Libre (English: Free) is the fifth
studio album recorded by
Mexican-American singer
Jennifer Peña. The album was released by
Univision Records on June 11, 2002 (see
2002 in music), Libre debuted on Billboard Top Latin Albums Chart at #2 with a 17 track listing of which spawned several top ten hits including "Vamos al Mundial", which was selected by the U.S. Hispanic network Univisión as the official song of the 2002 World Cup Soccer tournament. Libre also includes the #1
Hot Latin Track "
El Dolor de Tu Presencia" which spent eight weeks atop of the charts in the summer of 2002 along with "Entre el Delirio y la Locura". Recorded in
Miami Beach, Florida and
Glendale, California it was executive produced by
José Behar and included production by
Rudy Pérez,
Kike Santander,
Gustavo Santander, Enrique Elizondo, José Luis Arroyave and José Gaviria. Libre was a crossover album for Peña, who has spent the first phase of her career recording
Tejano music. Libre re-introduced Jennifer as a pop singer with romantic ballads, dance songs that were far more mainstream than anything she had recorded before. Libre became one of the most successful Latin albums of 2002 selling over 500,000 units certified multi-Platinum by the
RIAA. The album was nominated for a
Grammy Award.
Libre (English: Free) is the fifth
studio album recorded by
Mexican-American singer
Jennifer Peña. The album was released by
Univision Records on June 11, 2002 (see
2002 in music), Libre debuted on Billboard Top Latin Albums Chart at #2 with a 17 track listing of which spawned several top ten hits including "Vamos al Mundial", which was selected by the U.S. Hispanic network Univisión as the official song of the 2002 World Cup Soccer tournament. Libre also includes the #1
Hot Latin Track "
El Dolor de Tu Presencia" which spent eight weeks atop of the charts in the summer of 2002 along with "Entre el Delirio y la Locura". Recorded in
Miami Beach, Florida and
Glendale, California it was executive produced by
José Behar and included production by
Rudy Pérez,
Kike Santander,
Gustavo Santander, Enrique Elizondo, José Luis Arroyave and José Gaviria. Libre was a crossover album for Peña, who has spent the first phase of her career recording
Tejano music. Libre re-introduced Jennifer as a pop singer with romantic ballads, dance songs that were far more mainstream than anything she had recorded before. Libre became one of the most successful Latin albums of 2002 selling over 500,000 units certified multi-Platinum by the
RIAA. The album was nominated for a
Grammy Award.