Jesse & Joy

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Jesse & Joy

Jesse & Joy are a Mexican Latin pop duo from Mexico City .

Band history

The siblings Jesse and Joy Huerta from the Mexican capital only started making music seriously in 2001, when Jesse came of age. The younger sister was 15 years old. Over time they made a name for themselves and in 2005 they signed a large label with Warner Music . Even before the first release, they had their first major appearances at a Sin Bandera concert in front of 100,000 spectators and as the opening act at a James Blunt concert.

Espacio sideral was the name of her debut single in 2006, followed by her first album Esta es mi vida . Although the highest position on the Mexican charts was only number 17, it stayed on the charts for over a year and went platinum . The following year it was released in the United States and there, too, the album reached number 17 on the Latin pop charts, the single even number 15, and another album single, Llegaste tú , number 12. They were at the Latin Grammy Awards Awarded Best New Artist in the same year. This was followed by the EP Esto es lo que soy and in 2009 the album Electricidad produced by Tom Russo . In Mexico they only reached number 21, but with both the album and the single Adiós they came in at number 3 in the respective US Latin pop charts.

The duo's third album was produced by Martin Terefe. It was entitled ¿Con quién se queda el perro? and was released at the end of 2011. It reached number 3 in Mexico and was awarded triple platinum. In the US it came in at number 2 on the genre charts and brought them platinum as a Spanish-language album (60,000 units sold). The song ¡Corre! , which was her first Latin pop number one hit and which won song and single of the year at the Latin Grammy Awards. In 2012 they won four prizes there. At the major Grammy Awards in 2013 , the album was nominated for the best Latin pop album.

Extensive tours and appearances followed, including in Europe, which also earned them a place in the Spanish charts for the first time , and the live album Soltando al perro . They then worked on their fourth studio album Un besito más with Fraser T. Smith and Juan Luis Guerra, among others . For the first time, they came to number 1 on the US Latin Pop album charts at the end of 2015. And they won the award for Best Latin Pop Album at the 2017 Grammy Awards . There was also another Latin Grammy and once platinum in Mexico.

Members

  • Jesse Eduardo Huerta Uecke (born December 31, 1982), guitar, piano, drums
  • Tirzah Joy Huerta Uecke (born June 20, 1986), singer, guitar

Discography

Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
¿Con quién se queda el perro?
  IT 19th 05/19/2013 (20 weeks)
Un besito más
  IT 72 12/13/2015 (1 week)
Singles
¡Corre!
  IT 19th 03/10/2013 (25 weeks)
La de la mala suerte (with Pablo Alborán )
  IT 39 09/22/2013 (8 weeks)
Donde está el amor (with Pablo Alborán)
  IT 32 06.10.2013 (5 weeks)
Un besito más (feat. Alejandro Sanz )
  IT 34 12/13/2015 (7 weeks)
3 am (feat. Tommy Torres)
  IT 21st 
platinum
platinum
08/31/2017 (26 weeks)

Albums

  • Esta es mi vida (2006, MX:platinumplatinum)
  • Esto es lo que soy (EP, 2008)
  • Electricidad (2009, MX:goldgold)
  • ¿Con quién se queda el perro? (2011, MX:Triple platinum× 3Triple platinum , US – Latin: platinumplatinum)
  • Soltando al perro (live album, 2014)
  • Un besito más (2015, MX:platinumplatinum)

Songs

  • Espacio sideral (2007, MX:goldgoldas ringtone )
  • Ya no quiero (2007)
  • Llegaste tú (2008)
  • Esto es lo que soy (2008, theme music for the telenovela Las tontas no van al cielo )
  • Adiós (2009)
  • Chocolate (2010)
  • Me voy (2011, MX:goldgold)
  • ¡Corre! (2011, MX:Double platinum× 2Double platinum +goldgold)
  • La de la mala suerte (2012, MX:platinumplatinum)
  • ¿Con quién se queda el perro? (2012, MX:goldgold)
  • Llorar (featuring Mario Domm, 2012, MX:goldgold)
  • Me quiero enamorar (2013)
  • Ecos de amor (2015)
  • No soy una de esas (featuring Alejandro Sanz , 2015)
  • Dueles (2016)
  • 3 am (featuring Tommy Torres, 2017)
  • Mañana es too Late (featuring J Balvin, 2019)

Guest Post

Awards

Jesse & Joy (2012)
  • Latin Grammy :
    • 2007: Mejor nuevo artista
    • 2012: Canción del año for ¡Corre!
    • 2012: Grabación del año for ¡Corre!
    • 2012: Mejor álbum vocal pop contemporáneo for ¿Con quién se queda el perro?
    • 2012: Mejor video musical versión corta for Me voy
    • 2016: Mejor álbum vocal pop contemporáneo for Un besito más

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  1. ↑ Jesse & Joy ( Memento of the original from July 16, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. in the Certificaciones database of Amprofon (Mexico) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.amprofon.com.mx
  2. ↑ Jesse & Joy - Ganadores de los Latin Grammy (database extract)
  3. ↑ Jesse & Joy in the gold / platinum database of the RIAA (USA)
  4. ↑ Chart sources: Spain / Mexico - USA

Web links

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