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!.
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.
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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 UnwrappedStudio album by Gloria EstefanReleasedSeptember 2003 2003 09 StudioCrescent Moon Studios MiamiGenrePopLength60 32LabelEpicProducerGloria EstefanEmilio EstefanSebastian KrysGloria Estefan chronologyGreatest Hits Vol II 2001 Unwrapped 2003 Amor y Suerte Exitos Romanticos 2004 Singles from Unwrapped Wrapped Hoy Released August 2003 I Wish You Released February 2004 Europe March 2004 U S Te Amare Released February 2004 Spain Tu Fotografia Released February 2004 U S Argentina Professional ratingsReview scoresSourceRatingAllmusic 1 Celebrity Cafe 2 MSN Music 3 Contents 1 Content 2 Promotion 3 Track listing 4 Personnel 5 Singles 6 Chart positions 6 1 Weekly Charts 6 2 Year end Charts 7 Certifications and sales 8 Awards 9 Release history 10 References 11 External linksContent EditThe 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 EditTo promote the album Estefan launched the American tour Live amp Re Wrapped Tour which was made after her Live amp 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 amp Unwrapped DVD during Pay Per View broadcasts and purchases of the DVD at shows during the Live amp Re Wrapped Tour 4 Track listing EditWorldwide CD Limited Edition CD DVD amp Cassette ReleaseNo TitleWriter s Length1 A Little Push Gloria M Estefan John Falcone Sebastian Krys Jon Secada3 562 Te Amare Gloria M Estefan Emilio Estefan Jr Sebastian Krys Tony Mardini Tom McWilliams3 023 Your Picture Gloria M Estefan Gian Marco3 504 Wrapped Gloria M Estefan Gian Marco3 275 Time Waits Gloria M Estefan John Falcone Sebastian Krys4 256 In The Meantime Gloria M Estefan Gian Marco3 367 Dangerous Game Gloria M Estefan John Falcone Sebastian Krys Jon Secada3 178 Into You Duet with Stevie Wonder Gloria M Estefan C De Yarza Maceo Morris3 209 One Name Duet with Chrissie Hynde Gloria M Estefan Archie Pena3 0410 I Will Always Need Your Love Gloria M Estefan Emilio Estefan Jr A Gaitan R Gaitan Tony Mardini3 0511 Say Goodbye Gloria M Estefan John Falcone Sebastian Krys Jon Secada3 5312 I Wish You Gloria M Estefan John Falcone Sebastian Krys3 5213 You Gloria M Estefan Emilio Estefan Jr A Gaitan R Gaitan Tony Mardini Tom McWilliams3 0914 Famous Gloria M Estefan3 2015 Te Amare Spanish Version Gloria M Estefan Emilio Estefan Jr Sebastian Krys Tony Mardini Tom McWilliams3 0316 Tu Fotografia Your Picture Spanish Version Emilio Estefan Jr Gian Marco3 4817 Hoy Wrapped Spanish Version Gian Marco3 2718 Mientras Tanto In The Meantime Spanish Version Gian Marco3 38 Bonus DVDNo TitleProducer s Length1 Famous The Documentary Nayib Estefan Spain amp Latin American CD Limited Edition CD DVD amp Cassette ReleaseNo TitleWriter s Length1 Tu Fotografia Your Picture Spanish Version Emilio Estefan Jr Gian Marco3 482 Te Amare Spanish Version Gloria M Estefan Emilio Estefan Jr Sebastian Krys Tony Mardini Tom McWilliams3 033 Mientras Tanto In The Meantime Spanish Version Gian Marco3 384 Hoy Wrapped Spanish Version Gian Marco3 275 Time Waits Gloria M Estefan John Falcone Sebastian Krys4 256 A Little Push Gloria M Estefan John Falcone Sebastian Krys Jon Secada3 567 Dangerous Game Gloria M Estefan John Falcone Sebastian Krys Jon Secada3 178 Into You Duet with Stevie Wonder Gloria M Estefan C De Yarza Maceo Morris3 209 One Name Duet with Chrissie Hynde Gloria M Estefan Archie Pena3 0410 I Will Always Need Your Love Gloria M Estefan Emilio Estefan Jr A Gaitan R Gaitan Tony Mardini3 0511 Say Goodbye Gloria M Estefan John Falcone Sebastian Krys Jon Secada3 5312 I Wish You Gloria M Estefan John Falcone Sebastian Krys3 5213 You Gloria M Estefan Emilio Estefan Jr A Gaitan R Gaitan Tony Mardini Tom McWilliams3 0914 Famous Gloria M Estefan3 2015 Te Amare Gloria M Estefan Emilio Estefan Jr Sebastian Krys Tony Mardini Tom McWilliams3 0216 Your Picture Gloria M Estefan Gian Marco3 5017 Wrapped Gloria M Estefan Gian Marco3 2718 In The Meantime Gloria M Estefan Gian Marco3 36 Bonus DVDNo TitleProducer s Length1 Famous The Documentary Nayib Estefan Personnel EditAdapted 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 Katche drums Sebastian 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 Jose 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 Pena 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 LibsSingles Edit Title Date1 Wrapped Hoy August 20032 I Wish You February 2004 Europe March 2004 U S 3 Te Amare February 2004 Spain 4 Tu Fotografia April 2004 U S Argentina Chart positions EditWeekly Charts Edit Chart 2003 Peak positionBelgian Albums Ultratop Flanders 6 44Belgian Albums Ultratop Wallonia 7 45Dutch Albums Album Top 100 8 27French Albums SNEP 9 126German Albums Offizielle Top 100 10 26Italian Albums FIMI 11 11Spanish Albums Promusicae 12 4Swiss Albums Schweizer Hitparade 13 2UK Albums OCC 14 76US Billboard 200 15 39 Year end Charts Edit Chart 2003 PositionSwiss Albums Schweizer Hitparade 16 6Chart 2004 PositionSwiss Albums Schweizer Hitparade 17 67Certifications and sales EditRegion Certification Certified units salesSpain PROMUSICAE 19 Gold 80 000 18 Switzerland IFPI Switzerland 20 Platinum 40 000 United States 162 000 21 Shipments figures based on certification alone Awards EditYear Award Show Award2004 Billboard Latin Music Awards Top Latin Pop Airplay Track Female of the Year Hoy 2005 Top Latin Tropical Track of the Year Tu Fotografia Release history EditCountry Release dateWorldwide September 22 2003 2003 09 22 Canada September 23 2003 2003 09 23 U S Australia October 6 2003 2003 10 06 Japan October 8 2003 2003 10 08 References Edit 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 Gloria Estefan Sell Thru PPV Bonus CD 2004 Cardboard Sleeve CD Discogs 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 Solo exitos ano a ano 1959 2002 1st ed Spain Fundacion 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 La cantante Gloria Estefan se retira con un disco de sus grandes exitos El Mundo October 29 2004 Archived from the original on November 2 2004 Spanish album certifications in Spanish Productores de Musica de Espana Retrieved October 5 2019 Select Albumes under Categoria select2004under Ano Select1under Semana Click on BUSCAR LISTA 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 EditGloria Estefan discography database at the Wayback Machine 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