No Es lo Mismo

No Es lo Mismo
Studio album by Alejandro Sanz
Released	September 2, 2003
Recorded	February-July 2003 at Criteria Studios (Miami, Florida) Glenwood Place Studios (Burbank, California) Sintonia Studios (Madrid, Spain)
Genre	Latin pop
Length	50:26
Label	WEA Latina
Producer	Lulo Pérez, Alejandro Sanz, Rosa Lagarrigue (executive producer)
Alejandro Sanz chronology
MTV Unplugged (2001) No Es lo Mismo (2003) Grandes Éxitos 1991–2004 (2004)
Singles from No Es lo Mismo
"No Es lo Mismo" Released: 2003 "Regálame la Silla Donde Te Esperé" Released: 2003 "He Sido Tan Feliz Contigo" Released: 2004 "Try To Save Your S'ong" Released: 2004

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

No Es lo Mismo is the seventh studio album recorded by Spanish singer-songwriter Alejandro Sanz released more than three years after his last album, El Alma al Aire. It was produced with the collaboration of the Cuban musician Lulo Pérez.

Track listing

1. No es lo Mismo - 6:04
2. Hoy Llueve, Hoy Duele - 4:52
3. He Sido Tan Feliz Contigo - 3:52
4. Try To Save Your S'ong - 3:42
5. Eso - 4:17
6. Labana - 5:28
7. Sandy a Orilla do Mundo - 3:27
8. 12 Por 8 - 4:40
9. Al Olvido Invito Yo - 4:21
10. Regálame la Silla Donde Te Esperé - 4:50
11. Lo Diré Bajito - 4:33
12. Sí, He Cantado Mal - 0:21

Chart performance

Album

Year	Chart	Peak	Weeks on Chart
2003	Billboard Latin Pop Albums	2[2]	23
2003	Billboard Top Latin Albums	2[2]	29
2003	Billboard The Billboard 200	128[2]	3
2003	Billboard Top Heatseekers	3[2]	11
2003	Billboard Top Heatseekers (Pacific)	4[2]	3
2003	Billboard Top Heatseekers (South Atlantic)	1[2]	9

Singles

Year	Chart	Track	Peak	Weeks on Chart
2003	Billboard Hot Latin Songs	No Es lo Mismo	4[2]	17
2003	Billboard Latin Pop Airplay	No Es lo Mismo	3[2]	24
2003	Billboard Latin Tropical Airplay	No Es lo Mismo	23[2]	8
2003	Billboard Hot Latin Songs	Regálame La Silla Donde Te Esperé	23[2]	8
2003	Billboard Latin Pop Airplay	Regálame la Silla Donde Te Esperé	16[2]	13
2004	Billboard Hot Latin Songs	Eso	25[2]	7
2004	Billboard Latin Pop Airplay	Eso	13[2]	13

Date	Chart	Track	Peak
September 6, 2003	Los40.com Los 40 Principales	No Es lo Mismo	1[3]

Personnel

Adonaya Agarrado Méndez - Background vocals in "12 Por 8" Tomasa Agarrado Méndez - Background vocals in "12 Por 8" Manu Araujo - Stylist Hammadi Bayard - Saxophone Tom Bender - Mixing assistant Nancy Berek-Mraz - Recording coordinator Miguel Betancourt - Recording coordinator Dana Bourke - Recording assistant Vinnie Colaiuta - Drums Luis Conte - Percussion Tomás Cruz - Conga in "Regálame la Silla Donde Te Esperé" Niños De Jerez - Background vocals in "12 Por 8" Jaume de Laiguana - Art direction, graphic design, photography Paco de Lucía - Acoustic guitar in "Regálame la Silla Donde Te Esperé" Adrián Fregnac - Assistant engineer Carlos González - Background vocals GQ - Rap Guere - Bass in "Sandy a Orilla do Mundo" Mick Guzauski - Mixing in all songs except "Labana" Horacio "El Negro" Hernández - Drums Anthony Jackson - Bass Simon James - Conductor (concertino) Daniel Kresco - Assistant engineer Rosa Lagarrigue - Executive producer Michael Landau - Acoustic guitar, electric guitar Bob Ludwig - Mastering Ala Madrugada - Background vocals Carlos Martin - Trombone

