Dulce Beat

Dulce Beat
Studio album by
Belanova
Released22 June 2005 (MEX & Latin America)
8 March 2006 (U.S.)
26 March 2006 (Spain & E.U.)
StudioMondo Mix, Buenos Aires, Argentina, and Cubo Studio, Guadalajara, Mexico
Genre
LabelUniversal
ProducerCachorro López
Belanova chronology
Cocktail
(2003) 		Dulce Beat
(2005) 		Dulce Beat Live
(2006)
Singles from Dulce Beat
  1. "Me Pregunto"
    Released: 11 May 2005
  2. "Por Ti"
    Released: 24 October 2005
  3. "Rosa Pastel"
    Released: 2 April 2006
  4. "Niño"
    Released: 4 October 2006
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Rolling Stone Mexico [1]
AllMusic [2]

Dulce Beat (Spanish for: Sweet Beat) is the second studio album by Mexican electropop band Belanova, released in Mexico on June 21, 2005. Recorded between 2004 and 2005 in Buenos Aires, Argentina and Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico; the album was produced by Cachorro López and was written by the band's lead singer, Denisse Guerrero.

It was promoted through radio shows and concerts in Argentina, Chile and the United States, where the band, along with Mach & Daddy, played a joint concert in Los Angeles in front of 50,000 people. Becoming Belanova's most successful album, Dulce Beat was a commercial and critical success, reaching number-one and ensuring double platinum in Mexico. In 2006, the album was reissued as Dulce Beat 2.0 in several other countries across the world, including Chile, Spain, Argentina, and the United States.

Singles from the album became massive hits, with "Me Pregunto" and "Por Ti" becoming the band's second and third number-one singles in Mexico consecutively. Further singles, "Rosa Pastel" and "Niño" became top five hits, the latter spending almost fifty weeks inside the chart and becoming a viral hit on TikTok in 2023.

On August 12, 2006, E! Latin America, aired a TV special of Belanova, with interviews and making of the album.

Dulce Beat 2.0

A new edition of the album, entitled Dulce Beat 2.0, was released in Mexico on June 5, 2006, and in the United States on August 1. In Mexico, the re-issue debuted at number-three on the album charts and spent several weeks inside the top ten.

Track listing

All tracks by Belanova

Dulce Beat

No.TitleLength
1."Niño" ("Boy")3:29
2."Rosa Pastel" ("Pastel Pink")3:06
3."Soñar" ("To Dream")3:52
4."Mírame" ("Look At Me")3:04
5."Miedo" ("Fear")3:33
6."Escena Final" ("Final Scene")3:25
7."Por Ti" ("For You")3:35
8."Tal Vez" ("Perhaps")2:58
9."Me Pregunto" ("I Wonder")3:06
10."Sexy"3:04
11."Te Quedas o Te Vas" ("Are You Staying Or Are You Going")3:42

Dulce Beat 2.0
(Released 5 June 2006 in Mexico and 1 August 2006 in the United States)

  • CD1

Same as above, except the track 'Te Quedas o Te Vas', which is a different vocal version.

  • CD2
  1. "Me Pregunto" [Acoustic Version] – 3:58
  2. "Por Ti" [Acoustic Version] – 4:08
  3. "Suele Pasar" [Acoustic Version] – 3:46
  4. "Tus Ojos" [Mijangos House Mix] – 4:46
  5. "Me Pregunto" [Imazué Latin Mix] – 4:55
  6. "Por Ti" [Jose Spinnin's Peak Hour Reconstruction] – 6:21
  7. "Por Ti" [Sound Art Remix] – 4:34
  8. "Enhanced Section":
    • "Me Pregunto" (Video)
    • "Por Ti" (Video)

Acoustic Versions of the songs included on the CD2 of Dulce Beat 2.0 were produced by Belanova

Personnel

  • Edgar Huerta - Keyboards, Synths & Beats
  • Ricardo Arreola – guitar, bajo sexto
  • Denisse Guerrero – vocals
  • Cachorro López – arranger, producer, musical direction
  • Andres Mijangos – producer, mastering, mixing, program assistant
  • Sebastián Schon – guitar, engineer, choir arrangement
  • Patricio Villarejo – cello
  • Production: Cachorro López
  • Recording & Mixing: Mondo Mix, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
  • Record Engineer: Sebastián Schon
  • Second Engineer: Damián Nava
  • Mixed by Cesar Sogbe
  • Musical Direction: Cachorro López
  • Co-Produced by Andres Mijangos & Belanova
  • Additional Programming: Andres Mijangos
  • Additional Vocals on "Te Quedas o Te Vas": Israel Ulloa
  • Guitars: Ganimedes "Gani"
  • Record Engineer: Juan Antonio Paez
  • Mixed by Juan Antonio Paez & Andres Mijangos
  • Mastered by José Blanco in Master House Studios, Miami, Florida.
  • Art Direction and Design: Pico Adworks
  • Photography: Ricardo Trabulsi.

Charts

Release history

Release dates and formats for Dulce Beat
Region Date Format(s) Label Catalogue
Latin America 22 June 2006
Universal Unknown
United States 8 March 2006
Spain 26 March 2006
Mexico 2 October 2023 LP (Pink vinyl)
00602455933416

References

  1. ^ Rolling Stone Mexico review Archived September 27, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Birchmeier, Jason. Dulce Beat at AllMusic
  3. ^ "Archived copy". www.mexicancharts.com. Archived from the original on 14 July 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ^ U.S. Albums Chart
  5. ^ U.S. Albums Chart
  6. ^ U.S. Albums Chart
  7. ^ "Certificaciones" (in Spanish). Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas. Type Belanova in the box under the ARTISTA column heading and Dulce Beat in the box under the TÍTULO column heading.