180 Gram Vinyl. Catalog Number: MOVLP3873 Color: Black Format: LP UPC: 8719262038035 Suavemente (English: Smoothly) is the debut studio album by American merenguero recording artist Elvis Crespo. The album established Crespo as a leading artist in Latin music. He collaborated with several songwriters and record producers to create an overall tropical music-flavored recording. Suavemente became the first merengue recording to peak at number one on the United States Billboard Top Latin Albums chart. Suavemente received several accolades, including Billboard Latin Music Awards for Album of the Year and New Artist Album of the Year and a nomination for the Grammy Award for Best Tropical Performance. It won five Lo Nuestro Awards, including Tropical Album of the Year.