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{{About|Ricky Martin's 1991 eponymous debut album|his second eponymous album, released in 1999|Ricky Martin (1999 album)}}
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{{Infobox album
{{Infobox album
| Name = Ricky Martin
| name = Ricky Martin
| Type = [[Studio album]]
| type = studio
| Artist = [[Ricky Martin]]
| artist = [[Ricky Martin]]
| Cover = rickymartinalbum1991.jpg
| cover = rickymartinalbum1991.jpg
| Cover size = 170
| alt =
| Released = {{start date|1991|11|26}}
| released = {{start date|1991|11|26|mf=y}}
| Recorded = [[1991]]
| recorded = 1991
| Genre = [[Latin]], [[Pop Rock]],
| venue =
| studio =
[[Latin pop]], [[dance-pop]]
* Sonoland Studio
| Length = 42:56
* Circus Studio <br>([[Madrid|Madrid, Spain]])
| Label = [[Sony Music Entertainment|Sony Music Mexico]]/[[Columbia Records|Columbia]]
* Roundhouse Studio <br>([[London|London, England, United Kingdom]])
| This album = '''''Ricky Martin'''''<br />(1991)
* Sony Music Studios <br>([[Mexico City|Mexico City, Mexico]])
| Next album = ''[[Me Amarás (album)|Me Amarás]]''<br />(1993)
| genre = {{hlist|[[Latin music|Latin]]|[[Latin pop]]|[[dance pop|dance-pop]]|[[pop rock]]}}
| Misc = {{Singles
| Name = Ricky Martin
| length = 43:34
| label = {{hlist|[[Sony Music Latin|Sony Discos]]|[[Columbia Records|Columbia]]}}
| Type = [[Studio album]]
| producer = Mariano Pérez Bautista · Luis de Llano Macedo <br/><small>([[Executive producer|Exec.]])</small>
| Single 1 = [[Fuego Contra Fuego]]
| prev_title =
| Single 1 date = {{start date|1991|08|05}}
| prev_year =
| Single 2 = [[El Amor de Mi Vida (song)|El Amor de Mi Vida]]
| next_title = [[Me Amaras (album)|Me Amarás]]
| Single 2 date = {{start date|1992|01|13}}
| next_year = 1993
| Single 3 = [[Vuelo (song)|Vuelo]]
| Single 3 date = {{start date|1992|03|23}}
| misc = {{Singles
| Single 4 = [[Bring a Little Lovin'#Ricky Martin version|Dime Que Me Quieres]]
| name = Ricky Martin (1991)
| type = studio
| Single 4 date = {{start date|1992|05|18}}
| single1 = [[Fuego Contra Fuego]]
| Single 5 = [[Suzanne (VOF de Kunst song)#Ricky Martin version|Susana]]
| Single 5 date = {{start date|1992|08|10}}
| single1date = {{start date|1991|09|30}}
| Single 6 = [[Juego de Ajedrez]]
| single2 = [[El Amor de Mi Vida (song)|El Amor de Mi Vida]]
| Single 6 date = {{start date|1992|09|07}}
| single2date = {{start date|1992|02|24}}
| Single 7 = [[Ser Feliz]]
| single3 = [[Vuelo (song)|Vuelo]]
| Single 7 date = {{start date|1992|10|05}}
| single3date = {{start date|1992|03|30}}
| single4 = [[Bring a Little Lovin'#Ricky Martin version|Dime Que Me Quieres]]
}}
| single4date = {{start date|1992|05|04}}
| single5 = Susana
| single5date = {{start date|1992|08|03}}
}}
}}
}}
{{Album reviews
{{Album reviews
|rev1 = [[Allmusic]]
|rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
|rev1score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref>[{{Allmusic|class=album|id=r100853|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic review]</ref>
|rev1score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref>[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r100853|pure_url=yes}} AllMusic review]</ref>
}}
}}


