''Huellas'' is a

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by Chilean singer

Myriam Hernández Myriam Raquel Hernández Navarro (born 2 May 1965) is a Chilean singer, songwriter and television presenter. She has dabbled mainly in romantic ballad, which is why she is sometimes nicknamed "La baladista de América" ("America's balladeer"), alth ...

. It was released on April 20, 2004, through EMI Odeon Chilena/

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Background

''Huellas'' marks Hernandez' return to EMI, the label that launched her career, becoming her first album released with this label since 1992's ''

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''. The album, produced by Hernandez herself, includes thirteen of her greatest hits, along with four newly-recorded tracks. While promoting the album, Hernandez stated "It is very valuable for me to release this record, which is not easy because sometimes it is more challenging than creating an album with 10 new songs. Choosing the hits that have marked your discography, along with selecting songs that are at the same level or better than what is currently being showcased, is difficult utit is a very valuable album because the songs in it have left traces (''huellas'') on me and on people". The lead track of the album is "He Vuelto Por Ti", with was composed by her son, Jorge Ignacio, when he was seven years old, with lyrics written by Hernandez. The second newly-recorded song is "No Te He Robado Nada", a song composed by renowned Mexican singer-songwriter

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, which was previously recorded in the 1990s by Venezuelan artist Toña Granado. This particular song also represents a departure from Hernandez’s usual themes, as it is the first time she performs a song in which the interlocutor is another woman. The third new song is a new version of "Mío" (originally included in her second album), which features

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. The fourth and final new song, "El Amor De Mi Vida", features Chilean group Los Tetas and DJ Ju, marking Hernandez' first incursion into the

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genre. In the United States, the album was released in two formats: CD only and CD+DVD. The DVD included all of Hernandez' music videos as of that date, plus bonus material. In certain regions, the DVD was also released as a stand-alone disc.

Track listing

References

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