Destiny (Gloria Estefan album)

Destiny
Studio album by
Gloria Estefan
ReleasedJune 4, 1996 (1996-06-04)
StudioCrescent Moon Studios (Miami)
Criteria Studios (Miami)
Gettings Studio (Ocoee)
The Power Station (New York City)
Right Track Recording (New York City)
Genre
[1]
Length49:17 (U.S. Version)
76:57 (Special Edition)
LabelEpic
ProducerEmilio Estefan Jr.
Gloria Estefan chronology
Abriendo Puertas
(1995) 		Destiny
(1996) 		Best of Gloria Estefan
(1997)
Singles from Destiny
  1. "Reach"
    Released: April 1996
  2. "You'll Be Mine (Party Time)"
    Released: August 1996
  3. "I'm Not Giving You Up" / "Higher"
    Released: November 1996
  4. "No Pretendo"
    Released: July 22, 1997
  5. "Show Me The Way Back To Your Heart (Promotional Single)"
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Billboard(favorable)[3]
Cash Box(favorable)[4]
Entertainment WeeklyB−[5]
The Guardian[6]
Los Angeles Times[7]

Destiny is the seventh studio solo album released by Cuban-American singer Gloria Estefan, but is the nineteenth of her career overall. It shipped 1.6 million copies worldwide in its first month of release.

  1. ^ Rosenbluth, Jean (June 2, 1996). "Estefan's Pop Retains Strong Tropical Flavor". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved August 17, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ Destiny at AllMusic
  3. ^ Verna, Paul (June 22, 1996). "Reviews & Previews: Albums" (PDF). Billboard. p. 85. Retrieved November 28, 2022.
  4. ^ Darzin, Daina (June 22, 1996). "Pop Albums" (PDF). Cash Box. p. 9. Retrieved November 12, 2022.
  5. ^ Woodard, Josef (June 7, 1996). "Destiny Review". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on December 24, 2009. Retrieved July 4, 2012.
  6. ^ Sullivan, Caroline (June 7, 1996). "Music: This Week's Pop CD Releases". The Guardian.
  7. ^ Rosenbluth, Jean (June 2, 1996). "Estefan's Pop Retains Strong Tropical Flavor". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved August 8, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.