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Destiny (1996)

Where the lyrics of Destiny take you, and where it was really made.

Destiny is Estefan's seventh solo studio album, yet it is her nineteenth release overall, and it shipped 1.6 million copies worldwide in its first month.

Key places

Criteria Studios, Miami (1996)

Recording site Criteria Studios — Criteria Studios in Miami is listed among the studios where Destiny was recorded. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Gettings Studio, Ocoee (1996)

Recording site Gettings Studio — Gettings Studio in Ocoee is listed among the studios where Destiny was recorded; the point is placed at the city center. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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The Power Station, New York City (1996)

Recording site Power Station Studio — The Power Station in New York City is listed among the studios where Destiny was recorded. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Right Track Recording, New York City (1996)

Recording site MSR Studios — Right Track Recording in New York City is listed among the studios where Destiny was recorded. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• Destiny: seventh studio solo album by Cuban-American singer Gloria Estefan
• Nineteenth release of her career overall, counting all of her albums
• Released 30 May 1996
• Shipped 1.6 million copies worldwide in its first month of release
• Only two songs, "You'll Be Mine (Party Time)" and "Higher", are upbeat
• The overall sound is more ambient than in Estefan's previous albums

Background

• Counting all her releases, the album is the nineteenth of Estefan's career, while it is the seventh of her solo studio albums
• The first single, "Reach", became a hit around the world
• "Reach" was the official theme of the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, which tied the song to a major global event
• The shift toward a slower, ambient sound set this record apart from Estefan's earlier, more upbeat work

Recording

• Studios named in the source include Criteria Studios in Miami, Gettings Studio in Ocoee, The Power Station in New York City, and Right Track Recording in New York City
• The album includes a bonus enhanced selection in which Estefan talks about the album and the song "Reach" in particular
• The enhanced material also features an animated discography of Estefan
• The North American Enhanced CD includes various interviews and video clips

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

• Destiny shipped 1.6 million copies worldwide in its first month of release
• Billboard reported that the album was one of Sony Music's best selling records in the first quarter revenue of 1996, selling over 1.6 million copies worldwide
• The album's sales were strong enough to be counted among Sony's top sellers during the first quarter of 1996

Records

• Placed at #116 on the Billboard Year-End chart
• As of 2005, sold 877,000 copies in the United States according to Nielsen SoundScan
• Worldwide first-month shipments of 1.6 million copies stand as the album's headline sales figure
• The album's year-end chart placement and its SoundScan total together show that its commercial life lasted well beyond its first release months

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• The album includes a bonus enhanced selection in which Estefan talks about the album and the song "Reach" in particular.
• Its first single, "Reach", was the official theme of the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.
• The album was reissued on 26 July 2024 on 'crystal clear' 180-gram vinyl, in a limited edition of 1000 individually numbered copies.
• The North American Enhanced CD includes various interviews and video clips.
• The album also features an animated discography of Estefan.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

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