Radical (Melany album)

Radical is the second album by Venezuelan-Spanish singer-songwriter and actress Melany It was released on February 11, 2014 on Spain by the Warner Music Spain and worlwide through Warner Music Group on April 8, that same year. After signing a three-album deal in January 2013, by the age of 16, the album started to be recorded in the same month at Kensaltown Studios placed on Londres, England. Anaiyah long-time friend Marius Montauban served as executive producer alongside her, the album also featured collaborations from Jesus Navarro and Carlos Muñiz. Anaiyah co-wrote all songs on the album, and the recording sessions was finalized on December 2013. The album contains mainly Latin pop styles, with influences of pop rock, folk, dance and electropop.

The album received generally favorable reviews from music critics, who complimented Melany vocal technique voice, lyrical content, album sound versatility. The album was an immediate success in Spanish-speaking countries, and consequently gained popularity in Brazil, where to date was sold over 500,000 copies, Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Sweden, and Switzerland, countries where the album has been certified platinum. In Spain, the album sold 1,053,000, becoming one of best-selling albums in Spain. In the United States, the album topped the US Top Latin Albums (Billboard), and US Latin Pop Albums (Billboard), while peaking at number ninteen at US Billboard 200, and was certified Diamond by Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA's Latin), with 780,000 album-equivalent units sold. As September 2019, the album sold over 6 millions copies worlwide, becoming the most successful Spanish album of the last ten years.

At 15th Annual Latin Grammy Awards, Melany won for Best New Artist, Best Contemporary Pop Vocal Album and Album of the Year, Record of the Year and Best Short Form Music Video for "Saltando Sobre los Tiburones", while "Conmigo" was nominated for Song of the Year, and also won Best Latin Pop Album at 57th Annual Grammy Awards, becoming youngest winner artist of all the time.

The album had six singles, including the hit-songs "Conmigo", "title tack" and "Saltando Sobre los Tiburones", which topped the "Hot Latin Songs for 25 weeks and peaked at number thirty-nine at US Billboard Hot 100. and was certified twenty-seven times platinum by Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA's Latin), selling 1,634,000 album-equivalent units, and in Spain, the song was sold 757,000 copies until July 2016, becoming one best-selling single in the country, worlwide the song sold over 5 million copies worlwide. The album was promoted in severals television shows, festivals and as well on Melany debut concert tour, Radical Tour beetween 2014 and 2015.