''The Academy'' is a collaborative EP by

Rich Music Rich Music is an independent record label founded by entrepreneur Richard Mendez and his son, Joshua Mendez, in 2007. In February 2017, the label signed a distribution deal with Sony Music's Latin division. In April of the same year, Rich Music wa ...

, Panamanian singer Sech and American singer Dalex featuring American-Puerto Rican singer Justin Quiles, Puerto Rican singer

Lenny Tavárez Dyland & Lenny were a Puerto Rican reggaeton duo, consisting of Carlos Castillo Cruz (Dyland) and Julio Manuel González Távarez (Lenny). Career Both had planned to become basketball players before making a career in music. They started the ...

and Colombian singer

Feid Salomón Villada Hoyos (born 19 August 1992), better known by his stage name Feid, is a Colombian singer and songwriter. Born in Medellín, Colombia, he has worked with several well-known singers such as J Balvin, Sebastian Yatra, Maluma and K ...

, released on October 11, 2019, through

. The project was produced mainly by

Dímelo Flow Jorge Valdés Vázquez, better known as DJ Flow or Dímelo Flow, is a Panamanian DJ and producer based in the United States. After collaborating with many artists and producers in the Latin music industry like J Balvin, Justin Quiles, Dalex, and ...

with producers Jowan, Pedro "SP" Polanco, Rike Mike, Simon, Swifft, Slow Mike, ICE and DVLP having production credits in some tracks. The EP also features collaborations with singers Wisin, Cazzu, De La Ghetto, Zion & Lennox and Mariah Angeliq. The album peaked at number 11 at the Top Latin Albums chart and was certified platinum in United States.

Background

The project is composed of seven tracks and is a collaborative EP of reggaeton singers Sech, Dalex, Justin Quiles,

and

with independent label

, of which all of them are signed to except Tavárez and Feid. The idea of the album was inspired by the

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, a fictional team of superheroes, and came during the recording of the remix for " Pa Mí", a song by Dalex that features artists like Sech and

, according to Rich Mendez, CEO of Rich Music, "when

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, Lenny, and Dalex got together for the remix of "Pa Mí" and "Cuaderno", they gave each other the names of characters from The Avengers, playing around in the studio, this idea persisted and when Sech and Dalex entered the studio for their EP, the superhero concept took on a life of its own with each featured act bringing their own strength, The Avengers later morphed into The Academy".

Singles

The song "Quizás" featuring Wisin and Zion from Zion & Lennox was released as a single on September 20, 2019, the song peaked at numbers 41 and 31 at the

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and the Argentina Hot 100 charts, respectively, additionally, the single was certified platinum in United States in 2020.

Background

Singles

Track listing

Charts

Certifications

References