Delvis Mesa - Piano in "Sandy a Orilla do Mundo" Raul Midón - Background vocals Zaida Moreno Ruiz - Background vocals in "12 Por 8" María Antonia Nogaredo - Background vocals The Northwest Sinfonia - Orchestra, strings Wendy Pedersen - Background vocals Lena Pérez - Background vocals Lulo Pérez - Arranger, background vocals, Flugelhorn, Keyboards, piano, programming, trumpet, producer Lulo Pérez - Bass synthesizer in "Try To Save Your S'ong" Lulo Pérez - Hammond organ in "Eso" Santiago Pérez - Conductor (orchestra) José Antonio Rodríguez - Acoustic guitar Carlos Rufo - Electric guitar Enrique Ruiz Carrasco - Background vocals in "12 Por 8" Alejandro Sanz - Vocals, acoustic guitar, arranger, background vocals, producer Alejandro Sanz - Tres in "Labana" Rafa Sardina - Engineer Rafa Sardina - Flute in "Sandy a Orilla do Mundo" Rafa Sardina - Mixing in "Labana" Pepo Scherman - Engineer Jon Schluckebier - Recording assistant Shaw Simmon - Recording assistant Rafaela Soto Bermúdez - Background vocals in "12 Por 8" Eddie Thomas - Background vocals Javier Valverde - Assistant engineer, mixing assistant, background vocals Chelo Vázquez - background vocals in "12 Por 8"' Irene Vázquez - Background vocals in "12 Por 8" Dan Warner - Acoustic guitar, electric guitar, guitar (nylon string)

Awards

Year	Category	Title	Result
2004	Latin Grammy Award for Record of the Year	No Es lo Mismo	Won
	Latin Grammy Award for Album of the Year	No Es lo Mismo	Won
	Latin Grammy Award for Song of the Year	No Es lo Mismo	Won
	Latin Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal	No Es lo Mismo	Won
	Latin Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album	No Es lo Mismo	Won
2004	Grammy Award for Best Latin Pop Album	No Es lo Mismo	Won

Special edition

No Es lo Mismo: Edición Especial Gira
Studio album by Alejandro Sanz
Released	July 27, 2004
Recorded	February-July 2003 at Criteria Studios (Miami, Florida) Glenwood Place Studios (Burbank, California) Sintonia Studios (Madrid, Spain)
Genre	Latin pop
Length	71:27 (CD)
Label	WEA Latina
Producer	Lulo Pérez, Alejandro Sanz

No Es lo Mismo: Edición Especial Gira is the 2004 re-release of the album No Es lo Mismo containing a CD and DVD. The CD contains 5 new tracks and the DVD contains 11 videos.

Track listing

CD

1. No Es lo Mismo - 6:04
2. Hoy Llueve, Hoy Duele - 4:52
3. He Sido Tan Feliz Contigo - 3:52
4. Try To Save Your S'ong - 3:42
5. Eso - 4:17
6. Labana - 5:28
7. Sandy a Orilla do Mundo - 3:27
8. 12 Por 8 - 4:40
9. Al Olvido Invito Yo - 4:21
10. Regálame la Silla Donde Te Esperé - 4:50
11. Lo Diré Bajito - 4:33
12. Mi Niña - 4:31
13. No Es lo Mismo (Sones del Mexside Hip Hop Remix) - 4:40
14. Try 2 Save Your S'ong (Mad Beatz Remix) - 3:54
15. Pra Elha Sonhar Conmigo (He Sido Tan Feliz Contigo) - 3:51
16. Eso (AOL Sessions) - 4:05
17. Sí, He Cantado Mal - 0:21

