Ananda

Ananda is the eighth studio album by Mexican singer-songwriter Paulina Rubio, released on September 18, 2006, through Universal Latino. Its pop rock music incorporates latin, dance, folk, electropop, alternative and flamenco styles with instrumentation from synthpop beats, guitars, drums, synthesizers, strings and Spanish musical instruments. Its themes range from love, empowerment, and dancing. Contributions to the album's production came from a wide range of producers, including Cachorro López, Rick Wake, Tricky Stewart, Áureo Baqueiro, TOY Hernández and Gustavo Santaolalla. Among the songwriters and artist collaborators appear on the album are Xabi San Martín from La Oreja de Van Gogh, Slash from Guns N' Roses, Juanes, Julieta Venegas and Coti. Ananda was generally acclaimed by most critics, while Cachorro López received a Latin Grammy nomination for Producer of the Year, and Rubio received a Latin Billboard Music Awards for Female Latin Pop Album given in 2007. The record was also a commercial success, reached at number one in Mexico, and top ten in Spain and Finland. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ananda_...) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)