'''''Ricky Martin''''' is the debut album by [[Puerto Rican people|Puerto Rican]] singer [[Ricky Martin]], released on [[November 26]], [[1991]] by [[Sony Music Entertainment|Sony Music Mexico]] and on [[February 18]], [[1992]] by [[Sony Music Latin]] in the [[United States]]. It peaked at number five on the [[Latin Pop Albums]] in the US and has sold over 500,000 copies worldwide.<ref>[http://www.sonymusic.pl/zespol_1210.html Ricky Martin Biography - Sony Music Poland]. Retrieved January 26, 2011.</ref>
'''''Ricky Martin''''' is the debut solo studio album recorded by Puerto Rican artist [[Ricky Martin]] after previously departing from [[Puerto Rico|Puerto Rican]] [[boy band]] [[Menudo (group)|Menudo]] in July 1989, It was released by [[Sony Music Latin|Sony Discos]] and [[Columbia Records]] on November 26, 1991 (see [[1991 in music]]).

==Commercial performance==
''Ricky Martin'' peaked at number five on the [[Latin Pop Albums]] in the US and sold over 500,000 copies worldwide.<ref name="worldwidesales">{{cite web|url=http://www.sonymusic.pl/zespol_1210.html |title=Ricky Martin - Biografia |language=pl |publisher=Sony Music Poland |access-date=November 22, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110223095913/http://www.sonymusic.pl/zespol_1210.html |archive-date=February 23, 2011 }}</ref> It was certified Gold in Mexico, Chile, Argentina, Colombia and Puerto Rico.<ref name="certs1">{{cite web|title=Ricky Martin Vuelve a Brillar|work=[[El Tiempo (Colombia)|El Tiempo]]|url=http://www.eltiempo.com/archivo/documento/MAM-350176|language=es|date=February 20, 1996|access-date=March 12, 2016}}</ref><ref name="certs2">{{cite web|title=Bigrafia de Ricky Martin|publisher=Biografías y Vidas|url=http://www.biografiasyvidas.com/biografia/m/martin_ricky.htm|language=es|access-date=March 12, 2016}}</ref> The album includes Martin's first solo hits: "[[Fuego Contra Fuego]]," "[[El Amor de Mi Vida (song)|El Amor de Mi Vida]]" and "[[Vuelo (song)|Vuelo]]".


==Track listing==
==Track listing==
All songs produced by Mariano Pérez Bautista.
{{Tracklist
{{Tracklist
| total_length =
| total_length = 43:34
| title1 = [[Fuego Contra Fuego]]
| writing_credits = yes
| writer1 = {{hlist|Mariano Pérez|Carlos Gómez}}
| title1 = [[Fuego Contra Fuego]]
| length1 = 4:16
| writer1 = Carlos Gómez, Mariano Pérez
| title2 = [[Bring a Little Lovin'#Ricky Martin version|Dime Que Me Quieres]]
| length1 = 4:15
| title2 = [[Bring a Little Lovin'#Ricky Martin version|Dime Que Me Quieres]]
| note2 = Bring a Little Lovin'
| writer2 = Harry Vanda · George Young <br/><small>Adapt: Spanish: Mariano Pérez</small>
| writer2 = Frances Lay
| note2 =
| length2 = 3:16
| title3 = [[Vuelo (song)|Vuelo]]
| length2 = 3:16
| writer3 = {{hlist|Fernando Riba|Kiko Campos}}
| title3 = [[Vuelo (song)|Vuelo]]
| length3 = 3:59
| writer3 = Fernando Riba, Kiko Campos
| title4 = Conmigo Nadie Puede
| note3 =
| note4 = Comigo Ninguém Pôde
| length3 = 3:51
| writer4 = Michael Sullivan · Paulo Massadas <br/><small>Adapt: Spanish: Rodolfo Tovar</small>
| title4 = Conmigo Nadie Puede
| length4 = 3:17
| writer4 = Michael Sullivan, Paulo Massadas
| title5 = Te Voy a Conquistar
| note4 =
| note5 = Voy Te Conquistar
| length4 = 3:18
| writer5 = Michael Sullivan · Paulo Massadas <br/><small>Adapt: Karen Guindi</small>
| title5 = Te Voy a Conquistar
| length5 = 4:17
| writer5 = Sullivan, Massadas
| title6 = [[Juego de Ajedrez]]
| note5 =
| writer6 = Manuel Pacho
| length5 = 4:15
| length6 = 3:08
| title6 = [[Juego de Ajedrez]]
| title7 = Corazón Entre Nubes
| writer6 = Manuel Pacho
| note7 = Coração Não Nuvems
| note6 =
| writer7 = Carlos Colla · Marcos Valle <br/><small>Adapt: Spanish: Karen Guindi</small>
| length6 = 2:43
| length7 = 3:44
| title7 = Corazón Entre Nubes
| title8 = [[Ser Feliz]]
| writer7 = Carlos Colla, Marcos Valle
| writer8 = Michael Sullivan · Paulo Massadas <br/><small>Adapt: Spanish: Karen Guindi</small>
| note7 =
| length7 = 3:39
| length8 = 4:40
| title9 = [[El Amor de Mi Vida (song)|El Amor de Mi Vida]]
| title8 = [[Ser Feliz]]
| writer9 = Eddie Sierra
| writer8 = Sullivan, Massadas
| note8 =
| length9 = 4:57
| title10 = [[Suzanne (VOF de Kunst song)#Ricky Martin version|Susana]]
| length8 = 4:38
| note10 = Suzanne
| title9 = [[El Amor de Mi Vida (song)|El Amor de Mi Vida]]
| writer10 = Caroline Bogman · Ferdy Lancee · Mark Foggo <br/><small>Adapt: Spanish: Rodolfo Tovar · Mariano Pérez</small>
| writer9 = Eddie Sierra
| note9 =
| length10 = 4:56
| title11 = [[Bony Moronie|Popotitos]]
| length9 = 4:56
| writer11 = [[Larry Williams]]
| title10 = [[Suzanne (VOF de Kunst song)#Ricky Martin version|Susana]]
| length11 = 3:17
| writer10 = Caroline Bogman, Ferdy Lancee, Mark Foggo
| length10 = 4:55
| title11 = [[Bony Moronie|Popotitos]]
| writer11 = [[Larry Williams]]
| length11 = 3:18
|}}
|}}


