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Reflexiones (José José album)

1984 studio album by José José

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 23, 2024
Entity authorityQ959997 ↗
Source-derived summary

Reflexiones (Reflections) is the 20th studio album recorded by Mexican performer José José, It was released by RCA Ariola in 1984. It was written, produced and arranged by Spanish producer Rafael Pérez-Botija. This album became the first number-one set on the Billboard Latin Pop Albums, received a platinum certification in Mexico for sales of 250,000 units, and at the Grammy Awards of 1986 it was nominated for Grammy Awards for Best Latin Pop Performance losing to Es Fácil Amar by Lani Hall.

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“Reflexiones (José José album)” enters the record as 1984 studio album by José José. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Reflexiones, José and album can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA useful identification and reception guide that helps separate the work itself from editions, performances, ownership and later interpretation. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1984, 1986—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1984-09. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Reflexiones, José and album.
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“Reflexiones (José José album)” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Reflexiones, José and album provides the most credible route into that argument.

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Object files, edition statements, performance records and contemporary criticism preserve different stages of the work’s history. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 23, 2024. The linked authority identifier is Q959997. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1984 and 1986.

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This entry incorporates text from “Reflexiones (José José album)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.