In 2011, the Latin American music scene witnessed both a tragedy and a tribute. Following the sudden cerebrovascular accident that left Gustavo Cerati in a coma in 2010, Sony Music released Grandes Éxitos , a compilation that quickly became more than just a best-of album. It was a loving, urgent, and bittersweet celebration of one of rock en español’s most visionary artists.

(2009), and coincided with his ongoing medical state following a stroke in May 2010.