4 (Kumbia Kings album)

Released

February 25, 2003 (2003-02-25)

Recorded

2002–2003

Length

56:18

All Mixed Up: Los Remixes
(2002)

4
(2003)

Presents Kumbia Kings
(2003)

Singles from 4

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Review scores
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Allmusic	^[1]

4 is the third studio album and fourth album overall by Mexican-American cumbia group A.B. Quintanilla y Los Kumbia Kings and the third studio album by Mexican-American musician A.B. Quintanilla. It was released on February 25, 2003, by EMI Latin. This album became their second number one album on the United States Billboard Top Latin Albums chart. "No Tengo Dinero" song by Juan Gabriel original version on Juan Gabriel's debut album El Alma Joven in 1971. The album received a nomination for a Latin Grammy Award for Best Pop Album by a Duo or Group with Vocals in 2003.^[2]

Track listing

This track listing from Billboard.com^[3]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"No Tengo Dinero" (featuring Juan Gabriel and El Gran Silencio)	Juan Gabriel	4:55
2.	"Amores Como el Tuyo"	A.B. Quintanilla III, Cruz Martínez, Luigi Giraldo	5:12
3.	"Insomnio"	Quintanilla III, Giraldo, Chris Pérez	3:29
4.	"Llévame al Cielo" (featuring Aleks Syntek)	Quintanilla III, Martínez, Aleks Syntek	3:58
5.	"Baby"	Quintanilla III, Jason Cano, Giraldo	3:34
6.	"Rompecabezas"	Rodney Alejandro, Claudia Brant, Nir Seroussi	3:38
7.	"Mi Gente" (featuring Ozomatli)	Quintanilla III, Asdru Sierra, Jiro Yamaguchi, Raúl Pacheco, Justin Poree, Giraldo, Seroussi	4:21
8.	"Contigo"	Quintanilla III, Ricky Vela, Jesse García, Humberto García	3:12
9.	"Don't Wanna Try"	Francisco J. Bautista, Jaime Gálvez	4:07
10.	"Under My Skin" (featuring Organized Rhymes)	Martínez, Bautista	3:55
11.	"Please Don't Go Girl"	Quintanilla III, Martínez, Maurice Starr, Nick Washington, Sammy García	4:03
12.	"Count on Me"	Bautista, Gálvez	3:31
13.	"Amores Como el Tuyo (Cumbia Version)"	Quintanilla III, Martínez, Giraldo	3:55
14.	"No Tengo Dinero (ATM Remix)" (featuring Limi-T 21)	Gabriel	4:28

Adapted from Allmusic.^[4]

A.B. Quintanilla III – bass guitar, backing vocals, arranger, producer, executive producer, mixing, composer
Jason "DJ Kane" Cano – vocals, arranger
Francisco "Frankie J" Bautista Jr. – vocals, arranger
Andrew "Drew" Maes – vocals
Anthony "Nino B" López – backing vocals, dancer
Juan Jesús "JP" Peña – backing vocals, dancer
Cruz Martínez – keyboards, arranger, programming, producer, engineer, mixing, composer
Chris Pérez – guitar
Alex Ramírez – keyboards
Roy "Slim" Ramírez – percussion, backing vocals
"El Animal" Noe "Gipper" Nieto Jr. – accordion
Frankie Aranda – percussion
Jesse "O'Jay" Martínez – drums

Rodney "Cortada" Alejandro – arranger
Nicolas Barry – arranger, didjeridu, computers
Robert Becker – viola
Joel Derouin – violin
Wil Donovan – studio assistant
Erika Duke-Kirkpartick – cello
Eric Flores – saxophone
Juan Gabriel – vocals, rap (track 1)
James Gálvez – arranger
Humberto García – guitar
Jesse García – guitar
Emede González – trombone
El Gran Silencio – vocals (track 1)
- Tony Hernández – vocals
- Cano Hernández – rap
- Isaac "Campo" Valdez – accordion
- Marcos Martínez – percussion
Susan Jensen – violin
Tomas Jacobi – amanuensis
Peter Kent – violin
Gina Kronstadt – violin
Limi-T 21 – vocals (track 14)
Maria Newman – viola
Dusty "DJ Dus" Oliveira – DJ cuts and scratches
Organized Rhymes – vocals (track 10)
Ozomatli – vocals (track 7)
- Asdru Sierra – vocals, trumpet
- Raúl Pacheco – vocals, electric guitar, rhythm guitar
- Jiro Yamaguchi – conga, cymbals, tabla, güira, cowbell
- Justin "El Niño" Poree – cuíca, timbales, repinique
Charles Paakkari – engineer
Randy Stein – cello
Aleks Syntek – vocals, keyboards (track 4)
Jean Rosenberg – contractor
Elvin F. Torres – producer, musical direction
Roger Vera – trumpet
John Wittenberg – violin

Chart (2003)^[5]	Peak position
US Billboard 200	86
US Billboard Top Latin Albums^[6]	1
US Billboard Latin Pop Albums	1


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)^[7]	2× Platinum (Latin)	200,000^{^}
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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