Carpe Diem (Belinda album)
Encyclopedia
Carpe Diem is the third studio album
from Mexican
pop
singer Belinda, released on March 23, 2010 through Capitol Latin
. The album has a mixture of electropop, dance-pop
as well as a different sound from her previous albums.
. The album includes 11 tracks and 12 on the iTunes
and European editions, composed and produced by herself and would be a change in her musical styles heard on her previous album, Utopía
, also include a song titled "Cuida De Mí" written specially for her late grandfather, who died in 2008. The album was recorded mainly in cities such as Los Angeles
, Madrid
, London
, Miami. The album includes contributions from songwriter Nacho Peregrín along with the producers Aureo Baqueiro, Jimmy Harry
, Carlos Jean
, Arno Elias, as well as Belinda herself, who is accredited as composer, image coordinator and executive producer of the album.
that the release date was postponed from November 24, 2009 to March 23, 2010. The album was released March 12, 2010 in Canadian iTunes
by mistake, which led to a mass leak over the internet and popular video site YouTube
. The album was taken off from iTunes later that same day. The album debuted at number 1 on both Itunes Mexico and the USA (Latin)'s top album charts on the day of its official release. Two days after its release, the album was certified gold in Mexico on March 25, 2010, after 30,000 copies sold.
as a "Countdown to Carpe Diem".
Top Latin Albums at number 12, also debuted at number 3 on the Latin Pop Albums
and number 21 on the Top Heatseekers Albums
, becoming her highest debut on the U.S. charts compared to her previous albums. On the Mexican Albums Chart the album debuted at number 7, and on the Mexican International Albums Chart at number 5.
Studio album
A studio album is an album made up of tracks recorded in the controlled environment of a recording studio. A studio album contains newly written and recorded or previously unreleased or remixed material, distinguishing itself from a compilation or reissue album of previously recorded material, or...
from Mexican
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
pop
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
singer Belinda, released on March 23, 2010 through Capitol Latin
Capitol Records
Capitol Records is a major United States based record label, formerly located in Los Angeles, but operating in New York City as part of Capitol Music Group. Its former headquarters building, the Capitol Tower, is a major landmark near the corner of Hollywood and Vine...
. The album has a mixture of electropop, dance-pop
Dance-pop
Dance-pop is dance-oriented pop music that originated in the early 1980s. Developing from post-disco, it is generally up-tempo music intended for clubs with the intention of being danceable or merely dancey...
as well as a different sound from her previous albums.
Production
The album name is a Latin phrase meaning "Seize the Day" coined by the Roman poet HoraceHorace
Quintus Horatius Flaccus , known in the English-speaking world as Horace, was the leading Roman lyric poet during the time of Augustus.-Life:...
. The album includes 11 tracks and 12 on the iTunes
ITunes
iTunes is a media player computer program, used for playing, downloading, and organizing digital music and video files on desktop computers. It can also manage contents on iPod, iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad....
and European editions, composed and produced by herself and would be a change in her musical styles heard on her previous album, Utopía
Utopía
Utopía is the second studio album by Spanish-born Mexican recording artist Belinda. It was released on October 3, 2006 by EMI Televisa Music in Mexico and Latin America. The album was later released on September 17, 2007 to Europe and the United States...
, also include a song titled "Cuida De Mí" written specially for her late grandfather, who died in 2008. The album was recorded mainly in cities such as Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
, Madrid
Madrid
Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan...
, London
London
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, Miami. The album includes contributions from songwriter Nacho Peregrín along with the producers Aureo Baqueiro, Jimmy Harry
Jimmy Harry
Jimmy Harry is a writer/producer/multi-instrumentalist who has worked with artists from all over the world, hitting the top 10 in many different countries. Jimmy began his songwriting career by penning the global hit for RuPaul, Supermodel. Jimmy is also responsible for writing the early Kylie...
, Carlos Jean
Carlos Jean
Carlos Jean Arriaga is a Spanish DJ and record producer. He is the co-founder of the group Najwajean, and has been a producer for some of the most important Spanish and Latin-American artists of the 2000s, earning seven Latin Grammy nominations.-1973-1998: Early life:He was born on February 15,...
, Arno Elias, as well as Belinda herself, who is accredited as composer, image coordinator and executive producer of the album.
