# Latina (album)

Latina is the fifteenth studio album by Mexican recording artist Thalía, released on May 6, 2016, by Sony Music Latin. The album consists of 13 tracks, including collaborations with Maluma, Silvestre Dangond, De La Ghetto, OMI, Jacob Forever and Chiky Bom Bom "La Pantera". Latina is Thalia's follow-up album to 2014's Amore Mio. The album was praised by music critics' and well received commercially receiving Platinum certifications in both Mexico and United States.

## Background and production

Latina represents Thalía's return eighteen months after the release of her previous album, Amore Mio. It is the first time that Thalía has worked with producer Sergio George and the sixth that has worked with Cory Rooney that produced Arrasando (2000), Thalía (2002), Thalía (2003), Thalía's Hits Remixed (2003) and El Sexto Sentido (2005). Pre-production on the album started in August 2015, five months after the launch of her Macy's clothing collection, which would be launched in January 2016. The recording sessions started around November 2015 and post-production in January 2016, ending on February 17, 2016. On February 27, almost a month after the release of the first single "Desde Esa Noche" and ten days after the end of the recordings, Thalía posted the album's cover and its name.

## Singles

The lead single “Desde Esa Noche” featuring Maluma was released on January 29, 2016, meeting huge success and landing at the #4 spot on the Latin Pop chart, published by Billboard, while it also became a smash hit all over Latin America and Spain. The music video of "Desde Esa Noche" premiered on Thalia's VEVO account on March 18.
The second single of the album, 'Vuélveme a Querer' was released on April 29, 2016. The song had airplay success throughout Latin America and was certified Gold in Mexico.
On December 2, 2016 "Todavía Te Quiero" was released as the third and final single of the album.
Despite not being released as an official or promotional single, the song "De Ti" featuring Silvestre Dangond peaked at number 17 in the Latin pop charts in Ecuador and was the 70th most played song of 2016 on pop radios in Venezuela.

## Commercial performance

The album sold 3,000 in United States in its first week of release, peaking the top-spot and earning Thalía's fourth No. 1 on Top Latin Albums chart. In 2021, the album came in second place as the Best Latin Album by a Female Artist in a fan poll by Billboard.

## Critical response

Professional ratings :
| Review scores ||
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | |
| Rhapsody | (positive) |
Upon its release, Latina has received mostly positive reviews from the majority of music critics, who praised her artistic confidence and vocal performance, as well as the overall production of the album. All music gave the album 4 out 5 stars. Latina was nominated for a Lo Nuestro Award for Pop Album of the Year.

## Track listing

* Produced by Sergio George
* Co-produced by Armando Avila
* Executive producers: Thalia, Tommy Mottola
* Associate producer to Sergio George: Fernando Rojo

