# Into the Light (Gloria Estefan album)

Professional ratings :
| Review scores ||
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | |
| Entertainment Weekly | C+ |
| Los Angeles Times | |
| Melody Maker | (favorable) |
| NME | 7/10 |
| Orlando Sentinel | |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | |
| The Windsor Star | C |
Into the Light is the second studio solo album released by American singer Gloria Estefan, but is her 14th overall, released on January 22, 1991, by Epic Records. The album reached number five on the US Billboard 200, becoming her highest peaking album on the chart. Into the Light has sold over 2 million copies in United States.
The album includes the Billboard Hot 100 number one single "Coming Out of the Dark". Follow-up single "Can't Forget You" peaked at number 2 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart.

## Background

Into the Light followed her successful 1989 album Cuts Both Ways, and the near-tragic accident Estefan experienced during the "Get on Your Feet Tour". The theme of the title track was bouncing back from the darkness of disaster. The album received commercial success, and has sold 1.8 million copies in United States according to Nielsen Soundscan.

## Personnel

* Gloria Estefan – vocal, background vocals
* Jon Secada, Betty Wright, Jeannete Wright, Carl Ramsey, Anita Faye Green, Rod Wilson, Clovette Hilton, Namphuyo Aisha McCray – background vocals
* Angelo Morris – piano
* Clay Ostwald – piano, keyboards
* Brian Monroney, John De Faria, Scott Shapiro – guitar
* Jorge Casas – bass guitar
* Robert Rodriguez, Tom McWilliams – drums
* Randy Barlow, Arturo Sandoval – trumpet
* Teddy Mulet – trombone
* Mike Scaglione – alto saxophone
* Emilio Estefan Jr. – congas
* Rafael Padilla – percussion, shaker
* Juan Marquez – twelve-string guitar

### Production

* Emilio Estefan Jr. – producer, arranger
* Jorge Casas – producer, arranger
* Clay Ostwald – producer, arranger
* Gloria Estefan – arranger
* John Haag – arranger
* Tom McWilliams – arranger
* Scott Shapiro – arranger
* Jon Secada – arranger
* Phil Ramone – arranger, additional mixing
* Keith Cohen – arranger, additional mixing
* Guy Roche – arranger
* Randy Barlow – arranger
* Patrice Levinsohn – engineer
* Eric Schilling – engineer, mixing
* Doug Grover – assistant engineer
* Charles Dye – assistant engineer
* Pablo Flores – additional mixing
* Mike Couzzi – additional mixing
* Keith Cohen – additional mixing
* Bob Ludwig – mastering at Masterdisk at New York.

### Design

* Nancy Donald – art direction
* Mary Maurer – art direction
* Alberto Tolot – photography
* Eric Bernard – hair and makeup

## Certifications

| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
| Australia (ARIA) | 2× Platinum | 140,000$^^$ |
| Canada (Music Canada) | Platinum | 100,000$^^$ |
| Japan (RIAJ) | Gold | 100,000$^^$ |
| Netherlands (NVPI) | Platinum | 100,000$^^$ |
| Spain (PROMUSICAE) | Gold | 50,000$^^$ |
| United Kingdom (BPI) | Platinum | 300,000$^^$ |
| United States (RIAA) | 2× Platinum | 2,000,000$^^$ |
| $^^$ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |||

## Release history

| Country | Release date |
| United States | January 22, 1991 (1991-1-22) |
| Canada | January 28, 1991 (1991-1-28) |
| Latin America | January 28, 1991 (1991-1-28) |
| Australia | January 29, 1991 (1991-1-29) |
| Japan | January 25, 1991 (1991-1-25) |
| Europe and United Kingdom | February 4, 1991 (1991-2-4) |