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2008 studio album by Gilberto Santa Rosa
Una Navidad con Gilberto
Studio album by Gilberto Santa Rosa
ReleasedOctober 14, 2008
Recorded2008
Rolo Studios
Guaynabo, Puerto Rico
GenreSalsa
LabelSony BMG Norte
ProducerCharlie Donato
Gilberto Santa Rosa chronology
Contraste
(2007) 		Una Navidad con Gilberto
(2008) 		Irrepetible
(2010)
Singles from Una Navidad con Gilberto
  1. "Me Gustan Las Navidades"
    Released: January 2009
  2. "La Fiesta No Es Para Feos"
    Released: January 2009

Una Navidad con Gilberto (A Christmas with Gilberto), is the title of a Christmas album released by Puerto-Rican singer Gilberto Santa Rosa on October 14, 2008, by Sony BMG Norte. It was the first time that Gilberto released his own Christmas album. He previous collaborated with various artists on the Tarjeta de Navidad by Sony Discos. In addition, he collaborated with Puerto Rican salsa group El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico on their album, Asi es Nuestra Navidad. The album peaked at number-six in the Billboard Top Latin Albums chart and number twenty-two on the Billboard Holiday Albums chart. It remained on the Top Latin Album charts for thirteen weeks. The album reached number-one on the Tropical Albums where it spent three weeks on the spot. At the Latin Grammy Awards of 2009, the album received a Latin Grammy Award for "Best Traditional Tropical Album".

The backup vocals includes Henry Santiago, Michelle Sotomayor, the producer Charlie Donato, Jerry Rivas of El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico, and Gilberto's protégé Víctor Manuelle. The latter composed the last track for the album, "La Navidad Más Larga". Dominican Republic singer appears as a guest on the medley, "Cascabel y Candela".

Two songs from the album were released as singles. The first single, "Me Gustan Las Navidades" ("I Enjoy the Holidays"), reached number-nine on the Billboard Latin Tropical Airplay chart. The second single, "La Fiesta No Es Para Feos" ("The Party Is Not For Ugly People"), reached number-seven on the Billboard Latin Tropical Airplay chart.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Me Gustan Las Navidades"Emilio A. Vargas4:31
2."El Año Viejo"Crescencio Salcedo Monroy4:32
3."Apaga La Luz"Ramón Rodríguez4:34
4."La Fiesta No Es Para Feos"Wilfrido Guevara4:47
5."Un Año Que Se Vá"Juan José Hernández4:55
6."Medley De Navidad: Cascabel/Candela"Juan Angel Nogueras4:21
7."La Medicina"José A. Prieto4:23
8."La Navidad Más Larga"Víctor M. Ruiz4:43

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2008) Peak
position
US Top Holiday Albums (Billboard) 22
US Top Latin Albums (Billboard) 6
US Tropical Albums (Billboard) 1

Year-end charts

Chart (2009) Position
US Top Latin Albums (Billboard) 65

See also

References

  1. ^ "Tarjeta de Navidad". Allmusic. Rovi. Retrieved December 23, 2010.
  2. "Una Navidad con Gilberto – Gilberto Santa Rosa". Billboard. Retrieved December 23, 2010.
  3. "Tropical Albums – Una Navidad Con Gilberto – Gilberto Santa Rosa – Week of December 20, 2008". Billboard. December 20, 2008. Retrieved December 23, 2010.
  4. Ilich, Tijana. "10th Annual Latin Grammy Awards - 2009 Winners". About.com. Retrieved December 23, 2010.
  5. ^ Una Navidad Con Gilberto (CD liner notes). Sony Music Latin. 2008.
  6. ^ "Top Latin Albums – Una Navidad Con Gilberto – Gilberto Santa Rosa – Week of December 27, 2008". Billboard. December 27, 2008. Retrieved June 18, 2010.
  7. "Gilberto Santa Rosa Chart History (Holiday Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved July 14, 2021.
  8. "Gilberto Santa Rosa Chart History (Top Latin Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved July 14, 2021.
  9. "Gilberto Santa Rosa Chart History (Tropical Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved July 14, 2021.
  10. "Top Latin Albums – Year-End 2009". Billboard. Retrieved July 14, 2021.
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