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46-417: The first album to appear at number-one on this chart was Mi Tierra by Gloria Estefan on July 10, 1993. This album spent 58 non-consecutive weeks at the top of this chart. Mexican singers Marco Antonio Solís holds the record for the most number-one albums by an artist overall with 12. Fellow Mexican performers Los Temerarios is the group with the most chart-toppers, eight. Jenni Rivera and Selena are

92-582: A magical place in the '50s where time stood still on her beloved island". In the United States, Mi Tierra peaked at number twenty-seven on the Billboard 200 chart. It was the first number-one album on the Billboard Top Latin Albums chart, established when it was released. The album spent a total of fifty-eight weeks atop the chart, until it was displaced by Selena 's album Amor Prohibido

138-521: A result, most of these numbers are now lost, but two dozen or so survive because friends and students wrote them down. He was the model and teacher for the great trovadores who followed. The bolero first spread from the east of Cuba to the Dominican Republic in the year 1895, thanks to trovador Sindo Garay , who had previously brought the criolla "La Dorila" to Cuba, giving rise to a lasting interchange of lyrical styles between both islands. In

184-404: A variety of forms. This flexibility has enabled boleros to feature in the repertoire of Cuban son and rumba ensembles, as well as Spanish copla and flamenco singers, since the early 20th century. Occasionally, boleros have been merged with other forms to yield new subgenres, such as the bolero-son, popular in the 1930s and 1940s, and the bolero-cha, popular in the 1950s. In the United States,

230-418: Is a danzón recalling a brief love affair. "¡Sí Señor" ("Yes Sir!") is another son track featured on the album. The bolero "Volverás" was later covered by Mexican recording artist Alejandro Fernández on his album Me Estoy Enamorando (1997), also produced by Emilio Estefan. "Montuno" takes its name from the musical genre of the same name . "Hablemos El Mismo Idioma" ("Let's Speak The Same Language")

276-515: Is a Cuban bolero song. Three other bolero tracks on Mi Tierra are "Mi Buen Amor" ("My True Love"), "Volverás" ("You'll Be Back"), and "Hablas de Mí" ("You're Talking About Me"). The title track details the passion of Estefan's homeland in a salsa arrangement. In "Ayer" ("Yesterday") the singer finds a flower given to her by a lover and yearns for him to return, since life is short. Its music combines bolero and son music . "No Hay Mal Que Por Bien No Venga" ("Out of All Bad, Some Good Things Come")

322-475: Is a genre of song which originated in eastern Cuba in the late 19th century as part of the trova tradition. Unrelated to the older Spanish dance of the same name , bolero is characterized by sophisticated lyrics dealing with love. It has been called the "quintessential Latin American romantic song of the twentieth century". Unlike the simpler, thematically diverse canción , bolero did not stem directly from

368-505: Is an anthem, reaching out to other Spanish-speaking groups, telling them that since they speak the same language they should leave their differences behind. The album closes with "Tradición" ("Traditional"), which is performed as a guaguancó . Jose F. Promis of AllMusic awarded the album four stars out of five, calling it "one of [Estefan's] most satisfying." Mi Tierra was "a breezy, sunny album with moments of melancholy," and "one of her most consistent albums to date." Achy Obejas of

414-622: Is awarded for shipping of 500,000 copies, platinum for one million units, and multi-platinum for two million unites, and following in increments of one million thereafter. In addition, albums containing more than 50% Spanish language content may be awarded with Latin certification award, gold, (Disco de Oro) for shipments of 30,000 units, platinum (Disco de Platino) for 60,000 and multi-platinum (Multi-Platino) for 120,000 and following in increments of 60,000 thereafter (previously, Spanish-language albums were certified gold and platinum for 50,000 and 100,000 units shipped respectively before December 2013). In

460-482: The Chicago Tribune gave the album four out of four stars, praised it as "dispensing with the brash sound of more contemporary salsa" and lauded Emilio Estefan for the album's production. Anne Hurley of Entertainment Weekly said that Mi Tierra "will whirl you through an intoxicating landscape of traditional Cuban rhythms and aromatic flavors," and applauded the guest musicians on the album. Parry Gettelman of

506-732: The Orlando Sentinel gave Mi Tierra four out of five stars, commending the album as "uncompromising, offering up songs and arrangements firmly rooted in Cuban traditions." He compared it to Estefan's earlier recordings with the Miami Sound Machine, including her musical style and songwriting: "She ditches the synths and employs the London Symphony Orchestra's strings to graceful effect...abandoning melodrama for real color and emotional shading." John Lannert described Mi Tierra for

