Pecado Original (album)

Pecado Original
Studio album by
Ana Gabriel
ReleasedDecember 8, 1987 (1987-12-08)
Recorded1987
Studio
  • Circus (Madrid)
GenrePop
LabelCBS
ProducerMariano Perez Bautista
Ana Gabriel chronology
Sagitario
(1986) 		Pecado Original
(1987) 		Tierra de Nadie
(1988)
Singles from Pecado Original
  1. "¡Ay, Amor!"
    Released: October 12, 1987
  2. "Pecado Original"
    Released: February 15, 1988

Pecado Original (English: Original Sin) is the third studio album by Mexican singer Ana Gabriel. It was released by CBS Records on December 8, 1987. The album was produced by Mariano Perez Bautista.

The album marked the beginning of her international stardom, with its first single, "¡Ay, Amor!", being first performed at the OTI Festival in Lisbon, which she achieved the third place; and later became Gabriel's first number-one song on the US Billboard Hot Latin Songs.

Singles

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"¡Ay, Amor!" was released as the album's lead single. It became a huge success, being Gabriel's first number-one song on the US Billboard Hot Latin Songs, topping the chart for fourteen weeks,[1] and eventually ending as the best-performing Latin single of 1988. Internationally, ¡Ay, Amor! also reached number one in Bolivia[2] and her native Mexico;[3] while it peaked at number four in Colombia.[4]

The title track was released as the second single from the album. It reached number 14 on the US Billboard Hot Latin Songs,[1] and hit the top-ten in her native Mexico.[5]

Other songs

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Another track, "Amor", though it wasn't released as a single, was an unexpected success in Paraguay, where it reached number one.[6]

Track listing

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Tracks:[7]

  1. Pecado Original 03:29 (Original by Roupa Nova)
  2. Ven, Ven 03:58 (Original by Marisol)
  3. Ven Cariño 03:31
  4. Por Culpa del Amor 03:58
  5. Amor con Desamor 03:38
  6. Amor 04:42
  7. Cruz Y Raya 03:34
  8. Ay Amor 03:23
  9. Noche a Noche 03:35
  10. Pensar en Ti 03:49

Album chart

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Pecado Original reached number three on the Billboard Latin Pop Albums chart.[8]

Certifications

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Region Certification Certified units/sales
Mexico (AMPROFON)[9] Platinum 250,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

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  1. ^ a b "Ana Gabriel Chart History (Hot Latin Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved 2023-08-03.
  2. ^ "Discos más populares en Latinoamérica". El Siglo de Torreón (in Spanish): 74. June 4, 1988. Retrieved July 15, 2022.
  3. ^ "Los Discos Más Populares - Notitas Musicales (15 February)". Facebook. Retrieved 4 October 2020.
  4. ^ "Discos más populares en Latinoamérica". El Siglo de Torreón (in Spanish): 73. June 4, 1988. Retrieved July 15, 2022.
  5. ^ "Los Discos Más Populares - Notitas Musicales (1 April)". Facebook. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  6. ^ "Discos más populares en Latinoamérica". El Siglo de Torreón (in Spanish): 58. May 6, 1988. Retrieved July 15, 2022.
  7. ^ "Pecado Original : Ana Gabriel : Musica : Hispavista". Musica.hispavista.com. Retrieved 2016-03-07.
  8. ^ "Latin Pop Albums". Billboard. 1988-03-26. Retrieved 2016-03-07.
  9. ^ "Certificaciones" (in Spanish). Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas. Type Ana Gabriel in the box under the ARTISTA column heading and Pecado original in the box under the TÍTULO column heading.
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