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"Nunca Voy a Olvidarte" Single by Cristian Castro from the album Un Segundo en el Tiempo Released 1993 Format Promo single, digital download Recorded 1993 Genre Latin pop Length 5:07 Label Fonovisa Writer(s) Roberto Belester Producer Alejandro Zepeda Cristian Castro singles chronology "Diez Mil Lagrimas"
(1993)"Nunca Voy a Olvidarte"
(1993)"Es Mejor Así"
(1993)"Nunca Voy a Olvidarte" (English: I Am Never Going to Forget You) is a song written by Roberto Belester and first recorded by Mexican band Bronco in 1992. The track was covered the following year by fellow Mexican singer Cristian Castro becoming one of his signature songs and also his first number-one single in the Billboard Top Latin Songs.
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Background
The song was originally performed by Mexican norteña band, Grupo Bronco on their album, Salvaje y Tierno. Cristian Castro was with Fonovisa at the time of his early singing career. His previous album, Agua Nueva, reached #2 on Latin Pop albums with the lead single, No Podrás, reaching #2 on Hot Latin Tracks. While Un Segundo en el Tiempo had not charted, Nunca Voy a Olvidarte became Cristian Castro's first song to reach number on Hot Latin Tracks in 1993. Released as the lead single from Castro's second studio album, Un Segundo en el Tiempo, the song received several awards, including a Lo Nuestro Award and Latin Billboard award for "Pop Song of the Year",[1] [2]Billboard and Eres Magazine award for Best Song. The title was used years later for a compilation album title Nunca Voy a Olvidarte... Los Exitos.
Chart performance
The song remained number one on Hot Latin Tracks for nearly 3 weeks which replaced Mi Tierra by Gloria Estefan and was succeeded by José Y Durval with "Guadalupe".
Chart (1993) Peak
positionU.S. Billboard Hot Latin Tracks [3] 1 La India version
"Nunca Voy a Olvidarte" Single by La India from the album Dicen Que Soy Released 1994 Recorded 1994 Genre Salsa Length 4:47 Label RMM Writer(s) Roberto Bellester Producer Sergio George La India singles chronology "Ese Hombre"
(1994)"Nunca Voy a Olvidarte"
(1995)"Dicen Que Soy"
(1995)La India covered the song on her solo debut album, Dicen Que Soy. It was the second single released from the album and peaked #1 on Latin Tropical/Salsa Airplay.
Chart performance
Chart (1994)[4] Peak
positionBillboard Hot Latin Tracks 11 Billboard Latin Pop Airplay 13 Billboard Latin Tropical/Salsa Airplay 1 References
- ^ http://www.univision.com/content/content.jhtml?cid=490961
- ^ Lannert, John (1994-05-21). "The Billboard Latin Conference". Billboard (Nielsen Business Media, Inc.): 45. http://books.google.com/books?id=TAgEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA48&dq=billboard+latin+1993&hl=en&ei=CMEzTMayK8GB8gbB_fnICw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CC8Q6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=billboard%20latin%201993&f=false. Retrieved 2010-07-06.
- ^ http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p38123
- ^ http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p13278
Preceded by
"Mi Tierra" by Gloria EstefanBillboard Hot Latin Tracks number-one single
September 18, 1993 - October 9, 1993Succeeded by
"Guadalupe" by José Y DurvalCategories:- 1993 singles
- Cristian Castro songs
- La India songs
- Spanish-language songs
- Billboard Hot Latin Songs number-one singles
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