''El Dorado'' (as the mythical golden city "
El Dorado
El Dorado (, ; Spanish for "the golden"), originally ''El Hombre Dorado'' ("The Golden Man") or ''El Rey Dorado'' ("The Golden King"), was the term used by the Spanish in the 16th century to describe a mythical tribal chief (''zipa'') or king o ...
") is the eleventh studio album by Colombian singer and songwriter
Shakira
Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll ( , ; born 2 February 1977), professionally known by the mononym Shakira, is a Colombian singer and songwriter. Born and raised in Barranquilla, she has been referred to as the " Queen of Latin Music" and is ...
, released on 26 May 2017, by
Sony Music Latin. The album is mainly sung in Spanish, with three songs in English. After her
self-titled tenth studio album (2014), Shakira had her second child, suffered from
writer's block
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and was uncertain about the future of her career. However, her collaboration on "
La Bicicleta
"La Bicicleta" ( en, "The Bicycle") is a song by Colombian singers Carlos Vives and Shakira from Vives' fifteenth studio album ''Vives'' (2017) and is also included as an album track on Shakira's eleventh studio album ''El Dorado'' (2017). The ...
" with
Carlos Vives
Carlos Alberto Vives Restrepo (born 7 August 1961) is a Colombian singer, songwriter and actor. He is known for his interpretation of traditional music styles of Colombia such as vallenato, cumbia, champeta, bambuco and porro as well as genres ...
and support from her boyfriend,
Gerard Piqué
Gerard Piqué Bernabeu (, ; born 2 February 1987) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a centre-back. He is considered one of the best defenders of his generation.
Initially a highly promising student at La Masia, Piqué ...
, encouraged Shakira to continue to work on music.
Inspired by her personal life and experiences, ''El Dorado'' primarily features songs about the singer's relationship with Piqué. Shakira enlisted longtime collaborator
Luis Fernando Ochoa
Luis Fernando Ochoa (born August 16, 1968) is an American musician, composer, record producer, art producer, sound engineer, arranger and backing vocalist known for his works with artists such as Shakira, Chayanne, and Ricky Martin.
Biography
L ...
, as well as new producers
Supa Dups, Rude Boyz and
The Arcade. Sonically, the album is a mixture of
Latin pop
Latin pop (in Spanish and in Portuguese: Pop latino) is a pop music subgenre that is a fusion of US–style music production with Latin music genres from anywhere in Latin America and Spain. Originating in Spanish-speaking musicians, Latin po ...
and
reggaeton
Reggaeton (, ), also known as reggaetón and reguetón (), is a music style that originated in Panama during the late 1980s. It was later popularized in Puerto Rico.
It has evolved from dancehall and has been influenced by American Hip hop m ...
, with influences from
bachata,
vallenato
Vallenato () or "Szlager" in Wayuu language (from the German "Schlager"), is a popular folk music genre from Colombia. It primarily comes from its Caribbean region. ''Vallenato'' literally means "born in the valley". The valley influencing t ...
and
electropop
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. The album features six vocal collaborations: two with Colombian singer
Maluma
Juan Luis Londoño Arias (born 28 January 1994), known professionally as Maluma, is a Colombian singer, songwriter, and actor.
Born and raised in Medellín, he developed an interest in music at a young age, recording songs since age sixteen. ...
, and one each with
Nicky Jam
Nick Rivera Caminero (born March 17, 1981), known professionally as Nicky Jam, is an American singer and actor. He is best known for hits such as " X", " Travesuras", "En la Cama", "Te Busco", "El Perdón", "Hasta el Amanecer", and "El Amante"; ...
, Vives,
Prince Royce
Geoffrey Royce Rojas (born May 11, 1989), known professionally as Prince Royce, is an American singer. At an early age, Royce took an interest in music, and in his teenage years began experimenting with music and writing poetry. By age nineteen ...
,
Black M
Alpha Diallo (born 27 December 1984), better known by his stage name Black M (originally Black Mesrimes), is a French rapper, singer, songwriter and member of the Sexion d'Assaut group.
In 2014, he released his first solo album, entitled '' Les ...
, and
Magic!
