"Tu Sonrisa" ( en, Your Smile) is a song recorded and composed by the American

merengue music Merengue is a type of music and dance originating in the Dominican Republic, which has become a very popular genre throughout Latin America, and also in several major cities in the United States with Latino communities. Merengue was inscribed ...

artist

Elvis Crespo Elvis Crespo Díaz (born July 30, 1971) is an Puerto Rican singer and songwriter of the Merengue genre. He has won multiple awards, including a Grammy and a Latin Grammy Award in merengue. Early years Crespo was born in New York City and was na ...

. It was released as the second single from his solo first album ''

Suavemente ''Suavemente'' ( en, Smoothly) is the debut studio album by American merenguero recording artist Elvis Crespo. Released by Sony Music Latin on April 14, 1998, the album popularized merengue music and established Crespo as a leading artist in ...

'' (1998).

Chart performance

"Tu Sonrisa" was released onto U.S. radios in the second week of July 1998. It debuted at number 21 on the U.S. Hot Latin Tracks chart, while "Suavemente" remained in the top five. "Tu Sonrisa" jumped to number 10 the following week. On its third week on the chart, "Tu Sonrisa" climbed to number five. On the Tropical/Salsa Songs chart, the song peaked at number one, giving Crespo his second number one song after "Suavemente". "Tu Sonrisa" peaked at number one on the Hot Latin Tracks chart on its sixth week, giving Crespo his second number one on the chart. The song displaced "Te Quiero Tanto Tanto" by the Mexican

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group

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, while Crespo became the first merengue recording artist to have two number one Hot Latin Tracks singles. After spending one week at number one, "Tu Sonrisa" was displaced by the Cuban pop singer

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's " Oye!". However, in the following week it topped the chart. It was displaced once more by Martin's fourth single from his ''Vuelve'' album " Perdido Sin Ti" the following week.

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

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