"Te Quiero a Ti"	Quintanilla III, Ricky Vela	4:07
5.	"Desde Que No Estás Aquí"	Quintanilla III, Giraldo	6:04
6.	"Insomnio"	Quintanilla III, Giraldo, Chris Pérez	5:41
7.	"No Tengo Dinero"	Juan Gabriel	5:30
8.	"Sabes a Chocolate"	Carlos Villa De La Torre, Alejandro Monroy Fernández	3:42
9.	"Na Na Na (Dulce Niña)"	Quintanilla III, Martínez, Giraldo	4:05
10.	"Band Members" (A.B. Quintanilla thanks the crowd and introduces each member of Kumbia Kings)		7:15
11.	"Mi Gente"	Quintanilla III, Asdru Sierra, Jiro Yamaguchi, Raúl Pacheco, Justin Poree, Giraldo, Nir Seroussi	4:31
12.	"Fuiste Mala"	Quintanilla III, Martínez, Vela	4:11
13.	"Azúcar"	Quintanilla III, Giraldo, Edward Palmieri	4:14
14.	"Dance Off" (Kumbia Kings members have a dance off)		2:50
15.	"Reggae Kumbia"	Quintanilla III, Vico C	3:10
16.	"Fuego"	Quintanilla III, Martínez, Giraldo, Jerry Bloodrock, Selite Evans, Richard Fowler, Charles Pettiford, Gregory Wigfall	3:54
17.	"Shhh!"	Quintanilla III, Martínez, Giraldo	5:15
Total length:			1:12:18

Personnel

Kumbia Kings

A.B. Quintanilla III – bass guitar, backing vocals, producer, composer
Fernando "Nando" Domínguez III – vocals
Frankie "Pangie" Pangelinan – vocals
Abel Talamántez – vocals
Irvin "Pee Wee" Salinas – vocals
Anthony "Nino B" López – dancer, backing vocals
Juan Jesús "JP" Peña – dancer, backing vocals
Cruz Martínez – keyboards, producer, composer
Chris Pérez – guitar
Jorge "Pekas" Caballero – percussion, congas
Ronnie "Campa" Delgado – timbales
Robert "BoBBo" Gomez III – keyboards
Noe "Gipper / El Animal" Nieto Jr. – accordion, backing vocals
Robert "Robbie" Del Moral – drums

Crew members

David "Chocolate" Martínez – road manager
Jorge Adame – production manager and design
Israel "Trooper" Hinojosa – ing. lighting and production
Victor "Cejas" Villarreal – production
Freddie Martínez – ing. monitors
Luis "Heman" Mendoza – ing. monitors
Juan Villarreal – ing. audio house
Mario Adame – ing. audio house
Emerico "Emeraco" Alfaro – backline
Juan "Pinky" Hernandez – backline
Miguel "El Charro" Elizondo – backline
Juventino "Picucho" Galvez – backline
Abel Chronis – backline

DVD recording and production

Teleon – DVD recording and production
Bernardo Leon Villegas – production and direction of cameras
Javier Garcia Espinosa – assistant of production
Bernardette Leon Flores – assistant of direction
Luis Ernesto Flores Macias – editing
Mariana Felix – assistant of editing
Dominio Digital – mobile unit
Hugo Nuñez – coordination
Rual "Nico" Aguilar – interview recording of A.B. Quintanilla

Audio recording

Estudio 19 Móvil – audio recording
Francisco "Pancho" Miranda – system design
Carlos Montaño – system design
Fernando Roldan – recording engineer

A&R direction

EMI Televisa – A&R
Manuel Calderon – A&R
Cruz Martínez – A&R

Concert production

Audio and lighting
- A.B. Quintanilla III
- Cruz Martínez
- J. Adame Haso
- V. Villarreal
Recording engineers
- Robert "BoBBo" Gomez III
- Fernando Gomez Roldan
- Cruz Martínez

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2006)	Peak position
Mexican Albums Chart^[3]	9
US Billboard Top Latin Albums^[4]	18
US Billboard Latin Pop Albums^[4]	8

Year-end charts

Chart (2006)	Position
Mexican Albums Chart^[3]	68

Sales and certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Mexico (AMPROFON)^[5]	Gold	50,000^{^}
United States (RIAA)^[6]	Platinum (Latin)	100,000^{^}
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

^ "A.B. Quintanilla III y Los Kumbia Kings - Kumbia Kings Live Album Reviews, Songs & More". AllMusic.
^ "Kumbia Kings Live DVD by A B Quintanilla III @ ARTISTdirect.com - Shop, Listen, Download". Artistdirect.com. Retrieved 2012-02-27.
^ ^a ^b "Top 100 Album 2006" (PDF) (in Spanish). Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 20, 2012. Retrieved January 22, 2017.
^ ^a ^b "A.B. Quintanilla III Kumbia Kings Live Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved 2019-09-27.
^ "Certificaciones" (in Spanish). Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas. Type A.B. Quintanilla III y Los Kumbia Kings in the box under the ARTISTA column heading and Live in the box under the TÍTULO column heading.
^ "American album certifications – A.B. Quintanilla III y Los Kumbia Kings – A.B. Quintanilla III Presents Kumbia Kings Live". Recording Industry Association of America.

[1] "A.B. Quintanilla III y Los Kumbia Kings - Kumbia Kings Live Album Reviews, Songs & More". AllMusic.

[2] "Kumbia Kings Live DVD by A B Quintanilla III @ ARTISTdirect.com - Shop, Listen, Download". Artistdirect.com. Retrieved 2012-02-27.

[MEXChart-3] "Top 100 Album 2006" (PDF) (in Spanish). Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 20, 2012. Retrieved January 22, 2017.

[USAChart-4] "A.B. Quintanilla III Kumbia Kings Live Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved 2019-09-27.

[MexicoA.B._Quintanilla_III_y_Los_Kumbia_KingsLivealbumCertRef-5] "Certificaciones" (in Spanish). Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas. Type A.B. Quintanilla III y Los Kumbia Kings in the box under the ARTISTA column heading and Live in the box under the TÍTULO column heading.

[United_StatesA.B._Quintanilla_III_y_Los_Kumbia_KingsA.B._Quintanilla_III_Presents_Kumbia_Kings_LivealbumCertRef-6] "American album certifications – A.B. Quintanilla III y Los Kumbia Kings – A.B. Quintanilla III Presents Kumbia Kings Live". Recording Industry Association of America.

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