==Charts==
==Chart performance==
===Weekly charts===
{| class="wikitable"
{|class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
!Chart (1992)
!Peak<br />position
|-
|-
!scope="col"|Chart (1992)
|align="left"|[[Latin Pop Albums|US ''Billboard'' Latin Pop Albums]]<ref>[{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=ricky martin|chart=all}} ''Billboard'' peak positions]. Retrieved January 25, 2011.</ref>
!scope="col"|Peak<br />position
|align="center"|5
|-
{{album chart|BillboardLatinPop|5|artist=Ricky Martin|rowheader=true|access-date=January 15, 2016}}
|}
|}

===Year-end charts===
{|class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|-
!scope="col"|Chart (1992)
!scope="col"|Position
|-
!scope="row"|US Latin Pop Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/90s/1992/Billboard-1992-12-26.pdf|title=The Year in Music|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|page=50|date=December 26, 1992|access-date=December 8, 2016}}</ref>
|12
|}

==Certifications and sales==
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Argentina|title=Ricky Martin|artist=Ricky Martin|type=album|award=Gold|relyear=1991|certyear=1992|certref=<ref name="certs1"/>}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Chile|title=Ricky Martin|artist=Ricky Martin|type=album|award=Gold|relyear=1991|certyear=1992|nosales=true|certref=<ref name="certs1"/>}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Colombia ([[ASINCOL]])|title=Ricky Martin|artist=Ricky Martin|type=album|award=Gold|relyear=1991|certyear=1992|nosales=true|certref=<ref name="certs1"/>}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Mexico|title=Ricky Martin|artist=Ricky Martin|type=album|award=Gold|relyear=1991|certyear=1992|certref=<ref name="certs1"/>}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Puerto Rico|title=Ricky Martin|artist=Ricky Martin|type=album|award=Gold|relyear=1991|certyear=1992|nosales=true|certref=<ref name="certs1"/>}}
{{Certification Table Summary}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Worldwide|salesamount=500,000|salesref=<ref name="worldwidesales"/>|nocert=true}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true}}

==See also==
* [[1991 in Latin music]]
* [[List of best-selling albums in Brazil]]


==References==
==References==
{{reflist|2}}
{{Reflist}}


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Latest revision as of 10:37, 23 July 2024

This article is about Ricky Martin's 1991 eponymous debut album. For his second eponymous album, released in 1999, see Ricky Martin (1999 album).

