El Cantante (soundtrack)

El Cantante (English: The Singer) is the soundtrack to the motion picture of the same name by American recording artists Marc Anthony and Jennifer Lopez. It was released on July 24, 2007 by Sony BMG. The entire album, except for the last track "Toma de Mí", is a cover album of songs originally written and recorded by the famous Puerto Rican salsa icon Héctor Lavoe.

El Cantante
Soundtrack album by Marc Anthony and Jennifer Lopez
Released	July 24, 2007
Recorded	2006
Genre	Latin Latin pop R&B
Length	46:47
Label	Sony BMG
Producer	Marc Anthony Jennifer Lopez Rubén Blades
Marc Anthony and Jennifer Lopez chronology
Como Ama una Mujer (2007) El Cantante (2007) Brave (2007)
Singles from El Cantante
"Mi Gente" Released: June 2007 "Aguanilé" Released: October 2007 "Escándalo" Released: September 2008

Track listing

1. "El Cantante" (Rubén Blades) — 6:47
2. "Mi Gente" (Johnny Pacheco) — 3:52
3. "Escándalo" (Rafael Cárdenas Crespo; Rubén Fuentes) — 3:58
4. "Aguanile" (Willie Colón; Héctor Lavoe) — 5:15
5. "Che Che Colé" (Willie Colón) — 3:26
6. "El Día de Mi Suerte" (Willie Colón; Héctor Lavoe) — 5:19
7. "Qué Lío" (Willie Colón; Joe Cuba; Héctor Lavoe) — 4:24
8. "Quítate Tú Pa' Ponerme Yo" (Johnny Pacheco; Bobby Valentín) — 4:24
9. "Todo Tiene Su Final" (Willie Colón) — 4:56
10. "Toma de Mí" (Performed by Jennifer Lopez) (Nelly Furtado; Julio Reyes Copello) — 4:29

Charts

Album charts

Chart (2007)	Peak position
Spanish Album Chart	11
Swiss Album Chart	100
U.S. Billboard 200	31
U.S. Billboard Top Latin Albums	1
U.S. Billboard Latin Tropical Albums	1
U.S. Billboard Top Soundtracks	4

Year-end charts

Chart (2007)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Latin Albums Year-End Charts	11
U.S. Billboard Top Tropical Albums Year-End Charts	2

Credits and personnel

Performance credits

• Yomo Toro – Cuatro
• Milton Cardona – Vocals, coro
• Tito Allen – Vocals, Coro
• Bobby Allende – Conga
• Renaldo Jorge – Trombone
• Myung Hi Kim – Violin
• Ozzie Melendez – Trombone
• Suzanne Ornstein – Violin
• Ricardo Tiki Pasillas – Percussion
• Marc Quiñones – Timbales
• Laura Seaton – Violin
• Gene Moye – Cello
• Sergio George – Piano
• Ray Colon – Bongos, bells
• Raul Agraz – Trumpet
• Luis Quintero – Percussion, timbales
• William Castro – Arpa
• William Duval – Vocals
• Sarah Seiver – Cello
• José Tabares – Bass
• Peter Winograd – Violin
• Ramon B. Sanchez – Conductor
• Robert Rinehart – Viola
• Daniel Panner – Viola
• Elizabeth Dyson – Cello
• Jenny Strenger – Violin
• Wilson Cifuentes – Flute, gaita
• Katherine Fong – Violin
• Duoming Ba – Violin
• Minyoung Chang – Violin
• Sarah OBoyle – Violin
• Wen Qian – Violin
• Sein Ryu – Violin
• Mario Guini – Electric guitar
• Julio Reyes Copello – Piano
• Jose Mangual – Vocals, Coro
• Daniel Caro – Bandola
• Oriol Caro – Tiple
• Angélica Gámez – Violin
• Laura Ospina – Cello
• Urian Sarmiento – Percussion

Technical credits

• Marc Anthony – Producer, executive producer
• Sergio George – Producer
• Héctor Ivan Rosa – Engineer
• Jim Caruana – Engineer
• Luisito Quintero – Percussion overdubs
• David Kutch – Mastering
• Vlado Meller – Mastering
• Peter Wade Keusch – Engineer
• Bigram Zayas – Producer
• Alysia Oakley – Assistant music supervisor
• Maria Paula Marulanda – Art direction
• Matt Havron – Assistant Music supervisor
• Julio Reyes Copello – Arranger, programming, producer

Other websites

• Official El Cantante home page Archived 2009-01-21 at the Wayback Machine

Preceded by Agárrese by Grupo Montéz de Durango

U.S. Billboard Top Latin Albums number-one album August 11, 2007 - September 15, 2007

Succeeded by La Radiolina by Manu Chao