"Tú" () is a song performed by the
Puerto Rican singer
Noelia
Noelia Lorenzo (Née Noelia Lorenzo Monge; born August 31, 1979) mostly known as Noelia, is a Puerto Rican pop singer who rose to fame in 1999.
Her self-titled debut album was certified as a RIAA gold album in the United States. During he ...
, taken from her debut
studio album
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of the same name (1999). The song was released as her debut single and it was written by
Estéfano
Fabio Alonso Salgado, better known as Estéfano (born 19 August 1966 in Manizales, Colombia) is a Colombian musician, singer-songwriter and record producer. Along with Donato Poveda formed the duo Donato y Estefano, releasing three studio albums ...
with minor uncredited lyrics by Noelia. The song reached No. 5 on the ''
Billboard
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Hot Latin Tracks
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chart, becoming her most successful singles on that chart and it is her
signature song
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[ "Tú" received a nomination for Pop Song of the Year at the 2000 Lo Nuestro Awards.] It was acknowledged as an award-winning song at the 2000 BMI Latin Awards.
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Cover versions
The song was covered by Norteño singer Carín León in 2021. Noelia disapproved the version because he did not pay royalties for it. Andrea Mireille described it for ''Chilango
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'' as a Regional Mexican
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acoustic song.
References
1999 debut singles
1999 songs
Spanish-language songs
Songs written by Estéfano
1990s ballads
Fonovisa Records singles
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