"Aquí Estoy Yo" (English: ''Here I Am'') is a song written by
Luis Fonsi
Luis Alfonso Rodríguez López-Cepero (born April 15, 1978), known by his stage name Luis Fonsi (), is a Puerto Rican singer. He is known for multiple songs, one of them being "Despacito" featuring rapper Daddy Yankee.
Fonsi received his first ...
,
Claudia Brant
Claudia Alejandra Menkarski (born July 21, 1966), known as Claudia Brant, is an Argentine composer, producer and singer and Gen Rubin; it was produced by
Luis Fonsi
Luis Alfonso Rodríguez López-Cepero (born April 15, 1978), known by his stage name Luis Fonsi (), is a Puerto Rican singer. He is known for multiple songs, one of them being "Despacito" featuring rapper Daddy Yankee.
Fonsi received his first ...
and
Sebastián Krys for Fonsi's seventh studio album ''
Palabras del Silencio'' (2008), and it is performed by
Luis Fonsi
Luis Alfonso Rodríguez López-Cepero (born April 15, 1978), known by his stage name Luis Fonsi (), is a Puerto Rican singer. He is known for multiple songs, one of them being "Despacito" featuring rapper Daddy Yankee.
Fonsi received his first ...
,
Aleks Syntek
Raúl Alejandro Escajadillo Peña (born 29 September 1969), known by his stage name, Aleks Syntek, is a Mexican singer and songwriter. He has earned nine nominations for the Latin Grammy Awards, a Grammy nomination, five nominations for the MT ...
,
David Bisbal
David Bisbal Ferre (born 5 June 1979) is a Spanish singer, songwriter, and actor. He gained his initial fame as a runner-up on the interactive reality television show ''Operación Triunfo''.
He has since released five studio albums, all of whi ...
, and
Noel Schajris
Nahuel Schajris Rodríguez (born July 19, 1974 in Buenos Aires, Argentina) is an Argentine-Mexican singer, songwriter and pianist based in Mexico who experienced chart-topping success as part of the duo Sin Bandera until he and fellow singer and ...
.
It was released as the second single from Fonsi's album on October 13, 2008 and became his sixth number-one single on the
''Billboard'' Hot Latin Tracks chart, the second number-one single for
David Bisbal
David Bisbal Ferre (born 5 June 1979) is a Spanish singer, songwriter, and actor. He gained his initial fame as a runner-up on the interactive reality television show ''Operación Triunfo''.
He has since released five studio albums, all of whi ...
on the same chart, and the first for
Aleks Syntek
Raúl Alejandro Escajadillo Peña (born 29 September 1969), known by his stage name, Aleks Syntek, is a Mexican singer and songwriter. He has earned nine nominations for the Latin Grammy Awards, a Grammy nomination, five nominations for the MT ...
and
Noel Schajris
Nahuel Schajris Rodríguez (born July 19, 1974 in Buenos Aires, Argentina) is an Argentine-Mexican singer, songwriter and pianist based in Mexico who experienced chart-topping success as part of the duo Sin Bandera until he and fellow singer and ...
(as a solo performer).
Background
"Aquí Estoy Yo" was released on October 13, 2008 as the second single from ''
Palabras del Silencio'', the seventh studio album recorded by Puerto Rican singer-songwriter
Luis Fonsi
Luis Alfonso Rodríguez López-Cepero (born April 15, 1978), known by his stage name Luis Fonsi (), is a Puerto Rican singer. He is known for multiple songs, one of them being "Despacito" featuring rapper Daddy Yankee.
Fonsi received his first ...
. This song is the follow-up to "
No Me Doy por Vencido
"No Me Doy por Vencido" (English: ''I Don't Give Up'') is a Spanish language song performed by Puerto Rican-American singer-songwriter Luis Fonsi. It was released on June 9, 2008, for the promotional and charity compilation, '' AT&T Team USA Sou ...
" and was written by Fonsi in 2008, according to an interview on the Mexican newspaper ''
El Universal'': "I wrote it six years ago to four male voices (the brother of Luis Fonsi and two Brazilian brothers, Rodrigo and Julian Medeiros), and in all these years, I never knew what to do with the song, I thought maybe give it to some
group
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Groups of people
* Cultural group, a group whose members share the same cultural identity
* Ethnic group, a group whose members share the same ethnic ide ...