Magic! (stylized in all uppercase) is a Canadian reggae fusion band based in Toronto, Ontario. The band is composed of lead vocalist, guitarist/producer Nasri Atweh, guitarist/keyboardist Mark "Pelli" Pellizzer, and bassist Ben Spivak. Active si ...
.
Music critics commended the album's coherency, and its fun yet mature nature. Other critics, however, felt ''El Dorado'' lacked creativity and relied too heavily on previously-released collaborations. The album debuted in the top ten of album charts in Argentina, Austria, France, Spain and Switzerland. It also peaked at number one on the US
Top Latin Albums
Top Latin Albums is a record chart published by ''Billboard'' magazine and is labeled as the most important music chart for Spanish language, full-length albums in the American music market. Like all ''Billboard'' album charts, the chart is based ...
and number fifteen on the
''Billboard'' 200 chart. "
Chantaje
"Chantaje" (; English: "Blackmail") is a song by Colombian singer Shakira, featuring vocals by fellow Colombian singer Maluma. The song was released as a single to anticipate Shakira's eleventh studio album ''El Dorado'' (2017) on 28 October 20 ...
" was the album's first
single
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* "Single", by ...
. It became a global success, topping ''Billboards
Hot Latin Songs
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chart for eleven non-consecutive weeks and becoming certified sixteen times platinum by the
Recording Industry Association of America
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(RIAA). The second and third single, "
Me Enamoré" and "
Perro Fiel
"Perro Fiel" () is a song by Colombian singer Shakira, featuring American singer Nicky Jam. It was written by Shakira, Nicky Jam, Saga WhiteBlack and Juan Medina, and produced by the former three. The song was released on 29 September 2017 as the ...
", both achieved commercial success as well. In early 2018, "
Trap
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Trap or TRAP may also refer to:
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* ''Trap'' (2015 film), Fil ...
" was released as the album's fourth single. The album has singles received Diamond certifications in
United States
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(Latin), France, Mexico. While the album was accompanied by minimal promotion,
a concert tour to support it was confirmed. In 2018, the album won the
Grammy Award
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for
Best Latin Pop Album
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, making it Shakira's third Grammy win. To promote the album, Shakira embarked on her
El Dorado World Tour
The El Dorado World Tour was the sixth world tour by Colombian singer and songwriter Shakira, in support of her diamond certified eleventh studio album, ''El Dorado (Shakira album), El Dorado''. Comprising a total of 54 shows, the tour visited E ...
. Initially would start in November 2017, but due to a vocal chord hemorrhage she suffered, she postponed the tour, starting in June 2018.
Background
In October 2015, Shakira announced that she was going back to the recording studio "soon" to record what was going to be her eleventh studio album, but emphasized that her priority was her family, saying: "By the end of this year or the beginning of the next year I will start working on my new album in the studio. Now I want to be first and foremost a mother, because after three months I will no longer have a baby. He will be grown up as a healthy one years old boy."
During that time, Shakira started questioning herself if she would ever make an album again, stating: "I was full of doubts, and I thought I was never going to make good music again." She also recalled that she wondered when she was going to retire, to which her boyfriend, Spanish footballer
Gerard Piqué
Gerard Piqué Bernabeu (, ; born 2 February 1987) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a centre-back. He is considered one of the best defenders of his generation.
Initially a highly promising student at La Masia, Piqué ...
, replied: "When you don't have anything to say. But that moment hasn't come yet."
She added that "
e creator inside of me was in desperate need of attention. But also my 2-year-old was in the same need. The person, the mother, the creator — all of those little Shakiras were fighting inside of me, so it was very tumultuous."
In February 2016, during an interview for the animated movie ''
Zootopia
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'' (2016), where she voiced the character Gazelle, Shakira commented about the early stages of the record, saying: "I'm starting to write again and ideas are starting to flow...In Spanish, I have a lot of things to say in Spanish this time."
Recording
Shakira began working on the album in the beginning of 2016.
In March 2016, she posted various images on her
Instagram
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account of her writing songs with her longtime collaborator
Luis Fernando Ochoa
Luis Fernando Ochoa (born August 16, 1968) is an American musician, composer, record producer, art producer, sound engineer, arranger and backing vocalist known for his works with artists such as Shakira, Chayanne, and Ricky Martin.
