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. It was released by Fonovisa on 21 January 1997 (see

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). The album includes three number-one singles on the ''Billboard'' Hot Latin Tracks charts in United States: "

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". In the United States, it was platinum on 6 May 1997. This album received a nomination for Grammy Award for Best Latin Pop Album at the

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, on 25 February 1998, losing to ''

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. The album received a Premio Lo Nuestro award for "Pop Album of the Year" at the 9th Lo Nuestro Awards. To the date the record has sold a million copies in U.S and over 5 million copies worldwide.

Commercial performance

The album debuted in the ''Billboard'' Top Latin Albums chart at number 1 in the week of 15 February 1997, dethroning his own father Julio Iglesias with the album ''Tango'', and spent eight weeks at pole position, until Selena's '' Dreaming of You'' took the number-one spot for two weeks. Enrique Iglesias with his debut album replaced Selena's album at number-one the year before. In the week of 26 April 1997 ''Vivir'' returned to the top spot for another three weeks at the summit. The album spent 15 non-consecutive weeks at pole position, it also spent 36 weeks inside the Top Ten and 69 weeks in the chart, selling 5 million copies worldwide. The album's first three singles achieved 26 weeks at the top of the "Hot Latin Tracks" of Billboard in 1997, an astonishing feat that hasn't been matched yet by any other artist.

Track listing

Personnel

*Christina Abaroa - producer, production coordination *Jeff DeMorris - assistant engineer, mixing assistant *Mike Dy - assistant engineer, mixing assistant *Cristin Allen Goetz - production coordination *Brad Kinnek - backing vocals, engineer, assistant engineer, mixing assistant * Chris Lord-Alge - mixing *Michael Parnin - assistant engineer, mixing assistant *Tony DeFranco - mixing coordinator *Antonio Olariaga - transfers, digital transfers *Chein García-Alonso - adaptation *Doug Sax - mastering *Andrew Sheeps - digital editing *Miguel Ángel Cuberto - transfers *Fernando Martínez - management *Roberto Morales - advisor, music assistant *

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- photography *Erin Flanagan - stylist *Manolo Ruiz - stylist *John Coulter - design *Rafael Pérez-Botija - piano, arranger, keyboards, producer *

- vocals, backing vocals * Luis Conte - percussion * Gregg Bissonette - drums *Neal Avron - engineer, drums *Bob Painter - keyboards, programming, vocals, engineer * Mitchel Forman - piano * Gary Grant - trumpet * Jerry Hey - trumpet * Paulinho Da Costa - percussion *

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- guitar *

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- bass *Arturo Velasco - trombone *Dan Higgins - saxophone * Leland Sklar - bass *

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- Hammond organ * Bill Reichenbach Jr. - trombone *Charmain Renata - Hubbard Vocals, Choir, Chorus * Ron Marshall - vocals, choir, chorus *Sarah Anindo Marshall - vocals, choir master *Steve Sykes - guitar, backing vocals, engineer *Ayo Adeyemi - vocals, choir, chorus *Malang Bayo - vocals, choir, chorus *Patricio Castillo - backing vocals *María Del Rey - backing vocals, contractor *Dennis Hetzendorfer - engineer *Carlos Murguía - backing vocals * Dan Navarro - backing vocals *Kenny O'Brien - backing vocals *Terry Wood - backing vocals *Gisa Vatcky - backing vocals *Elhadj Malick Sow - vocals, choir, chorus *Brad Kinney - backing vocals *Eric Ratz - vocals, engineer

Charts

Certifications and sales

References