Regalo del Alma
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Regalo del Alma is the title of the last studio album
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...

 recorded by Celia Cruz
Celia Cruz
Celia Cruz was a Cuban-American salsa singer, and was one of the most successful Salsa performers of the 20th century, having earned twenty-three gold albums...

. This album became her first number-one hit on the Billboard Top Latin Albums
Billboard Top Latin Albums
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 chart and won the Grammy Award for Best Salsa/Merengue Album
Grammy Award for Best Salsa/Merengue Album
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.

Tracklisting

This information from Billboard.com
  1. Ella Tiene Fuego (El General
    El General
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    /Sergio George
    Sergio George
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    /Jorge Luis Piloto)
    — 4:07
  2. José Caridad (Alain Pérez/Gradelio Pérez) — 3:59
  3. Ríe y Llora (George/Fernando Osorio)** — 4:10
  4. Ay, Pena, Penita (León Quiroga) — 4:58
  5. Diagnóstico (Marisela Verena) — 4:28
  6. La Niña de la Trenza Negra (Perez/Perez) — 4:10
  7. Me Huele a Rumba (Banggy/Cherito) — 4:04
  8. No Estés Amargao (Rafael Rey) — 4:03
  9. Pa' la Cola (Manny Benito/George) — 4:04
  10. María la Loca (Yavis Mindez/Javier Suárez/Luca Germini) — 4:01
  11. Yo Viviré
    I Will Survive
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     (Dino Fekaris/Freddie Perren
    Freddie Perren
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    )
    — 4:31


** Rie y Llora - The Remixes Never commercially released Sony 2003 promo Latin house dance remixes featuring Obas-Que Viva La Reina Mix (Extended & Dub), D'Motion Brothers Azuca' Forever Remix-Extended Remix, DJ Fluid Extended Mix and Original Album Version

Personnel

This information from Allmusic.

Production
  • Sergio George — Piano
    Piano
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    , arranger
    Arranger
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    , keyboards
    Keyboard instrument
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    , producer
    Record producer
    A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...

    , bass
    Bass guitar
    The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....

    , drum programming
  • Angel Carrasco — Executive producer
    Executive producer
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  • Bob Brockman — Mixing
    Audio mixing (recorded music)
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  • Mike Fuller — Mastering
  • Jake R. Tanner — Engineer
  • Luca Germini — Engineer
  • Jon Fausty — Engineer, mixing
  • Jorge Gómez — Sound technician, mixing
  • Oscar Gómez — Adaptation, digital producer, vocals, realization, mixing
  • Ivan "Melón" González — Piano
  • Carlos Laurenz — Engineer, sound technician, mixing
  • José López — Sound technician
  • Olga Santos — Sound technician
  • Susana Ensin Tarriño — Production coordination
  • Maite Palencia — Production coordination
  • Adolfo Pérez Butrón — Photography
    Photography
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  • Mario Houben — Graphic design
    Graphic design
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  • Rudy Sanchez — Hair


Musicians
  • Yrvis Méndez — acoustic guitar
    Steel-string acoustic guitar
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    , arranger, electric guitar
    Electric guitar
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    , keyboards, programming, bass, vocals
  • Jose "Majito" Aguilera — percussion
    Percussion instrument
    A percussion instrument is any object which produces a sound when hit with an implement or when it is shaken, rubbed, scraped, or otherwise acted upon in a way that sets the object into vibration...

    , bongos
    Bongo drum
    Bongo or bongos are a Cuban percussion instrument consisting of a pair of single-headed, open-ended drums attached to each other. The drums are of different size: the larger drum is called in Spanish the hembra and the smaller the macho...

    , timbales
    Timbales
    Timbales are shallow single-headed drums with metal casing, invented in Cuba. They are shallower in shape than single-headed tom-toms, and usually much higher tuned...

    , bata, cajón
    Cajón
    A cajón is a box-shaped percussion instrument originally from Peru, played by slapping the front face with the hands.-Origins and evolution:...

    , tumbadora, vocals
  • Alain Pérez — Arranger, keyboards, tres
    Tres
    The tres is a 3-course, 6-string chordophone which was created in Cuba. A tres player is called a tresero in Cuba and a tresista in Puerto Rico.-Cuban tres:In Cuba, the son was created as a song and a salon dance genre...

    , bass, vocals
  • Bernd Schoenhart — Acoustic guitar, electric guitar
  • Juan Cerro — spanish guitar
    Classical guitar
    The classical guitar is a 6-stringed plucked string instrument from the family of instruments called chordophones...

  • Juan Munguía — Trumpet
    Trumpet
    The trumpet is the musical instrument with the highest register in the brass family. Trumpets are among the oldest musical instruments, dating back to at least 1500 BCE. They are played by blowing air through closed lips, producing a "buzzing" sound which starts a standing wave vibration in the air...

  • Marc Quiñones — percussion
    Percussion instrument
    A percussion instrument is any object which produces a sound when hit with an implement or when it is shaken, rubbed, scraped, or otherwise acted upon in a way that sets the object into vibration...

  • Luis Quintero — Percussion
  • Cherito — Vocals
  • Celía Cruz — Vocals
  • William Duvall — Vocals
  • Rubén Rodríguez — Vocals
  • Julio Barreto — Vocals
  • Axé Bahia — Guest appearance
  • Bandolero — Rap

Chart performance

Chart (2003) Peak
position
US
United States
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 Billboard Top Latin Albums
Billboard Top Latin Albums
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1
US Billboard Top Tropical Albums 1
US Billboard 200
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40

Sales and certifications

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