Viva El Príncipe

Viva el Príncipe is the thirteenth studio album by Mexican recording artist Cristian Castro, released on 30 November 2010 by Universal Music Latino. It is a tribute album to Mexican singer José José, Castro's musical idol. The album was produced by Rafael Pérez-Botija who also produced for José José. Viva el Príncipe covers twelve songs by José José and includes a poem recited by Castro's idol. Recording took place in August 2010 at The Hit Factory Criteria in Miami, Florida. To promote the recording, Castro released "La Nave del Olvido", which peaked at No. 48 on the Billboard Hot Latin Songs chart. Castro toured for the release in United States, Latin America and Spain. The album became successful in Mexico and the United States where it topped both the Mexican and Billboard Latin album charts. It was certified diamond by the Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas in Mexico and double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America in the United States. In South America, it peaked at No. 5 on the Argentine Chamber of Phonograms and Videograms Producers album chart and received gold certifications in Colombia and Venezuela. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viva_el...) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)