Dafne (Dafne album)

***Dafne*** is the debut album by Venezuelan singer-songwriter Dafne. Its was released on April 8, 2014 through Zig Zag Discos and Universal Music Group. The album recording sessons began recording in mid-May 2013, shortly after Dafne signed a recoding contract with Zig Zag Discos, a subsidiary label of Universal Music Group in Venezuela. Writing all songs included on the album, Dafne worked alongside producers such as Isaac Nosti, who served as the album's executive producer, Amanda Cobo, Miguel "El Migue" Capel, Frederico Delavega and duo Niwa. Focused on Latin pop, musically the album also brings influences from dance-pop, rock, indie-pop, and new wave occasionally.

The album debut at number one in Argentina, Brazil, Colombian, Ecuador, Spain, and Venezuelan, where its break the record sales for selling 378,000 in nine days of its release, and later Asociación Venezolana de Intérpretes y Productores de Fonogramas (AVINPRO) certified twenty times Diamond by for sales of one million copies, becoming the third best-selling album in Venezuela. In United Stated, the album debuted at number twelve on the US *Billboard* 200, highest position for a Spanish-language debut album in the chart, and topped the Top Latin Albums for a total of non-consecutive eighteen weeks, becoming one best-selling Latin albums in the United States, with more than one million album-equivalent units in the country, certified seventeen times platinum by  Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). After being released worldwide, the album was also a huge success in several countries, being certified gold in Belgium and Switzerland, platinum in Paraguay, Peru, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Switzerland, Diamond in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, and Mexico. To date, the album sold over 7 million copies worlwide.

At 15th Annual Latin Grammy Awards, the album was nominated for Album of the Year, Best Contemporary Pop Vocal Album, while Dafne was nominated for Best New Artist and became youngest Best Singer-Songwriter Album winner, and at the 57th Annual Grammy Awards for Best Latin Pop Album. Due to its cultural impact, the album was incluided in several ranking, including  *Rolling Stone'*s list of the 100 Best Debuts Albums of All Time at number fifteen, and number three hundred at 500 Greatest Albums of All Time in 2019, and according to *Billboard* Latin in 2023, *Dafne* was the best-selling debut album by a Venezuelan solo artist in the history of the music industry.

The lead single from the album, "Palabras Cruzadas" first debut at select Venezuelan radio station on November 5, 2014, and become a massive hit on Latin American radio in early January 2015, later the song debuted at number forty on the US Top Latin Albums on February 22, 2014, and after two weeks, the song reached the top, where it remained for eleven non-consecutive weeks, and peaking at number ninety-eight at US *Billboard* Hot 100, receiving Record of the Year, Song of the Year nomination at 15th Annual Latin Grammy Awards. The album's second single, "Tipico" become Dafne first top forty U.S *Billboard* Hot 100 entry, peaking at number thirty-eight, follow-up singles "Llamada Perdida", and "Olvídate", also had commercial successes worldwide, entering the top ten on several music charts. On October 28, 2014, the deluxe edition of the album was released with new six tracks, incluiding the massive hits singles "Ya Quisieras Tú", and "Corazón de Papel", Dafne promoted the album by performing in various television show, state fairs, festivals, and her debut concert tour, Dafne en Concierto between 2014 and 2015.

## Track listing

***Dafne*** – Stardand edition

1. "Llamada Perdida" – 3:28
2. "Invisible" – 3:17
3. "Palabras Cruzadas" – 3:42
4. "No Me Prometas" – 3:21
5. "Olvídate" – 3:05
6. "1001 Noches" – 3:52
7. "Gravedad" – 4:17
8. "Lejos" – 3:27
9. "Si Fueran Tan Fácil" – 3:34
10. "Al Revés" – 3:21
11. "Entre Tantas Mentiras" – 3:56
12. "Típico" – 3:56

***Dafne*** – U.S Platinum edition (bonus tracks)

1. "Por Que?" – 3:29
2. "Como Antes" – 3:46

***Dafne*** – Deluxe internacional edition (bonus tracks)

1. "Corazón de Papel" – 3:19
2. "Peor Error" – 3:25
3. "Ya Quisiera Tú" – 4:02

## Singles

Singles from ***Dafne***

 2. "Típico"
 3. "Llamada Perdida"
 4. "Olvídate"
 5. "Ya Quisieras Tú"
 6. "Corazón de Papel"
Released: December 9, 2014