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552-651: The Sun-Sentinel as "Estefan's Latin 'unplugged' album" and her "most satisfying effort to date." At the 36th Grammy Awards , Mi Tierra was the Best Tropical Latin Album . At the 6th Lo Nuestro Awards Estefan received two awards in the tropical category, for Female Artist of the Year and Album of the Year . The singer was Female Artist of the Year at the first Billboard Latin Music Awards , and Mi Tierra

598-562: The Fall of Saigon in 1975 and remains popular with Vietnamese. In Cuba , the bolero was perhaps the first great Cuban musical and vocal synthesis to win universal recognition. In 4 time, this dance music spread to other countries, leaving behind what Ed Morales has called the "most popular lyric tradition in Latin America." The Cuban bolero tradition originated in Santiago de Cuba in

644-681: The Fall of Saigon , many Vietnamese migrated to the United States, taking their music with them. The ban was lightened in 1986, when love songs could be written again, but by then the music industry was killed. The government of Vietnam also prohibited the sale of overseas Vietnamese music, including variety shows like Asia and Paris by Night . In recent years however, bolero had grown popular again, as more overseas singers performed in Vietnam. Additionally, singing competition television series like Boléro Idol have grown popular, with singers performing songs, including songs formerly banned. A version of

690-629: The London Symphony Orchestra . The album was recorded at Crescent Moon Studios in Miami, Florida. Celia Cruz was invited to perform, but was unable to do so because of her touring schedule. The album's cover features Estefan in a black-and-white photo at a Havana nightclub before the Cuban Revolution . The opening track on the album, "Con los Años Que Me Quedan" ("With the Years I Have Left"),

736-762: The Trío Matamoros and, later, Trío Los Panchos , bolero achieved widespread popularity in Latin America, the United States and Spain. At the same time, Havana had become a fertile ground where bolero composers met to create compositions and improvise new tunes; it was the so-called filin movement, which derived its name from the English word " feeling ". Many of the genre's most enduring pieces were written then and popularized in radio and cabaret performances by singers such as Olga Guillot and Elena Burke , backed by orchestras and big bands. Boleros are generally in 4/4 time and, musically, compositions and arrangements might take

782-526: The rhumba ballroom dance emerged as an adaptation of the bolero-son in the 1930s. Boleros can also be found in the African rumba repertoire of many artists from Kinshasa to Dakar , due to the many bolero records that were distributed to radios there as part of the G.V. Series . The popularity of the genre has also been felt as far as Vietnam, where it became a fashionable song style in South Vietnam before

828-414: The 1930s, the nation grew fond of modern music, which combined Western elements with traditional music. Vietnamese bolero is generally slower tempo compared to Hispanic bolero, and is similar in style to Japanese enka and Korean trot . Such music was romantic, expressing concepts of feelings, love, and life in a poetic language; this predisposition was hated by Viet Minh , who strived towards shaping

874-557: The Cuban bolero is danced throughout the Latin dance world (supervised by the World Dance Council ) under the misnomer " rumba ", often spelled "rhumba". This came about in the early 1930s when a simple overall term was needed to market Cuban music to audiences unfamiliar with the various Cuban musical terms. The famous " Peanut Vendor ", actually a son-pregón, was so labelled, and the label stuck for other types of Cuban music. In Cuba,

920-633: The European lyrical tradition, which included Italian opera and canzone , popular in urban centers like Havana at the time. Instead, it was born as a form of romantic folk poetry cultivated by a new breed of troubadour from Santiago de Cuba , the trovadores . Pepe Sánchez is considered the father of this movement and the author of the first bolero, "Tristezas", written in 1883. Originally, boleros were sung by individual trovadores while playing guitar . Over time, it became common for trovadores to play in groups as dúos , tríos , cuartetos , etc. Thanks to

966-673: The Hot Latin Songs chart in the United States. An English version, "If We Were Lovers", was released as a single and peaked at number forty on the UK Singles Chart. The third single, "Tradición", reached number one the Hot Dance Clubs chart in the United States. "Montuno" was the fourth single released from the album, peaking at number fifty-five on the UK Singles chart. The fifth single, "¡Sí Señor!..." peaked at number forty-four on

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1012-580: The Mega Single Top 100 chart in the Netherlands. The sixth, "Mi Buen Amor", reached number one on the Hot Latin Songs chart in the United States. The last single released from the album was "Ayer", which peaked at number five on the Hot Latin Songs chart. Credits adapted from Allmusic and the Mi Tierra liner notes. Shipments figures based on certification alone. Boleros Bolero

1058-588: The Mexican operatic tenors: Juan Arvizu and Nestor Mesta Chayres . Their collaborations in New York City with such musicians as Alfredo Antonini , Terig Tucci , Elsa Miranda and John Serry Sr. on the CBS radio show Viva América also introduced the bolero to millions of listeners throughout the United States. Also noteworthy during the 1940s and 1950s were the performances of Trio Los Panchos , which featured