Biography
L ...
and drumming for the new album.
In August 2016, Jamaican singer
Sean Paul
Sean Paul Ryan Francis Henriques OD (born 9 January 1973) is a Jamaican rapper and singer who is regarded as one of dancehall's most prolific artists.
Paul's singles "Get Busy" and "Temperature" topped the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart in the ...
said that he worked with Shakira in a song produced by
David Guetta
Pierre David Guetta ( , ; born 7 November 1967) is a French DJ and music producer. He has over 10 million album and 65 million single sales globally, with more than 10 billion streams. In 2011, 2020 and 2021, Guetta was voted the number one D ...
titled "Temple", which he described as a "dancehall EDM type thing," while also revealing that she was "working with one of my old producers from Jamaica trying to find something that's hot and dancehall is hot again. It's a great resurgence." During the album's recording process, it was rumoured that Shakira had also collaborated with record producers
Calvin Harris
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His debut studio album, ''I Created Disco'', was released in June ...
and
Stargate
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, though it was never officially confirmed.
Composition
''El Dorado'' is primarily a Spanish album,
with three songs in English,
while also featuring Shakira singing a few words in Anglo-French.
Sonically, as stated by Shakira herself, the album has songs "with differen
influences from reggaeton, bachata, straight pop songs and very personal songs especially."
The album opens with "Me Enamoré" ("I Fell in Love"), a "bouncy pop
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* “Ong Ong”, a song by Blur from the album The Magic Whip
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infused with electronica,"
with "digitally-stuttered lyrical breakdown."
Lyrically, the song tells the story of how she met
Gerard Piqué
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Initially a highly promising student at La Masia, Piqué ...
, giving details about "the instant connection between them when she least expected it."
According to Shakira, "
is song narrates a moment in my life when I was so in love that I was literally climbing trees."
"Nada" ("Nothing") follows "Me Enamoré", and is a
pop rock
Pop rock (also typeset as pop/rock) is a fusion genre with an emphasis on professional songwriting and recording craft, and less emphasis on attitude than rock music. Originating in the late 1950s as an alternative to normal rock and roll, earl ...
power ballad.
that talks about loneliness and missing a loved one.
According to ''
Rolling Stone
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'' Sarah Grant, the song "features the familiar gallop Shakira has honed in songs as early as 2001's '
Poem to a Horse
''Laundry Service'' ( es, Servicio de Lavandería) is the fifth studio album and first English-language album by Colombian singer-songwriter Shakira, globally released on 13 November 2001 by Epic Records. After her fourth studio album ''Dónde Es ...
,' to her 2014 hit, '
Empire
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'."
"
Chantaje
"Chantaje" (; English: "Blackmail") is a song by Colombian singer Shakira, featuring vocals by fellow Colombian singer Maluma. The song was released as a single to anticipate Shakira's eleventh studio album ''El Dorado'' (2017) on 28 October 20 ...
" ("Blackmail") is the first duet with
Maluma
Juan Luis Londoño Arias (born 28 January 1994), known professionally as Maluma, is a Colombian singer, songwriter, and actor.
Born and raised in Medellín, he developed an interest in music at a young age, recording songs since age sixteen. ...
and is an electronic
reggaeton
Reggaeton (, ), also known as reggaetón and reguetón (), is a music style that originated in Panama during the late 1980s. It was later popularized in Puerto Rico.
It has evolved from dancehall and has been influenced by American Hip hop m ...
song
about a chase "between a lustful man and an unattainable woman."
Regarding its lyrics, Shakira explained: "I wanted to give it a different spin, where the girl is the mean one, because I’m tired of hearing songs where women complain about how mistreated they feel. This time, I wanted to take control. I wanted to represent the mean one in the relationship — the careless one, the free-spirited one."
"When a Woman", the first track sung in English, is an
electronic pop
Electropop is a hybrid music genre combining elements of electronic and pop genres. Writer Hollin Jones has described it as a variant of synth-pop with heavy emphasis on its electronic sound. The genre was developed in the 1980s and saw a r ...
song with synths and shuffling beats.
Its lyrics detail "a romance that hurts so good."
