17 (Ricky Martin album) explained

17
Type:	Greatest hits
Artist:	Ricky Martin
Cover:	Ricky Martin 17 (Greatest Hits).jpg
Recorded:	1993–2006
Genre:	Latin pop dance-pop
Length:	74:29 (CD) 71:00 (DVD)
Label:	Columbia Sony BMG Norte
Prev Title:	Ricky Martin... Live Black & White Tour
Prev Year:	2007
Next Title:	Música + Alma + Sexo
Next Year:	2011

17 is a greatest hits album by Puerto Rican singer Ricky Martin, released on CD and DVD by Sony BMG Norte in the United States and Latin America on November 18, 2008. The CD includes seventeen songs from seventeen years of Martin's music career. It contains thirteen Spanish-language hits, two English-language songs and two Spanglish tracks. 17 does not include any new material, however, some songs are featured in remixed versions. The DVD track listing varies from the CD and contains a few other hits.

Critical reception

AllMusic awarded the album four stars out of five, with a review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine stating: "Given its approach, it should be no surprise that this is heavy on Latin material, to the extent that even his huge crossover hit, "Livin' la Vida Loca," is here in Spanish rather than English. Therefore, this isn't a compilation for the curious fellow pop travelers who only want to hear turn-of-the-millennium monsters like "She Bangs," a hit single that's not even here. Instead, this is a sampler, giving a taste of what Martin has done over the years, and in that regard it's successful, even if it's not definitive".^[1]

Commercial performance

17 peaked inside top ten in Argentina and Mexico, and reached number sixteen in Spain, number nineteen in Greece, and number twenty-one on the Top Latin Albums in the United States.

Charts

Weekly charts

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Peak position
Argentinian Albums (CAPIF)^[2]	4

Monthly charts

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Position
Uruguayan Albums (CUD)^[3]	7

Year-end charts

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Position
Mexican Albums (Top 100 Mexico)^[4]	97

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Position
US Latin Pop Albums (Billboard)^[5]	19

Release history

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Date	Label	Format	Catalog
United States	November 18, 2008	Sony BMG Norte	CD	8869739495
			DVD	739494
	February 10, 2009		CD/DVD	739496
Switzerland	July 10, 2009	Columbia	CD/DVD	88697433152

Notes and References

1. [Stephen Thomas Erlewine]
2. Web site: Argentinian Albums Chart . CAPIF . January 25, 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110902150945/http://adminlic.capif.org.ar/sis_resultados_rankings_web.aspx . September 2, 2011 .
3. Web site: Ranking de Artistas Internacionales (Período considerado Diciembre 2008). . September 27, 2021. es . https://web.archive.org/web/20090309005517/http://www.cudisco.org:80/ranking.htm . March 9, 2009 . dead .
4. Web site: Top 100 Album . AMPROFON . November 24, 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110722223034/http://www.amprofon.com.mx/Archivos/PDF/top_anual/Top_100_Album_2008.pdf . July 22, 2011 .
5. Web site: The Year in Music: 2009. Billboard. November 24, 2015.