Miss Little Havana by Gloria Estefan

Miss Little Havana is a studio album by Cuban-American recording artist Gloria Estefan, It saw a U.S. release only through Target. The singer's first English-language album since 2003's Unwrapped and her twenty-sixth overall, it was released on September 27, 2011 on Crescent Moon Records, distributed by Verve Forecast and Universal Music Group. The project was largely conceived and produced by urban producer Pharrell Williams, while Estefan's husband Emilio Estefan contributed another four tracks to the album. The album debuted at number 28 on the Billboard 200 with 13,697 copies sold. As of October 20, 2011, the total soundscan is 21,522 copies. Preceding the album's release, lead single "Wepa" was released for digital download in July 2011, and reached the top of the Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs chart. The other singles released from the album were "Hotel Nacional" (#1 U.S. Dance,#6 U.S. Latin Pop, #1 U.S. Latin Songs chart, #1 U.S. Billboard Tropical Songs), "Miss Little Havana" and "Medicine". Estefan announced her retirement from music after the release of her studio album 90 Millas in 2007. Three years later American producer and performer Pharrell Williams presented Estefan with two songs, "I Can't Believe" and "Miss Little Havana", which the singer liked, and they began working on them in the recording studio while writing the rest of the songs included on Miss Little Havana. Estefan first became interested in collaborating with Williams after meeting him through their trainer at a Miami gym in early 2010. The pair began sending messages back and forth, while Williams started writing songs he hoped Estefan would want to record. It was not until early 2011, they entered the recording booth to create the basis for Miss Little Havana. The album was recorded in English with some Spanish lyrics. Coincidentally, the album was released on the 25th anniversary of her single "Conga", and with the CD purchase a new version of the track, titled "Conga 25", is available for download ℗ 2011 Crescent Moon Records, Inc.