SONY MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT ANNOUNCES WORLDWIDE RELEASE OF THE BEST OF RICKY MARTIN
International Superstar's Definitive Collection Available In Select Territories On November 12, 2001
Sony Music Entertainment is releasing the eagerly-awaited The Best Of Ricky Martin,
an essential collection of the international superstar's English language greatest hits,
best-loved tracks and new bonus remixes. The Best Of Ricky Martin is being released in
Europe, Latin America, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Asia, and Japan on November 12.
Included on The Best Of Ricky Martin are his party anthems "Livin' La Vida Loca"
(the first single to occupy the #1 slot on the Billboard Hot 100 and the Latin chart
in the same week), "Maria", "She Bangs," "Shake Your Bon Bon," and "The Cup Of Life
(La Copa De La Vida)" (the official song of the World Cup France '98 and a #1 single
in more than 30 countries) as well as the sultry ballads--including "Nobody Wants To
Be Lonely" and "She's All I Ever Had"--that have earned Ricky his heartthrob status
the world over.
Among the sonic highlights on The Best Of Ricky Martin two exclusive new
remixes of Ricky's sizzling "Amor": one by Salaam Remi (the Fugees, Shaggy,
Jamiroquai, Toni Braxton) and the other by Jonathan Peters (Janet Jackson, Whitney Houston).
The Best Of Ricky Martin:
1.) Livin' La Vida Loca
2.) Maria (Spanish-English radio edit by Pablo Flores)
3.) She Bangs
4.) Private Emotions (featuring Meja)
5.) Amor (New remix by Salaam Remi)
6.) The Cup Of Life (La Copa De La Vida) (English radio edit)
7.) Nobody Wants To Be Lonely (Duet with Christina Aguilera)
8.) Spanish Eyes/Lola (from the One Night Only TV special)
9.) She's All I Ever Had
10.) Come to Me
11.) Amor (New remix by Jonathan Peters)
12.) Loaded (George Noriega radio edit)
13.) Shake Your Bon Bon
14.) Be Careful (Duet with Madonna)
Ricky Martin has sold more than 40 million albums and singles over the course of
his extraordinary career.
With his "Livin' La Vida Loca" single, Ricky Martin became the first solo
Latin male artist of the SoundScan era to hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100.
He won the Best Latin Pop Performance Grammy for Vuelve, a full-length
Latin recording, at the 41st Annual Grammy ceremony in 1999. Among Ricky's
numerous awards, he won 5 MTV Music Awards in 1999 and was named World's
Best-selling Pop Male Artist and World's Best-selling Latin Artist at the
12th Annual World Music Awards in 2001. At the 10th Annual Billboard Music
Awards, Ricky Martin was named Male Artist Of The Year and Male Hot 100
Singles Artist Of The Year.
