Mi Tierra: Difference between revisions

At the [[1994 Grammy Awards|36th Grammy Awards]], ''Mi Tierra'' was the [[Grammy Award for Best Tropical Latin Album|Best Tropical Latin Album]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://articles.latimes.com/1994-03-02/entertainment/ca-29147_1_grammy-awards|title=The 36th Annual Grammy Awards : And the Grammy Goes to . . . Winners According to Category|work=Los Angeles Times|publisher=Tribune Company|date=March 2, 1994|accessdate=August 23, 2013}}</ref> At the [[Premio Lo Nuestro 1994|6th Lo Nuestro Awards]] Estefan received two awards in the tropical category, for [[Lo Nuestro Award for Tropical Female Artist of the Year|Female Artist of the Year]] and [[Lo Nuestro Award for Tropical Album of the Year|Album of the Year]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.univision.com/content/content.jhtml?cid=490961|title=Lo Nuestro 1994 &nbsp;— Historia de Premio lo Nuestro|language=Spanish|year=1994|accessdate=October 3, 2011|work=[[Univision]]|publisher=[[Univision Communications]]|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110805232201/http://www.univision.com/content/content.jhtml?cid=490961|archivedate=August 5, 2011|df=mdy-all}}</ref> The singer was Female Artist of the Year at the first [[Billboard Latin Music Awards|''Billboard'' Latin Music Awards]], and ''Mi Tierra'' was Album of the Year in the tropical-salsa category.<ref name="BLMAS">{{cite journal| last = Lannert| first = John| date = May 21, 1994| title = First Latin Music Awards Recognize Range of Talent| work = Billboard| publisher = Prometheus Global Media| volume = 106| issue = 32| page = LM-52| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=TAgEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA52&dq=marc+anthony+%22otra+nota%22+intitle:billboard&hl=en&ei=BmKJTs-8BMKctwf5xtGpAg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CDUQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false| accessdate = June 3, 2010}}</ref> At the 1994 Spanish [[Premios Ondas|Ondas Awards]], ''Mi Tierra'' was the Best International Album and Estefan the Best International Artist. It was recognized as the best-selling Latin album of the year with a 1993–94 NARM Best Seller Award.<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QQgEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA42&dq=intitle:billboard+%22mi+tierra%22+%22gloria%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=TcK9T9H4L9DmggeX3eSpDw&ved=0CEMQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q&f=false|title=Estefan Tops 'Un Año De Rock'|last=Llewellyn|first=Howard|work=Billboard|publisher=Prometheus Global Media|volume=106|issue=15|pages=42, 47|date=April 9, 1994|accessdate=September 2, 2013}}</ref> In 2015, ''Billboard'' listed ''Mi Tierra'' as one of the Essential Latin Albums of Past 50 Year stating that "Through son, she transports us to a magical place in the ‘50s where time stood still on her beloved island".<ref>{{cite web|title=Latin Music: Essential Latin Albums of Past 50 Years|url=http://www.billboard.com/photos/6686047/50-most-essential-latin-albums-past-50-years|website=Billboard|publisher=Prometheus Global Media|accessdate=September 17, 2015|date=September 17, 2015}}</ref>

In Europe, ''Mi Tierra'' peaked at number fifty-nine in Germany,<ref name="germancharts"/> number nine in the Netherlands,<ref name="dutchcharts"/> number one in Spain,<ref name="spanishcharts"/> number twenty-five in Switzerland and number eleven in the United Kingdom.<ref name="swisscharts"/> The album was certified 10&times; platinum in Spain (for shipping one million copies) and certified gold in Switzerland.{{Certification Cite Ref|region=Switzerland|title=Mi Tierra|artist=Gloria Estefan|type=album|award=Gold|relyear=1993|accessdate=April 5, 2011}}{{Certification Cite Ref|region=Spain|title=Mi Tierra|artist=Gloria Estefan|type=album|award=Platinum|number=10|relyear=1993|id=04_23|accessdate=April 5, 2011}} It also sold 200,000 in [[England]].<ref name="saleso">{{cite journal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GREEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA30&ots=hQ-mBjaF9o&dq=gloria%20estefan%20greatest%20hits%20million%20copies&hl=pt-BR&pg=PA30#v=onepage&q&f=false |title=Language nor a barrier for Estefan's albums|work=Billboard|publisher=Prometheus Global Media|volume=115|issue=41|page=30|last=Cobo|first=Leila|date=October 11, 2003 |accessdate=May 23, 2015}}</ref> ''Mi Tierra'' was the 60th-best-selling album of the 1990s,<ref>{{cite book|last=Dodd|first=Peter|title=100 best selling albums of the 90s|page=13|publisher=Amber Books|year=2004|isbn=9781904687139}}</ref> and sold over eight million copies worldwide by 2006.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.keyt.com/entertainment/4383616.html|title=Essential Gloria Estefan: First 2-CD Collection to Span Career|last=Daniel|first=Susanna|date=July 23, 2006|accessdate=January 14, 2013|work=KEYT-TV|publisher=[[News-Press & Gazette Company]]|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070228051451/http://www.keyt.com/entertainment/4383616.html|archivedate=February 28, 2007|df=mdy-all}}</ref>