Unwrapped (album)

"Wrapped/Hoy"
Unwrapped
Studio album by Gloria Estefan
Released	September 2003
Studio	Crescent Moon Studios, Miami
Genre	Pop
Length	60:32
Label	Epic
Producer	Gloria Estefan; Emilio Estefan; Sebastian Krys
Gloria Estefan chronology
Singles from Unwrapped
	"Wrapped/Hoy"; Released: August 2003; "I Wish You"; Released: February 2004 (Europe) March 2004 (U.S.); "Te Amaré"; Released: February 2004 (Spain); "Tu Fotografía"; Released: February 2004 (U.S., Argentina);

Unwrapped is the tenth studio solo album and twenty-fourth album overall by Cuban-American singer Gloria Estefan, released in 2003. It was also her first English language studio album since 1998's gloria!.

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Celebrity Cafe	[2]
MSN Music	[3]

Content

The album is a departure in sound from Estefan's previous works. The album was recorded live, unlike any of her other studio albums. There is less reverb on Estefan's vocals, to create an intimate feeling. The album is acoustic and is designed to feel like an unplugged album. This is the first Estefan album to not feature a brass section.

Estefan worked with notable artists on the album; Stevie Wonder played harmonica and sang on "Into You," while Chrissie Hynde appeared on "One Name". "Hoy," which became one of Estefan's most successful singles, was written by Peruvian singer-composer Gian Marco and contains several Peruvian folk music elements.

The album uses the theme of unwrapping herself to the world in the lyrics, recording, and artwork. The picture on the back cover is actually Estefan's back. Next to the title, "Into You," there is a pink line that runs down to the bottom, which is the scar from her back surgery when she broke her back in 1990. The picture above the "I Will Always Need Your Love" lyrics is Gloria holding hands with her husband Emilio, for whom the song was written, likewise, the picture of the hand pointing to the lyrics to "You" is Gloria's daughter, Emily.

Promotion

To promote the album, Estefan launched the American tour Live & Re-Wrapped Tour which was made after her Live & Unwrapped performances at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas.

In addition, Estefan released a remix EP under the name of Unwrapped: Remixes, the EP was a Bonus Promo CD that was available with purchase of the Live & Unwrapped DVD during Pay Per View broadcasts and purchases of the DVD at shows during the Live & Re-Wrapped Tour.[4]

Track listing

Worldwide CD, Limited Edition CD+DVD & Cassette Release
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"A Little Push"	Gloria M. Estefan, John Falcone, Sebastian Krys, Jon Secada	3:56
2.	"Te Amaré"	Gloria M. Estefan, Emilio Estefan Jr., Sebastian Krys, Tony Mardini, Tom McWilliams	3:02
3.	"Your Picture"	Gloria M. Estefan, Gian Marco	3:50
4.	"Wrapped"	Gloria M. Estefan, Gian Marco	3:27
5.	"Time Waits"	Gloria M. Estefan, John Falcone, Sebastian Krys	4:25
6.	"In The Meantime"	Gloria M. Estefan, Gian Marco	3:36
7.	"Dangerous Game"	Gloria M. Estefan, John Falcone, Sebastian Krys, Jon Secada	3:17
8.	"Into You" (Duet with Stevie Wonder)	Gloria M. Estefan, C. De Yarza, Maceo Morris	3:20
9.	"One Name" (Duet with Chrissie Hynde)	Gloria M. Estefan, Archie Peña	3:04
10.	"I Will Always Need Your Love"	Gloria M. Estefan, Emilio Estefan, Jr., A. Gaitan, R. Gaitan, Tony Mardini	3:05
11.	"Say Goodbye"	Gloria M. Estefan, John Falcone, Sebastian Krys, Jon Secada	3:53
12.	"I Wish You"	Gloria M. Estefan, John Falcone, Sebastian Krys	3:52
13.	"You"	Gloria M. Estefan, Emilio Estefan, Jr., A. Gaitan, R. Gaitan, Tony Mardini, Tom McWilliams	3:09
14.	"Famous"	Gloria M. Estefan	3:20
15.	"Te Amaré" (Spanish Version)	Gloria M. Estefan, Emilio Estefan Jr., Sebastian Krys, Tony Mardini, Tom McWilliams	3:03
16.	"Tu Fotografía" (Your Picture – Spanish Version)	Emilio Estefan, Jr., Gian Marco	3:48
17.	"Hoy" (Wrapped – Spanish Version)	Gian Marco	3:27
18.	"Mientras Tanto" (In The Meantime – Spanish Version)	Gian Marco	3:38

