Studio album · No. 8

90 Millas Songwriting Credits by Gloria Estefan

2007 Burgundy 14 tracks 52:28

Produced by Emilio Estefan Jr., Ricardo Gaitán, Alberto Gaitán, Drop Dead Beats  ·  Engineered by Eric Schilling, Mike Couzzi, Danny Ponce, Ricardo Gaitán, Alberto Gaitán, Bob Ludwig

Burgundy TropicalSalsaLatin Pop
Songwriter
71%
Authorship

Holds writing credit on 10 of 14 tracks

Authorship Breakdown 10 / 14 documented

Who wrote the songs?

Scored across the 14 tracks with documented writers, by whether Gloria Estefan carries a lyricist or composer credit.

71%
10 trackswritten by Gloria Estefan 4 tracksoutside writers
Gloria Estefan's roles on this album

Share of the 14 tracks where a band member is credited, by role.

Lyricist71%
Composer0%
Producer0%
Performer100%

By the Numbers

14
Tracks
5
Lyricists
4
Producers
1
No.1 Single
150,000
Worldwide Copies Sold
2007
Released

Awards & Recognition 4

Latin Grammy Award for Best Traditional Tropical Album (2008)
Latin Grammy Award for Best Tropical Song, "Píntame De Colores" (2008)
Billboard Latin Music Award, Tropical Album of the Year, Female (2008)
Billboard Latin Music Award, Tropical Airplay Song of the Year, Female, for "No Llores" (2008)
Data Insight

Authorship on this record splits along a clean line: Estefan writes words, the Gaitán brothers and her husband write music. She takes a lyric credit on ten of the fourteen tracks and a music credit on none of them, so the composition copyrights sit with Alberto Gaitán, Ricardo Gaitán and Emilio Estefan Gómez. Four songs are hers alone as lyricist ("Lo Nuestro", "A Bailar", "Volveré" and, with the two producers, "Esta Fiesta No Va' Acabar"), and four carry no Estefan lyric at all. The release credits also name two players as co-composers that the Wikipedia writer column drops: bassist Salvador "Sal" Cuevas on four tracks and guitarist Marco Linares on three, both of whom played on the sessions. "Morenita" is the outlier, written and produced with the Drop Dead Beats team rather than the Gaitáns, and it is the only track with an electric guitar lead from outside the Latin roster.

Gloria Estefan's eleventh solo studio album holds fourteen new Cuban songs, her fourth Spanish language record and the first since Alma Caribeña in 2000. Emilio Estefan Jr. and the Panamanian brothers Ricardo and Alberto Gaitán wrote and produced nearly all of it across studios in Burbank, Los Angeles, San Juan, Miami and San Rafael, then staffed the sessions with players from the music it draws on: Cachao, Candido Camero, Johnny Pacheco, Arturo Sandoval, Paquito D'Rivera, Papo Lucca and Alfredo "Chocolate" Armenteros. Carlos Santana, José Feliciano and Sheila E. all appear on the lead single "No Llores", and Estefan's decision to invite Santana drew protest from Cuban exiles in Miami months before release.

