Drama y Luz explained

Drama y Luz
Type:	studio
Artist:	Maná
Cover:	Drama Y Luz.jpg
Released:	April 12, 2011
Recorded:	May 18, 2010 – January 29, 2011
Genre:	Latin rock Pop rock
Length:	56:46
Label:	WEA Latina
Producer:	Fher Olvera & Alex González
Prev Title:	Arde el Cielo
Prev Year:	2008
Next Year:	2012

Drama y Luz (English: "Drama and Light") is the eighth studio album released by the Mexican Latin pop/Rock en Español band Maná. This album was released in three formats CD, CD with DVD, and 12" LP vinyl record. The album was released on April 12, 2011, after a long wait of 5 years since their last studio album Amar es Combatir. The first single off the album is "Lluvia al Corazón", released on March 10, 2011.^[1] The song debuted at number-one on the U.S. Billboard Hot Latin Tracks.^[2] and the album made its debut at number 5 in the Billboard 200 selling 47,000 copies during its first week.^[3]

DVD

The CD/DVD edition is produced by Time Bender, produced by "Toiz" Rodriguez and directed by Iván López Barba and Rubén R. Bañuelos.

Personnel (band)

• Fher Olvera – main vocals, acoustic & electric guitars, coros, programming,
• Alex González – drums, vocals, coros, programming, keyboards
• Sergio Vallín – acoustic & electric guitars, coros, orchestral arrangements, string arrangements, keyboards, programming
• Juan Diego Calleros – bass

Additional personnel

• GusOrozco – guitar & bass arrangements, programming, keyboards
• Fernando "Psycho" Vallín – low arrangements, electric bass
• Fernando "El Bueno" Quintana – guitar & bass arrangements, string arrangements, coros, keyboards

• Héctor Quintana – coros
• Carlos Munguía – coros
• Luis Conte – percussions
• Jeff Babko – keyboards
• Benjamin "Jamie" Muhoberac – keyboards
• Tommy Morgan – harmonica
• Suzie Katayama – orchestra director
• Charlie Bisharat – master concert violinist
• Jackie Brand – violin
• Mario de León – violin
• Tammy Hatwan – violin
• Gerry Hilera – violin
• Tereza Stanislav – violin
• Josefina Vergara – violin

• Ken Yerke – violin
• Matt Funes – viola
• Jorge Moraga – viola
• Steve Richards – cello
• Rudy Stein – cello
• Nico Abondolo – contrabass
• David Parmeter – contrabass
• Chris Bleth – oboe
• Joe Meyer – French horn
• Steve Becknell – French horn
• Alan Kaplan – trombone
• Toño Márquez – lyrical advisor
• Augusto Chacón – copy editor
• José Quintana – vocal direction

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2011–2012)	Peak position
Chilean Albums Charts^[4]	1
Peruan Albums Charts^[5]	1
Uruguayan Albums (CUD)^[6]	12
Venezuelan Albums (Recordland)^[7]	1

Year-end charts

Year-end chart performance for Drama y Luz

Chart (2011)	Position
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)^[8]	9
US Top Latin Albums (Billboard)^[9]	3
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)^[10]	51
Chart (2012)	Position
US Top Latin Albums (Billboard)^[11]	8

Singles

Year	Song	Chart ^[12]	Peak position
2011	"Lluvia al Corazón"	Spain PROMUSICAE Top 50 Singles	13
		U.S. Billboard Hot Latin Tracks	1
		U.S. Billboard Latin Pop Airplay	1
		U.S. Billboard Tropical Songs	4
	"Amor Clandestino"	U.S. Billboard Hot Latin Tracks	1
		U.S. Billboard Latin Pop Airplay	1
		U.S. Billboard Tropical Songs	1
	"El Verdadero Amor Perdona"	U.S. Billboard Hot Latin Tracks	1
		U.S. Billboard Latin Pop Airplay	1
		U.S. Billboard Tropical Songs	1

Awards

Latin Grammy Award

• 2011

Best Rock Album

• 2011

Best Engineered Album

Grammy Awards

• 2012

Best Latin Pop, Rock or Urban Album

Los Premios Telehit

• Los Premios Telehit 2011: Best Mexican Band International

See also

• Drama y Luz World Tour
• List of number-one Billboard Latin Albums from the 2010s
• List of number-one albums of 2011 (Spain)

External links

• Official website of the band
• Drama Y Luz on Amazon.com
• [{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p34260|pure_url=yes}} Review and overview] at Allmusic

Notes and References

1. http://www.boomonline.com/news.php?clan=0&nid=1688 Maná release new single "Lluvia al Corazón"
2. http://www.billboard.com/charts/2011-04-02/latin-songs Maná's new single "Lluvia al Corazón debut #1
3. Foo Fighters Earn First No. 1 Album with 'Wasting Light'. Billboard. 20 April 2011.
4. Web site: Los discos más vendidos en España, Latinoamérica, EEUU y Francia.
5. Web site: Phantom Music Store – Compras online de CDS, DVDS, Blu Ray, Vinilos . https://web.archive.org/web/20110511090217/http://www.phantom.com.pe/top20.php . 2011-05-11 .
6. Web site: June 7, 2012.

   Camara Uruguaya del Disco

   . https://web.archive.org/web/20120607060058/http://www.cudisco.org:80/. dead. June 7, 2012. June 30, 2020.
7. Web site: || RecordLand || . www.recordland.com:80 . 12 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110504074718/http://www.recordland.com:80/tienda/v2/top40.php . 4 May 2011 . dead.
8. Web site: Top 100 Albums Annual 2011. Promusicae. El portal de Música. 6 July 2022.
9. Top Latin Albums – Year-End 2011. Billboard. July 27, 2021.
10. Top Rock Albums – Year-End 2011. Billboard. July 27, 2021.
11. Top Latin Albums – Year-End 2012. Billboard. July 27, 2021.
12. Performance of the singles on the Billboard charts.