Monchy & Alexandra were a bachata musical group from the Dominican Republic. They sang together as a duo in the period 1998 to 2008. Their discography consists of three studio albums, three compilation albums, two live albums and ten singles.
Monchy & Alexandra discography | |
---|---|
Studio albums | 3 |
Live albums | 2 |
Compilation albums | 3 |
Singles | 11 |
Music videos | 7 |
Remix albums | 1 |
The duo released their debut studio single Hoja En Blanco in 1999. The debut album was released in 1999 and was named after the debut single. Upon the success of the lead single, it made its way to number thirteen on the Billboard Tropical/Salsa Airplay chart. Confesiones, the duo's follow-up effort was released in 2002 and produced two top-ten singles on the Tropical/Salsa Airplay chart: "Te Quiero Igual Que Ayer" and "Dos Locos," with the former reaching the number two position. The album peaked at number eight and number two on the Billboard Top Latin Albums and Billboard Tropical/Salsa Albums charts, respectively.
2003 saw the release of their first remix album, The Mix. It reached number fifty on the Top Latin Albums chart and number five on the Tropical Albums chart. It featured one single, "Polos Opuesto" which reached the top ten of the Tropical/Salsa Airplay chart, peaking at number seven.
Monchy & Alexandra's final studio album, Hasta El Fin (2004) became their first album to enter the Billboard 200 when it entered at number 193. It peaked at number seven on the Top Latin Albums chart, giving the duo their first number-one album on the Tropical/Salsa Albums chart. It produced two singles, "Perdidos" and "Hasta El Fin," both of which made it to the top five of the Tropical/Salsa Airplay chart. "Perdidos" lead the chart for seven weeks in 2004, while leading for another eight weeks in 2005. It became their first single to enter the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number ninety-two. It also reached the number three position on the Billboard Hot Latin Songs chart.
In 2006, the duo released a greatest hits compilation, Éxitos y Más. The album entered the Billboard 200 at number 181, peaking within the top ten of both the Top Latin Albums and Tropical Albums charts. "No Es Una Novela" was released as single for the album, giving the duo their second number-one on the Tropical Songs chart.
In 2019, Monchy & Alexandra appeared as featured artists on American singer Romeo Santos' fourth studio album Utopia.
Albums
editStudio albums
editTitle | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales | |||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
US [1] |
US Heat [2] |
US Latin [3] |
US Trop. [4] | |||||||||||
Hoja En Blanco |
|
— | — | — | — | |||||||||
Confesiones |
|
— | 47 | 8 | 2 |
| ||||||||
Hasta El Fin |
|
193 | 12 | 7 | 1 |
| ||||||||
"—" denotes a title that did not chart, or was not released in that territory. |
Compilation albums
editTitle | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales | |||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
US [1] |
US Heat [2] |
US Latin [3] |
US Trop. [4] | |||||||||||
Éxitos & Más |
|
181 | 6 | 9 | 1 | |||||||||
1 |
|
— | — | — | — | |||||||||
Dos Locos |
|
— | — | — | — | |||||||||
"—" denotes a title that did not chart, or was not released in that territory. |
Remix albums
editTitle | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales | |
---|---|---|---|---|
US Latin [3] |
US Trop. [4] | |||
The Mix |
|
50 | 5 |
Live albums
editTitle | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales | |||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
US Latin [3] |
US Trop. [4] | |||||||||||||
Unplugged |
|
— | — | |||||||||||
En Vivo Desde Bellas Artes |
|
22 | 2 | |||||||||||
"—" denotes a title that did not chart, or was not released in that territory. |
Singles
editAs lead artists
editTitle | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | |||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
US [7] |
US Latin |
US Trop. |
US Latin Pop |
US Latin Rhythm | ||||||||||
"Hoja En Blanco" | 1999 | — | — | 13 | — | — | Hoja En Blanco | |||||||
"Pasión" | 2000 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
"Te Quiero Igual Que Ayer" | 2002 | — | 21 | 2 | — | — | Confesiones | |||||||
"Dos Locos" | 2003 | — | 43 | 7 | — | — | ||||||||
"Polo Opuesto" | — | — | 7 | — | — | The Mix | ||||||||
"Perdidos" | 2004 | 92 | 3 | 1 | 10 | — | Hasta El Fin | |||||||
"Hasta El Fin" | — | 25 | 5 | 22 | — | |||||||||
"Tu Sin Mi y Yo Sin Ti" | 2005 | — | — | 19 | — | — | ||||||||
"No Es Una Novela" | 2006 | — | 29 | 1 | — | 32 | Èxitos y Más | |||||||
"Cuando Zarpa El Amor" | 2008 | — | — | 36 | — | — | Non-album single | |||||||
"Años Luz" (with Romeo Santos) |
2019 | – | – | –[a] | – | – | Utopia | |||||||
"—" denotes a title that did not chart, or was not released in that territory. |
As featured artists
editTitle | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
US Latin |
US Trop. |
US Latin Rhythm | |||
"La Otra" (with Ilegales) | 2007 | 17 | 2 | 6 | La Republica |
Album appearances
editYear | Title | Artist | Album |
---|---|---|---|
2000 | "Palomita Blanca" | Various Artists | Bachatazos Del 2001 |
2003 | "Con un nudo en la Garganta" | Memin | Y Sus Invitados |
2004 | "Comentarios" | La Hill | Boricua de Cora |
2005 | "He Venido a Pedirte Perdon" | Alvaro Torres | Interpreta a Juan Gabriel |
2006 | "Dame una Noche" | Don Miguelo | Contra El Tiempo |
"La Otra" | Ilegales | La Republica | |
2019 | "Años Luz" | Romeo Santos | Utopia |
Notes
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "Monchy & Alexandra - Chart History: Billboard 200". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Archived from the original on January 7, 2019. Retrieved January 5, 2019.
- ^ a b "Monchy & Alexandra - Chart History: Heatseekers Albums". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved January 5, 2019.[dead link ]
- ^ a b c d "Monchy & Alexandra - Chart History: Top Latin Albums". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Archived from the original on January 7, 2019. Retrieved January 5, 2019.
- ^ a b c d "Monchy & Alexandra - Chart History: Tropical Albums". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Archived from the original on January 7, 2019. Retrieved January 5, 2019.
- ^ Ross, Karl (November 9, 2002). "A diverse roster of new and established acts spans genres and markets". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved January 10, 2019.
- ^ Cobo, Leila (July 12, 2008). "Music: In Transition - Monchy & Alexandra". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved January 9, 2019.
- ^ "Monchy & Alexandra - Chart History: Billboard Hot 100". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Archived from the original on January 7, 2019. Retrieved January 5, 2019.
- ^ "Tropical Digital Songs Sales: April 20, 2019 - Billboard Chart Archive". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Archived from the original on 2019-04-25. Retrieved 17 April 2019.