[6] Romance received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Latin Pop Performance (which it lost to Jon Secada's Otro Día Más Sin Verte),[7] was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America and sold seven million copies worldwide.
[12][13] In 2000, American recording artist Christina Aguilera covered "Contigo en la Distancia" on her second studio album Mi Reflejo which was produced by Rudy Pérez.
In the review for Mi Reflejo, an editor for Billboard called Aguilera's rendition the "most breathtaking cover" of the song while Eliseo Cardona of CDNow referred to it as the "album's finest moments".
[16] Kembrew McLeod wrote for Sonic.net opined that the usage of the Spanish guitars did not make the song authentically "Latin" while Kurt B. Reighley from Wall of Sound also criticized Aguilera's vocals by calling it "over the top" and stated she "cranks up her volume to ear-shattering levels, trying to wring emotion from each syllable in the same way that ordinary mortals squeeze dishwater from a sponge".
[19] In July 2021, she performed "Contigo en la Distancia" for two nights at the Hollywood Bowl with Gustavo Dudamel and the Los Angeles Philharmonic.
«Contigo en la distancia» is a cover of the Spanish tenor Plácido Domingo for his album titled Passion published on January 29, 2013, produced by David Foster.