Encantadora (song)

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ReleasedOctober 2, 2015
Length4:00
"Encantadora"
Single by Yandel
from the album Dangerous
ReleasedOctober 2, 2015
Genre
Length4:00
LabelSony Latin
Songwriters
ProducerHaze
Yandel singles chronology
"Calentura"
(2015)
"Encantadora"
(2015)
"Take It Off"
(2016)
Music video
"Encantadora" on YouTube

"Encantadora" is a single by Puerto Rican singer-songwriter Yandel from his third studio album Dangerous. It was released on October 2, 2015 under Sony Music Latin as the record's lead single. A music video premiered on November 30, 2015. The song was written by Yandel, Farruko, Egbert "Haze" Rosa and Eduardo Vargas, and was produced by Haze. A remix version featuring Farruko and the duo Zion & Lennox was released on March 18, 2016. "Encantadora" garnered Latin Grammy Awards for Best Urban Song and Best Urban Fusion/Performance at the 17th Annual Latin Grammy Awards. It is Yandel's most successful single as soloist, reaching number 3 on the US Hot Latin Songs chart and having more than 420,000 sales plus track-equivalent units between the United States and Spain.

Accolades

"Encantadora" received Latin Grammy Awards for Best Urban Song and Best Urban Fusion/Performance at the 17th Annual Latin Grammy Awards. It was also nominated for Latin American Music Awards for Song of the Year and Favorite Urban Song at the 2nd Latin American Music Awards and for a Lo Nuestro Award for Urban Song of the Year at the 29th Lo Nuestro Awards.

Year Ceremony Date Category Recipients Result Ref.
2016 Latin American Music Awards October 6, 2016 Song of the Year Yandel Nominated [1]
Favorite Urban Song Nominated
Latin Grammy Awards November 17, 2016 Best Urban Song Yandel, Farruko, Haze and Eduardo Vargas Won [2]
Best Urban Fusion/Performance Yandel Won
2017 Lo Nuestro Awards February 23, 2017 Urban Song of the Year Yandel Nominated [3]
ASCAP Awards March 15, 2017 Latin Award-Winning Urban Songs Yandel Recipient [4]

Chart performance

In the United States, "Encantadora" peaked at number 3 on the Hot Latin Songs chart on April 6, 2016 and at number 7 on Tropical Songs on February 27, 2016.[5][6] It eventually received a 14× platinum (Latin) certification by the Recording Industry Association of America in 2021, denoting units of over 840,000 song-equivalent units.[7]

Internationally, the song peaked at number 48 on Billboard's Mexico Airplay, at number 45 in Venezuela, and at number 24 in Spain, where it charted for 80 weeks from October 16, 2015 to April 27, 2017.[8][9][10][11] The remix version received a 3× platinum certification by the Spanish Music Producers for units of over 120,000 sales plus track-equivalent streams.[12]

Formats and track listings

Digital download[13]
  1. "Encantadora" – 4:00
Digital download (Remix)[14]
  1. "Encantadora" (featuring Farruko and Zion & Lennox) – 4:12

Credits and personnel

  • Willy Colón – acoustic guitar
  • Ismael Guerra – recording engineer
  • Mike Fuller – mastering
  • Martin Nieves – assistant engineer
  • Farruko – songwriting
  • Egbert "Haze" Rosa Cintrón – producer, songwriting
  • Roberto "Earcandy" Vázquez – recording engineer, mixing
  • Yandel – lead vocals, songwriting

Charts

Certifications

See also

References

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