La Historia (Ricky Martin album)

La Historia (English: The History) is the first compilation album of the Puerto Rican singer and composer Ricky Martin. It was released on February 27, 2001, by Sony Discos and Columbia Records. The recordings are in Spanish. The album contains reworkings of two of Martin's early songs: "Fuego Contra Fuego" and "El Amor de Mi Vida". The compilation was released in two different formats. The CD edition contains sixteen of his best songs, in the American and Japanese version, the song "Sólo Quiero Amarte" is included (the Spanish version of "Nobody Wants to Be Lonely"). The DVD edition contains thirteen music videos of Martin.

La Historia
Greatest hits album by Ricky Martin
Released	February 27, 2001
Genre	Dance-pop, Latin pop
Length	72:35
Language	Spanish
Label	Columbia
Ricky Martin albums chronology
Sound Loaded (2000) La Historia (2001) The Best of Ricky Martin (2001)
Ricky Martin video chronology
One Night Only (1999) La Historia (2001) Europa: European Tour (2001)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

Commercial performance

La Historia wasn't promoted by any single, did not include any new recordings, and contains only Spanish-language songs.

In the United States, La Historia peaked at number one for five weeks on the Billboard's Top Latin Albums and number eighty-three on the Billboard 200. It was certified 4× Platinum Latin award for shipping 400,000 units in the US, and has sold 220,000 copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan (as of January 2011).[2]

The album also topped the chart in Argentina and Sweden, and was certified Platinum in both countries. Other achievements include peaks at number thirteen in Spain, number sixteen in Italy, number twenty-three in Switzerland, and number thirty-seven in Japan. La Historia was also certified Gold in Spain.

Accolades

La Historia was nominated as the Latin Greatest Hits Album of the Year at the 2002 Latin Billboard Music Awards but lost to Vicente Fernández's Historia de un Ídolo, Vol. 1.

Track listing

CD

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"María" (Spanglish Radio Edit)	Ian Blake Luis Gómez Escolar K. C. Porter	Porter Blake Pablo Flores Javier Garza	4:31
2.	"Vuelve"	Franco De Vita	Porter Robi Draco Rosa	5:09
3.	"Bella" (She's All I Ever Had)	Rosa George Noriega Jon Secada Escolar	Secada Noriega Rosa Emilio Estefan Jr. Walter Afanasieff	4:57
4.	"La Bomba"	Rosa Porter Escolar	Porter Rosa	4:37
5.	"A Medio Vivir"	Vita	Porter Blake	4:43
6.	"Perdido Sin Ti"	Rosa Porter Escolar	Porter Rosa	4:10
7.	"Livin' la Vida Loca" (Spanish Version)	Rosa Desmond Child Escolar	Child Rosa	4:05
8.	"Volverás"	Blake Porter Escolar Ricky Martin	Porter Blake	4:49
9.	"La Copa de la Vida" (Spanish Version)	Rosa Child Escolar	Child Rosa	4:30
10.	"Fuego de Noche, Nieve de Día"	Blake Porter Escolar	Porter Blake	5:36
11.	"She Bangs" (Spanish Version)	Rosa Afanasieff Child Glenn Monroig Julia Sierra Daniel López	Rosa Afanasieff Child	4:37
12.	"Bombón de Azúcar"	Mark Kilpatrick Gustavo Laureano Carlos Figueroa John Lengel Carlos Rolón	Porter Blake	4:59
13.	"Fuego Contra Fuego" (New Version)	Mariano Pérez Carlos Gómez	Tommy Torres López	4:27
14.	"Te Extraño, Te Olvido, Te Amo"	Carlos Lara	Porter Blake	4:39
15.	"Por Arriba, Por Abajo"	Rosa Escolar César Lemos Karla Aponte	Porter Rosa	3:08
16.	"El Amor de Mi Vida" (New Version)	Eddie Sierra	Torres López	3:58

US/Japanese bonus track

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
17.	"Sólo Quiero Amarte" (Nobody Wants to Be Lonely) (Radio Edit)	Child Victoria Shaw Gary Burr Martin López	Child	3:59

DVD

No.	Title	Length
1.	"María" (Spanglish Radio Edit)
2.	"Te Extraño, Te Olvido, Te Amo"
3.	"Fuego de Noche, Nieve de Día"
4.	"Volverás"
5.	"Vuelve"
6.	"La Copa de la Vida"
7.	"La Bomba"
8.	"Por Arriba, Por Abajo"
9.	"Perdido Sin Tí"
10.	"Livin' la Vida Loca" (Spanish Version)
11.	"Bella"
12.	"She Bangs" (Spanish Version)
13.	"Sólo Quiero Amarte"

