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Wikipedia article
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| genre = Flamenco pop
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| label = Universal Music Spain
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"'Mi Persona Favorita'" (English: "My Favorite Person") is a song by Spanish singer Alejandro Sanz and Cuban-American singer Camila Cabello, from Sanz's twelfth studio album 'El Disco' (2019). The song was released by Universal Music Spain on March 28, 2019 as the album's third single accompanied by its music video, which first premiered on Sanz's official Vevo channel and directed by American director Gil Green.
The composition and lyrics of the song were written by Sanz and Cabello. The track was produced by the former and music producers Alfonso Prez and Julio Reyes Copello. The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra played orchestra for the song, which was conducted by Czech conductor Adam Klemens, who also played the piano for the song. Spanish flamenco guitarist Jos Miguel Carmona, lead guitarist from Spanish new flamenco musical group Ketama, played the flamenco guitar. Twice Grammy Award-winning American drummer Larnell Lewis played drums for the song. The song topped the charts in Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua and Panama. It was the Record of the Year and Best Pop Song on 20th Annual Latin Grammy Awards. It was also nominated for Latin Grammy Award for Song of the Year.
Background
Cabello revealed how the collaboration was born, stating that Sanz invited her to Miami in summer 2018 to record the song and film the music video together:
She continued, adding that she dedicated the song to her little sister, Sofi, who she considers her "favorite person."
Composition and lyrics
"Mi Persona Favorita" is a flamenco pop ballad, featuring Spanish flamenco guitarist Jos Miguel Carmona, lead guitarist from Spanish new flamenco musical group Ketama playing the flamenco guitar in the song. As Jeff Benjamin of 'Forbes' opined, musically, it delivers the kind of quality duet longtime Sanz fans love for the singer and his penchant for flamenco inspired music style, and layers the two singers' distinct vocal timbresboth raspy with the slightest bit of native twanginto a soothing, snappy acoustic cut. Lyrically, it's easy enough for any of the performers' young fans to sing along withregardless of their native language.
Commercial performance
The song debuted at 22 on Spanish official single chart on 8 March 2019 and reached number-four on 'Billboard' Spain Digital Song Sales chart on 11 May 2019. This song later reached number-one on Spanish official airplay chart. The song is certified as Platinum for selling over 40,000 digital copies in Spain in May 2019, and certified as Gold (Latin) in the United States and Puerto Rico by RIAA on 31 July 2019.
Internationally, the song became a great success in Central America, reaching number one in Costa Rica, Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua and Panama. In Europe, the song reached number-six on 'Billboard' Euro Digital Song Sales chart on 29 May 2019.
Music videos
The official music video of the song was released on 28 March 2019. It's directed by American director Gil Green, who formerly collaborated with Cabello on the video of "Hey Ma". The video shows both Sanz and Cabello singing and vibing together at the recording studio, but the larger story is the couples featured throughout the visual. Couples pose in front of a white backdrop. The visual begins and ends with pairs expressing what they love most about their partners.
In the video, a diverse group of loversranging in their skin colors, sexualities, ages, body sizes and morediffering from English, Spanish to Portuguese speakers, and all displaying their different means of affection. It once again embraces a larger, more universal message that can help this song reach more people. Also, the positive portrayal of two different gay couples is a much-appreciated co-sign.
A vertical video was released on 29 March 2019 on Spotify and Apple Music.
Accolades
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Track listings
Credits and personnel
Credits adapted from Tidal.
'Personnel'
* Alejandro Sanz vocals, lyrics, composition, co-production, recording arrangement
* Camila Cabello vocals, lyrics, composition
* The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra orchestra
* Adam Klemens conducting, piano
* Jos Miguel Carmona flamenco guitar
* Larnell Lewis drums
* Alfonso Prez production, keyboards, programming, recording arrangement, recording engineering, string arrangement, studio personnel
* Julio Reyes Copello production, keyboards, recording arrangement, recording engineering, string arrangement, studio personnel
* Natalia Ramrez vocal production, associate performing
* Gene Grimaldi mastering engineering, studio personnel
* Trevor Lyle Muzzy mix engineering, studio personnel
* Nicolas De La Espriella programming
* Carlos Fernando Lopez recording engineering, studio personnel
* Jan Holzner recording engineering, studio personnel
* Nicols Ramrez recording engineering, studio personnel
Charts
Weekly charts
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! scope="row"| Argentina (Argentina Hot 100)
| 43
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! scope="row"| Bolivia (Monitor Latino)
| 12
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! scope="row"| Colombia (National-Report)
| 22
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! scope="row"| Costa Rica (Monitor Latino)
|1
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! scope="row"| Ecuador (National-Report)
| 3
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! scope="row"| El Salvador (Monitor Latino)
|1
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! scope="row"| Guatemala (Monitor Latino)
|1
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! scope="row" | Mexico Airplay ('Billboard')
| 4
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! scope="row"| Nicaragua (Monitor Latino)
| 1
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! scope="row"| Panama (Monitor Latino)
| 1
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! scope="row"| Paraguay (SGP)
|35
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! scope="row"| Spain (PROMUSICAE)
| 22
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! scope="row"| Uruguay (Monitor Latino)
| 12
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! scope="row" | US Latin Digital Songs ('Billboard')
| 10
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! scope="row"| Venezuela (National-Report)
| 20
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Year-end charts
Certifications
Release history
See also
* List of number-one singles of 2019 (Spain)
References
Category:Alejandro Sanz songs
Category:Camila Cabello songs
Category:2019 songs
Category:2019 singles
Category:Songs written by Alejandro Sanz
Category:Songs written by Camila Cabello
Category:Spanish-language songs
Category:Latin Grammy Award for Record of the Year
Category:Latin Grammy Award for Best Pop Song
Category:Song recordings produced by Julio Reyes Copello
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