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Miss Little Havana 
Studio album by Gloria Estefan Released September 27, 2011 Genre Pop, latin pop, dance pop Length 55:57 Label Crescent Moon, Verve Forecast Producer Pharrell Williams, Gloria Estefan, Emilio Estefan Gloria Estefan chronology 90 Millas
(2007)Miss Little Havana
(2011)Singles from Miss Little Havana - "Wepa"
Released: July 24 2011 - "Miss Little Havana"
Released: September 2011 (iTunes) - "Hotel Nacional"
Released: November 2011 (Dance)[1]
Miss Little Havana is a studio album by Cuban-American recording artist Gloria Estefan. The singer's first English-language album since 2003's Unwrapped and her twenty-sixth overall, it was released on September 27, 2011 on Crescent Moon Records, distributed by Verve Forecast and Universal Music Group.[2][3] The project was largely conceived and produced by urban producer Pharrell Williams, while Estefan's husband Emilio Estefan contributed another four tracks to the album.
Estefan became interested in collaborating with Williams after meeting him through their trainer at a Miami gym in early 2010. The pair began sending messages back and forth, while Williams started writing songs he hoped Estefan would want to record. It was not until early 2011, they entered the recording booth to create the basis for Miss Little Havana.
The album debuted at number 28 on the Billboard 200 with 13,697 copies sold. As of October 20, 2011, the total soundscan is 21,522 copies. Preceding the album's release, lead single "Wepa" was released for digital download in July 2011, and managed to reach the top of the Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs chart.
Contents
Critical reception
Justin Kantor of Blogcritics sumed Miss Little Havana as a "a welcome return to the party that will likely please fans young and old," and added: "[The album] is the singer's most energetic and youthful set in quite some time. Like 1998's all-dance opus Gloria!, Havana gets its fuel from a searing lineup of rump-shaking ditties. Add to that formula deeper hooks and an contagious swarm of Latin and tropical influences, which are melded effortlessly into a funky club-pop potpourri [...], and the result is even more infectious."[4] Stephen Thomas Erlewine's review in Allmusic was less enthusiastic, describing Pharrell's rhythms as lively but "straightjacketed", and mentioning that the Cuban-like rhythms are too "stiff and mannered, and certainly not like the colorful, endless party its singer and producer intended".[5]
Track listing
No. Title Writer(s) Length 1. "Miss Little Havana" Pharrell Williams 3:15 2. "I Can't Believe" P. Williams 3:42 3. "Heat" P. Williams 3:49 4. "Wepa" Emilio Estefan, Gloria Estefan, P. Williams 4:01 5. "Say Ay" G. Estefan, P. Williams 2:53 6. "So Good" E. Estefan, G. Estefan, P. Williams 3:16 7. "Right Away" E. Estefan, G. Estefan, P. Williams 4:07 8. "Make Me Say Yes" P. Williams 3:56 9. "Time Is Ticking" E. Estefan, G. Estefan, P. Williams 3:54 10. "Hotel Nacional" E. Estefan, G. Estefan, Motiff 3:28 11. "Make My Heart Go" (featuring El Cata) Edward "El Cata" Bello, Black Dada, E. Estefan, Motiff 3:53 Deluxe edition bonus tracks No. Title Writer(s) Length 12. "On" Black Dada, Danny Ponce, E. Estefan 4:26 13. "Medicine" E. Estefan, Phe Reckley, Adrian "Drop" Santal 4:04 14. "Wepa" (R3hab Remix featuring Pitbull) E. Estefan, G. Estefan, Armando C. Perez, P. Williams 3:28 15. "Let's Get Loud" G. Estefan, Kike Santander 3:43 Charts
Chart (2011) Peak
PositionUS Billboard 200 28 Release history
Region Date Format United States[6] September 27, 2011 Special Edition CD Worldwide[7] October 3, 2011 Digital album Latin America[7] November 29, 2011 CD album Mexico[7] Portugal[7] South America[7] Spain[7] References
- ^ PromotionLift
- ^ "Gloria & Target Team up for Miss Little Havana". GloriaEstefan.com. September 6, 2011. http://www.gloriaestefan.com/www/news/511-gloria-a-target-team-up-for-miss-little-havana.html?b79e62c5c3be95c9445e7d0b7d7d09f2=ee64ec3141f9ead077b8a13a767022a9. Retrieved September 7, 2011.
- ^ "Gloria Estefan Partners with Target on New Album, 'Miss Little Havana'" (Press release). Target Corporation. September 6, 2011. http://pressroom.target.com/pr/news/gloria-estefan-partners-with-target-214887.aspx. Retrieved September 7, 2011.
- ^ Kantor, Justin (2011-09-30). "Music Review: Gloria Estefan - Miss Little Havana". Blogcritics. SeattlePi.com. http://www.seattlepi.com/lifestyle/blogcritics/article/Music-Review-Gloria-Estefan-Miss-Little-Havana-2197275.php#ixzz1c0Azn1h9. Retrieved 2011-10-27.
- ^ http://www.allmusic.com/album/miss-little-havana-r2296005
- ^ "Miss Little Havana Target Edition". Target.com. 2011-09-27. http://www.target.com/p/Gloria-Estefan-Miss-Little-Havana-Only-at-Target/-/A-13765167. Retrieved 2011-11-03.
- ^ a b c d e f "Miss Little Havana - WorldWide". GloriaEstefan.com. 2011-10-03. http://www.gloriaestefan.com/www/blog/item/24-miss-little-havana-worldwide.html. Retrieved 2011-11-03.
External links
Gloria Estefan Studio albums with Miami Sound Machine:Cuts Both Ways (1989) · Into the Light (1991) · Mi Tierra (1993) · Christmas Through Your Eyes (1993) · Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me (1994) · Abriendo Puertas (1995) · Destiny (1996) · gloria! (1998) · Alma Caribeña (2000) · Unwrapped (2003) · 90 Millas (2007) · Miss Little Havana (2011)Compilations Exitos de Gloria Estefan (1990) · Gloria Estefan Greatest Hits (1992) · Best of Gloria Estefan (1997) · Greatest Hits Vol. II (2001) · Amor y Suerte: Exitos Romanticos (2004) · Oye Mi Canto!: Los Grandes Exitos (2006) · The Very Best of Gloria Estefan (2006) · The Essential Gloria Estefan (2006) · iTunes Originals (2007)EPs Filmography Music of the Heart (1999) · For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story (2000)Tours Primitive Love Tour (1985/86) · Let It Loose World Tour (1987/88) · Get On Your Feet Tour (1989/90) · Into the Light World Tour (1991/92) · Evolution World Tour (1996/97) · Live & Re-Wrapped Tour (2004) · 90 Millas World Tour (2008/09)Notable concerts Vh1 Divas Live (1998) · The Millennium Concert (????) · The Atlantis Concert (2002) · One Night Only at the Mandalay Bay (2001) · Live & Unwrapped (2003) · She's Got a FriendBooks The Magically Mysterious Adventures of Noelle the Bulldog (2005) · Noelle's Treasure Tale: A New Magically Mysterious Adventure (2006) · Estefan's Kitchen (2008)Related content Categories:- 2011 albums
- Gloria Estefan albums
- Albums produced by Pharrell Williams
- English-language albums
- Verve Forecast Records albums
- "Wepa"
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