''Un Día Normal'' (English: ''A Normal Day'') is the second studio album recorded by Colombian singer-songwriter
Juanes
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, It was released by
Surco Records on 21 May 2002. The album was
remastered
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in 2022 for its 20th anniversary.
Album information
The album was highly successful in Latin America. It was certified gold in
Colombia during its first day of sales and was certified platinum and multi-platinum in countries including Colombia, United States, Spain and Mexico.
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. ''Rockero.com.'' Retrieved 24 January 2007. The album spent 92 weeks in the top ten of ''
Billboard
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''s Top Latin Albums chart,
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''. Retrieved 23 January 2007. setting a new record and spent a total of two years on the chart.
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The album also features "
Fotografía" ("Photograph"), a duet with the Canadian pop singer
Nelly Furtado
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She first gained fame with her trip hop-inspired de ...
about the isolation between lovers. All songs on the album were self-written by Juanes, except for the last song, "La Noche" ("The Night"), which was written by
Joe Arroyo
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.
The album won six
Latin Grammy Awards
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, one in 2002 for
Best Rock Song ("
A Dios le Pido
"A Dios le Pido" (''I beg to God'') is the lead single from the Spanish studio album '' Un Día Normal'' by the Latin music singer and songwriter Juanes, released in 2002 in Spain and Latin America. In 2006, the song was re-released in some countr ...
") and five in 2003 for
Album of the Year,
Best Rock Solo Album,
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* Country Music Association Award for Song of the Year
* Dove Award for Song of the Year
* Golden Melody Award for Song of the Year
* Grammis Song of the Year
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* Latin Grammy Awa ...
("
Es Por Tí"),
Record of the Year
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("Es Por Ti") and
Best Rock Song ("
Mala Gente").
Track listing
Videoclips
# A Dios le Pido
# Es por Tí
# La Paga
# Fotografía
# Mala Gente
Charts
Weekly charts
Certifications
Singles
Charts
See also
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2002 in Latin music
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Events
*September 18The 3rd Annual Lat ...
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List of best-selling Latin albums in the United States
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List of best-selling Latin albums
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References
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2002 albums
Juanes albums
Latin Grammy Award winners for Album of the Year
Universal Music Latino albums
Spanish-language albums
Latin Grammy Award for Best Rock Solo Vocal Album
Albums produced by Gustavo Santaolalla