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| Released | 11 December 1990 | |||
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| Length | 42:25 | |||
| Language | Spanish | |||
| Label | Karen | |||
| Producer | Juan Luis Guerra | |||
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Bachata Rosa (Spanish for Romantic Bachata, translated literally as Pink Bachata) is the fifth studio album by Dominican singer-songwriter Juan Luis Guerra and his group 4.40. It was released on 11 December 1990, by Karen Records. It brought bachata music into the mainstream in the Dominican Republic and gave the genre an international audience. A Portuguese version of the record was released in 1992 under the title Romance Rosa; it was certified gold in Brazil. The album received a Grammy Award for Best Tropical Latin Album and two Lo Nuestro Awards for Tropical Album of the Year and Tropical Group of the Year.
Seven singles were released from the record, four of which became top-ten hits on the Billboard Hot Latin Songs chart. The album debuted at number one on the Billboard Tropical Albums. It remained the top-selling album on the chart for 24 weeks and was certified platinum (Latin field) in the United States by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). In Spain, the album spent eight weeks at the number one position on the chart. In the Netherlands, the record peaked at number two on the Mega Album Top 100 and was certified gold. Bachata Rosa was praised by critics, who commended Guerra's songwriting and the record's production, citing it as one of his most important works.
Written and produced by Guerra, the record sold over five million copies worldwide as of 1994. The album's commercial success helped to introduce Bachata and Merengue music to the mainstream audiences across Europe and South America. To promote the album, Guerra embarked on the Bachata Rosa World Tour (1991–92), breaking attendance records. Those commercial and critical archivermentes, was noted by US mainstream media such as The New York Times, Rolling Stone, The Village Voice and The Wall Street Journal, becoming the first tropical artist to receive this level of recognition. Bachata Rosa topped the charts in Mexico, Spain, Chile, Argentina, Portugal, Holland and Belgium.