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2001) Peak position Argentinian Albums (CAPIF)[3] 1 European Albums (Top 100)[4] 42 Italian Albums (FIMI)[5] 16 Japanese Albums (Oricon)[6] 37 Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[7] 13 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[8] 1 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[9] 23 US Billboard 200[10] 83 US Top Latin Albums (Billboard)[11] 1 US Latin Pop Albums (Billboard)[12] 1

Year-end charts Chart (2001) Position Argentine Albums (CAPIF)[13] 15 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[14] 6 US Top Latin Albums (Billboard)[15] 6 US Latin Pop Albums (Billboard)[15] 4

Certifications and sales

Album Region Certification Certified units/sales Argentina (CAPIF)[16] Platinum 40,000^^ Spain (PROMUSICAE)[7] Gold 50,000^^ Sweden (GLF)[17] Platinum 80,000^^ United States (RIAA)[18] 4× Platinum (Latin) 400,000^^ ^^shipments figures based on certification alone

DVD Region Certification Certified units/sales Argentina (CAPIF)[16] Platinum 8,000^^ ^^shipments figures based on certification alone

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
United States	February 27, 2001[19]	Sony Discos	CD	LAK-84300/9-501938
	February 26, 2002[20]		DVD	LVD 84815
Hong Kong	February 28, 20001[21]	Columbia	CD	5019382
Taiwan[22][23]	March 1, 2001	Sony Music	CD	501938.2
			DVD	201320.9
Japan	April 11, 2001[24]	Epic Records	CD	ESCA-8299
	May 9, 2002[25]		DVD	EIBP-9
Argentina	2001	Sony Music	CD	2-501938
	October 23, 2002[26]		DVD	9-201320

References

1. AllMusic review
2. "Ask Billboard - Viva la 'Vida' singer". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. January 28, 2011. Retrieved January 28, 2011.
3. "Hits of the World" (PDF). Billboard. Retrieved November 23, 2015.
4. "Hits of the World" (PDF). Billboard. Retrieved November 23, 2015.
5. "Italiancharts.com – Ricky Martin – La Historia". Hung Medien. Retrieved November 23, 2015.
6. リッキー・マーティンのアルバム売り上げランキング (in Japanese). Oricon. Archived from the original on October 30, 2014. Retrieved November 23, 2015.
7. Fernando Salaverri (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (1st ed.). Spain: Fundación Autor-SGAE. ISBN 84-8048-639-2.
8. "Swedishcharts.com – Ricky Martin – La Historia". Hung Medien. Retrieved November 23, 2015.
9. "Swisscharts.com – Ricky Martin – La Historia". Hung Medien. Retrieved November 23, 2015.
10. "Ricky Martin Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved November 23, 2015.
11. "Ricky Martin Chart History (Top Latin Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved November 23, 2015.
12. "Ricky Martin Chart History (Latin Pop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved November 23, 2015.
13. "Ranking Anual 2001" (in Spanish). CAPIF. Archived from the original on February 1, 2003. Retrieved November 27, 2013.
14. "Årslista Album - År 2001" (in Swedish). Grammofon Leverantörernas Förening. Archived from the original on November 24, 2015. Retrieved November 23, 2015.
15. "The Year in Music: 2001" (PDF). Billboard. Retrieved November 23, 2015.
16. "Discos de Oro y Platino" (in Spanish). CAPIF. Archived from the original on July 6, 2011. Retrieved November 17, 2013.
17. "Guld- och Platinacertifikat − År 2001" (PDF) (in Swedish). IFPI Sweden. Retrieved September 28, 2011.
18. "American album certifications – Ricky Martin – La Historia". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved November 17, 2013. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click Type, then select Latin, then click SEARCH. 
19. https://www.amazon.com/Historia-Ricky-Martin/dp/B00005A8DJ
20. https://www.amazon.com/Ricky-Martin-One-Night-Only/dp/B00003BE37
21. https://www.sonymusic.com.hk/album/la-historia-ricky-martin/
22. https://www.books.com.tw/products/0020076116?sloc=main
23. https://www.books.com.tw/products/D020013999?sloc=main
24. https://www.cdjapan.co.jp/product/ESCA-8299
25. https://www.cdjapan.co.jp/product/EIBP-9
26. https://www.buenamusica.com/ricky-martin/album/las-historia-dvd