"El Mar de Sus Ojos" (English: "The Sea of her Eyes") is a song performed by Colombian recording artist Carlos Vives featuring with the hip-hop group ChocQuibTown. Is the lead single from his upcoming album Más + Corazón Profundo (2014). At the Latin Grammy Awards of 2014, the song received a nomination for Record of the Year.[1]

"El Mar de Sus Ojos"
Single by Carlos Vives featuring ChocQuibTown
from the album Más + Corazón Profundo
ReleasedMarch 3, 2014 (2014-03-03)
GenreLatin pop, Hip hop
Length3:52
LabelSony Music Latin
Songwriter(s)
  • Carlos Vives
  • Hugo Huertas
Carlos Vives singles chronology
"La Foto de los Dos"
(2013)
"El Mar de Sus Ojos"
(2014)
"La Copa de Todos"
(2014)
ChocQuibTown singles chronology
"Uh La La"
(2013)
"El Mar de Sus Ojos"
(2014)
"Cuando Te Veo"
(2015)

Chart performance

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"El Mar de Sus Ojos", in Colombia debuted at number one on the National-Report chart on the week March 3, 2014, replacing "El Serrucho" by Mr Black.[2] In the United States the song debuted at number eleven on the Billboard Hot Latin Songs chart, logged 11.8 million audience detections in its opening week, according to Nielsen SoundScan.[3] On the Billboard Latin Pop Songs chart, debuted at number fifteen and on the Billboard Tropical Songs at number nine, in both charts the song won the "Greatest Gainer", title that is given to records that have greatest airplay and sales that week.[4]

Track listing

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  • Digital download[5]
  1. "El Mar de Sus Ojos" – 3:52

Credits and personnel

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Credits adapted from the "El Mar de Sus Ojos" liner notes.[6]

Recording
Personnel

Charts

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Weekly charts

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Chart (2014) Peak
position
Colombia (National-Report)[7] 1
Dominican Republic Pop Chart (Monitor Latino)[8] 9
US Hot Latin Songs (Billboard)[9] 11
US Latin Airplay (Billboard)[10] 1
US Latin Pop Airplay (Billboard)[11] 15
US Tropical Airplay (Billboard)[12] 2
Venezuela (Record Report)[13] 1

Year-end charts

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Chart (2014) Position
US Latin Songs[14] 90
US Latin Tropical Airplay[15] 32

Certifications

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Region Certification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[16] 2× Platinum (Latin) 120,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Latin Grammys 2014: Complete list of nominees and winners". Los Angeles Times. August 5, 2015.
  2. ^ "Corazón profundo de Carlos Vives, Disco de diamante por sus ventas en un solo día" (in Spanish). El Colombiano. April 22, 2013. Retrieved April 23, 2013.
  3. ^ Mendizabal, Amaya (2014-03-13). "Carlos Vives, Wisin Excel on Latin Charts". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 2014-03-19.
  4. ^ Trust, Gary (2014-03-10). "Chart Highlights: One Direction, Katy Perry, U2 Score New No. 1s". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 2014-03-19.
  5. ^ "El Mar de Sus Ojos – Single". iTunes Store (US). Apple. 2014-03-03. Retrieved 2014-03-14.[permanent dead link]
  6. ^ "Estreno Mundial > CARLOS VIVES > "El Mar de Sus Ojos"". Oficina de Prensa y Comunicaciones Colombia (in Spanish). Paola España: press and entertainment. 2014-03-03. Archived from the original on 2015-01-04. Retrieved 2014-03-14.
  7. ^ "Top 10 Música Nacional Radio". National-Report (in Spanish). Radio y Música. March 3, 2014. Archived from the original on February 13, 2014. Retrieved March 11, 2014.
  8. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-02-05. Retrieved 2015-02-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  9. ^ "Carlos Vives Chart History (Hot Latin Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved 2012-10-04.
  10. ^ "Carlos Vives Chart History (Latin Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved September 16, 2020.
  11. ^ "Carlos Vives Chart History (Latin Pop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved 2012-10-04.
  12. ^ "Carlos Vives Chart History (Tropical Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved 2012-10-04.
  13. ^ "Top 100". Record Report. R.R. Digital C.A. 7 July 2014. Archived from the original on 16 July 2014.
  14. ^ "Hot Latin Songs - Year End 2014". Billboard.com. Retrieved 2014-12-10.
  15. ^ "Tropical Airplay Songs - Year End 2014". Billboard.com. Retrieved 2014-12-10.
  16. ^ "American single certifications – Carlos Vives – El Mar de Sus Ojos". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved November 7, 2024.