Seducción (album)
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Seducción is the title of the second 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...

 by Jennifer Peña
Jennifer Peña
Jennifer Marcella Peña , is an American Latin Pop/Tejano singer and actress who has sold over 3.5 million records internationally. Peña is the third and youngest daughter of Jaime and Mary Peña with other siblings Janet and Jackie...

 released by Univision Music Group
Univision Music Group
For the successor to this company, go to Universal Music Latin Entertainment.Univision Music Group was a Latin music company in the United States with approximately 45% market share...

 on May 18, 2004. This effort debuted at number one on the Billboard Top Latin Albums chart.

Album history

This recording reteamed the singer with Rudy Perez, Kike Santander
Kike Santander
Dr. Flavio Enrique Santander Lora, commonly known as Kike Santander, is a Colombian composer, record producer, arranger and entrepreneur. He is considered to be one of the principal Latino composers of the day, having worked with artists such as David Bisbal, Christian Castro, Thalía, Chayanne,...

 and offered new production by Emilio Estefan Jr.. "Vivo y Muero En Tu Piel" was selected as the lead single
Lead single
A lead single is usually the first single released by a musician or a band before the release of its home album.During the era of the grammophone record, all music arrived in the marketplace as what is now termed a single, one potential hit song backed by an additional song of generally less...

, and peaked at number one in the Hot Latin Tracks charts, her second single to do so. Seducción was released in a traditional CD package format and also as a CD/DVD combo which included the original tracklisting and a DVD with documentary, music videos and a picture gallery. The album was received well selling over 300,000, being certified multi-platinum by the RIAA. On this production, Jennifer Peña became a contributing producer for the first time on the tracks "Ya Veras" and "Si Yo Me Vuelvo A Enamorar". It was once again executive produced by José Behar, head of Univision Music Group
Univision Music Group
For the successor to this company, go to Universal Music Latin Entertainment.Univision Music Group was a Latin music company in the United States with approximately 45% market share...

. Heavy promotion followed the album which included stops in Central America
Central America
Central America is the central geographic region of the Americas. It is the southernmost, isthmian portion of the North American continent, which connects with South America on the southeast. When considered part of the unified continental model, it is considered a subcontinent...

, South America
South America
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 and all across the United States and Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.Puerto Rico comprises an...

.

The success of this album led to many nominations for the Billboard Latin Music Award, including: Latin Pop Album of the Year for the album, and Latin Pop Airplay Track of the Year, Tropical Airplay Track of the Year and Regional Mexican Airplay Track of the Year for the first single "Vivo y Muero en Tu Piel". Also Jennifer received the Premio Lo Nuestro for Female Entertainer of the Year.

CD tracklisting

DVD tracklisting

The information from Allmusic.
  1. At the Studio (Interviews)
  2. Behind the Scenes
  3. Vivo y Muero en Tu Piel [multimedia track]
  4. Vivo y Muero en Tu Piel [multimedia track]
  5. Vamos al Mundial [multimedia track]
  6. Photo gallery
  7. Biography

Personnel

The information from Allmusic.
  • Jose Behar — Executive producer
    Executive producer
    An executive producer is a producer who is not involved in any technical aspects of the film making or music process, but who is still responsible for the overall production...

  • Luz De La Cruz — Executive producer
  • Emilio Estefan, Jr. — 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...

  • Carlos Infante — Producer
  • Manny Lara — Producer
  • Kike Santander — Producer
  • Jennifer Peña — Performer, producer
  • Gaitán Bros. — Programming, producer
  • Rudy Pérez
    Rudy Pérez
    Rudy Pérez is a Cuban American composer, producer and Sound engineer specialized in Latin Ballad whose songs have been very successful. He is considered one of the most outstanding creators in the field of international pop music...

     — Guitar
    Guitar
    The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...

    , arranger
    Arranger
    In investment banking, an arranger is a provider of funds in the syndication of a debt. They are entitled to syndicate the loan or bond issue, and may be referred to as the "lead underwriter". This is because this entity bears the risk of being able to sell the underlying securities/debt or the...

    , producer, vocals, direction
  • José Luis Arroyave — Arranger, keyboards
    Keyboard instrument
    A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...

    , programming, producer
  • Daniel Betancourt — Arranger, keyboards, programming, producer
  • Tulio Cremisini — Arranger, electric guitar, keyboards, programming, producer
  • Clay Perry
    Justin Clay Perry
    Justin Clay Perry is an American jazz, pop, and Latin pianist best known for his arrangements heard behind numerous recording artists. He is a graduate of the Pinellas County Center for the Arts at Gibbs High School in Tampa Bay where he studied classical and jazz piano and composition...

     — Arranger, keyboards, programming
  • Boris Milan — Mixing
    Audio mixing (recorded music)
    In audio recording, audio mixing is the process by which multiple recorded sounds are combined into one or more channels, most commonly two-channel stereo. In the process, the source signals' level, frequency content, dynamics, and panoramic position are manipulated and effects such as reverb may...

  • Andres Bermudez — Engineer
    Engineer
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  • Bruce Weeden — Engineer
  • Scott Canto — Engineer
  • Juan Jose Virviescas — Engineer
  • Alfred Figueroa — Engineer
  • Joel Numa — Engineer
  • David Lopez — Assistant engineer
  • Richie Perez — Assistant engineer
  • Daniel Ponce — Assistant engineer
  • Kevin Dillon — Production coordination
  • Leyla Leeming — Production Coordination
  • Betsy Perez — Production Coordination
  • José Juan Maldonado — Production Coordination
  • Angela Duque — Artist coordination
  • Steve Menezes — Studio Coordinator
  • Andres Castro — acoustic guitar
    Steel-string acoustic guitar
    A steel-string acoustic guitar is a modern form of guitar descended from the classical guitar, but strung with steel strings for a brighter, louder sound...

    , electric guitar
    Electric guitar
    An electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its metal strings into electric audio signals. The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, so it is amplified before sending it to a loudspeaker...

  • Manny López — Guitar, arranger, keyboards, programming
  • Richard Bravo — 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...

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

  • Sergio Minski — Acoustic guitar, electric guitar, production coordination
  • Archie Pena — Percussion, drums
    Drum kit
    A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....

  • Rafael Vergara — vocals
    Singing
    Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...

  • Area 305 — Vocals
  • Vicky Echeverri — Vocals
  • Robin Espejo — Vocals
  • Mario Patiño — Creative director
    Creative Director
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  • Adriana Rebold  — Graphic design
    Graphic design
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    , art direction
  • Gio Alma — Photography
    Photography
    Photography is the art, science and practice of creating durable images by recording light or other electromagnetic radiation, either electronically by means of an image sensor or chemically by means of a light-sensitive material such as photographic film...

  • Vaughn Smith — Video director
    Music video director
    A music video director is driven by a given music track. These are called music videos and are then used as promotional tools for popular music singles...

  • Irma Martínez — Stylist
    Wardrobe stylist
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Chart performance

Chart (2004) Peak
position
US Billboard Top Latin Albums
Billboard Top Latin Albums
Latin Albums is a record chart published by Billboard magazine and is labeled as the most important music chart for Spanish language, full-length albums in the American music market. Like all Billboard album charts, the chart is based on sales...

1
US Billboard Latin Pop Albums 1
US 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...

7
US 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...

162

Sales and certifications

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