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Eterno (2000)

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

Less than a month after release, Eterno earned Fonsi's second gold disc for 60,000 copies sold.

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Recording studio for Eterno (2000)

Recording site Motown Recording Studios — Listed as a recording studio for Eterno. Shown at city-center coordinates. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Recording studio in Culver City (2000)

Recording site Cocoa-Butt — Listed as a recording studio for Eterno. Shown at city-center coordinates. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Recording studio in Salt Lake City (2000)

Recording site LA East — Listed as a recording studio for Eterno. Shown at city-center coordinates. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Recording studio in Winter Springs (2000)

Recording site The Hook Roon — Listed as a recording studio for Eterno. Shown at city-center coordinates. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Recording studio in Miami Beach (2000)

Recording site South Beat Studios — Listed as a recording studio for Eterno. Shown at city-center coordinates. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Recording studio in South Miami (2000)

Recording site House of South — Listed as a recording studio for Eterno. Shown at building-level coordinates. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• Eterno (Eternal): second studio album by Luis Fonsi
• Fonsi is a Puerto Rican-American singer-songwriter
• Released 20 June 2000 by Universal Music Latino
• Album title translates to Eternal
• Follows the artist's first studio album in sequence

Background

• Produced by the artist himself as lead producer
• Co-produced with Cuban-American arranger and producer Rudy Pérez
• Co-produced also with American producer Viet Renn
• Fonsi took part in general production and final arrangements

Recording

• Six studios listed as recording sites: On the Mark (Los Angeles), Cocoa Butt (Culver City), L.A. Recording (Salt Lake City), The Hook Roon (Winter Springs), North Bay (Miami Beach), House of South (South Miami)
• Rudy Pérez produced most songs
• Viet Renn produced three tracks: Déjame o dame amor, No te cambio por ninguna, Love Me or Let Me Go

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · es.wikipedia.org

Tracklist

Sources: musicbrainz.org

Artist

Formation

• Born Luis Alfonso Rodríguez López-Cepero on April 15, 1978, in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
• Moved with his family to Orlando, Florida at age 10.
• Enrolled at Florida State University School of Music on a full scholarship in 1995 but dropped out to pursue music.
• Signed a recording contract with Universal Music Latin soon after.

Career

• Debut album Comenzaré (1998) peaked at number 11 on Billboard's Top Latin Albums chart and became a hit in Puerto Rico and Latin America.
• Follow-up Eterno (2000) was more successful.
• Opened for Britney Spears' Dream Within a Dream Tour in the US and Mexico in 2002.
• "No Me Doy por Vencido" (2008) spent 21 weeks at number one on Billboard's Hot Latin Songs chart.
• Won a Latin Grammy for Song of the Year for "Aquí Estoy Yo" in 2009.
• "Despacito" (2017), featuring Daddy Yankee and later a remix with Justin Bieber, became his biggest success and reached number one on the US Billboard Hot 100.
• Released the album Vida in 2019, which topped the Billboard Top Latin Albums chart.
• Served as a coach on The Voice and La Voz in several countries.

Members

• Solo artist; no group members.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Reception

Records

• Second gold disc of Luis Fonsi's career
• Gold status reached less than one month after release
• Sales base: 60,000 copies sold at that point
• Eterno (Eternal) released 20 June 2000 by Universal Music Latino
• Lead single: the romantic ballad "Imagíname sin ti"
• Second single: "No te cambio por ninguna", written by Italo-Venezuelan songwriter Franco De Vita
• Third single: "Mi sueño"
• Second studio album in Fonsi's catalog
• Album title means Eternal in English
• Artist is a Puerto Rican-American singer-songwriter
• Gold award came within the first month of release

Sources: es.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• Lead single was the romantic ballad "Imagíname sin ti"
• Second single "No te cambio por ninguna" was written by Franco De Vita
• Third single was "Mi sueño"
• Less than a month after release, the album earned the artist's second gold disc for 60,000 copies sold
• Love Me or Let Me Go is among the songs produced by Viet Renn

Sources: es.wikipedia.org

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