Golden (Romeo Santos album)

Golden
Studio album by Romeo Santos
Released	July 21, 2017
Recorded	August 2016 – May 2017
Studio	The Castle (Yorktown Heights) Hit Factory Criteria Studios (Miami)
Genre	Bachata tropical
Length	65:20
Label	Sony Latin
Producer	Romeo Santos (also exec.) Allen Ritter Andrew Cedar Boi-1da Frank Dukes Illangelo Illmind Matetraxx Nely Saga WhiteBlack Swizz Beatz Tainy Vinylz
Romeo Santos chronology
Formula, Vol. 2 (2014) Golden (2017) Utopía (2019)
Singles from Golden
"Héroe Favorito" Released: February 10, 2017 "Imitadora" Released: June 23, 2017 "Bella y Sensual" Released: October 27, 2017[1] "Sobredosis" Released: February 14, 2018[2] "Carmín" Released: June 13, 2018 "Centavito" Released: July 21, 2018

Golden is the third studio album by American singer Romeo Santos, released on July 21, 2017 by Sony Music Latin.^[3] The album production mixed bachata with other genres such as jazz, bolero and reggaeton. The majority of the tracks were written by Santos and co-produced with sound engineer Mate Traxx (Iván Chévere). It encompasses bachata treated with synthesizer, piano, hyperkinetic percussion and guitars. It contains 18 tracks exploring lyrics ranging from hate, criticism, tabloid rumors to love and sex and features guest appearances from Swizz Beatz, Juan Luis Guerra, Ozuna, Nicky Jam, Daddy Yankee, Julio Iglesias and Jessie Reyez. It also features production from Santos, Allen Ritter, Boi-1da, Frank Dukes, Illangelo, Illmind, Matetraxx, Swizz Beatz, Tainy, and Vinylz, among others.

Golden was received well by music critics, earning a nomination for Best Contemporary Tropical Album at the 19th Annual Latin Grammy Awards, becoming Santos' first nomination by The Latin Recording Academy. Also, it was nominated for Top Latin Album at the 2018 Billboard Music Awards and won Tropical Album of the Year at the 2018 Billboard Latin Music Awards.

Golden debuted at number 10 on US Billboard 200 and at number one on US Billboard Top Latin Albums, staying there for four consecutive weeks. It was the best-selling tropical album in the United States of 2017 and 2018. Eventually, it was certified fourteen times platinum (latin filed) by the RIAA. Also, it debuted at number one on Mexico and Argentina album charts and reached the Top 10 at Chile, Spain and South America. Golden was also certified gold in Mexico, Chile and Argentina. To promote the album, Santos embarked on the Golden Tour, which had an attendance of around one million fans and received several nominations for Best Tour.