Ricky Martin
Studio album by
Ricky Martin
ReleasedNovember 26, 1991 (1991-11-26)
Recorded1991
Studio
Genre
Length43:34
Label
ProducerMariano Pérez Bautista · Luis de Llano Macedo
(Exec.)
Ricky Martin chronology
Ricky Martin
(1991) 		Me Amarás
(1993)
Singles from Ricky Martin (1991)
  1. "Fuego Contra Fuego"
    Released: September 30, 1991 (1991-09-30)
  2. "El Amor de Mi Vida"
    Released: February 24, 1992 (1992-02-24)
  3. "Vuelo"
    Released: March 30, 1992 (1992-03-30)
  4. "Dime Que Me Quieres"
    Released: May 4, 1992 (1992-05-04)
  5. "Susana"
    Released: August 3, 1992 (1992-08-03)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

Ricky Martin is the debut solo studio album recorded by Puerto Rican artist Ricky Martin after previously departing from Puerto Rican boy band Menudo in July 1989, It was released by Sony Discos and Columbia Records on November 26, 1991 (see 1991 in music).

Commercial performance

[edit]

Ricky Martin peaked at number five on the Latin Pop Albums in the US and sold over 500,000 copies worldwide.[2] It was certified Gold in Mexico, Chile, Argentina, Colombia and Puerto Rico.[3][4] The album includes Martin's first solo hits: "Fuego Contra Fuego," "El Amor de Mi Vida" and "Vuelo".

Track listing

[edit]

All songs produced by Mariano Pérez Bautista.

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Fuego Contra Fuego"
  • Mariano Pérez
  • Carlos Gómez
4:16
2."Dime Que Me Quieres" (Bring a Little Lovin')Harry Vanda · George Young
Adapt: Spanish: Mariano Pérez		3:16
3."Vuelo"
  • Fernando Riba
  • Kiko Campos
3:59
4."Conmigo Nadie Puede" (Comigo Ninguém Pôde)Michael Sullivan · Paulo Massadas
Adapt: Spanish: Rodolfo Tovar		3:17
5."Te Voy a Conquistar" (Voy Te Conquistar)Michael Sullivan · Paulo Massadas
Adapt: Karen Guindi		4:17
6."Juego de Ajedrez"Manuel Pacho3:08
7."Corazón Entre Nubes" (Coração Não Nuvems)Carlos Colla · Marcos Valle
Adapt: Spanish: Karen Guindi		3:44
8."Ser Feliz"Michael Sullivan · Paulo Massadas
Adapt: Spanish: Karen Guindi		4:40
9."El Amor de Mi Vida"Eddie Sierra4:57
10."Susana" (Suzanne)Caroline Bogman · Ferdy Lancee · Mark Foggo
Adapt: Spanish: Rodolfo Tovar · Mariano Pérez		4:56
11."Popotitos"Larry Williams3:17
Total length:43:34

Charts

[edit]

Weekly charts

[edit]
Chart (1992) Peak
position
US Latin Pop Albums (Billboard)[5] 5

Year-end charts

[edit]
Chart (1992) Position
US Latin Pop Albums (Billboard)[6] 12

Certifications and sales

[edit]
Region Certification Certified units/sales
Argentina (CAPIF)[3] Gold 30,000^
Chile[3] Gold  
Colombia (ASINCOL)[3] Gold  
Mexico (AMPROFON)[3] Gold 100,000^
Puerto Rico[3] Gold  
Summaries
Worldwide — 500,000[2]

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

See also

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ AllMusic review
  2. ^ a b "Ricky Martin - Biografia" (in Polish). Sony Music Poland. Archived from the original on February 23, 2011. Retrieved November 22, 2015.
  3. ^ a b c d e f "Ricky Martin Vuelve a Brillar". El Tiempo (in Spanish). February 20, 1996. Retrieved March 12, 2016.
  4. ^ "Bigrafia de Ricky Martin" (in Spanish). Biografías y Vidas. Retrieved March 12, 2016.
  5. ^ "Ricky Martin Chart History (Latin Pop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved January 15, 2016.
  6. ^ "The Year in Music" (PDF). Billboard. December 26, 1992. p. 50. Retrieved December 8, 2016.
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