, but as I loved it so much, decided to keep it."
About the choice to perform with
Noel Schajris
Nahuel Schajris Rodríguez (born July 19, 1974 in Buenos Aires, Argentina) is an Argentine-Mexican singer, songwriter and pianist based in Mexico who experienced chart-topping success as part of the duo Sin Bandera until he and fellow singer and ...
,
David Bisbal
David Bisbal Ferre (born 5 June 1979) is a Spanish singer, songwriter, and actor. He gained his initial fame as a runner-up on the interactive reality television show ''Operación Triunfo''.
He has since released five studio albums, all of whi ...
and
Aleks Syntek
Raúl Alejandro Escajadillo Peña (born 29 September 1969), known by his stage name, Aleks Syntek, is a Mexican singer and songwriter. He has earned nine nominations for the Latin Grammy Awards, a Grammy nomination, five nominations for the MT ...
, Fonsi told
''Billboard'' magazine: "One day, I thought and I said, why not invite three guys, three friends, not difficult to reach them, they can talk to you one on one, because it had happened but they were my friends."
While on a boat fishing with Bisbal, Syntek and Schajris, Fonsi asked them to record the track, since it was "an amazing song and the only thing I do is look at three musketeers sing to me".
Fonsi thought that the diversity would help this "hymn": "We have
Mexico
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,
Argentina
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,
Spain
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, national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond")
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, i ...
and
Puerto Rico
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in the same track."
During the recording, there were no rules, it was a mix of artistic styles, like a bohemian reunion with friends.
On the album review, Jason Birchmeier of
AllMusic
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declared that this was a notable song, that features a quartet of international all-stars.
Music video
The
music video
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was recorded in
Mexico City
Mexico City ( es, link=no, Ciudad de México, ; abbr.: CDMX; Nahuatl: ''Altepetl Mexico'') is the capital and largest city of Mexico, and the most populous city in North America. One of the world's alpha cities, it is located in the Valley o ...
in December 2008, as stated by Fonsi on his official website.
It was released on January 26, 2009.
In the music video, Aleks, David, and Noel are all going to meet Fonsi to sing a song together. On their way, there they see Fonsi. When Aleks, David and Noel bump into Ludwika Paleta. When they get to Fonsi’s home, Fonsi, Syntek, Bisbal, and Noel sing "Aquí Estoy Yo" altogether. Near the end, they all leave and see and Fonsi smiles at Ludwika Paleta and she smiles back.
Track listing
Digital download
#"Aquí Estoy Yo" (Urban Version) featuring
Yomo
Jose Alberto Torres Abreu (born June 17, 1980 in Chicago), known professionally as Yomo, is an American reggaeton singer of Puerto Rican descent. He was raised in Humacao. Before becoming a professional artist, he used to work as a handyman
...
– 4:28
#"Aquí Estoy Yo" (Bachata Version)
Chart performance
The song debuted on the
''Billboard'' Hot Latin Tracks chart at number 42 on February 7, 2009. and slowly climbed to number one 19 weeks later, replacing "
El Amor" by
Tito "El Bambino"
Efraín David Fines Nevares (born October 5, 1981) known professionally as Tito "El Bambino" is a Puerto Rican singer and songwriter who rose to fame as part of the duo Héctor & Tito.
In 2010, his song, " El Amor", written with Joan Ortiz Esp ...
. The track became Fonsi's sixth number-one single on the chart, and the second number-one single for David Bisbal, after "
¿Quién Me Iba a Decir?
"¿Quién Me Iba a Decir?" ( en, Who Was Going to Tell Me?), is the first official single released from David Bisbal's album ''Premonición''. The single premiered on 25 August 2006. The remix of the song features popular reggaeton duo RKM & Ken- ...
