El Mar de Sus Ojos

"El Mar de Sus Ojos"
Single by Carlos Vives featuring ChocQuibTown
from the album Más + Corazón Profundo
Released	March 3, 2014 (2014-03-03)
Genre	Latin pop, Hip hop
Length	3:52
Label	Sony Music Latin
Songwriter(s)	Carlos Vives Hugo Huertas
Carlos Vives singles chronology
"La Foto de los Dos" (2013) "El Mar de Sus Ojos" (2014) "La Copa de Todos" (2014)
ChocQuibTown singles chronology
"Uh La La" (2013) "El Mar de Sus Ojos" (2014) "Cuando Te Veo" (2015)

"El Mar de Sus Ojos" (transl. "The Sea Of Her Eyes") is a song performed by Colombian recording artist Carlos Vives featuring with the hip-hop group ChocQuibTown. Is the lead single from his upcoming album Más + Corazón Profundo (2014). At the Latin Grammy Awards of 2014, the song received a nomination for Record of the Year.^[1]

Chart performance

"El Mar de Sus Ojos", in Colombia debuted at number one on the National-Report chart on the week March 3, 2014, replacing "El Serrucho" by Mr Black.^[2] In the United States the song debuted at number eleven on the Billboard Hot Latin Songs chart, logged 11.8 million audience detections in its opening week, according to Nielsen SoundScan.^[3] On the Billboard Latin Pop Songs chart, debuted at number fifteen and on the Billboard Tropical Songs at number nine, in both charts the song won the "Greatest Gainer", title that is given to records that have greatest airplay and sales that week.^[4]

Track listing

• Digital download^[5]

1. "El Mar de Sus Ojos" – 3:52

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from the "El Mar de Sus Ojos" liner notes.^[6]

Recording

• Recorded at Henson Recording Studios, Los Angeles, USA and The Groove Studios, Miami, USA.

Personnel

Songwriting – Carlos Vives and Hugo Huertas Music director – Hugo Huertas Featured artists – ChocQuibTown Production – Carlos Vives and Andrés Castro

Arrangement – Carlos Vives, Andrés Castro and Miguel Martínez "Mike" Programming – Andrés Castrp and Miguel Martínez "Mike" Mastering – Tom Coyne Mixing – Curt Schneider

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2014)	Peak position
Colombia (National-Report)[7]	1
Dominican Republic Pop Chart (Monitor Latino)[8]	9
US Hot Latin Songs (Billboard)[9]	11
US Latin Airplay (Billboard)[10]	1
US Latin Pop Airplay (Billboard)[11]	15
US Tropical Airplay (Billboard)[12]	2
Venezuela (Record Report)[13]	1

Year-end charts

Chart (2014)	Position
US Latin Songs[14]	90
US Latin Tropical Airplay[15]	32

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[16]	2× Platinum (Latin)	120,000^‡
^‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

See also

• List of Billboard number-one Latin songs of 2014

References

1. "Latin Grammys 2014: Complete list of nominees and winners". Los Angeles Times. August 5, 2015.
2. "Corazón profundo de Carlos Vives, Disco de diamante por sus ventas en un solo día" (in Spanish). El Colombiano. April 22, 2013. Retrieved April 23, 2013.
3. Mendizabal, Amaya (2014-03-13). "Carlos Vives, Wisin Excel on Latin Charts". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 2014-03-19.
4. Trust, Gary (2014-03-10). "Chart Highlights: One Direction, Katy Perry, U2 Score New No. 1s". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 2014-03-19.
5. "El Mar de Sus Ojos – Single". iTunes Store (US). Apple. 2014-03-03. Retrieved 2014-03-14.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
6. "Estreno Mundial > CARLOS VIVES > "El Mar de Sus Ojos"". Oficina de Prensa y Comunicaciones Colombia (in Spanish). Paola España: press and entertainment. 2014-03-03. Archived from the original on 2015-01-04. Retrieved 2014-03-14.
7. "Top 10 Música Nacional Radio". National-Report (in Spanish). Radio y Música. March 3, 2014. Archived from the original on February 13, 2014. Retrieved March 11, 2014.
8. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-02-05. Retrieved 2015-02-05.
9. "Carlos Vives Chart History (Hot Latin Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved 2012-10-04.
10. "Carlos Vives Chart History (Latin Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved September 16, 2020.
11. "Carlos Vives Chart History (Latin Pop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved 2012-10-04.
12. "Carlos Vives Chart History (Tropical Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved 2012-10-04.
13. "Top 100". Record Report. R.R. Digital C.A. 7 July 2014. Archived from the original on 16 July 2014.
14. "Hot Latin Songs - Year End 2014". Billboard.com. Retrieved 2014-12-10.
15. "Tropical Airplay Songs - Year End 2014". Billboard.com. Retrieved 2014-12-10.
16. "American single certifications – Carlos Vives – El Mar de Sus Ojos". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved November 7, 2024.