"Y Hubo Alguien" is a song written by Omar Alfanno and performed by Marc Anthony

Marc Anthony

Marc Anthony is an American singer-songwriter, actor and producer. Anthony is the top selling tropical salsa artist of all time. The two-time Grammy and three-time Latin Grammy–winner has sold more than 30 million albums worldwide. He is best known for his Latin salsa numbers and ballads...

. It was released as the lead single of Anthony's third album Contra La Corriente

Contra La Corriente (Marc Anthony album)

Contra la corriente is the third studio album released by American singer Marc Anthony on October 21, 1997 by RMM Records. The album was produced by Puerto Rican musician Angel "Cucco" Peña, with most of the songs written by Panamanian composer Omar Alfanno. The album was well-received by critics...

. The single became a success and was the first salsa to reach #1 on Hot Latin Tracks. "Y Hubo Alguien" was awarded two Billboard Latin Music Awards

Billboard Latin Music Awards

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 and a Lo Nuestro award.

Song information

"Y Hubo Alguien" was the first single from Anthony's third album, Contra La Corriente

Contra La Corriente (Marc Anthony album)

Contra la corriente is the third studio album released by American singer Marc Anthony on October 21, 1997 by RMM Records. The album was produced by Puerto Rican musician Angel "Cucco" Peña, with most of the songs written by Panamanian composer Omar Alfanno. The album was well-received by critics...

in October 1997. The song was composed by Panamanian-songwriter, Omar Alfanno, who worked with Anthony on the previous album, Todo a Su Tiempo

Todo A Su Tiempo (Marc Anthony album)

Todo a su tiempo is the second studio album by American recording artist Marc Anthony, released by RMM Records on May 30, 1995. The album was produced by Sergio George, who was also involved with production of Anthony's debut studio album, Otra Nota. The album comprises of five new...

. Unlike the last two albums, Sergio George

Sergio George

Sergio George is a pianist and record producer, known for working with many famous performers of salsa music, although he has worked in other genres as well...

 was not involved with the production of the album. Instead, production was handed to Puerto Rican-longtime musician, Angel "Cuco" Peña. The song is about a woman who regrets leaving a man only to find out that he found another woman in her place when he was alone.

Chart performance

"Y Hubo Alguien" reached #1 on Hot Latin Tracks during the week of November 29, 1997. The song remained #1 for four consecutive weeks. This was Anthony's song to reach #1 as well as the first time in the Hot Latin Tracks that a song of salsa genre became #1. Previously, the highest peaking salsa song was "Que Hay de Malo" by Jerry Rivera

Jerry Rivera

-Albums:* Empezando a Vivir Sony Music* Abriendo Puertas * Cuenta Conmigo * Cara de Niño...

 which reached #4 in 1993. It was later succeeded by Alejandro Fernández

Alejandro Fernández

Alejandro Fernández is a Mexican singer. Nicknamed as "El Potrillo" by the media and his fans, he has sold over 20 million albums worldwide. Alejandro is the son of the ranchera singer Vicente Fernández. He originally specialized in traditional, earthy forms of Mexican folk music, such as...

 and Gloria Estefan

Gloria Estefan

Gloria María Milagrosa Fajardo García de Estefan; known professionally as Gloria Estefan is a Cuban-born American singer, songwriter, and actress. Known as the "Queen Of Latin Pop", she is in the top 100 best selling music artists with over 100 million albums sold worldwide, 31.5 million of those...

 for En el jardín

En El Jardín

"En El Jardín" is a single released by Mexican singer Alejandro Fernández featuring American singer Gloria Estefan. The song was written and produced by Kike Santander and was released as the second single of Fernández's Grammy-nominated album Me Estoy Enamorando...

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Chart (1997)	Peak position
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US Billboard Tropical Songs	1

Awards

In 1998, "Y Hubo Alguien" received two Billboard Latin Music Awards

Billboard Latin Music Awards

The Billboard Latin Music Awards grew out of the Billboard Music Awards program from Billboard Magazine, an industry publication charting the sales and radio airplay success of musical recordings. The awards began in 1990...

 for "Hot Latin Track of the Year" and "Tropical Hot Track of the Year". At the same year, the song was awarded "Tropical Song of the Year" at the Premio Lo Nuestro awards. Omar Alfanno received a Latin ASCAP award for the song. The song was named the 7th best salsa song of all time by AOL Radio

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Covers

This song has been covered by Jackie Arredondo, Marcos Orozco, Fidel Rueda, Myriam, Beny Grabiel. In 2010, former lead singer of Son by Four

Son By Four

Son by Four is a salsa music group from Puerto Rico, well-known for their English U.S. pop hit "Purest of Pain ". The group is signed to Sony Music Entertainment....

 Angel Lopez recorded his own version of the song from the album Historias de Amor. The album was produced by the composer Omar Alfanno.