''La Música No Se Toca'' (English: The music is not played) is the tenth studio album recorded by Spanish singer-songwriter

Alejandro Sanz Alejandro Sánchez Pizarro, better known as Alejandro Sanz (; born 18 December 1968), is a Spanish musician, singer and composer. Sanz has won 22 Latin Grammy Awards and four Grammy Awards. He has received the Latin Grammy for Album of the Yea ...

. It was produced by himself alongside Colombian Grammy award winner Julio C. Reyes. It was released by

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and

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on September 25, 2012. This album is the follow-up to the Grammy Award-winning album '' Paraíso Express'' (2009). It was nominated for Pop Album of the Year at the

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Singles

* " No Me Compares" was released as the album's

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on June 25, 2012. The song became a good hit on worldwide charts, becoming Sanz's first-ever number-one single with

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. It stayed at number one for twelve consecutive weeks. A Brazilian-Portuguese version, named "Não Me Compares", was released only in Brazil on December 1, 2012, featured the Brazilian singer

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. The music video was released on December 18. * "

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" was released as the album's second single on September 17, 2012. * "

Mi Marciana "Mi Marciana" ( en, My Martian) is a song recorded by the Spanish singer-songwriter Alejandro Sanz. It was released as the third single from his ninth studio album '' La Música No Se Toca'' (2012). The song was released for digital download on 6 ...

" was released as the album's third single on November 12, 2012. On December 21, he released a

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for the song. * "Irrepetível", featured Brazilian singer

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, was released as fourth single on January 30, 2013, only in Brazil.

Other songs

"La Música No Se Toca", first track of the album, entered the Spanish chart at number 42.

Track listing

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Sales and certifications

Production credits

* Producido por: Julio Reyes Copello y

* Ingenieros de Grabacion: Edgar Barrera, Julio Reyes Copello, Lee Levin, Alejandro Sanz, Javier Garza, Javier Limon,

Rafa Sardina Rafael Sardina, known professionally as Rafa Sardina, is a basque recording engineer, mixing engineer and record producer known for his work with Alejandro Sanz, Luis Miguel, Calle 13, D'Angelo, The Clare Fischer Big Band and Lady Gaga. Sardina ...

, Juan Pablo Vega, Alonso Arreola, Samuel Torres, Dan Warner, Kamilo Krate, Sebastian de Peyrecave. * Mezclado por: Sebastian Krys y

. * Arreglos y Programacion: Julio Reyes Copello, Marcos Sanchez, Javier Limon, Juan Pablo Vega, Samuel Torres. * Programacion Adicional: Sebastian de Peyrecave * Arreglos de Metales: Samuel Torres, Julio Reyes Copello * Masterizado por: Antonio Baglio

References

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