Release
The released date was originally November 24, 2009, later Belinda confirmed on her TwitterTwitter
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that the release date was postponed from November 24, 2009 to March 23, 2010. The album was released March 12, 2010 in Canadian iTunes
ITunes
iTunes is a media player computer program, used for playing, downloading, and organizing digital music and video files on desktop computers. It can also manage contents on iPod, iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad....
by mistake, which led to a mass leak over the internet and popular video site YouTube
YouTube
YouTube is a video-sharing website, created by three former PayPal employees in February 2005, on which users can upload, view and share videos....
. The album was taken off from iTunes later that same day. The album debuted at number 1 on both Itunes Mexico and the USA (Latin)'s top album charts on the day of its official release. Two days after its release, the album was certified gold in Mexico on March 25, 2010, after 30,000 copies sold.
Promo singles
Prior to the release of the album, three promotional singles were released exclusively on Apple's iTunes StoreITunes Store
The iTunes Store is a software-based online digital media store operated by Apple. Opening as the iTunes Music Store on April 28, 2003, with over 200,000 items to purchase, it is, as of April 2008, the number-one music vendor in the United States...
as a "Countdown to Carpe Diem".
- "Lolita" was the first promotional single, released on March 2, 2010.
- "Culpable" was the second promotional single, released March 9, 2010. The song is a Spanish version of "Into The Morning" by the band The Weekend.
- "Dopamina" was the third and final promotional single, released on March 16, one week before the official release of the whole album.
Singles
- "EgoístaEgoísta"Egoísta" , is a song by Spanish-born Mexican actress and singer Belinda released as lead single from Carpe Diem on February 8, 2010 on radio stations, and digitally on February 23, 2010. The song features Cuban rapper Pitbull. The song was originally recorded in Spanish, but later was re-released...
" is the official first single, the song is a collaboration with Cuban rapper PitbullPitbull (rapper)Armando Christian Pérez , better known by his stage name Pitbull, is an American rapper, singer-songwriter and record producer. His first recorded performance was from the Lil Jon album Kings of Crunk in 2002, after which he released his debut album in 2004 titled M.I.A.M.I. under TVT Records...
, released on airplay on February 8, 2010 and digitally on February 23, 2010 through Capitol LatinCapitol RecordsCapitol Records is a major United States based record label, formerly located in Los Angeles, but operating in New York City as part of Capitol Music Group. Its former headquarters building, the Capitol Tower, is a major landmark near the corner of Hollywood and Vine...
. The original first single was announced to be "Culpable", before being confirmed as being "Egoísta". The music video was filmed in Mexico CityMexico CityMexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole...
in early May directed by Vance Burberry and herself. An English version of the song was recorded and released as digital download on June 29, 2010, also a music video was filmed for this version. It has been covered by Georgian-Greek singer Tamta (featuring Isaias MatiabaIsaias MatiabaIsaias Matiaba is a Greek singer-songwriter.-Early life:Isaias Matiaba was born in Ioannina, Greece on December 18, 1983 to a Greek mother and a Zairian father...
), and has been released on her 2010 album "Tharros I Alitheia". - "DopaminaDopamina"Dopamina" , is a song by Spanish-born Mexican actress and singer-songwriter Belinda released as second and finale single from Carpe Diem on August 10, 2010 on radio stations.- Information :...
" is the second official single by Belinda from her album Carpe Diem. It began receiving airplay on August 10, 2010. The music video was released on February 1, 2011.
Other songs
- "Sal de Mi PielSal De Mi Piel"Sal de Mi Piel" , is a song by Spanish-born Mexican actress, singer Belinda released airplay on August 17 and digitally on August 18, 2009 included on her third studio album Carpe Diem...
" was the first release of the album, it was released digitally on August 18, 2009, used as the main theme of telenovela CamaleonesCamaleonesCamaleones is a Mexican telenovela produced by Televisa. The soap opera premiered on Mexico's Canal de las Estrellas, replacing the completed series Verano de Amor...
. This is not the official first single and was previously included on Camaleones soundtrack. - "Wacko" is a cover of the song "Not That Kinda Girl" originally performed by DutchDutch peopleThe Dutch people are an ethnic group native to the Netherlands. They share a common culture and speak the Dutch language. Dutch people and their descendants are found in migrant communities worldwide, notably in Suriname, Chile, Brazil, Canada, Australia, South Africa, New Zealand, and the United...
singer Kim-LianKim-LianKim-Lian van der Meij is Dutch musical actress, presenter and a singer-songwriter. She is famous for her hit single "Teenage Superstar" and for presenting the popular children's program Kids Top 20. She is also known for her cover of Kim Wilde's hit "Kids in America".-Biography:Kim-Lian comes from...
and Swedish singer Linda BengtzingLinda BengtzingLinda Birgitta Bengtzing is a Swedish pop singer, famous for her participation in the fourth season of Fame Factory in Sweden and for her entries at Melodifestivalen 2005, 2006, 2008, and 2011- Biography :...
