K.O.B. Live (Kings of Bachata Live) is the second live album released by bachata group Aventura by Premiun Latin Music distributed by Sony Music Latin.[3] It was recorded during the promotion concert tour for their fourth studio album God's Project (2005). The tracks were recorded live in three United States locations: New York City, Boston, and Puerto Rico. They also recorded in Dominican Republic and Colombia. It also contains a DVD with videos of the performance at Altos de Chavón in La Romana, Dominican Republic and at the Madison Square Garden theater in New York. In the first, the group played before some 6,000 people, while in the second they made history by becoming the first bachata group to sell all the tickets before the event for that venue.[4]
The album is a double-disc live album and a bonus DVD. It contains all of their greatest hits at the time, along with several skits and other between-song banter. The first disc contains five new tracks, exploring lyrics of love, romance, sex and infidelity with their typical fusions of Bachata, R&B and spanglish lyrics. The album was supported by the released of three official singles: "Los Infieles", "Mi Corazoncito" and "El Perdedor". Following the success of the album, it won Tropical Album of the Year, Duo or Group at the 2007 Billboard Latin Music Awards and Tropical Album of the Year at the Premios Lo Nuestro 2008.[5] Also, the band won Best International Band at the 23rd annual Soberano Awards, at the time named the Casandra Awards.[6]K.O.B Live received generally positive reviews by the critics.
Background
In 2005, Aventura released their fourth album God's Project. It was a commercial success and was considered the band's mainstream breakthrough album. To promote the album, the band embarked on a highly successful tour. The tour started at Fortaleza Ozana in Santo Domingo on July 29, 2005. After that, the tour continued to some countries in Europe, visiting cities including Paris, Zurich, Milan, Vienna, Amberes, Madrid and Amsterdam, as well as the United States. The tour continued in Central and South America.[7]
On March 8, 2006, it was revealed to the press the band's intentions to drop a live album (Kings of Bachata Live) that will include the interpretations they have made of some of their songs in different concerts in Latin America and Europe. The next day, the band performed a sold out concert at the Theater at Madison Square Garden.[8] On March 27, 2006, the group performed at Altos de Chavon amphitheater and was reported sold out.[9] Local media noticed that despite the high risk that this venue represented, the band sold all the tickets. Also it was revealed that the concert was going to be recorded to be released as a DVD sometime in the future.[10]
K.O.B Live was a commercial success. It remained the top-selling album on the chart for 23 non-consecutive weeks in 2007 at US Tropical Albums. Eventually, it was the second best selling Latin album in the United States of 2007 and the top selling tropical album of 2007. It was certified six times platinum (Latin field) by the RIAA. All of the album singles reached the top five on the US Hot Latin Songs chart and topped the US Tropical Airplay chart. Also, it charted on the Mexican, Italian and Swiss album charts. To promote the new tracks of the album, Aventura embarked on a highly successful K.O.B Live Tour, visiting Latin America and United States, breaking some attendance records in New York and Puerto Rico.[11][12]
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