LOS ANGELES (Univision Records) - For the first time in a career that spans a decade, Mexican music idol
Lupillo Rivera entered Billboard Magazine's Top 100 Albums debuting at No 1 in the Top Heatseekers chart with his second album for Univision Records, "Con Mis Propias Manos" (With My Own Hands).
The album was released in U.S. and Puerto Rican retail stores on May 25, 2004, debuting No 1 in SoundScan's Latin album sales chart in the U.S.
According to SoundScan's report for the week ending May 30, 2004, "Con Mis Propias Manos" garnered the No 1 Hot Shot Debut title of the Top Heatseekers chart. The Heatseekers chart lists the best-selling albums by artists who have never appeared in the top 100 of The Billboard 200. This list includes all album releases in the U.S. in any language. For this same time period, Rivera also reached the coveted No 1 position of Latin albums sold in the country within the first week of its release.
Comprised of 11 'Ranchera' and 'Banda' tracks, the album was also released as a CD/DVD combo that includes footage of in-studio recording sessions, behind the scenes footage of the album's photo session, a special feature on Lupillo's automobile accident in December 2003, an impressive photo gallery, his biography and four music videos. "Pero Que Tal Si Te Compro" (What If I Buy You), penned by Javier Solis, is being released as the first promotional single.
"I can say in all honesty that this album is by far, one of my favorites, and as such, I hope that people like it as much as I do. It gives me great satisfaction to know my album is No 1 in Latin sales and that I'm finally able to crack the coveted top 100 of The Billboard 200; I'm simply overwhelmed with joy," stated Rivera.
Produced by his father, the renowned and respected Pedro Rivera, Lupillo offers a collector's item that revives some of the most passionate and difficult classics, which were made unforgettable by his own personal idols Jose Alfredo Jimenez and Javier Solis.
As always, Lupillo moves comfortably and with much ease between the different Mexican rhythms of 'Rancheras,' 'Zapateado' and 'Banda' music, corroborating time and again his unique position in the competitive world of regional Mexican music.