Bonus DVD
No.	Title	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Famous: The Documentary"	Nayib Estefan

Spain & Latin American CD, Limited Edition CD+DVD & Cassette Release
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Tu Fotografía" (Your Picture – Spanish Version)	Emilio Estefan, Jr., Gian Marco	3:48
2.	"Te Amaré" (Spanish Version)	Gloria M. Estefan, Emilio Estefan Jr., Sebastian Krys, Tony Mardini, Tom McWilliams	3:03
3.	"Mientras Tanto" (In The Meantime – Spanish Version)	Gian Marco	3:38
4.	"Hoy" (Wrapped – Spanish Version)	Gian Marco	3:27
5.	"Time Waits"	Gloria M. Estefan, John Falcone, Sebastian Krys	4:25
6.	"A Little Push"	Gloria M. Estefan, John Falcone, Sebastian Krys, Jon Secada	3:56
7.	"Dangerous Game"	Gloria M. Estefan, John Falcone, Sebastian Krys, Jon Secada	3:17
8.	"Into You" (Duet with Stevie Wonder)	Gloria M. Estefan, C. De Yarza, Maceo Morris	3:20
9.	"One Name" (Duet with Chrissie Hynde)	Gloria M. Estefan, Archie Peña	3:04
10.	"I Will Always Need Your Love"	Gloria M. Estefan, Emilio Estefan, Jr., A. Gaitan, R. Gaitan, Tony Mardini	3:05
11.	"Say Goodbye"	Gloria M. Estefan, John Falcone, Sebastian Krys, Jon Secada	3:53
12.	"I Wish You"	Gloria M. Estefan, John Falcone, Sebastian Krys	3:52
13.	"You"	Gloria M. Estefan, Emilio Estefan, Jr., A. Gaitan, R. Gaitan, Tony Mardini, Tom McWilliams	3:09
14.	"Famous"	Gloria M. Estefan	3:20
15.	"Te Amaré"	Gloria M. Estefan, Emilio Estefan Jr., Sebastian Krys, Tony Mardini, Tom McWilliams	3:02
16.	"Your Picture"	Gloria M. Estefan, Gian Marco	3:50
17.	"Wrapped"	Gloria M. Estefan, Gian Marco	3:27
18.	"In The Meantime"	Gloria M. Estefan, Gian Marco	3:36

Bonus DVD
No.	Title	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Famous: The Documentary"	Nayib Estefan

Personnel

Adapted from AllMusic.[5]

Pedro Alfonso - violin
Meredith Mora Arriaga - accordion
Christopher Austopchuk - design direction
Eric Barnard - hair stylist
Tim Barnes - viola
Kurt Berge - technical support
Carlos "El Bola" Betancourt - cover art
Edwin Bonilla - drums, percussion
Susanne Cerha - art direction, design
Vadim Chislov - assistant engineer
Michael C. Collins - assistant engineer
Mike Couzzi - engineer
Kevin Dillon - project coordinator
Luis Enrique - drums, guest artist, percussion
Emilio Estefan, Jr. - producer
Gloria Estefan - primary artist, producer
John Falcone - arranger, bass, string arrangements
Jorge Felix - assistant engineer
Trevor Fletcher - studio manager
Richard Flieschman - viola
Orlando J. Forte - violin
Julie Gardner - engineer
Chris Glansdorp - cello
Arthur Hanlon - piano
Ross Harbaugh - cello
Kent Hertz - assistant engineer
Chrissie Hynde - guest artist, vocals
Claudio Jaffe - cello
Sidney Jamila - make-Up
Femi Jiya - engineer
Steve Jones - digital editing
Manu Katché - drums
Sebastián Krys - arranger, cavaquinho, charango, cuatro, engineer, lakota flute, mixing, producer, programming, quena, string arrangements, zampona
Leyla Leeming - project coordinator
Bob Ludwig - mastering
Mei Mei Luo - violin
Patrick Magee - assistant engineer
José Juan Maldonado - project coordinator
Tony Mardini - arranger
Tom McWilliams - arranger, drums
Steve Menezes - studio manager
Susan Moyer - cello
Scott ODonnell - viola
Alfredo Oliva - concert master, violin
Laszio Pap - violin
Ruben Parra - studio manager
Luis Pastor - bass
Andy Pechenik - technical support
Billie Pechenik - project coordinator
Archie Pena - arranger, drums, percussion
Marco Peña - hair stylist
Daniel Ponce - assistant engineer
Juan Rosario - assistant engineer
Juan Antonio Salazar - conductor, orchestration, string arrangements
Eric Schilling - engineer
Jon Secada - guest artist, background vocals
Rafael Solano - drums, percussion
Simon Soong - technical support
Debra Spring - viola
Ron Taylor - engineer, fender rhodes, mellotron, organ (hammond), piano, wurlitzer
Ken Theis - assistant engineer, mixing assistant
Alberto Tolot - cover portrait
Peter Vargo - assistant
Jose "Pepe" Velazquez - drums, drum technician
Mario Vergel - stylist, typography
Dan Warner - guitar, mandolin, tres
Ryan Wolff - assistant engineer
Stevie Wonder - guest artist, harmonica, vocal ad-Libs

