Animal (María Becerra album)
Animal is the debut studio album by Argentine singer María Becerra. It was released on 26 August 2021 by 300 Entertainment. The album features collaborations from Cazzu, Tiago PZK, Becky G, and Danny Ocean. The album is the continuation of María Becerra's second extended play (EP) "Animal, Pt. 1", released in February of the same year, and includes the four songs from the EP and seven new ones. Background. In September 2020, Becerra confirmed that she had started working on her first studio album, in which collaborations with Argentine artists are coming. On 25 February  2021, Becerra released "Animal, Pt. 1", the extended play preview of what would be her first studio album. It was preceded by two singles between January and February: "Animal" with Argentine singer Cazzu and "Acaramelao"; completing the tracklist with "A Solas" and "Cerquita de Ti". Release and cover. The cover shows Becerra's hands holding her logo that has the shape of a heart where, metaphorically, the artist delivers her own transparent heart, between strong and fragile but that shines for all her audience. Singles. After the singles "Animal" and "Acaramelao" were released, the third single to be released was  Cazame along with Argentine singer and rapper Tiago PZK. The music video for the single was filmed on Isla Martín García and directed by Julián Levy, in which Becerra can be seen as an Amazon who meets Tiago after he crashes his plane in the jungle. It reached number 6 on the "Billboard" Argentina Hot 100 chart. It also reached the 13 position on Monitor Latino in Uruguay. "Mi Debilidad" was released as the second single from the album on July 29, 2021. After the announcement of the song, the singer shared through her Instagram account: The song reached number  6 on the "Billboard" Argentina Hot 100 chart. The third single, released at the same time as the album's release, is titled "Wow Wow" with American singer Becky G. "Billboard" called the music track "a hitting reggaeton that has female empowerment anthem potential". Reception. Review. After four days of its premiere, "Billboard Argentina" selected "Animal" as the album of the week. In a positive review, Gabriel Hernando of the newspaper La Nación wrote: "even without too many innovations and preserving both the particular signs and the typical clichés of the urban genre, "Animal" also appears as a varied, eclectic  album". Commercial performance. After its release, 9 of the 11 songs on the album entered Spotify Argentina. In total, it accumulated 1.2 million streams in Argentina and more than 2.7 million streams globally. The album also debuted at number five on Spotify's "Top 10 Global Album Debuts" chart. In Spain, the album entered at number 49 on the PROMUSICAE chart on 7 September 2021. Tour. In July 2021 the singer announced "Animal Tour" with three initial shows, scheduled for October 22, 23 and 24, at the Rivadavia Theater in Buenos Aires, which sold out in less than an hour ; reason why it announced new presentations, exhausting twenty-two dates. In an interview José Levy, representative of the singer, assured more than 10 functions in Córdoba, Mendoza and other provinces of the country, and soon abroad. Track listing. All tracks are produced by Big One, and written by María Becerra, except where noted. Personnel. Credits adapted from Genius.