Amar Es is a music album by Mexican pop performer Cristian Castro

Cristian Castro

Cristian Castro is a Grammy Award-nominated Mexican pop singer. He is referred to as "Christian Castro" or "Cristian."- Biography :...

 in 2003. It is notable for its eclectic use of languages and musical styles. The song Why, for example, is in English, whilst the single No Hace Falta combines Japanese and Latin pop. On the other hand, tracks such as the successful single Te Llamé hold fast to Castro's Latin-pop roots.

Track listing

1. Este Loco Que Te Mira
2. Si Yo Fuera El
3. Why
4. Solo Pienso En Ti
5. Gallito Feliz (Rock version)
6. No Hace Falta
7. Oración Caribe
8. Madrigal
9. Entre Los Andes
10. Te Llamé
11. Mujer de Dos Caras
12. Saudade
13. Gallito Feliz (Cumbia version)

Personnel

• Pedro Alfonso - Violin
• Tommy Anthony - Vocals (Background)
• Area 305 - Vocals (Background)
• Hiram Arencibia - Trombone
• Antonio Baglio - Mastering
• Randall Barlow - Composer, Producer, Programming
• Cancio Barretto - Requinto
• Juan Angel Barretto - Engineer
• Kurt Berge - Technical Support
• Richard Bravo - Percussion
• Olbin Burgos - Drums
• Scott Canto - Engineer
• Jorge Casas - Bass
• Cristian Castro
  Cristian Castro
  Cristian Castro is a Grammy Award-nominated Mexican pop singer. He is referred to as "Christian Castro" or "Cristian."- Biography :...
  
   - Composer
• Bill Compton - Composer
• Mike Couzzi - Engineer
• Sal Cueva - Bass
• Kevin Dillon - Production Coordination
• Valério Do Carmo - Graphic Design
• Vicky Echeverri - Vocals (Background)
• Federico Ehrlich - Producer
• Fabi Espino - Trumpet
• Emilio Estefan, Jr.
  Emilio Estefan
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   - Composer, Producer, Video Director
• Daniela Federici - Photography
• Alfredo Galan - Trumpet
• Javier Garza - Mixing Engineer
• Jessica Gonzalez - A&R
• Courtney Goodwin - Photography
• Julio Hernandez - Bass
• David Heuer - Assistant Engineer
• Carlos Infante - Piano
• María Teresa Lara - Composer
• Leyla Leeming - Production Coordination
• Lee Levin - Drums
• Gary Lindsay - Arranger
• Roberto Livi - Composer, Producer
• David Lopez - Assistant Engineer
• Manny López - Guitar, Guitar (Acoustic)
• José Juan Maldonado - Production Coordination
• Juan Pablo Manzanero - Composer
• Gian Marco - Composer
• Steve Menezes - Coordination
• Miami Symphonic Strings - Strings
• Victor Miller - Trumpet
• Alejandro Montalbán - Composer
• Rickie Muñoz - Trombone
• Joel Numa - Engineer, Mixing Engineer
• Marco Olan - Bass
• Clay Ostwald - Organ, Piano
• Mario Patiño - Creative Director, Text
• Andy Pechenik - Technical Support
• Archie Peñe - Percussion
• Fernando Perdomo - Guitar (Electric)
• Betsy Perez - Project Coordinator
• Rudy Pérez
  Rudy Pérez
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   - Arranger, Composer, Director, Producer, Vocals (Background)
• Clay Perry
  Justin Clay Perry
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   - Keyboards, Programming
• Freddy Piñero, Jr. - Engineer
• Daniel Ponce - Assistant Engineer
• Adrian Posse - A&R
• Oscar G. Regueira - Engineer
• Juan Rosario - Assistant Engineer
• Tony Sheridan - Composer
• Joel Someillan - Engineer
• Todd Sontag - Editing
• Raul Soto - Percussion
• Ron Taylor - Organ
• Ken Theis - Assistant Engineer
• Lorenzo Torrez - Accordion
• Nicolás Tovar - Composer, Vocal Producer
• William Valdez - Percussion
• Dan Warner - Guitar
• Ginny Warner - Video Producer
• Diane Warren
  Diane Warren
  Diane Eve Warren , is a US songwriter. Her songs have received six Academy Award nominations, five Golden Globe nominations, including one win and seven Grammy Award nominations, including one win. She was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2001...
  
   - Composer
• Bruce Weeden - Engineer
• Ryan Wolff - Assistant Engineer

Chart performance

Year	Chart	Album	Peak
2003	Heatseekrs	Amar Es	4
2004	Latin Pop	Amar Es	3
2004	Top Latin Albums	Amar Es	4

Charts

Chart (2003)	Peak position
Spanish Albums Chart	75
U.S. Billboard 200 Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...	193
U.S. Billboard Top Latin Albums	3
U.S. Billboard Latin Pop Albums Latin Pop Albums Latin Pop Albums is a record chart published on Billboard magazine. It features Latin music information of the Pop music genre. Established in June 1985, this chart features only full length albums and like all album charts on Billboard, is based on sales. The information is compiled by Nielsen...	7

Sales and certifications