Mi Tierra

At the 36th Grammy Awards, Mi Tierra was the Best Tropical Latin Album.[15] At the 6th Lo Nuestro Awards Estefan received two awards in the tropical category, for Female Artist of the Year and Album of the Year.[16] The singer was Female Artist of the Year at the first Billboard Latin Music Awards, and Mi Tierra was Album of the Year in the tropical-salsa category.[5] At the 1994 Spanish Ondas Awards, Mi Tierra was the Best International Album and Estefan the Best International Artist. It was recognized as the best-selling Latin album of the year with a 1993–94 NARM Best Seller Award.[17] In 2015, Billboard listed Mi Tierra as one of the Essential Latin Albums of Past 50 Year stating that "Through son, she transports us to a magical place in the ‘50s where time stood still on her beloved island".[18]

In the United States, Mi Tierra peaked at number twenty-seven on the Billboard 200 chart.[19] It was the first number-one album on the Billboard Top Latin Albums chart, established when it was released.[20] The album spent a total of fifty-eight weeks atop the chart, until it was displaced by Selena's album Amor Prohibido the week of June 11, 1994.[21] It was more successful on the Billboard Tropical Albums chart, where it spent ninety-one weeks on top.[22] Mi Tierra debuted at number one on the Billboard Latin Pop Albums chart the week of July 10, 1993, but it was removed from the chart following week since it did not meet its criteria.[23]

Mi Tierra ended 1994 as the best-selling Latin album of the year in the United States.[24] The album was certified 16× platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America by Latin standards, for shipments of 1.6 million copies in the U.S.[25] As of October 2017, it sold 1,232,000 copies in the U.S., making it the sixth bestselling Latin album in the country.[26] According to Billboard, most purchasers did not speak Spanish.[27] In Latin America, the album was certified double platinum in Argentina and triple platinum in Mexico.[28][29] It sold over 30,000 copies in Chile.[30]

In Europe, Mi Tierra peaked at number fifty-nine in Germany,[31] number nine in the Netherlands,[32] number one in Spain,[33] number twenty-five in Switzerland and number eleven in the United Kingdom.[34] The album was certified 10× platinum in Spain (for shipping one million copies) and certified gold in Switzerland.[35][36] It also sold 200,000 in England.[37] Mi Tierra was the 60th-best-selling album of the 1990s,[38] and sold over eight million copies worldwide by 2006.[39]

"Mi Tierra" was the first single released from the album. In the United States, it reached number one on the Billboard Hot Latin Songs chart and number five on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs chart.[40] In Europe, the song peaked at number seventy-seven on the Media Control charts in Germany, twenty-seventh on the Mega Single Top 100 chart in Netherlands and thirty-sixth on the UK Singles Chart.[41][42][43] The second single, "Con Los Años Que Me Quedan", also reached number one on the Hot Latin Songs chart in the United States.[44] An English version, "If We Were Lovers", was released as a single and peaked at number forty on the UK Singles Chart.[45] The third single, "Tradición", reached number one the Hot Dance Clubs chart in the United States.[46]

"Montuno" was the fourth single released from the album, peaking at number fifty-five on the UK Singles chart.[47] The fifth single, "¡Sí Señor!..." peaked at number forty-four on the Mega Single Top 100 chart in the Netherlands.[48] The sixth, "Mi Buen Amor", reached number one on the Hot Latin Songs chart in the United States.[49] The last single released from the album was "Ayer", which peaked at number five on the Hot Latin Songs chart.[50]

• Randy Barlow – arranger, trumpet, background vocals
• Rafael "Felo" Barrio – timbales
• Cachao – arranger, bajo sexto, bass guitar
• Jorge Casas – arranger, bajo sexto, bass guitar, background vocals, twelve-string guitar, producer, très
• Alejandro Correa, Alfredo Correa – background vocals
• Chamin Correa – guitar, requinto, background vocals
• Paquito D'Rivera – saxophone
• Luis Enrique – bass guitar, percussion, timbales
• Emilio Estefan Jr. – arranger, producer
• Gloria Estefan – arranger, background vocals, lead vocals
• Estéfano – arranger
• Nelson González – bass guitar, percussion, très
• Paquito Hechavarría – piano
• Sebastian Krys
• London Symphony Orchestra – strings
• Juanito Márquez – guitar
• Teddy Mulet – arranger, trombone, trumpet, background vocals
• Alfredo Oliva – viola
• Jorge Orbon, Robert Basso, Max Teppich, Alexander Prilutchi – violin
• Clay Ostwald – arranger, piano, producer, timbales
• Rafael Padilla – bass, percussion
• Tito Puente – congas, timbales
• Cheíto Quinonez – trumpet, background vocals
• Serena Radaelli – estilista
• Roberto Luis Rodriguez, Arturo Sandoval – trumpet
• Jon Secada – background vocals
• Sheila E. – congas, timbales
• Jorge Sicre – cello
• Debbie Spring – charango, cuerda, viola, violin
• Néstor Torres – flute

• Mike Couzzi – mixing
• Nancy Donald – art direction
• Charles Dye – engineer
• Pablo Flores – mixing
• Geoff Foster – assistant
• Noel Harris – assistant
• Mark Krieg – assistant
• Patrice Wilkinson Levinsohn – engineer
• Bob Ludwig – mastering
• Frank Miret – engineer
• Lance Phillips – assistant
• Phil Ramone – mixing
• Andrew Roshberg – assistant
• Eric Schilling – engineer, mixing
• Ron Taylor – engineer
• Alberto Tolot – photography
• Francesca Tolot – make-Up
• Christine Wilson – design
• Javier Vacas – assistant