# Esencia

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{{Infobox album
| name       = Esencia
| type       = studio
| artist     = [Gilberto Santa Rosa](/source/Gilberto_Santa_Rosa)
| cover      = Esencia.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = November 15, 1996
| recorded   =
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      = [Salsa](/source/Salsa_music)
| length     = 57:06
| label      = [Sony Discos](/source/Sony_Discos)
| producer   = Gilberto Santa Rosa, José Lugo
| prev_title = [En Vivo Desde El Carnegie Hall](/source/En_Vivo_Desde_El_Carnegie_Hall)
| prev_year  = 1995
| next_title = [De Corazón](/source/De_Coraz%C3%B3n)
| 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](/source/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](/source/Puerto_Rico) salsa singer [Gilberto Santa Rosa](/source/Gilberto_Santa_Rosa) released on November 15, 1996. It was nominated for Best Tropical/Salsa Album at the [9th Lo Nuestro Awards](/source/Premio_Lo_Nuestro_1997).<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](/source/El_Tiempo_(Colombia))|publisher=Casa Editorial El Tiempo S.A.|date=April 8, 1997|accessdate=June 10, 2013}}</ref>

==Track listing==
This information adapted from [Allmusic](/source/Allmusic).<ref name=all>{{cite web |title=''Esencia'' – Gilberto Santa Rosa|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r245625|pure_url=yes}}|work=[Allmusic](/source/Allmusic) |publisher=Rovi|accessdate=September 6, 2011}}</ref>
{{track listing
| title1          = [No Quiero Na' Regala'o](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Pablo_Milan%C3%A9s), [Joan Manuel Serrat](/source/Joan_Manuel_Serrat)
| length7         = 4:13
| title8          = Siempre Acabo Igual
| writer8         = Omar Alfanno
| length8         = 4:56
| title9          = No Ha Pasado Nada
| writer9         = [Armando Manzanero](/source/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](/source/Top_Latin_Albums)
|align="center"|12
|-
|align="left"|U.S. ''Billboard'' [Tropical Albums](/source/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](/source/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

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