Chenoa is the debut album from Spanish artist Chenoa

Chenoa

María Laura Corradini Falomir, popularly known as Chenoa is a famous Argentine-Spanish female music artist who became successful after appearing on the TV contest Operación Triunfo. Her music style could be described in the United States as pop...

, recorded in Miami, Madrid

Madrid

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, London

London

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, Bratislava

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 and Milan

Milan

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 at the months of March and April 2002, after she left the Operación Triunfo

Operación Triunfo

Operación Triunfo is a reality-show talent contest which first aired on Spain's TVE network in 2001. A kind of cross between Pop Idol, Voces en Función, Star Search, and Big Brother, the show aimed to find the country's next solo singing sensation, putting a selection of hopefuls through their...

 academy as the fourth finalist.

The albums contains many genres and touches of different music styles incluiding Pop

Pop music

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, R&B, Latin

Latin pop

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, Dance

Dance music

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 and Fado

Fado

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 in the Dulce Pontes

Dulce Pontes

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' cover of "Cançao do Mar" , titled in Spanish "Oye, Mar" ("Listen, Sea"). The album also contains two songs in English, "Love Story" and "Mystify".

The first single was "Atrévete", the Spanish version of "Mystify", that had a good success peaking #1 in Spain

Spain

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 and #4 in Argentina

Argentina

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. But the greatest hit of this CD was the second single, "Cuando Tu Vas", danced all over Spain in the summer of 2002. The next singles were "Yo te daré" (only promotion), "El Centro de Mi Amor" and "Desnuda frente a ti".

"Chenoa" sold over 500,000 copies in Spain after 61 weeks in Top 100 chart, and she was nominated for the Spanish music industry awards Premios Amigo as best female new artist, and best female artist. Year 2002 finished with a Spanish tour that included more than 70 dates.

Track listing

1. "Yo Te Daré" (Vanessa Downing) - 3:06
2. "Atrévete" (Mystify) (Chris Anderson, Debra Andrew) - 3:14
3. "El Centro De Mi Amor" (William Luque) - 3:47
4. "Oye, Mar" (Cançao do Mar) (Joaquim F. Brito, Ferrer Trindade) - 4:50
5. "Love Story" (Par Astron, Bagge Anders
   Anders Bagge
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   , Reed Vertelney) - 3:54
6. "Una Mujer" (I'm a Woman) (Aldo Nova, Reed Vertelney) - 3:53
7. "Cuando Tu Vas" (Luque) - 3:18
8. "Quiero Ser" (Luque, Kiko Velázquez) - 3:22
9. "El Alma En Pie" (with David Bisbal
   David Bisbal
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   ) (José Abraham) - 4:08
10. "El Tiempo Que Me Das" (Alicia Arguiñano, Maribí Etxaniz) - 3:53
11. "Desnuda Frente A Tí" (You Bring out the Best in Me) (Aberg, Rein, Sela) - 3:45
12. "Chenoa" (Laura Corradini, Sebastián Heredia) - 4:25
13. "Chicas Solas" (Girls Night Out) (Mehyer, Olafsdottir) - 3:18
14. "Mystify" (Anderson, Andrew) - 3:15

Personnel

• Chris Anderson – Keyboards, Programming, Producer, Dirigida, Realization
• Javier Anguera – Metales
• Alicia Arguiñano – Coros
• Antonio Baglio – Mastering
• Bratislava Symphony Orchestra – Recording
• Gregory Carrero – Guitar, Guitar (Steel)
• Tico Darna – Producer
• Mar DePablos – Producer, Dirigida, Vocal Coach, Realization
• Luis Gómez Escolar – Adaptation
• Maribí Etxaniz – Coros
• Diego Galaz – Violin, String Score
• Roger "George" González – Production Assistant
• Carlos Guevara – Producer
• Craig Hardy – Programming
• David Hernando – Director
• Paco Ibanez – Metales
• Tiagi Lambert – Make-Up
• Jose Lopez – Production Assistant
• Gary Miller – Programming
• Antonio Miró – Vestuario
• Charlie Noguera – Technician
• Maite Palencia – Producer
• Ramón Pallarés – Metales
• Archie Pena – Percussion, Bateria
• José Puga – Graphic Design
• Carlos Quintero – Arranger, Programming, Producer, Mixing, Dirigida, Vocal Coach, Realization, Recording
• Brian Rawling – Keyboards, Programming, Producer, Mixing, Dirigida, Realization
• Pedro Rodriguez – Mixing, Recording
• Rubendarío – Photography
• Christian Saint Val – Assistant Engineer
• Adrian Schinoff – Arranger, Programming
• Susana Ensin Tarriño – Producer
• Walter Turbitt – Keyboards, Programming, Mixing
• Kiko Velázquez – Arranger, Programming
• Jong Uk Yoon – Assistant Engineer
• Pilar Zamora – Adaptation

Chart performance

Chart	Peak	Weeks On Charts	Certification	Sales
Promusicae	2	61	5x Platinum	500,000+

Singles

Release Date	Single	SPA	ARG
April, 2002	Atrévete (Mystify) Produced by Brian Rawling and Chris Andersson.	1	4
June, 2002	Cuando Tu Vas Produced by Carlos Quintero and Mar de Pablos.	1	14
2002	Yo Te Daré Produced by Carlos Quintero and Mar de Pablos.	18	Promo
January, 2003	El Centro de Mi Amor Produced by Carlos Quintero and Mar de Pablos.	28
April, 2003	Desnuda Frente A Tí Produced by Brian Rawling and Chris Andersson.	Promo	Promo