" in 2006. "Aquí Estoy Yo" became the first number-one single for
Aleks Syntek
Raúl Alejandro Escajadillo Peña (born 29 September 1969), known by his stage name, Aleks Syntek, is a Mexican singer and songwriter. He has earned nine nominations for the Latin Grammy Awards, a Grammy nomination, five nominations for the MT ...
whose previous highest rank on this chart was achieved in 2004 with "
Duele el Amor
"Duele el Amor" is a song by Mexican singer-songwriter Aleks Syntek featuring Spanish singer-songwriter Ana Torroja released on December 15, 2003, as the first single of his album '' Mundo Lite'' (2004). "Duele el Amor" is the most commercially ...
", a duet with Spanish singer
Ana Torroja that peaked at number two. It is also the first time that
Noel Schajris
Nahuel Schajris Rodríguez (born July 19, 1974 in Buenos Aires, Argentina) is an Argentine-Mexican singer, songwriter and pianist based in Mexico who experienced chart-topping success as part of the duo Sin Bandera until he and fellow singer and ...
reached the top position on this chart as a solo performer. With
Sin Bandera
Sin Bandera is a romantic ballads duo consisting of Mexican singer-songwriter Leonel Garcia and Argentine singer-songwriter Noel Schajris. They formed in Mexico in 2000. They became one of the most popular artists after their debut album ''Sin ...
, Schrajris, reached the number-one position in 2004 with "Mientes Tan Bien".
On the
''Billboard'' Latin Pop Airplay chart, this song replaced Fonsi's "
No Me Doy por Vencido
"No Me Doy por Vencido" (English: ''I Don't Give Up'') is a Spanish language song performed by Puerto Rican-American singer-songwriter Luis Fonsi. It was released on June 9, 2008, for the promotional and charity compilation, '' AT&T Team USA Sou ...
", which led the list for a chart-record 28 weeks. This was only the third time in the chart's history that an artist has succeeded himself at the top.
Juanes
file:Juanes ZMF 2015 jm49108.jpg, Juanes at the Zelt Musik Festival 2015 in Freiburg, Germany
file:Juanes ZMF 2015 jm49211.jpg, Juanes at the Zelt Musik Festival 2015 in Freiburg, Germany
Juan Esteban Aristizábal Vásquez (born 9 August 19 ...
' "
Gotas de Agua Dulce
"Gotas de Agua Dulce" (Eng.: ''Drops of Fresh Water'') is the title of the second single released by Juanes from his fourth studio album '' La Vida... Es Un Ratico''.
Chart performance
The track debuted in the United States ''Billboard'' Hot L ...
" followed by "
Me Enamora
"Me Enamora" (English: ''It Makes Me Fall in Love'') is a song written and performed by Colombian singer and Songwriter, Juanes. The song is the first radio single of his fourth solo studio album '' La Vida... Es Un Ratico'' (2007) and it receive ...
" on the February 23, 2008, and
Ricky Martin
Enrique Martín Morales (born December 24, 1971), known professionally as Ricky Martin, is a Puerto Rican singer, songwriter, and actor. He is known for his musical versatility, with his Ricky Martin albums discography, discography spanning ...
's "Vuelve" gave way to "Perdido Sin Ti" on September 12, 1998.
Charts
Certifications
Awards
''Billboard'' Latin Music Awards
*Latin Pop Airplay Song of the Year
*Latin Pop Airplay Artist of the Year – Male
Latin Grammy Awards
The Latin Grammy Awards are an award by The Latin Recording Academy to recognize outstanding achievement in the Latin music industry. The Latin Grammy honors works recorded in Spanish or Portuguese from anywhere around the world that has been r ...
*
Song of the Year
Premio Lo Nuestro
The Lo Nuestro Awards or Premios Lo Nuestro (Spanish for "Our Thing") is a Spanish-language awards show honoring the best of Latin music, presented by Univision, a Spanish-language television network based in the United States. The awards began in ...
*
Pop Song of the Year
*
Collaboration of the Year
References
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2008 singles
2008 songs
Aleks Syntek songs
David Bisbal songs
Latin Grammy Award for Song of the Year
Luis Fonsi songs
Noel Schajris songs
Songs written by Claudia Brant
Spanish-language songs
Bachata songs
Universal Music Latino singles
Songs written by Luis Fonsi
2000s ballads
Pop ballads