Drama y Luz (English: "Drama and Light") is the eighth studio album released by the Mexican Latin pop/Rock en Español band Maná. This album was released in three formats CD, CD with DVD, and 12" LP vinyl record. The album was released on April 12, 2011, after a long wait of 5 years since their last studio album Amar es Combatir. The first single off the album is "Lluvia al Corazón", released on March 10, 2011. The song debuted at number-one on the U.S. Billboard Hot Latin Tracks. and the album made its debut at number 5 in the Billboard 200 selling 47,000 copies during its first week

Track listing

DVD

The CD/DVD edition is produced by Time Bender, produced by "Toiz" Rodriguez and directed by Iván López Barba and Rubén R. Bañuelos.

Drama y Luz

Personnel (band) Fher Olvera – main vocals, acoustic & electric guitars, coros, programming, Alex González – drums, vocals, coros, programming, keyboards Sergio Vallín – acoustic & electric guitars, coros, orchestral arrangements, string arrangements, keyboards, programming Juan Diego Calleros – bass

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Additional personnel

GusOrozco – guitar & bass arrangements, programming, keyboards

Fernando "Psycho" Vallín – low arrangements, electric bass

Fernando "El Bueno" Quintana – guitar & bass arrangements, string arrangements, coros, keyboards

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Héctor Quintana – coros

Carlos Munguía – coros

Luis Conte – percussions

Jeff Babko – keyboards

Benjamin "Jamie" Muhoberac – keyboards

Tommy Morgan – harmonica

Suzie Katayama – orchestra director

Charlie Bisharat – master concert violinist

Jackie Brand – violin

Mario de León – violin

Tammy Hatwan – violin

Gerry Hilera – violin

Tereza Stanislav – violin

Josefina Vergara – violin

Ken Yerke – violin

Matt Funes – viola

Jorge Moraga – viola

Steve Richards – cello

Rudy Stein – cello

Nico Abondolo – contrabass

David Parmeter – contrabass

Chris Bleth – oboe

Joe Meyer – French horn

Steve Becknell – French horn

Alan Kaplan – trombone

Toño Márquez – lyrical advisor

Augusto Chacón – copy editor

José Quintana – vocal direction

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Singles

Certifications

Awards

Latin Grammy Award

2011: Best Rock Album

2011: Best Engineered Album

Grammy Awards

2012: Best Latin Pop, Rock or Urban Album

Los Premios Telehit

Los Premios Telehit 2011: Best Mexican Band International

See also

Drama y Luz World Tour

List of number-one Billboard Latin Albums from the 2010s

List of number-one albums of 2011 (Spain)

References

External links

Official website of the band

Drama Y Luz on Amazon.com

[ Review and overview] at Allmusic

2011 albums

Maná albums

Warner Music Latina albums

Latin Grammy Award for Best Rock Album