"Amarillo" ("Yellow") is a
Europop
Europop (also spelled Euro pop) is a style of pop music that originated in Europe during the mid-to-late 1960s and developed to today's form throughout the late 1970s. Europop topped the charts throughout the 1980s and 1990s, with revivals and ...
track, with its chorus being compared to that of a "Disney-esque anthem".
Lyrically, it has Shakira making a juxtaposition between her feelings and colors.
Sheila Cuartero from
Europa FM's radio program Vamos Tarde analyzed the lyrics of the song and stated that it addresses Shakira's love and feelings towards "a supreme God". Its initial verse-section was also compared to the verse melody of
Madonna
Madonna Louise Ciccone (; ; born August 16, 1958) is an American singer-songwriter and actress. Widely dubbed the " Queen of Pop", Madonna has been noted for her continual reinvention and versatility in music production, songwriting, a ...
's "
Papa Don't Preach
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".
The song "Perro Fiel" ("Faithful Dog") is a
pop-reggaeton duet with the reggaeton singer
Nicky Jam
Nick Rivera Caminero (born March 17, 1981), known professionally as Nicky Jam, is an American singer and actor. He is best known for hits such as " X", " Travesuras", "En la Cama", "Te Busco", "El Perdón", "Hasta el Amanecer", and "El Amante"; ...
.
During the song, both singers try to fight their feelings towards each other, despite their sexual tension.
It was compared to
Enrique Iglesias
Enrique Miguel Iglesias Preysler (; (born 8 May 1975) is a Spanish singer and songwriter. He started his recording career in the mid-1990s on the Mexican indie label Fonovisa and became the bestselling Spanish-language act of the decade. By the ...
' "
Duele el Corazón
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", "but in a slower version".
"Trap" is the second duet with Maluma and was considered "a whispery ballad that fuses Spanish-language pop with the brittle
R&B rhythms of
trap
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."
It was noted that during the track, Maluma "coat
his voice with electro effects."
Lyrically, the song talks about heartbreak and was described as an ode to desire and
casual sex
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.
"Coconut Tree" is the second song in English and channels Australian synthpop band
Empire of the Sun
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.
Lyrically, the midtempo "guitar-driven" "
folky" track
has Shakira longing for a personal "romantic escape."
The album closes with the
piano ballad
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"Toneladas" ("Tons"),
with lyrics about unconditional love.
In addition to the nine original tracks, the album also includes four duets, with three of them being previously released as singles and included on the collaborators' albums, and one being an English version of one of the duets. The first track, "Comme Moi" ("Like Me") is a
pop and
hip hop duet with French rapper and singer
Black M
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In 2014, he released his first solo album, entitled '' Les ...
and was included on his third studio album, ''
Éternel insatisfait
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'' (2017).
During the track, Black M sings and raps in French, while Shakira sings in English.
The track also has a new and English version titled "What We Said" and it features Canadian band
Magic!
Magic! (stylized in all uppercase) is a Canadian reggae fusion band based in Toronto, Ontario. The band is composed of lead vocalist, guitarist/producer Nasri Atweh, guitarist/keyboardist Mark "Pelli" Pellizzer, and bassist Ben Spivak. Active si ...
.
Both tracks have a reggaeton beat.
Shakira's duet with
Carlos Vives
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on "
La Bicicleta
"La Bicicleta" ( en, "The Bicycle") is a song by Colombian singers Carlos Vives and Shakira from Vives' fifteenth studio album ''Vives'' (2017) and is also included as an album track on Shakira's eleventh studio album ''El Dorado'' (2017). The ...
" ("The Bicycle") is also included on the album. The track, which is a
vallenato
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and reggaeton song about biking around childhood haunts,
was the turning point for Shakira as she revisited her Colombian roots and felt inspired,
coming up with the song's refrain and its title.
''El Dorado'' also features Shakira's duet with American singer
Prince Royce
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on the bachata love song "
Deja Vu
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", which was first included on his fifth studio album ''
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'' (2017).
The song was also described as a "salsa-flavored percussive" track
about falling in and out of love and being delusional towards love.