1104-627: The Netherlands, number one in Spain, number twenty-five in Switzerland and number eleven in the United Kingdom. The album was certified 10× platinum in Spain (for shipping one million copies) and certified gold in Switzerland. It also sold 200,000 in England . Mi Tierra was the 60th-best-selling album of the 1990s, and sold over five million copies worldwide (four million outside the U.S.). "Mi Tierra"

1150-641: The Tropical Albums includes different genres particularly salsa , merengue , bachata , and cumbia . In May 2005, another chart, Latin Rhythm Albums , was introduced in response to growing sales of reggaeton records. On the week ending January 26, 2017, Billboard updated the methodology to compile the Top Latin Albums chart into a multi-metric methodology to include track equivalent album units and streaming equivalent albums units . The following are

1196-731: The album's production, songs and Estefan's vocals. Its success won the singer a Grammy Award for Best Tropical Latin Album . Mi Tierra spawned seven singles: "Mi Tierra", "Con Los Años Que Me Quedan", "Tradición", "Montuno", "¡Sí Señor!...", "Mi Buen Amor" and "Ayer". Gloria Estefan had wanted to record a Spanish-language album reflecting her Cuban heritage since the beginning of her musical career. Before recording in English, Estefan and her band performed at Latin nightclubs; she also remembered her grandmother teaching her old Cuban songs. Music had an important role in Estefan's family; her paternal grandmother

1242-399: The artistry of musicians from Mexico and Puerto Rico including: Chucho Navarro , Alfredo Gil and Hernando Avilés. Boleros saw a resurgence in popularity during the 1990s when Mexican singer Luis Miguel was credited for reviving interest in the bolero genre following the release Romance . José Loyola comments that the frequent fusions of the bolero with other Cuban rhythms is one of

1288-410: The bolero is usually written in 4 time, elsewhere often 4 . The tempo for dance is about 120 beats per minute. The music has a gentle Cuban rhythm related to a slow son , which is the reason it may be best described as a bolero-son. Like some other Cuban dances, there are three steps to four beats, with the first step of a figure on the second beat, not the first. The slow (over

1334-446: The case of the prolific Puerto Rican composer Rafael Hernández and the Mexican composers: Agustín Lara and María Grever . Some Cuban composers of the bolero are primarily considered trovadores. Several lyric tenors also contributed to the popularization of the bolero throughout North and South America during the 1930s and the 1940s through live concerts and performances on international radio networks. Included in this group were

1380-486: The early 20th century the bolero reached Puerto Rico and Mexico, where it was popularized by the first radio stations around 1915. In Mexico, the genre became an essential component of the thriving trova yucateca movement in Yucatán alongside other Cuban forms such as the clave. It leading exponent was Guty Cárdenas . By the 1930s, when Trío Matamoros made famous their mix of bolero and son cubano known as bolero-son ,

1426-469: The female artists with the most number-one albums with 7 each. Selena's album Dreaming of You was, until 2022, the only album to peak at number one during three different calendar years (1995–97). YHLQMDLG , by Puerto Rican rapper Bad Bunny , also achieved the feat by charting at #1 during four consecutive calendar years (2020–2023). The current number-one album on the chart is Cosa Nuestra by Rauw Alejandro . On July 10, 1993, Billboard premiered

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1472-776: The following table, the certification shown is either the standard or Latin certification depending on whichever one results in a higher value. Mi Tierra Mi Tierra ( My Homeland ) is the third studio album by Cuban-American recording artist Gloria Estefan , released on June 22, 1993, by Epic Records . Produced by husband Emilio Estefan , it is a Spanish-language album and pays homage to her Cuban roots. The album features Cuban musical genres, including boleros , danzón and son music. Recorded at Crescent Moon Studios in Miami, Florida, Mi Tierra features notable Latin musicians such as Tito Puente , Arturo Sandoval , Cachao López , Chamin Correa and Paquito D'Rivera . The album

1518-401: The genre was a staple of the musical repertoire of most Latin American countries. In Spain, Cuban bolero was incorporated into the copla repertoire with added elements from Andalusian music , giving rise to the so-called bolero moruno , made famous by composers such as Carmelo Larrea and Quintero, León y Quiroga. Some of the bolero's leading composers have come from nearby countries, as in

1564-581: The last quarter of the 19th century; it does not owe its origin to the Spanish music and song of the same name. In the 19th century there grew up in Santiago de Cuba a group of itinerant musicians who moved around earning their living by singing and playing the guitar. Pepe Sanchez is known as the father of the trova style and the creator of the Cuban bolero. Untrained, but with remarkable natural talent, he composed numbers in his head and never wrote them down. As

