Vida (Luis Fonsi album)

Vida is the tenth studio album by Puerto Rican singer Luis Fonsi, released on February 1, 2019, through Universal Music Latin Entertainment. It received a nomination for Best Latin Pop Album at the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards and for Album of the Year at the 20th Annual Latin Grammy Awards.^[1]

Vida
Studio album by Luis Fonsi
Released	February 1, 2019 (2019-02-01)
Recorded	2016–2018
Genre	Latin pop
Length	52:25
Language	Spanish English
Label	Universal Latin
Producer	Mauricio Rengifo Andrés Torres
Luis Fonsi chronology
Despacito & Mis Grandes Éxitos (2017) Vida (2019) Ley de Gravedad (2022)
Luis Fonsi studio album chronology
8 (2014) Vida (2019) Ley de Gravedad (2022)
Singles from Vida
"Despacito" Released: January 13, 2017 "Échame la Culpa" Released: November 17, 2017 "Calypso" Released: June 14, 2018 "Imposible" Released: October 19, 2018 "Sola" Released: January 23, 2019

Vida is Fonsi's first album in five years,^[2] and features the singles "Despacito" (both the original version and remix), "Échame la Culpa", "Calypso" (both the original version and remix), "Imposible" and "Sola".^[3] Commercially the album sold over one million copies in the United States, topping the Billboard Top Latin Albums.

Background and composition

After the ninth studio album 8 published in 2014, Fonsi started working on the next project.^[4] In 2017 he published "Despacito" with Daddy Yankee, which topped the charts of 47 official charts and won four Latin Grammy Awards, including for Record of the Year and Song of the Year.^[5] The same year Fonsi published "Échame la Culpa" with Demi Lovato which reached number one in sixteen countries charts worldwide.^[6]

Along with its singles, the primarily Spanish album includes "Sola", which was described as a "mid-tempo, sultry R&B tinged jam over sparse arrangements" by Billboard.^[3] It includes a variety of tempos, ranging from the "up-tempo urban/pop fusions" "Despacito" and "Échame la Culpa" to the romantic ballad "Le pido al cielo".^[3]

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[7]
Rolling Stone	[8]

Billboard named Vida one of the most anticipated albums of 2019, saying there would be "plenty of new ballads, which Fonsi sings predominantly in Spanish and delivers with an urban touch".^[9]

Year-end lists

Publication	Accolade	Ranking	Ref.
AllMusic	AllMusic Best of 2019	—	[10]

Commercial performance

In the United States, Vida debuted at number 18 on the US Billboard 200 with 22,000 equivalent album units and at number one on the Top Latin Albums chart and on the Latin Pop Albums chart.^[11]

Track listing

Adapted from iTunes.^[12]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Sola"	Luis Rodríguez Mauricio Rengifo Andrés Torres	3:24
2.	"Apaga la Luz"	Rodriguez Paolo Tondo Luis Salazar Jovany Barreto Tat Tong [13]	3:32
3.	"Le Pido al Cielo"	Rodriguez M. Rengifo Torres	4:07
4.	"Imposible" (with Ozuna)	Rodríguez Vicente Saavedra M. Rengifo Juan Carlos Ozuna Rosado Torres	2:44
5.	"Poco a Poco"	Rodriguez M. Rengifo Torres	2:55
6.	"Dime Que No Te Irás"	Rodriguez Ferras Alquasi Claudia Menkarski	4:21
7.	"Échame la Culpa" (with Demi Lovato)	Rodríguez Alejandro Rengifo M. Rengifo Torres	2:53
8.	"Tanto para Nada"	Rodriguez Torres Menkarski	3:50
9.	"Despacito" (featuring Daddy Yankee)	Rodríguez Erika Ender Ramón Ayala	3:49
10.	"Más Fuerte Que Yo"	Rodriguez Torres Ximena Munoz	3:49
11.	"Calypso" (featuring Stefflon Don)	Rodríguez Oladayo Olatunji M. Rengifo Torres Stephanie Allen	3:20
12.	"Ahí Estás Tú"	Rodriguez Torres	3:22
13.	"Despacito" (Remix) (with Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber)	Rodríguez Ender Ayala Justin Bieber Jason Boyd Marty James	3:50
14.	"Calypso" (Remix) (featuring Karol G)	Rodríguez Olatunji M. Rengifo Torres Allen	3:05
15.	"Sola" (English version)	Rodríguez M. Rengifo Torres Ross Golan	3:24
Total length:			52:25

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2019) Peak position Argentinian Albums (CAPIF)[14] 1 Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[15] 41 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[16] 64 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[17] 114 Canadian Albums (Billboard)[18] 47 Chilean Albums (Punto Musical)[19] 1 Czech Albums (ČNS IFPI)[20] 83 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[21] 91 French Albums (SNEP)[22] 76 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[23] 27 Italian Albums (FIMI)[24] 89 Portuguese Albums (AFP)[25] 29 Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[26] 1 South American Albums (Prensario)[27] 1 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[28] 6 US Billboard 200[29] 18 US Top Latin Albums (Billboard)[30] 1 US Latin Pop Albums (Billboard)[31] 1

Year-end charts Chart (2019) Position Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[32] 46 US Top Latin Albums (Billboard)[33] 6 Chart (2020) Position US Top Latin Albums (Billboard)[34] 17 Chart (2021) Position US Top Latin Albums (Billboard)[35] 26

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil)[36]	2× Diamond	320,000‡
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[37]	Gold	10,000‡
France (SNEP)[38]	Gold	50,000‡
Italy (FIMI)[39]	Gold	25,000‡
Poland (ZPAV)[40]	2× Platinum	40,000‡
Singapore (RIAS)[41]	Platinum	10,000*
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[42]	Gold	20,000‡
United States (RIAA)[43]	22× Platinum (Latin)	1,320,000‡
* Sales figures based on certification alone. ‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.