Release and promotion
To promote the album, Shakira partnered with geolocation platform Landmrk to mobilise her fans to unlock digital 'treasures' at physical locations across the globe on the website, Shakiraeldorado.com.
Her fans visited over 1,000 locations in 99 countries to unlock exclusive content, including the track listing, videos of recording sessions, and clips of her new songs.
A week ahead of the album's release, Shakira released the song "Nada" along with the album's track listing and its pre-order.
On 16 May 2017, Shakira performed "Me Enamoré" at Univision's Upfront. On 25 May 2017, a day before the album's release, Shakira held an album's release party at
The Temple House
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in Miami, where she performed five songs, including duets with
Prince Royce
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(on "Deja Vu") and
Nicky Jam
Nick Rivera Caminero (born March 17, 1981), known professionally as Nicky Jam, is an American singer and actor. He is best known for hits such as " X", " Travesuras", "En la Cama", "Te Busco", "El Perdón", "Hasta el Amanecer", and "El Amante"; ...
(on "Perro Fiel"), as well as "Nada" and the singles "Chantaje" and "Me Enamoré".
A day after its release, on 27 May 2017, Shakira gave a free concert at The Wynwood Yard, where she performed "Me Enamoré" and "Toneladas".
Singles
"
Chantaje
"Chantaje" (; English: "Blackmail") is a song by Colombian singer Shakira, featuring vocals by fellow Colombian singer Maluma. The song was released as a single to anticipate Shakira's eleventh studio album ''El Dorado'' (2017) on 28 October 20 ...
" was released as the
lead single
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Release s ...
on 28 October 2016. The song became a massive hit in Latin America and Spanish-speaking territories,
peaking at number one in Spain, Guatemala, Mexico, Ecuador, Uruguay and on the
Hot Latin Songs
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in the United States, where it remained at the top for 11 weeks.
It also achieved moderate success worldwide, reaching top 10 positions in Switzerland, Israel, Romania, Bulgaria and other countries, as well as top twenty positions in Italy, France, Germany and Belgium.
On the US
''Billboard'' Hot 100, "Chantaje" peaked at number 51, becoming her highest Hot 100 Spanish-language single after "
La Tortura
"" (English: "The Torture") is a song by Colombian singer Shakira, featuring Spanish singer Alejandro Sanz, from Shakira's sixth studio album ''Fijación Oral, Vol. 1'' (2005). It was released on 13 April 2005 by Epic Records as the lead single ...
" (2005).
It was certified 16× Platinum by the
Recording Industry Association of America
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in the Latin field for 960,000
album-equivalent unit
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s. The music video for the song has accumulated more than 2.4 billion views on YouTube and the song has gathered over 600 million plays on Spotify.
"
Me Enamoré" was released as the album's second single on 7 April 2017. The song reached number three in Spain, as well as the top ten in Argentina, Chile, Guatemala, Mexico and Uruguay.
In the United States, it has peaked at number 83 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, and has reached number 4 on the Hot Latin Songs, being Shakira's 26th top ten hit on the chart.
The music video for the song garnered media attention due to the appearance of Gerard Piqué.
"
Perro Fiel
"Perro Fiel" () is a song by Colombian singer Shakira, featuring American singer Nicky Jam. It was written by Shakira, Nicky Jam, Saga WhiteBlack and Juan Medina, and produced by the former three. The song was released on 29 September 2017 as the ...
" was originally released as a promotional single for the album on 25 May 2017. Its official release as the third single took place on 15 September 2017, the same date its music video was released. which was filmed in Barcelona on 27 July 2017.
Before being released as single, was certified gold in Spain for selling over 20,000 copies on 30 August 2017.
The song peaked at number three in Spain and as topped the charts in Argentina, Mexico, Uruguay and various other Latin American countries.
In the United States, the song peaked at number 100 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, and has reached number six on the Hot Latin Songs, becoming Shakira's 27th top ten hit on the chart.
"
Trap
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Trap or TRAP may also refer to:
Art and entertainment Films and television
* ''Trap'' (2015 film), Fil ...
" was released as the album's fourth single on 26 January 2018.
The song features guest vocals from Colombian singer
Maluma
Juan Luis Londoño Arias (born 28 January 1994), known professionally as Maluma, is a Colombian singer, songwriter, and actor.
