Fantasía Pop

Infobox Album
Name = Fantasía Pop
Type = Album
Artist = Belanova

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Background = Khaki
Released = flagicon|Mexico 10 September 2007
flagicon|USA 11 September 2007
flagicon|Spain 8 April 2008
Recorded = Buenos Aires, Argentina
Producer =
Genre = New Wave
Synth-pop
Latin Pop
Alternative rock
Indie pop
Alternative metal
Glam rock
Label = Universal Music Mexico
Reviews =
Last album = "Dulce Beat Live" (2006)
This album = "Fantasía Pop" (2007)
Next album =
Misc = Extra album cover 2
Upper caption = Alternate cover
Type = studio


Lower caption = Spanish album coverExtra album cover 2


Lower caption = Deluxe Edition coverSingles
Name = Fantasía Pop
Type = studio
single 1 = Baila Mi Corazón
single 1 date = 2 July, 2007
single 2 = Toma Mi Mano
single 2 date = 1 October, 2007
single 3 = Cada Que...
single 3 date = 29 October, 2007
single 4 = One, Two, Three, Go! (1, 2, 3, Go!)
single 4 date = 12 May, 2008
single 5 = Paso El Tiempo
single 5 date = 15 September, 2008

"Fantasía Pop" is the third studio album from the Mexican Synth-Pop band Belanova. Alex Enríquez, the band's manager sent a press release announcing Belanova's new album, "Fantasía Pop". The album was released September 2007 in Mexico, Spain, the United States and the rest of Latin America. Simultaneously, the album was recorded in Argentina. [ [http://www.belanova.org/escapar/ ¿Listos para la Fantasía Pop? / 30.06.2007] ] The first single, "Baila Mi Corazón" was premiered on July 2 on Mexican radio station Los 40 Principales. [ [http://www.belanova.org/escapar/ Baila Mi Corazón] ]

After three days in the shops the album went on to sell over 50,000 copies in Mexico alone being certified Gold by AMPROFON. [ [http://www.elfinanciero.com.mx/ElFinanciero/Portal/cfpages/contentmgr.cfm?docId=79167&docTipo=1&orderby=docid&sortby=ASC Belanova Goes Gold (Spanish)] ] The album entered the Mexican charts at number-eighteen, before climbing to number-one on its third week becoming Belanova's second number-one album and it has so far spent three weeks at the top. [ [http://proyectos.atmosfera.tv/amprofon3/Top100.pdf Mexican Albums Chart - October 3rd 2007] ] The album lifted the band's fourth and fifth number-one singles in Mexico, "Baila Mi Corazón" (which also became a top five hit in Colombia and top twenty in the U.S. Latin Pop Charts) and "Cada Que..." which went on to sell over 200,000 downloads in the United States alone. [ [http://www.americatop100.com/mexico/index.htm Mexican Singles Chart] [ [http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/491677.html "Baila Mi Corazón" and "Cada Que..." sell 200,000 downloads] ] When the album was certified Platinum in March 2008 in Mexico, the band made history when it was published that digital sales of the album were five times higher than the physical sales. [ [http://www.woman.es/Ocio/Belanova-hace-historia-en-03-2008-58934.html "Fantasía Pop" certified Platinum] ] [ [http://www.peopleenespanol.com/pespanol/articles/0,22490,1724651,00.html Belanova breaks record in Mexico] ] The album was released in Spain in early April 2008. [ [http://www.fnac.es/dsp/?servlet=extended.HomeExtendedServlet&Code1=199746444&Code2=114&prodID=701060 Spanish Release Date] ] The album has been nominated for "Best Pop Vocal Album" at the Latin Grammy Awards to be held at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas on 13th November. [ [http://www.univision.com/content/content.jhtml?cid=1673575 Latin Grammy 2008] ]

Track listing

Fantasía Pop
#"Baila Mi Corazón" - 3:36
#"One, Two, Three, Go! (1, 2, 3, Go!)" - 2:45
#"Por Esta Vez" - 3:19
#"Rockstar" - 3:06
#"Paso El Tiempo" - 3:27
#"Vestida de Azul" - 3:36
#"Cada Que..." - 3:44
#"Aún" - 3:16
#"Bye Bye" - 2:24
#"Toma Mi Mano" - 2:33
#"Dulce Fantasía" - 3:23

Fantasía Pop - Deluxe Edition
(Released 28 July, 2008 in Mexico and 29 July, 2008 in the United States)
*CD11-Track CD, as well as the bonus tracks:
#"Mírame"
#"Baila Mi Corazón" [Mijangos & Elorza Bossa Radio Edit]
#"Baila Mi Corazón" [Mariano Ochoa Remix]
#"Baila Mi Corazón" [Imazué Latin Sould Mix Radio Edit]
#"Cada Que..." [DJ Raff Remix Radio Edit]
#"Cada Que..." [Mood-Fu]
#"Toma Mi Mano" [Demo]

*Bonus DVD
#"Baila Mi Corazón"
#"Cada Que..."
#"Toma Mi Mano"
#Making of "Cada Que..."

Personnel

*Production: Cachorro López & Belanova
*Recording & Mixing: Mondo Mix, Buenos Aires, Argentina (except "Baila Mi Corazón" - mixed at Masterhouse, Miami).
*Arrangements: Belanova
*Record Engineers: Sebastián Schon (main), Demián Nava and Edgar Huerta
*Mastered by Tom Baker at Precission Mastering, Los Angeles, CA.
*Mixed by Cesar Sogbe
*Piano on "Toma Mi Mano" by Fito Páez
*Baritone Guitar on "Por Esta Vez" by Cachorro López
*Acoustic Guitar on "Vestida de Azúl" and "Dulce Fantasía" by Sebastián Schon.
*Photography: Fernando, Gerardo Montiel and Soni Maya.
*Art Direction and Design: [http://www.picointeractive.com Pico ADworks]

Charts

References