La Tortura
| La Tortura | |
|---|---|
| Shakira feat. Alejandro Sanz | |
| publication | May 30, 2005 |
| length | 3:35 |
| Genre (s) | Latin pop |
| text | Shakira Mebarak, Luis F. Ochoa |
| music | Shakira, Lester Mendez |
| album | Fijación oral vol. 1 |
La Tortura is a Latin Pop - Reggaeton song by the Colombian singer Shakira in a duet with Alejandro Sanz . The song was released on May 30, 2005 as the first single from Shakira's sixth album Fijación oral vol. 1 published. It became a huge hit worldwide and became the most famous Spanish language song by both performers. La Tortura won two Latin Grammy Awards at the 2006 awards for Song of the Year and Record of the Year . The song was number 1 in the American Latin charts for 25 weeks, this record brought Shakira an entry in the Guinness Book of World Records in 2007.
La Tortura is the most successful Spanish-language song ever in the United States, with over 1,000,000 units sold, and the best-selling and most successful Spanish-language title of the decade with over 5 million units sold worldwide.
Song information
The song is a duet by Shakira and the Spanish musician Alejandro Sanz , who wrote and produced the title together with Luis Fernando Ochoa.
It tells the story of a woman who breaks down emotionally because her boyfriend cheated on her and left her for another woman. In the course of the song, the man returns and wants to apologize to her. It remains unclear whether the two will become a couple again.
Music video
The music video for La Tortura was directed by Michael Haussman , the music video has the following content: Sanz spies on Shakira from his new girlfriend's apartment while she walks through the streets. Shakira's apartment is across from Sanz's friend's apartment. When Shakira goes to her apartment, she changes her outfits. Since then, Sanz has been remembering his relationship with Shakira. Shakira then dances in her apartment. The choreographies for the music video are by Jamie King and Shakira themselves.
The music video for La Tortura was nominated for three awards at the 2005 MTV Video Music Awards . During the gala, Shakira performed the song live with Sanz. It was the first time a song was not sung in English at the MTV Awards. Also, the La Tortura music video was the first ever Latin video in Spanish to be nominated for MTV awards.
success
When released as a single, the song became one of the most important Spanish-language Latin songs to make it mainstream in the English-speaking world in North America. La Tortura reached number 23 on the US Billboard Hot 100 twenty weeks after its release and number 60 on the US 2005 annual charts. The song also went platinum for 1,000,000 sales in the United States, making it the first Latin title that achieved this feat.
In Spain the song made its debut at number 1, was successful across Europe and reached the top ten in almost every country. In Switzerland, the song spent 15 weeks in the top 5, but did not reach number 1. La Tortura was not released as a single in the UK , but it was ranked 34th in the UK charts thanks to the success of Shakiras Illegal . The song also broke the record for most weeks (25) at number 1 on the American Latin charts, thereby making the song a 2007 edition of Guinness World Records .
Charts
| Charts (2005) | Top ranking |
|---|---|
 Austria
|
3 |
 Germany
|
4th |
 Spain
|
3 |
 Switzerland
|
2 |
 United States
|
23 |
Records
| country | editor | Awards |
|---|---|---|
|
Austria
|
IFPI | gold |
|
Germany
|
BVMI | gold |
|
Switzerland
|
IFPI | gold |
|
United States
|
RIAA | platinum |
Annual charts
| Annual charts (2005) | placement |
|---|---|
|
Austria
|
14th |
|
Spain
|
4th |
|
Switzerland
|
3 |
|
United States
|
60 |
Awards
- Viewer's Choice ( nominated )
- Best Female Video ( nominated )
- Best Dance Video ( nominated )
2005 NRJ Awards
- International Song Of The Year ( won )
2005 Billboard Music Awards
- Hot Latin Song Of The Year ( won )
2005 Latin Billboard Music Awards
- Song Of The Year ( won )
- Song Of The Year, Vocal Duet ( won )
- Ringtone Of The Year ( won )
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.amazon.com/Tortura-Shakira/dp/B0009A42A0/ref=sr_1_4?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1319174065&sr=1-4
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from September 30, 2012 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.
- ↑ Biggest Selling Singles Since the Year 2000 . Yahoo. September 1, 2009. Retrieved September 5, 2009.
- ↑ http://www.ifpi.at/?section=goldplatin
- ↑ Gold / platinum database ('La Tortura') . In: Federal Association of the Music Industry .
- ^ The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community . In: swisscharts.com . Hung media. Retrieved December 29, 2010.
- ↑ Gold & Platinum - Shakira "La Tortura" . RIAA. Retrieved December 29, 2010.
- ↑ 2005 Austrian Singles Chart ( German ) Austriancharts. Retrieved December 29, 2010.
- ↑ Lista Annual Singles 2005 (PDF; 19 kB) Promusicae. Retrieved December 29, 2010.
- ↑ Swiss year end chart . Swiss.com. Retrieved December 29, 2010.
- ↑ Year-End Charts: The Hot 100.Billboard 2005 Year In Music Billboard . 2005.
