{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Esencia | type = studio | artist = Gilberto Santa Rosa | cover = Esencia.jpg | alt = | released = November 15, 1996 | recorded = | venue = | studio = | genre = Salsa | length = 57:06 | label = Sony Discos | producer = Gilberto Santa Rosa, José Lugo | prev_title = En Vivo Desde El Carnegie Hall | prev_year = 1995 | next_title = De Corazón | next_year = 1997 | misc = {{Singles | name = Esencia | type = studio | single1 = No Quiero Na' Regala'o | single1date = December 1996 | single2 = Yo No Te Pido | single2date = February 1996 | single3 = Esas Lágrimas | single3date = June 1997 | single4 = Peligro | single4date = August 1997 }} }}
{{Music ratings |rev1 = Allmusic |rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r245625/review|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic review]</ref> |noprose=yes }}
'''''Esencia''''' (Essence) is the tenth studio album recorded by Puerto Rican salsa singer Gilberto Santa Rosa released on November 15, 1996. It was nominated for Best Tropical/Salsa Album at the 9th Lo Nuestro Awards.<ref name="eltiempo">{{cite news|url=http://www.eltiempo.com/archivo/documento/MAM-545706|title=Premios a Lo Mejor De La Música Latina|language=Spanish|work=El Tiempo|publisher=Casa Editorial El Tiempo S.A.|date=April 8, 1997|accessdate=June 10, 2013}}</ref>
==Track listing== This information adapted from Allmusic.<ref name=all>{{cite web |title=''Esencia'' – Gilberto Santa Rosa|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r245625|pure_url=yes}}|work=Allmusic |publisher=Rovi|accessdate=September 6, 2011}}</ref> {{track listing | title1 = No Quiero Na' Regala'o | writer1 = Perin Vazquez | length1 = 4:42 | title2 = Amándote | writer2 = Rafy Monclova | length2 = 4:41 | title3 = Esas Lágrimas | writer3 = Omar Alfanno | length3 = 4:48 | title4 = Yo No Te Pido | writer4 = Jorge Luis Piloto | length4 = 4:39 | title5 = Me Faltó | writer5 = Manny Benito | length5 = 4:52 | title6 = ...Y Eso Duele | writer6 = Rafy Monclova | length6 = 4:27 | title7 = Para Vivir | writer7 = Pablo Milanés, Joan Manuel Serrat | length7 = 4:13 | title8 = Siempre Acabo Igual | writer8 = Omar Alfanno | length8 = 4:56 | title9 = No Ha Pasado Nada | writer9 = Armando Manzanero | length9 = 5:09 | title10 = Peligro | writer10 = Rafy Monclova | length10 = 4:53 | title11 = Dolía Menos | writer11 = Omar Alfanno | length11 = 4:55 | title12 = Yo No Quería Conocerte | writer12 = Rafy Monclova | length12 = 4:51 }}
==Chart performance== {| class="wikitable" !align="left"|Chart (1996)<ref>{{cite web|title=Esencia - Gilberto Santa Rosa |url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=gilberto santa rosa|chart=all}}}}</ref> !align="left"|Peak<br />position |- |align="left"|U.S. ''Billboard'' Top Latin Albums |align="center"|12 |- |align="left"|U.S. ''Billboard'' Tropical Albums |align="center"|1 |- |}
==Certification== {{Certification Table Top}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|title=Esencia|artist=Gilberto Santa Rosa|type=album|award=Platinum|Spanish=yes|certyear=2002}} {{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=yes}}
==See also== *List of number-one Billboard Tropical Albums from the 1990s
==References== {{Reflist}}
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Category:1996 albums Category:Gilberto Santa Rosa albums Category:Sony Discos albums