"Angel" is a song by Cuban-American recording artist

Jon Secada Juan Francisco Secada Ramírez (born October 4, 1961), better known as Jon Secada, is a Cuban-born American singer. He has won two Grammy Awards and sold 15 million records, making him one of the best-selling Latin music artists. His music fus ...

from his first studio album, ''

'', and his first Spanish-language album, ''

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'' (1992). It was released in 1993 as the second single from ''Jon Secada'' and from his Spanish-language album. The English version peaked at number 18 on the US ''Billboard''

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and at number three on the US ''Billboard''

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chart. The Spanish version peaked at number one on the US ''Billboard''

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chart. It was composed by Secada and Miguel A. Morejon, and Emilio Estefan Jr. produced the piece. "Angel" is a rock ballad and was nominated for Pop Song of the Year at the 1993 Premio Lo Nuestro Awards. The song was the ninth best-performing Latin single on the ''Billboard'' Hot Latin Tracks chart of 1992.

Production and success

Secada was the backing vocalist for the Cuban singer

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in 1989. Secada became close friends with Estefan and her husband, Emilio Estefan Jr., who helped to guide Secada into the music business. Secada released his first album, ''

'' in 1992 with

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. The recording was made up of English-language compositions and two Spanish-language tracks. It was

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triple platinum by the

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(RIAA), denoting shipments of three million copies. Secada, with the help of Emilio, decided to release an all Spanish-language album. During the recording sessions, Secada confirmed that Gloria helped to translate his English-language recordings into Spanish. He said that she told him to record songs which he would be comfortably fine with singing throughout his career as a singer. She also told them not to "translate everything literally" but to "keep the same theme of the song in play". "Angel" was written about a woman Secada had met in

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. He wrote in his autobiography that "writing those songs crystallized for me the fact that I was missing out on a deep emotional connection." "Angel" was released as the second single from his Spanish album. It peaked at number one on the US ''Billboard''

chart on the week ending October 31, 1992. John Lannert of ''Billboard'' called "Angel" a "dramatic love ode". Carlos Bolívar Ramírez described the singles "Otro Día Más Sin Verte" and "Angel" as

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s in his book ''La balada: mensaje universal'' (2001). "Angel" was nominated for Pop Song of the Year at the 1993 Premio Lo Nuestro Awards. "Angel" was the ninth best-performing Latin single on the Hot Latin Tracks year-end chart in 1992.

Credits and personnel

Credits are taken from the album's liner notes. * Jon Secada – vocals, composition * Miguel A. Morejon – composition * Emilio Estefan Jr. – production

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

Sources

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Angel (Jon Secada Song) 1990s ballads 1992 songs 1993 singles EMI Latin singles Jon Secada songs Rock ballads SBK Records singles Song recordings produced by Emilio Estefan Songs written by Jon Secada Songs written by Gloria Estefan Spanish-language songs