Golden (Romeo Santos album)

Golden is the third studio album by American singer Romeo Santos, released on July 21, 2017 by Sony Music Latin.[3] The album has six successful singles, "Héroe Favorito", "Imitadora", "Bella y Sensual", "Sobredosis", "Carmín" and "Centavito". The album features guest appearances from Swizz Beatz, Juan Luis Guerra, Ozuna, Nicky Jam, Daddy Yankee, Julio Iglesias and Jessie Reyez. It also features production from Romeo Santos himself, Allen Ritter, Boi-1da, Frank Dukes, Illangelo, Illmind, Matetraxx, Swizz Beatz, Tainy, Vinylz, among others.

Golden
Studio album by Romeo Santos
Released	July 21, 2017
Studio	The Castle, (Yorktown Heights) Hit Factory Criteria Studios, (Miami)
Genre	Bachata tropical
Length	65:20
Label	Sony Latin
Producer	Romeo Santos (exec.) Allen Ritter Andrew Cedar Boi-1da Frank Dukes Illangelo Illmind Matetraxx Nely Saga WhiteBlack Swizz Beatz Tainy Vinylz
Romeo Santos chronology
Formula, Vol. 2 (2014) Golden (2017) Utopía (2019)
Singles from Golden
"Héroe Favorito" Released: February 10, 2017 "Imitadora" Released: June 23, 2017 "Bella y Sensual" Released: October 27, 2017[1] "Sobredosis" Released: February 13, 2018[2] "Carmín" Released: July 10, 2018 "Centavito" Released: July 20, 2018

Promotion & Tour

To promote the album, Santos embarked on the commercially successful world concert tour, titled Golden Tour. The tour started at Grand Theater at Foxwoods in Connecticut on February 13, 2018, and ended at Coliseo Jose Miguel Agrelot, San Juan, Puerto Rico at February 9, 2019.[4]

Track listing

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.[5] All tracks were produced by Romeo Santos with additional production by Matetraxx, except where noted.

Golden[3]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Golden Intro"	Anthony Santos Shaffer Smith	Romeo Santos Andrew Cedar	2:00
2.	"Tuyo"	Santos		3:38
3.	"Perjurio"	Santos Philip Jackson^[a]		3:33
4.	"Premio" (featuring Swizz Beatz)	Santos	Santos Swizz Beatz	3:40
5.	"Carmín" (featuring Juan Luis Guerra)	Santos		3:28
6.	"Centavito"	Santos		4:22
7.	"Sobredosis" (featuring Ozuna)	Santos		3:18
8.	"El Papel, Pt. 1 (Versión Amante)"	Santos		3:38
9.	"El Papel, Pt. 2 (Versión Marido)"	Santos		4:41
10.	"Bella y Sensual" (with Nicky Jam and Daddy Yankee)	Santos Nick Caminero Ramón Rodriguez	Santos Saga WhiteBlack Tainy^[b] Nely^[b]	3:24
11.	"Doble Filo"	Santos		3:58
12.	"Ay Bendito"	Santos		3:34
13.	"Héroe Favorito"	Santos		3:59
14.	"El Amigo" (featuring Julio Iglesias)	Santos		3:34
15.	"Reina De Papi"	Santos		3:57
16.	"Imitadora"	Santos Jackson^[a]	Santos Vinylz Allen Ritter Frank Dukes	3:54
17.	"Un Vuelo A La" (featuring Jessie Reyez)	Santos Jessie Reyez		3:22
18.	"Sin Filtro"	Santos Jackson^[a]	Boi-1da Illangelo Illmind Allen Ritter Vinylz	3:09
Total length:				65:09

Notes

• ^{^[a]} signifies a co-writer
• ^{^[b]} signifies a co-producer
• "Premio" features additional vocals from Alexander Caba and Liliana Sotelo
• "El Papel, Pt. 1 (Versión Amante)" and "El Papel, Pt. 2 (Versión Marido)" features additional vocals from Romina Faria
• "El Papel, Pt. 2 (Versión Marido)" features background vocals from Luis Figueroa-Roig
• "Doble Filo" features background vocals from Leonardo Espinosa and Leonardo Reyes Zapata
• "El Amigo" features background vocals from Karen Rodriguez and Luis Figueroa-Riog
• "Reina de Papi" features additional vocals from DJ Mad and Ayanna Caba
• "Imitadora" features background vocals from Philip Jackson
• "Un Vuelo A La" features background vocals from Joaquín Díaz, Iván Chévere and Alexander Caba