DVD

1. No Es lo Mismo (Video)
2. No Es lo Mismo (Making Of)
3. No Es lo Mismo (Como Se Grabó)
4. Regálame la Silla Donde Te Esperé (Montaje Director)
5. Regálame la Silla Donde Te Esperé (Montaje Alejandro Sanz)
6. Regálame la Silla Donde Te Esperé (Making Of)
7. He Sido Tan Feliz Contigo (Video)
8. He Sido Tan Feliz Contigo (Making Of)
9. Try to Save Your S'ong (Video)
10. Try to Save Your S'ong (Making Of)
11. Gira "No Es lo Mismo" 2004 (Documental Gira Latinoamerica)

Re-release

No Es lo Mismo
Studio album by Alejandro Sanz
Released	September 26, 2006
Recorded	February-July 2003 at Criteria Studios (Miami, Florida) Glenwood Place Studios (Burbank, California) Sintonia Studios (Madrid, Spain)
Genre	Latin pop
Label	Warner Music Latina

No Es lo Mismo (Edición 2006) is the 2006 re-release of the album No Es lo Mismo containing a CD and DVD. The CD contains 15 tracks and the DVD contains 13 videos.

Track listing

CD

1. No Es lo Mismo - 6:04
2. Hoy Llueve, Hoy Duele - 4:52
3. He Sido Tan Feliz Contigo - 3:52
4. Try To Save Your S'ong - 3:42
5. Eso - 4:17
6. Labana - 5:28
7. Sandy a Orilla do Mundo - 3:27
8. 12 Por 8 - 4:40
9. Al Olvido Invito Yo - 4:21
10. Regálame la Silla Donde Te Esperé - 4:50
11. Lo Diré Bajito - 4:33
12. Sí, He Cantado Mal - 0:21
13. No Es lo Mismo (Hip Hop Remix Final) - 4:38
14. Mi Niña - 4:31
15. Pra Elha Sonhar Comigo (He Sido Tan Feliz Contigo) - 3:51

DVD

1. No Es lo Mismo (Video)
2. Regálame la Silla Donde Te Esperé (Video)
3. Try to Save Your S'ong (Video)
4. He Sido Tan Feliz Contigo (Video)
5. 12 Por 8 (En Concierto - Gira No Es lo Mismo 2004)
6. Eso (En Concierto - Gira No Es lo Mismo 2004)
7. He Sido Tan Feliz Contigo con Daniela Mercury (En Concierto - Gira No Es lo Mismo 2004)
8. Try to Save Your S'ong (En Concierto - Gira No Es lo Mismo 2004)
9. Labana (En Concierto - Gira No Es lo Mismo 2004)
10. Hoy Llueve, Hoy Duele (En Concierto - Gira No Es lo Mismo 2004)
11. Regálame la Silla Donde Te Esperé (En Concierto - Gira No Es lo Mismo 2004)
12. No Es lo Mismo (En Concierto - Gira No Es lo Mismo 2004)
13. EPK

Sales and certifications

Region	Certification	Sales/shipments
Argentina (CAPIF)[4]	3× Platinum	120,000^x
Mexico (AMPROFON)[5]	2× Platinum	200,000^^
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[6]	8× Platinum	800,000^^
United States (RIAA)[7]	Platinum (Latin)	100,000^^
^*sales figures based on certification alone ^^shipments figures based on certification alone ^xunspecified figures based on certification alone

References

1. Allmusic review
2. www.billboard.com
3. "Alejandro Sanz Vuelve a Conseguir un Número Uno con Te Lo Agradezco, Pero No". Los40.com.
4. "Discos de oro y platino" (in Spanish). Cámara Argentina de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved October 31, 2012.
5. "Certificaciones – Alejandro Sanz" (in Spanish). Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas.
6. "Spanish album certifications – Mana – No Es Lo Mismo" (PDF) (in Spanish). Productores de Música de España. Select the "Chart", enter ' in the field "Year". Select ' in the field "Semana". Click on "Search Charts"
7. "American album certifications – Alejandro Sanz – No Es Lo Mismo". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click Type, then select Latin, then click SEARCH