## Personnel

Credits in alphabetical order.
* Maria Adelaida Agudelo - Composer
* Homero Aguilar - Composer
* Jose Aguirre - Arranger, Musical Direction, Trumpet, Trumpet (Bass)
* Jair Alcalá - Accordion, Engineer
* Chris Allgood - Assistant
* Carlos Alvarez - Mixing
* Juan Mario "Mayito" Aracil - Drums, Engineer, Mixing
* Pablo Arraya - Engineer
* Armando Ávila - Arranger, Drums, Engineer, Guitar, Guitar (Electric), Hammond B3, Keyboards, Mixing, Musical Direction, Piano, Producer, Programming, Vocals (Background)
* Emilio Ávila - Production Coordination
* Edgar Barrera - Composer, Engineer, Guitar
* Richard Bravo - Engineer, Percussion
* Alvaro Cabarcas - Piano
* Diego Camacho - Bongos, Percussion, Timbales
* Bobby Capó - Composer
* Eri Carranco - Vocals (Background)
* Lissette Eduardo Cleto - Composer
* Tom Coyne - Mastering
* Lucas Dangond - Accordion
* Silvestre Dangond - Featured Artist
* Juan David - Engineer
* Nicolás Ladrón De Guevara - Engineer
* Marcela de la Garza - Composer
* De la Ghetto - Featured Artist
* Issac Delgado - Composer
* Mitchell Delgado - Composer
* Doug Emery - Engineer, Keyboards
* Eric Erickson - Engineer
* Alejandro Fernández - Composer
* Francesc Freixes - Artwork
* Giuseppe Gallo - Guitar, Requinto
* Carlos Galvez - Piano
* Sergio George - Arranger, Associate Producer, Bass, Composer, Keyboards, Musical Direction, Piano, Producer, String Arrangements
* Antonio Rayo Gibo - Composer
* Gianko Gomez - Vocals (Background)
* Víctor González - Piano
* Chris Grayson - Composer, Producer, Keyboards
* Adelmo Granados - Accordion
* Carlos Guerrero - Percussion
* Manuel Guillermo - Engineer
* Hristodoulos Siganos - Composer
* Jacob Forever - Featured Artist
* Amerika Jimenez - Composer
* Emily Lazar - Mastering
* Lee Levin - Drums, Engineer
* Beatriz Cesar Llanes - Vocals (Background)
* Mills Logan - Engineer
* Juan Luis Londoño - Composer
* Edwin Lozano - Engineer
* Maluma - Featured Artist
* Elkin Medina - Bass
* Juan Daniel Melgarejo - Congas, Percussion
* Filip Miletić - Composer
* Joey Montana - Composer
* Tommy Mottola - Composer, Executive Producer
* Javier Mugno - Engineer
* Khateeb M. Muhammad - Composer, Producer, Drum Programming
* Adriana Munoz - Production Assistant
* Junichi Murakawa - Engineer
* Harlinson Murillo - Clarinet, Saxophone
* Josh Murty - Engineer
* Sebastián Obando - Composer
* Alfredo Oliva - Contractor
* Omi - Featured Artist
* Luis Ortega - Arranger, Engineer, Keyboards, Musical Direction, Programming
* Guacharaca Reynaldo Ortiz - Accordion
* Chiky Bom Bom "La Pantera" - Composer, Featured Artist
* Konstantinos Pantzis - Composer
* William Paredes - Trombone
* Gerardo Pérez - Trumpet
* Marc Quiñones - Congas, Percussion
* Mauricio Rengifo - Arranger, Composer, Engineer, Musical Direction, Producer, Programming
* Abelardo Rivera - Engineer
* Rubén Rodríguez - Bass
* Miloš Roganović - Composer
* Fernando Rojo - Associate Producer, Production Coordination
* Matt Rollings - Hammond B3, Piano
* Cory Rooney - Composer, Drums, Producer
* Jhoanna Rosero - Engineer
* Caliche Sabogal - Percussion
* Juan Salazar - Conductor, String Arrangements, Accordion
* Garcia Salcedo - Engineer
* Luis Sandoval - Bass
* Gustavo Serna - Guitar
* Thalía - Primary artist, Composer, Photography, Executive Producer, Vocals (Background)
* Richard Stella - Trombone
* Michael Thompson - Engineer, Guitar
* Andres Torres - Arranger, Drums, Engineer, Musical Direction, Producer
* Sharo Torres - Arranger, Keyboard Programming, Keyboards, Musical Direction, Rhythm Programming
* Pablo Uribe - Arranger, Composer, Guitar
* Guillermo Vadala - Bass
* Julia Valdés - Bass
* Valentino - Composer
* Dan Warner - Arranger, Engineer, Guitar, Keyboards, Musical Direction

## Certifications and sales

| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
| Mexico (AMPROFON) | Platinum | 60,000$^‡$ |
| United States (RIAA) | Platinum (Latin) | 60,000$^‡$ |
| $^‡$ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. |||

## Release history

| Country | Date | Format(s) |
| Worldwide | May 6, 2016 | Digital download |
| Mexico | May 5, 2016 | Compact disc |
| United States | May 6, 2016 | Compact disc |
| Spain | May 6, 2016 | Compact disc |
| Argentina | May 9, 2016 | Compact disc |
| Turkey | May 12, 2016 | Compact disc |
| Greece | May 16, 2016 | Compact disc |
| Chile | May 18, 2016 | Compact disc |
| Brazil | May 20, 2016 | Compact disc |
| Taiwan | May 21, 2016 | Compact disc |