''Parte de Mí'' () is the second studio album by Argentine rapper

Nicki Nicole Nicole Denise Cucco (born August 25, 2000), known professionally as Nicki Nicole (), is an Argentine rapper and singer-songwriter. Born and raised in Rosario, Santa Fe, she gained popularity with her singles "Wapo Traketero", "Colocao", "Mamichu ...

. It was released on October 28, 2021, through Dale Play Records and

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. The album features the collaborations of artists such as

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Bizarrap Gonzalo Julián Conde (born August 29, 1998), known professionally as Bizarrap or BZRP, is an Argentine record producer, songwriter and DJ. He specializes in EDM, Latin trap and Latin hip hop. He is known for his BZRP Music Sessions, a series ...

, Mora, Trueno, Delaossa, Ptazeta,

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and

Tiago PZK Tiago Uriel Pacheco Lezcano (born August 3, 2001), better known by his stage name Tiago PZK, is an Argentine rapper and singer, mostly related with R&B, reggaeton and rap. His hit-singles are "Sola", "Además de Mí", " Entre Nosotros", "Salimo ...

Release and cover

The album was released on October 28, 2021, this is the first debut with the Sony Music Latin record label. The cover of ''Parte de Mí'' is a puzzle-based design; "I think the cover is a good representation of human beings, showing that we are all the sum of fragments, cuts, parts. We liked to play with the idea of a puzzle to show that it is in any order, we are all the total of various little things that complete us and make us who we are", explained the singer.

Reception

Review

Julyssa Lopez of the American edition for the ''

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'' magazine gave it a 3.5/5 star rating. For his part, Emilio Zavaley, from ''Rolling Stone'' (Argentina), like the magazine's US edition rating, gave it a 3.5/5-star rating; and in evaluating him, he commented that "Nicki is not limited only to which markets she aims to conquer, she also seeks to develop in sounds outside of what she has shown so far". ''

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'' described in his evaluation: "''Parte de Mí'' shows not only Nicki's powerful soulful voice, but also her agility to navigate between genres, such as

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and even

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". ''Parte de Mí'' was ranked at number 33 in the list for "The 35 Best Spanish-Language and Bilingual Albums of 2021" by the American magazine ''Rolling Stone''.

Commercial performance

After its release, the album debuted in second position on

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's ''Top 10 Album Debuts Global'' chart, behind only of '' ='' by

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; and at number 9 on the ''Top 10 USA Album Debuts'', respectively. In Spain, the album entered at number 34 on the PROMUSICAE chart on November 3, 2021, and reached a new peak at number 12 the following week.

Promotion

Singles

The singer released " Colocao" on May 14, 2020, as the first single from the album, which represented her first contribution to Sony Music Latin. The song reached position #6 on the

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chart and was its first entry on the Spanish chart, where it peaked at number #48. In addition, she received a gold Latin record in US by

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(RIAA) and gold Mexico, a platinum record in Spain and a double platinum record in Argentina. Her music video was filmed by Nicki Nicole herself with the help of her brothers at her home during the quarantine, due to the

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, in Buenos Aires and was directed by Jessica Praznik from a distance. The second single from the album, "Mala Vida," was released on September 5, 2020. From a commercial point of view, it obtained a positive response although it only managed to enter the lists of two countries, Argentina and Spain. The music video was a tribute to ''

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''; In Nicki's words: "Mala Vida arose after seeing ''The Godfather'' saga, I had never seen it and in three nights together with my producers we saw it in its entirety. From there I was born a lot of inspiration, to create something with a mafia style, but with my ideas. This is how ‘Mala Vida’ came about and with an incredible video it was perfectly captured. I always wanted to make a video based on a trailer and The Godfather and Italian culture was the trigger and my inspiration". "Verte," featuring Argentine singer

and Argentine producer

, was released as the third single from the album on December 10, 2020. The song shows a new facet of the three musicians through a fusion between

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and

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. This reached its maximum peak in the Argentina Hot 100 the following year, placing it in position #14.

Tour

The album was promoted on Parte de Mí Tour, Nicki Nicole's first international projection tour. The tour will start in

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, the artist's birthplace, on November 27 and 29 at the Teatro Broadway, given the success and the consequent sold out of the first date, while on the 28th of the same month she will be at the Quality Espacio from

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. In addition, on December 3 she will be presented at the

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in the City of

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, where it also sold out in a matter of hours and added a new day for the following day.

Track listing

All the songs were written by

Personnel

Credits adapted from

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. Primary artist *

– vocals, songwriter, composer Additional musicians *

– featured vocals, songwriter *

– featured vocals, songwriter * Mora – featured vocals, songwriter, bass, drums * Trueno – featured vocals, songwriter * Delaossa – featured vocals, songwriter * Ptazeta – featured vocals, songwriter *

– featured vocals, songwriter * Tiago PZK – featured vocals, songwriter * Ayelen Zucker – backing vocals * Camila Ibarra – backing vocals * Alex Introini – bass, keyboards * Caleb Calloway – bass, drums, keyboards, songwriter * Evlay – bass, drums, guitar, keyboards, percussion, synth songwriter * Juan Giménez Kuj – bass * Agustín Piva – drums *

– drums, keyboards, songwriter * Mauro de Tommaso – drums, guitar, keyboards, songwriter * Nicolás Taranto – drums * Gonzalo Hermida – guitar * Leonardo Andersen – guitar * Pedro Pasquale – guitar * Kiddo Manteca – keyboards, percussion, songwriter * Richi López – keyboards, songwriter * Tatool – keyboards, songwriter * Julio Reyes – piano, songwriter * Eric Duars – songwriter * Kenobi Sensei – songwriter * Machaelo Angelo Cole Garrido – songwriter Additional personnel * Mauro de Tommaso – producer, mixing, recording engineer * Evlay – producer, mixing, recording engineer * Bizarrap – producer, recording engineer * Caleb Calloway – producer * Mora – producer * Kiddo Manteca – producer, recording engineer * Machaelo Angelo Cole Garrido – producer, mixing, recording engineer * Julio Reyes – producer, recording engineer * Richi López – producer, recording engineer * Tatool – producer, recording engineer * Felipe Trujillo Guerra – assistant engineer * Javier Fracchia – mastering * Nico Cotton – mixing * Piklet – mixing * Andrés Elijovich – arranger * Axel Introini – recording engineer * Joel Orta – recording engineer * Juan Giménez Kuj – recording engineer * Kenobi Sensei – recording engineer

Charts

Certifications

Release history

References

{{reflist 2021 albums Nicki Nicole albums 2020s Spanish-language albums Latin pop albums by Argentine artists Latin trap albums Reggaeton albums Sony Music Latin albums