Born and raised in Medellín, he developed an interest in music at a young age, recording songs since age sixteen. ...
; the black-and-white music video for the song was released on 26 January 2018 and it was directed by
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Notable people
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* Jaume Aragall (born 1939), Spanish tenor
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.
"Trap" debuted at number 45 on ''Billboard''s Hot Latin Songs the same week ''El Dorado'' was released and later peaked at number 17 in the week ending on the 10 February 2018.
"Nada" was released as the album's fifth single on 3 November 2018.
Critical reception
Upon its release, ''El Dorado'' was given three-and-a-half out of five stars by
AllMusic
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's
Stephen Thomas Erlewine
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, who praised the album for being "coherent and mature in its understated -- but not boring -- control of mood".
Si Hawkins of ''
The National'' was positive towards its content, noting that ''El Dorado'' is "a summer treat for her Latino fans," highlighting that "the album's hispanic focus allows its star to have some fun, rather than follow North American chart trends" and that it "breaks new ground for this global icon".
In another positive review, Chuck Campbell of ''
Knoxville News Sentinel
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'' considered it "a solid hodgepodge of trendy and classic tracks," while praising her longtime collaborator
Luis Fernando Ochoa
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and noting that her "distinctive voice" is "the not-so-secret weapon, and she’s supported by crisp arrangements that reflect her heritage as well as the current state of pop music."
For Allan Raible of
ABC News
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, ''El Dorado'' "finds Shakira continuing to grow as a performer, even if she’s sticking to club tracks and love ballads. She's developing a fitting, casual subtlety."
Joan Wallace of ''
Latin Times
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'' felt that the album "seems to be a forced compilation of featuring songs we have already listened plus five other not-so-great new tracks." Wallace also criticized the lack of creativity that was found on her records such as ''
Pies Descalzos
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'' (1995) and ''
Laundry Service
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'' (2001).
Accolades
Commercial performance
''El Dorado'' debuted at number 15 on the US
''Billboard'' 200, with 29,000
album-equivalent units
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.
It was the sixth
best-selling album of the week, selling 20,000 copies in its first week.
The album debuted at number 2 on the
Top Latin Albums
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chart,
The album debuted at number-one on the
Latin Pop Albums
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, becoming her seventh and holding the record for most number-one Latin Pop Albums among women.
The album however topped the Top Latin Albums chart the following week, making it Shakira's sixth number 1 on the chart. ''El Dorado'' was also the biggest sales week for a Latin album in more than two years, with
Gerardo Ortiz
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's ''Hoy Mas Fuerte'' (2015), being the last one to do so.
It is also the best-selling Latin album for the first half year of 2017 in the US, with overall sales of 131,000 album-equivalent units. In Nielsen's 2017 year-end report, ''El Dorado'' is noted as having accumulated combined sales and track streams of 246,000 units in the United States. In May 2018, the album was certified nine-times platinum (Latin) in the country by the RIAA.
In August 2018 Shakira received a plaque from Sony ATV Latin in Sunrise, Florida for achieving multiple number one singles throughout her career, and certifying the album as a Diamond record based on RIAA's Latin program. ''El Dorado'' ranks at No. 19 among the most successful Latin albums of the 2010s decade in the United States.
In France ''El Dorado'' peaked at number 9, and by the end of 2017 the album sold over 33,000 copies.
It was later certified Gold in the country for 50,000 copies sold.
It also debuted at number 92 in Australia and at number 54 in the United Kingdom,
becoming her first Spanish album to chart in the former and her highest charting Spanish album in both countries. It entered the Spanish albums chart at number 2,
at number 3 in Switzerland,
at number 9 in France, at number 10 in Austria,
at number 12 in Italy,
at number 19 in Germany,
at number 32 in Finland,
and at number 20 in the Netherlands.
Track listing
Notes
*Credits adapted from album booklet
*
signifies a co-
producer
*
signifies an additional
producer
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Decade-end charts
Certifications
References
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2017 albums
Shakira albums
Sony Music Latin albums
Spanish-language albums
Grammy Award for Best Latin Pop Album
Latin Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Pop Vocal Album