Gracias Por Estar Aquí ( Eng.: "Thank You For Being Here") is the tenth studio album by Mexican singer-songwriter

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. It was released by

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on October 22, 2013 (see

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). ''Gracias Por Estar Aquí'' reached number one on the ''Billboard'' Top Latin Albums chart in the United States. Two singles were released from the album: "

Tres Semanas "Tres Semanas" is the first single of the album ''Gracias Por Estar Aquí''. Its English translation is "three weeks". The song was written and performed by Mexican singer-songwriter Marco Antonio Solís. The song was nominated for a Lo Nuestro Aw ...

" and " De Mil Amores". The album earned a

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nomination for Best Latin Pop Album at the

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, a Latin Grammy nomination for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album, and a

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nomination for Pop Album of the Year at

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. "Tres Semanas" was nominated for Pop Song of the Year at Premio Lo Nuestro 2015, while "De Mil Amores" was awarded a

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. In Mexico, the album achieved Gold status.

Background and release

The first single, "

" was released on July 15, 2013. The song became a number-one hit on the Mexican

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chart. The official video for "Tres Semanas" premiered July 26, 2013. The album was made available for preorder on September 26, 2013. The official video for the second single "De Mil Amores" premiered on February 28, 2014.

Reception

On August 3, 2014, became a number-one hit on the Mexican Monitor Latino chart for four consecutive weeks. The album was nominated for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album and " De Mil Amores" won a

at the Latin Grammy Awards of 2014. It was nominated for Best Latin Pop Album at the

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/ref> It was also nominated for Pop Album of the Year and "Tres Semanas" was nominated for Pop Song of the Year at

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Marco Antonio Solís Deluxe Edition was released on April 29, 2014 All songs written and composed by Marco Antonio Solís except "El Perdedor" by Enrique Iglesias and

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, and "Historia de un Amor" by Carlos Eleta Almarán

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

Personnel

The following credits are from AllMusic

References

External links

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