1610-404: The reasons it has been so fertile for such a long period of time: This adaptability was largely achieved by dispensing with limitations in format or instrumentation, and by an increase in syncopation (so producing a more afrocuban sound). Examples would be: The lyrics of the bolero can be found throughout popular music, especially Latin dance music. Bolero music has also spread to Vietnam . In

1656-508: The revamped Latin 50 chart, which lists the best-selling Latin albums in the overall American music market. Before this, the first chart regarding Latin music albums in the magazine ( Billboard Hot Latin LPs in Los Angeles) was published on the issue dated December 9, 1972. Y Volveré , by Chilean band Los Ángeles Negros , was the first album to appear at number-one. Then, all Latin music information

1702-488: The top 20 longest-leading albums on the Top Latin Albums chart. In 2018, Billboard magazine compiled a ranking of the 20 best albums on the chart since its inception in 1993. The chart is based on the most number of weeks the albums spent on top of the chart. For albums with the same number of weeks at number one, they are ranked by the most total weeks on the chart. According to the RIAA certification , regular gold certification

1748-456: The two beats four and one) is executed with a hip movement over the standing foot, with no foot-flick. The dance known as bolero is one of the competition dances in American Rhythm ballroom dance category. The first step is typically taken on the first beat, held during the second beat with two more steps falling on beats three and four (cued as "slow-quick-quick"). In competitive dance

1794-561: The week of June 11, 1994. It was more successful on the Billboard Tropical Albums chart, where it spent ninety-one weeks on top. Mi Tierra debuted at number one on the Billboard Latin Pop Albums chart the week of July 10, 1993, but it was removed from the chart following week since it did not meet its criteria. Mi Tierra ended 1994 as the best-selling Latin album of the year in the United States. The album

1840-505: The working class at the time. This genre became colloquially known as yellow music , in opposition to the nhạc đỏ ( red music ) endorsed by the Communist government of Hanoi during the era of the Vietnam War . As a result of North Vietnam winning the war, the music was banned in 1975. Those caught listening to yellow music would be punished, and their music confiscated. After

1886-621: Was Album of the Year in the tropical-salsa category. At the 1994 Spanish Ondas Awards , Mi Tierra was the Best International Album and Estefan the Best International Artist. It was recognized as the best-selling Latin album of the year with a 1993–94 NARM Best Seller Award. In 2015, Billboard listed Mi Tierra as one of the Essential Latin Albums of Past 50 Year stating that "Through son, she transports us to

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1932-572: Was a poet, and an uncle played the flute in a salsa band. The singer's desire to record an album in Spanish was also influenced by her son, Nayib; she wanted him to recognize his Cuban heritage. Mi Tierra was produced by Estefan's husband, Emilio Estefan , and fellow Miami Sound Machine members Clay Ostwald and Jorge Casas. It features notable Latin musicians, including Nestor Torres , Cachao López , Paquito Hechavarría, Chamin Correa , Paquito D'Rivera , Arturo Sandoval , Luis Enrique and Tito Puente . Additional performers include Sheila E. and

1978-498: Was an international success, selling over five million copies worldwide. In the United States it was the first record to reach number one on the Billboard Top Latin Albums chart, spending 58 weeks at #1 (longest running #1 album on the chart ever). It also peaked at number twenty-seven on the Billboard 200 chart. Mi Tierra has sold over one million copies in the US and Spain. The album received favorable reviews from critics, who praised

2024-878: Was certified 16× platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America by Latin standards, for shipments of 1.6 million copies in the U.S. As of October 2017 , it sold 1,232,000 copies in the U.S., making it the sixth bestselling Latin album in the country. According to Billboard , most purchasers did not speak Spanish. In Latin America, the album was certified double platinum in Argentina and triple platinum in Mexico. It sold over 30,000 copies in Chile. In Europe, Mi Tierra peaked at number fifty-nine in Germany, number nine in

2070-592: Was featured on the first incarnation of the Top Latin Albums chart, which began on June 29, 1985, and divided Latin records on three different genre subcharts: Pop , Regional Mexican and Tropical , all of them now published in addition to the overall chart. The Latin Pop Albums chart features music only from the pop genre , while the Regional Mexican Albums chart includes information from different genres like duranguense , norteño , banda and mariachi , and

2116-786: Was the first single released from the album. In the United States, it reached number one on the Billboard Hot Latin Songs chart and number five on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs chart. In Europe, the song peaked at number seventy-seven on the Media Control charts in Germany, twenty-seventh on the Mega Single Top 100 chart in Netherlands and thirty-sixth on the UK Singles Chart . The second single, "Con Los Años Que Me Quedan", also reached number one on

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