Singles

#	Title	Date
1.	"Wrapped/Hoy"	August 2003
2.	"I Wish You"	February 2004 (Europe) March 2004 (U.S.)
3.	"Te Amaré"	February 2004 (Spain)
4.	"Tu Fotografía"	April 2004 (U.S., Argentina)

Chart positions

Weekly Charts

Chart (2003)	Peak position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[6]	44
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[7]	45
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[8]	27
French Albums (SNEP)[9]	126
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[10]	26
Italian Albums (FIMI)[11]	11
Spanish Albums (Promusicae)[12]	4
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[13]	2
UK Albums (OCC)[14]	76
US Billboard 200[15]	39

Year-end Charts

Chart (2003)	Position
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[16]	6
Chart (2004)	Position
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[17]	67

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[18]	Gold	50,000^{^}
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[19]	Platinum	40,000^{^}
United States	—	162,000[20]
^{^}shipments figures based on certification alone

Awards

Year	Award Show	Award
2004	Billboard Latin Music Awards	Top Latin Pop Airplay Track-Female of the Year, "Hoy"
2005	Billboard Latin Music Awards	Top Latin Tropical Track of the Year, "Tu Fotografía"

Release history

Country	Release date
Worldwide	September 22, 2003 (2003-09-22)
Canada	September 23, 2003 (2003-09-23)
U.S.	September 23, 2003 (2003-09-23)
Australia	October 6, 2003 (2003-10-06)
Japan	October 8, 2003 (2003-10-08)

References

Unwrapped at AllMusic
Michael (2003-09-24). "Unwrapped". TheCelebrityCafe.com. Retrieved 2012-03-13.
"Unwrapped by Gloria Estefan on MSN Music". Music.msn.com. 2003-09-23. Archived from the original on 2007-12-28. Retrieved 2012-03-13.
https://www.discogs.com/Gloria-Estefan-Sell-Thru-PPV-Bonus-CD/release/2279048
"Unwrapped - Gloria Estefan | Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
"Ultratop.be – Gloria Estefan – Unwrapped" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved September 3, 2016.
"Ultratop.be – Gloria Estefan – Unwrapped" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved September 3, 2016.
"Dutchcharts.nl – Gloria Estefan – Unwrapped" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved September 3, 2016.
"Lescharts.com – Gloria Estefan – Unwrapped". Hung Medien. Retrieved September 3, 2016.
"Offiziellecharts.de – Gloria Estefan – Unwrapped" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved September 3, 2016.
"Italiancharts.com – Gloria Estefan – Unwrapped". Hung Medien. Retrieved September 3, 2016.
Fernando Salaverri (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (1st ed.). Spain: Fundación Autor-SGAE. ISBN 84-8048-639-2.
"Swisscharts.com – Gloria Estefan – Unwrapped". Hung Medien. Retrieved September 3, 2016.
"Gloria Estefan | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart. Retrieved March 8, 2016.
"Gloria Estefan Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved March 8, 2016.
"Schweizer Jahreshitparade 2003". hitparade.ch. Retrieved July 25, 2020.
"Schweizer Jahreshitparade 2004". hitparade.ch. Retrieved July 25, 2020.
"Spanish album certifications" (in Spanish). Productores de Música de España. Retrieved October 5, 2019. Select Albums under "Chart", enter 2004 in the field "Year". Select 1 in the field "Semana". Click on "Search Charts".
"The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community: Awards (Gloria Estefan; 'Unwrapped')". IFPI Switzerland. Hung Medien.
Caulfield, Keith. "Ask Billboard". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Archived from the original on September 19, 2014. Retrieved September 12, 2016.

External links

Gloria Estefan discography database at the Wayback Machine (archived October 27, 2009)

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[1] Unwrapped at AllMusic

[2] Michael (2003-09-24). "Unwrapped". TheCelebrityCafe.com. Retrieved 2012-03-13.

[3] "Unwrapped by Gloria Estefan on MSN Music". Music.msn.com. 2003-09-23. Archived from the original on 2007-12-28. Retrieved 2012-03-13.