Sample credits

• "Tuyo" embodies portions of "La Alegría", composed and performed by Yasmin Levy

Personnel

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.[5]

Performers Romeo Santos – primary artist Swizz Beatz – featured artist (track 4) Juan Luis Guerra – featured artist (track 5) Ozuna – featured artist (track 7) Nicky Jam – featured artist (track 10) Daddy Yankee – featured artist (track 10) Julio Iglesias – featured artist (track 14) Jessie Reyez – featured artist (track 17) Musicians Joaquín Díaz – piano (tracks 2, 4, 5, 7–12, 15–17), keyboard (tracks 2, 3), synths (tracks 3, 5, 12, 13, 15, 16), rhodes (tracks 13, 14), keyboard strings (track 14), organ (track 17) Dante Rivera – bass (tracks 2, 5, 6, 8, 9, 12–14, 17) Alexander "ChiChi" Caba – rhythm guitar (tracks 2, 3, 5–9, 11–17), lead guitar (tracks 2–9, 11, 15–17), twelve-string guitar (tracks 5, 9) Daniel Luna – güira (tracks 2, 9, 13–16) Raúl Bier – bongo (tracks 2, 12–16) Guillermo Frias – conga (tracks 3, 14), bongo (track 3) Adam Gómez – bass (tracks 4, 7, 11, 15, 16) Enrique Terrero – güira (tracks 4, 7, 8, 11, 12) Leonardo Reyes Zapata – bongo (tracks 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 11) Guido Gonzalez – flugelhorn (track 5) Iván Chévere – keyboard harp sound (track 6) Paul Castelluzzo – nylon string guitar (tracks 8, 13), jazz guitar (track 13), electric guitar (track 14) Marti Cuevas – flute (track 8) Alvin Medina – cuatro (track 12), acoustic guitar (track 12), rhythm guitar (track 12), guiro (track 12) Martires de Leon – lead guitar (track 14) JC Ulloa – engineer (track 14) Allen Ritter – piano (track 16), synths (track 16)

Technical Iván Chévere a/k/a Matetraxx – mixing engineer (tracks 1–9, 11–18), engineer (tracks 1–9, 11–18) Tom Brick – mastering engineer (all tracks) Christian "DJ Mad" Brito – engineer (track 3), assistance engineer (tracks 5, 7) Juan G. Rivera "Gaby Music" – mixing engineer (tracks 10), engineer (track 10) Production Romeo Santos – producer (tracks 1–17) Andrew Cedar – producer (track 1) Matetraxx – co-producer (tracks 2, 3, 5–9, 11–15, 17) Swizz Beatz – producer (track 4) Saga WhiteBlack – producer (track 10) Tainy – co-producer (track 10) Nely – co-producer (track 10) Allen Ritter – producer (tracks 16, 18) Frank Dukes – producer (track 16) Vinylz – producer (tracks 16, 18) Boi-1da – producer (track 18) Illangelo – producer (track 18) Illmind – producer (track 18)

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2017) Peak position Argetinan Album Chart[6] 1 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[7] 102 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[8] 190 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[9] 74 Italian Albums (FIMI)[10] 68 Mexican Albums (AMPROFON)[11] 1 Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[12] 3 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[13] 37 US Billboard 200[14] 10 US Top Latin Albums (Billboard)[15] 1 US Tropical Albums (Billboard)[16] 1

Year-end charts Chart (2017) Position Mexican Albums (AMPROFON)[17] 83

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Argentina (CAPIF)[18]	Gold	20,000^^
Chile (IFPI)[19]	Gold	5,000^*
Mexico (AMPROFON)[20]	Gold	30,000^*
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[21]	Platinum	40,000^^
United States (RIAA)[22]	11× Platinum (Latin)	660,000
^*sales figures based on certification alone ^^shipments figures based on certification alone sales+streaming figures based on certification alone

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