Track Listing & Credits 14 tracks

Written by the artist Written by outside writers
#TitleLyricist(s)Composer(s)Producer(s)Performers
1
Me Odio #37
Gloria EstefanEmilio Estefan Jr.Alberto GaitánRicardo Gaitán Emilio Estefan GómezAlberto GaitánRicardo Gaitán Emilio Estefan Jr.Ricardo GaitánAlberto Gaitán Gloria Estefan (Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals)Alfredo "Chocolate" Armenteros (Trumpet)
2
No Llores #1
Gloria EstefanEmilio Estefan Jr.Alberto GaitánRicardo Gaitán Emilio Estefan GómezAlberto GaitánRicardo Gaitán Emilio Estefan Jr.Ricardo GaitánAlberto Gaitán Gloria Estefan (Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals)Carlos Santana (Electric Guitar)José Feliciano (Acoustic Guitar)Sheila E. (Timbales)Luis Enrique (Congas, Bongos)
3
Lo Nuestro
Gloria Estefan Emilio Estefan GómezAlberto GaitánRicardo GaitánSalvador Cuevas Emilio Estefan Jr.Ricardo GaitánAlberto Gaitán Gloria Estefan (Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals)Nelson González (Tres)
4
Píntame De Colores #9
Gloria EstefanEmilio Estefan Jr.Alberto GaitánRicardo Gaitán Emilio Estefan GómezAlberto GaitánRicardo Gaitán Emilio Estefan Jr.Ricardo GaitánAlberto Gaitán Gloria Estefan (Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals)Nelson González (Tres)Andy García (Bongos, Bell)
5
Caridad
Gloria EstefanEmilio Estefan Jr.Alberto GaitánRicardo Gaitán Emilio Estefan GómezAlberto GaitánRicardo Gaitán Emilio Estefan Jr.Ricardo GaitánAlberto Gaitán Gloria Estefan (Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals)Orestes Vilató (Bongos, Timbales)Giovanni Hidalgo (Congas, Quinto)
6
Yo No Cambiaría
Gloria EstefanEmilio Estefan Jr.Alberto GaitánRicardo Gaitán Emilio Estefan GómezAlberto GaitánRicardo GaitánMarco Linares Emilio Estefan Jr.Ricardo GaitánAlberto Gaitán Gloria Estefan (Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals)José Feliciano (Acoustic Guitar)Juanito Márquez (Guitar)
7
Bésame
Emilio Estefan Jr.Alberto GaitánRicardo Gaitán Emilio Estefan GómezAlberto GaitánRicardo GaitánMarco Linares Emilio Estefan Jr.Ricardo GaitánAlberto Gaitán Gloria Estefan (Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals)Johnny Pacheco (Flute)
8
Refranes
Emilio Estefan Jr.Alberto GaitánRicardo Gaitán Emilio Estefan GómezAlberto GaitánRicardo Gaitán Emilio Estefan Jr.Ricardo GaitánAlberto Gaitán Gloria Estefan (Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals)
9
A Bailar
Gloria Estefan Emilio Estefan GómezAlberto GaitánRicardo GaitánSalvador Cuevas Emilio Estefan Jr.Ricardo GaitánAlberto Gaitán Gloria Estefan (Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals)Nelson González (Tres)Orestes Vilató (Bongos, Timbales)Papo Lucca (Piano)
10
Esta Fiesta No Va' Acabar
Gloria EstefanEmilio Estefan Jr.Ricardo Gaitán Emilio Estefan GómezRicardo GaitánSalvador Cuevas Emilio Estefan Jr.Ricardo GaitánAlberto Gaitán Gloria Estefan (Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals)Orestes Vilató (Bongos, Timbales)Giovanni Hidalgo (Congas, Quinto)Generoso Jiménez (Trombone)Arturo Sandoval (Trumpet)
11
Volveré
Gloria Estefan Emilio Estefan GómezAlberto GaitánRicardo GaitánMarco Linares Emilio Estefan Jr.Ricardo GaitánAlberto Gaitán Gloria Estefan (Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals)Israel "Cachao" López (Bass)Candido Camero (Congas)Paquito D'Rivera (Saxophone)
12
Esperando (Cuando Cuba Sea Libre)
Gloria EstefanEmilio Estefan Jr.Alberto GaitánRicardo Gaitán Emilio Estefan GómezAlberto GaitánRicardo GaitánSalvador Cuevas Emilio Estefan Jr.Ricardo GaitánAlberto Gaitán Gloria Estefan (Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals)Nelson González (Tres)Orestes Vilató (Bongos, Timbales)
13
Morenita
Emilio Estefan Jr.Ricardo GaitánDrop Dead Beats Emilio Estefan GómezRicardo GaitánDrop Dead Beats Emilio Estefan Jr.Ricardo GaitánDrop Dead Beats Gloria Estefan (Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals)Lionel "Dead Beat" De La O (Electric Guitar)
14
90 Millas
Emilio Estefan Jr.Alberto GaitánRicardo Gaitán Emilio Estefan GómezAlberto GaitánRicardo Gaitán Emilio Estefan Jr.Ricardo GaitánAlberto Gaitán Gloria Estefan (Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals)La India (Featured Vocals)

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Frequently Asked Questions 90 Millas

Did Gloria Estefan write the songs on 90 Millas?
She wrote lyrics on ten of the fourteen tracks and has no music credit anywhere on the album. The music is credited to Emilio Estefan Gómez and the Panamanian brothers Alberto and Ricardo Gaitán, with bassist Salvador Cuevas and guitarist Marco Linares picking up co-composer credits on a handful of songs.
Why did Carlos Santana's guest spot cause a controversy?
Cuban exiles in the United States objected to Santana appearing on the record because he had worn a t-shirt bearing Che Guevara's image. In March 2007 Gloria and Emilio Estefan issued a joint statement restating their opposition to the Castro government and denying they would work with anyone who supported it. Santana's electric guitar stayed on "No Llores".
How did 90 Millas perform on the charts?
It entered the Billboard 200 at number 25 on roughly 23,000 copies in its first week, and it reached number one on both Top Latin Albums and Top Tropical Albums. It also hit number one in the Netherlands, the first Spanish language album to do so.
Which musicians play on 90 Millas?
The guest list is drawn from the Cuban and salsa canon: Cachao on bass, Candido Camero on congas and Paquito D'Rivera on saxophone for "Volveré", Arturo Sandoval and Generoso Jiménez on "Esta Fiesta No Va' Acabar", Johnny Pacheco on flute for "Bésame", Papo Lucca on piano for "A Bailar", Giovanni Hidalgo and Orestes Vilató on percussion, and Andy García on bongos for "Píntame De Colores".
What awards did 90 Millas win?
It won Best Traditional Tropical Album at the 9th Annual Latin Grammy Awards in November 2008, and "Píntame De Colores" took Best Tropical Song. Estefan also won two Billboard Latin Music Awards that year and was named Latin Recording Academy Person of the Year, the first woman to receive it.
How many editions of 90 Millas are there?
The standard album runs fourteen tracks. The European and limited United States and United Kingdom deluxe packages add "Vueltas Da La Vida" and a reggaeton remix of "No Llores" with Wisin & Yandel, the iTunes edition adds a Pitbull hip hop remix and a salsa remix of "Me Odio", and the Japanese edition adds "Vueltas Da La Vida" and the exclusive "Al Verte Partir".
Data note: Sales: Billboard reported 150,000 United States copies as of July 2011. No worldwide figure has been published, and the album's only certification is a Spanish gold award, which is a threshold rather than a sold total, so no worldwide number is recorded here. Composer credits follow the release credits transcribed on Discogs, which are more complete than the Wikipedia writer column: Salvador Cuevas and Marco Linares appear as co-composers on several tracks that Wikipedia omits. "Drop Dead Beats" is the production team's credited name on "Morenita"; no source names its members' legal names as writers, so the team name is kept as credited. Track credits cover the fourteen-track standard edition only, not the region-specific bonus tracks.

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