[4] ttps://www.discogs.com/Gloria-Estefan-Sell-Thru-PPV-Bonus-CD/release/2279048

[5] "Unwrapped - Gloria Estefan | Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 2 December 2016.

[ac_Flanders_Gloria_Estefan-6] "Ultratop.be – Gloria Estefan – Unwrapped" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved September 3, 2016.

[ac_Wallonia_Gloria_Estefan-7] "Ultratop.be – Gloria Estefan – Unwrapped" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved September 3, 2016.

[ac_Netherlands_Gloria_Estefan-8] "Dutchcharts.nl – Gloria Estefan – Unwrapped" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved September 3, 2016.

[ac_France_Gloria_Estefan-9] "Lescharts.com – Gloria Estefan – Unwrapped". Hung Medien. Retrieved September 3, 2016.

[ac_Germany4_Gloria_Estefan-10] "Offiziellecharts.de – Gloria Estefan – Unwrapped" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved September 3, 2016.

[ac_Italy_Gloria_Estefan-11] "Italiancharts.com – Gloria Estefan – Unwrapped". Hung Medien. Retrieved September 3, 2016.

[12] Fernando Salaverri (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (1st ed.). Spain: Fundación Autor-SGAE. ISBN 84-8048-639-2.

[ac_Switzerland_Gloria_Estefan-13] "Swisscharts.com – Gloria Estefan – Unwrapped". Hung Medien. Retrieved September 3, 2016.

[ac_UK_Gloria_Estefan-14] "Gloria Estefan | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart. Retrieved March 8, 2016.

[ac_Billboard200_Gloria_Estefan-15] "Gloria Estefan Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved March 8, 2016.

[16] "Schweizer Jahreshitparade 2003". hitparade.ch. Retrieved July 25, 2020.

[17] "Schweizer Jahreshitparade 2004". hitparade.ch. Retrieved July 25, 2020.

[SpainGloria_EstefanUnwrappedalbumCertRef-18] "Spanish album certifications" (in Spanish). Productores de Música de España. Retrieved October 5, 2019. Select Albums under "Chart", enter 2004 in the field "Year". Select 1 in the field "Semana". Click on "Search Charts".

[SwitzerlandGloria_EstefanUnwrappedalbumCertRef-19] "The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community: Awards (Gloria Estefan; 'Unwrapped')". IFPI Switzerland. Hung Medien.

[20] Caulfield, Keith. "Ask Billboard". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Archived from the original on September 19, 2014. Retrieved September 12, 2016.

Gloria Estefan singles
1980s	"Dr. Beat" "Prisoner of Love" "I Need a Man" "Conga" "Bad Boy" "Words Get in the Way" "Falling in Love (Uh-Oh)" "Rhythm Is Gonna Get You" "Betcha Say That" "Can't Stay Away from You" "Anything for You" "1-2-3" "Don't Wanna Lose You" "Get on Your Feet" "Here We Are"
1990s	"Oye Mi Canto (Hear My Voice)" "Cuts Both Ways" "Renacer" "Coming Out of the Dark" "Seal Our Fate" "Remember Me with Love" "Can't Forget You" "Live for Loving You" "Always Tomorrow" "Megamix" "I See Your Smile" "Hasta Amarte" "Go Away" "Mi Tierra" "Con Los Años Que Me Quedan" "Tradición" "Montuno "¡Sí Señor!..." "Mi Buen Amor" "Ayer" "Turn the Beat Around" "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me" "Everlasting Love" "It's Too Late" "Cherchez La Femme" "Abriendo Puertas" "Más Allá" "Tres Deseos" "Dulce Amor" "La Parranda" "Reach" "You'll Be Mine (Party Time)" "I'm Not Giving You Up" "Higher" "Show Me the Way Back to Your Heart" "No Pretendo" "Heaven's What I Feel/Corazón Prohibido" "En El Jardín" "Oye!" "Cuba Libre" "Don't Let This Moment End" "Santo Santo" "Music of My Heart"
2000–2010s	"No Me Dejes de Querer" "Como Me Duele Perderte" "Tres Gotas De Agua Bendita" "Por Un Beso" "You Can't Walk Away from Love" "Out of Nowhere" "Y-Tu-Conga" "Wrapped/Hoy" "I Wish You" "Te Amaré" "Tu Fotografía" "Doctor Pressure" "No Llores" "Me Odio" "Píntame De Colores" "Wepa" "Hotel Nacional" "Cuando Hay Amor"
Other	"What More Can I Give "Somos El Mundo" "Almost Like Praying"
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