, released in October 2009. - "LolitaLolita (song)"Lolita" is a song by Mexican singer Belinda, released as the first promotional single from her third studio album Carpe Diem.The song was composed by Jimmy Harry, Alaina Beaton, Belinda and Nacho Peregín.-Cultural references:...
" was used to promote and as the theme song for the MTV Latin America series Niñas Mal, but not as the third single from the album. A music video with scenes from the series was premiered on August 23, 2010.
Tracklist
Charts, sales and procession
The album debuted on the BillboardBillboard (magazine)
Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...
Top Latin Albums at number 12, also debuted at number 3 on the 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...
and number 21 on the Top Heatseekers Albums
Top Heatseekers
Top Heatseekers refers to either of two separate "Breaking and Entering" music charts issued weekly by Billboard Magazine: the Heatseekers Albums chart or the Heatseekers Songs chart. They were introduced by Billboard in 1993 with the purpose of highlighting the sales by new and developing musical...
, becoming her highest debut on the U.S. charts compared to her previous albums. On the Mexican Albums Chart the album debuted at number 7, and on the Mexican International Albums Chart at number 5.
Charts
| Charts (2010) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Mexican Albums Chart AMPROFON Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas is a non-profit organization integrated by multinational and national record companies in Mexico. Established on April 3, 1963, it groups phonographic companies that represent more than 70 percent of the market in Mexico... |
7 |
| Mexican International Albums Chart AMPROFON Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas is a non-profit organization integrated by multinational and national record companies in Mexico. Established on April 3, 1963, it groups phonographic companies that represent more than 70 percent of the market in Mexico... |
5 |
| Argentina Albums Chart | 5 |
| U.S. Billboard Billboard (magazine) Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis... Top Latin Albums |
12 |
| 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... |
3 |
| U.S. Billboard Top Heatseekers Top Heatseekers Top Heatseekers refers to either of two separate "Breaking and Entering" music charts issued weekly by Billboard Magazine: the Heatseekers Albums chart or the Heatseekers Songs chart. They were introduced by Billboard in 1993 with the purpose of highlighting the sales by new and developing musical... |
21 |
Sales and certifications
| Country (2010) | Certification |
|---|---|
| Mexico | Gold (AMPROFON) |
Release history
| Region | Date | Label |
|---|---|---|
| Mexico | March 23, 2010 | EMI EMI The EMI Group, also known as EMI Music or simply EMI, is a multinational music company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the fourth-largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry and one of the "big four" record companies. EMI Group also has a major... |
| United States | Capitol Latin Capitol Records Capitol Records is a major United States based record label, formerly located in Los Angeles, but operating in New York City as part of Capitol Music Group. Its former headquarters building, the Capitol Tower, is a major landmark near the corner of Hollywood and Vine... |
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| United Kingdom | EMI Latin EMI The EMI Group, also known as EMI Music or simply EMI, is a multinational music company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the fourth-largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry and one of the "big four" record companies. EMI Group also has a major... |
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| Brazil | April 5, 2010 | EMI EMI The EMI Group, also known as EMI Music or simply EMI, is a multinational music company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the fourth-largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry and one of the "big four" record companies. EMI Group also has a major... |
| Germany | April 30, 2010 | EMI EMI The EMI Group, also known as EMI Music or simply EMI, is a multinational music company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the fourth-largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry and one of the "big four" record companies. EMI Group also has a major... /Capitol Records Capitol Records Capitol Records is a major United States based record label, formerly located in Los Angeles, but operating in New York City as part of Capitol Music Group. Its former headquarters building, the Capitol Tower, is a major landmark near the corner of Hollywood and Vine... |
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| Spain | November 9, 2010 | EMI Music Spain EMI The EMI Group, also known as EMI Music or simply EMI, is a multinational music company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the fourth-largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry and one of the "big four" record companies. EMI Group also has a major... |