Jon Secada (album) explained

Jon Secada
Type:	studio
Artist:	Jon Secada
Cover:	Jon Secada cover.jpg
Border:	yes
Released:	May 5, 1992
Recorded:	1991–1992
Studio:	Crescent Moon Studios (Miami, Florida)The Hit Factory (New York, New York)
Length:	53:51
Label:	SBK
Next Title:	Otro Día Más Sin Verte
Next Year:	1992

Jon Secada is the English-language debut album by Cuban American pop singer Jon Secada, released in 1992. The album features four singles that reached the Top 40 on the US Billboard Hot 100 or the Top 10 on Billboard's Adult Contemporary chart,^[1] including "Just Another Day", which was also a big hit worldwide. The album was certified 3× Platinum by the RIAA. It peaked at number 15 on the Billboard 200 album chart in March 1993.^[2] At the 5th Lo Nuestro Awards, the album won the award for "Pop Album of the Year".^[3]

Track listing

All songs written by Jon Secada and Miguel A. Morejon, except as noted.

1. "Just Another Day" – 5:25
2. "Dreams That I Carry" – 4:46
3. "Angel" – 4:34
4. "Do You Believe in Us" – 3:58
5. "One of a Kind" – 4:02 (Secada)
6. "Time Heals" – 4:24 (Willy Perez Feria)
7. "Do You Really Want Me" – 4:04
8. "Misunderstood" – 4:22 (Secada, Scott Shapiro, Tom McWilliams, Jo Pat Cafaro)
9. "Always Something" – 4:13 (Secada, Clay Ostwald, Jorge Casas)
10. "I'm Free" – 4:01
11. "Otro Día Más Sin Verte" (Spanish version of Just Another Day) – 5:27 (Secada, Morejon, Gloria Estefan)
12. "Angel" (Spanish Version) – 4:35 (Secada, Morejon, Estefan)

Personnel

Musicians

• Ed Calle – flute (5)
• Jorge Casas – bass (3, 4, 7, 9, 10, 12), programming & arrangements (6, 9), fretless bass (6)
• Rouge Cougu – percussion & shaker (10)
• John DeFaria – guitar (2, 3, 6, 7, 9, 12)
• Mark Dowdle – vocal intro (9)
• Emilio Estefan, Jr. – accordion (5)
• Gloria Estefan – background vocals (1, 11)
• Anita Faye Green – background vocals (2, 7–10)
• Rafael Falcon – additional drum programming (1, 4, 11), additional programming (5)
• Charlotte McKinnon – background vocals (7, 8, 9)

• Tom McWilliams – additional drum programming (4), programming & arrangements (8)
• Miguel A. Morejon – programming & arrangements (1-5, 7, 10–12)
• Clay Ostwald – additional programming (3, 4, 8, 12); keyboards, programming & arrangements (6, 9); clavinet (8)
• Rafael Padilla – shaker (1, 3, 4, 8, 11, 12), percussion (2, 5, 6, 9), tambourine (4, 12)
• Rita Quintero – background vocals (5)
• Jon Secada – lead vocals (all tracks), background vocals (1, 2, 4–11)
• Scott Shapiro – guitar solo (8), programming & arrangements (8)
• Rene Luis Toledo – guitar (3, 10), guitar solo (12)

Production

• Jorge Casas – producer
• Lazaro Cuervo – make-up
• Mark Dowdle – engineer
• Charles Dye – engineer
• Emilio Estefan, Jr. – producer
• Bob Ludwig – mastering at Masterdisk (New York, NY)
• Henry Marquez – art direction
• John Patterson – engineer
• Freddy Piñero, Jr – engineer
• Clay Ostwald – producer, engineer
• Phil Ramone – mixing (1, 3, 11, 12)
• Alberto Tolot – cover photo
• Tim White – other photography
• Patrice Wilkinson Levinsohn – engineer
• Paco – hair stylist
• Mike Couzzi – engineer, mixing (2, 3, 4, 6, 9)
• Ron Taylor – engineer
• Carla Leighton – design
• Eric Schilling – engineer, mixing (5, 7, 8, 10, 12)

Charts

Weekly charts

Weekly chart performance for Jon Secada!Chart (1992–1993)!Peak
position

Australian Albums (ARIA)^[4]	89
Spanish Albums (AFYVE)	1

Year-end charts

1992 year-end chart performance for Jon Secada!Chart (1992)!Position

German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[5]	79
US Latin Pop Albums (Billboard)^[6]	6

1993 year-end chart performance for Jon Secada!Chart (1993)!Position

German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[7]	78
US Billboard 200^[8]	31
US Latin Pop Albums (Billboard)^[9]	5

All-time charts

See also

• List of number-one Billboard Latin Pop Albums from the 1990s

Notes and References

1. Billboard.com - Artist Chart History - Jon Secada - Singles
2. http://www.billboard.com/charts/1993-03-20/billboard-200 The Billboard 200 Chart Listing For The Week Of Mar 20 1993
3. Web site: Lo Nuestro 1993 - Historia de Premio lo Nuestro . Univision . November 13, 2001 . February 26, 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110805183225/http://www.univision.com/content/content.jhtml?cid=490937 . August 5, 2011 .
4. 247.
5. Web site: Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts. de. GfK Entertainment. offiziellecharts.de. August 27, 2021.
6. The Year in Music – Top Pop Latin Albums. Billboard. 26 December 1992. YE-50. Nielsen N.V.. 0006-2510.
7. Web site: Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts. de. GfK Entertainment. offiziellecharts.de. August 27, 2021.
8. Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1993. Billboard. August 27, 2021.
9. The Year in Music – Top Pop Latin Albums. Billboard. 25 December 1993. YE-54. Nielsen N.V.. 0006-2510.
10. Latin Pop. Billboard. 1 November 1994. 242. 0006-2510. World Radio History.