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Las Vegas
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The city anchors the Las Vegas Valley metropolitan area and is the largest city within the greater Mojave Desert. Las Vegas is an internationally renowned major resort city known primarily for its gambling, shopping, fine dining, entertainment and it is the leading financial, commercial, and cultural center for Nevada. The city bills itself as The Entertainment Capital of the World and it is a top three destination in the United States for business conventions and a global leader in the hospitality industry, claiming more AAA Five Diamond hotels than any city in the world. Today, Las Vegas annually ranks as one of the worlds most visited tourist destinations. The citys tolerance for numerous forms of adult entertainment earned it the title of Sin City, and has made Las Vegas a popular setting for literature, films, television programs, Las Vegas was settled in 1905 and officially incorporated in 1911. At the close of the 20th century, it was the most populated American city founded within that century, population growth has accelerated since the 1960s, and between 1990 and 2000 the population nearly doubled, increasing by 85. 2%. Rapid growth has continued into the 21st century, and according to a 2013 estimate, perhaps the earliest visitors to the Las Vegas area were nomadic Paleo-Indians, who traveled there 10,000 years ago, leaving behind petroglyphs. Anasazi and Paiute tribes followed at least 2,000 years ago, a young Mexican scout named Rafael Rivera is credited as the first non-Native American to encounter the valley, in 1829. Trader Antonio Armijo led a 60-man party along the Spanish Trail to Los Angeles, the area was named Las Vegas, which is Spanish for the meadows, as it featured abundant wild grasses, as well as desert spring waters for westward travelers. The year 1844 marked the arrival of John C, frémont, whose writings helped lure pioneers to the area. Downtown Las Vegas Fremont Street is named after him, eleven years later members of the LDS Church chose Las Vegas as the site to build a fort halfway between Salt Lake City and Los Angeles, where they would travel to gather supplies. The fort was abandoned several years afterward, the remainder of this Old Mormon Fort can still be seen at the intersection of Las Vegas Boulevard and Washington Avenue. Las Vegas was founded as a city in 1905, when 110 acres of adjacent to the Union Pacific Railroad tracks were auctioned in what would become the downtown area. In 1911, Las Vegas was incorporated as a city,1931 was a pivotal year for Las Vegas. At that time, Nevada legalized casino gambling and reduced residency requirements for divorce to six weeks and this year also witnessed the beginning of construction on nearby Hoover Dam. The influx of workers and their families helped Las Vegas avoid economic calamity during the Great Depression. The construction work was completed in 1935, in 1941, the Las Vegas Army Air Corps Gunnery School was established. Currently known as Nellis Air Force Base, it is home to the team called the Thunderbirds
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Nevada
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Nevada is a state in the Western, Mountain West, and Southwestern regions of the United States of America. Nevada is the 7th most extensive, the 34th most populous, nearly three-quarters of Nevadas people live in Clark County, which contains the Las Vegas–Paradise metropolitan area where three of the states four largest incorporated cities are located. Nevada is officially known as the Silver State because of the importance of silver to its history and economy. It is also known as the Battle Born State, because it achieved statehood during the Civil War, as the Sage-brush State, for the plant of the same name. Nevada borders Oregon to the northwest, Idaho to the northeast, California to the west, Arizona to the southeast, Nevada is largely desert and semi-arid, much of it located within the Great Basin. Areas south of the Great Basin are located within the Mojave Desert, while Lake Tahoe, about 86% of the states land is managed by various jurisdictions of the U. S. federal government, both civilian and military. Before European contact, Native Americans of the Paiute, Shoshone, the first Europeans to explore the region were Spanish. They called the region Nevada because of the snow covered the mountains in winter. The area formed part of the Viceroyalty of New Spain, the United States annexed the area in 1848 after its victory in the Mexican–American War, and it was incorporated as part of Utah Territory in 1850. The discovery of silver at the Comstock Lode in 1859 led to a boom that became an impetus to the creation of Nevada Territory out of western Utah Territory in 1861. Nevada became the 36th state on October 31,1864, as the second of two added to the Union during the Civil War. Nevada has a reputation for its libertarian laws, in 1940, with a population of just over 110,000 people, Nevada was by far the least-populated state, with less than half the population of the next least-populated state. However, legalized gambling and lenient marriage and divorce laws transformed Nevada into a major tourist destination in the 20th century, Nevada is the only U. S. state where prostitution is legal, though it is illegal in Clark County, Washoe County and Carson City. The tourism industry remains Nevadas largest employer, with mining continuing as a sector of the economy. The name Nevada comes from the Spanish nevada, meaning snow-covered, most Nevadans pronounce the second syllable of their state name using the vowel of trap. Many from outside the Western United States pronounce it with the vowel of father, although the latter pronunciation is closer to the Spanish pronunciation, it is not the pronunciation preferred by most Nevadans. State Assemblyman Harry Mortenson proposed a bill to recognize the alternate pronunciation of Nevada, though the bill was not supported by most legislators, the Nevadan pronunciation is the de facto official one, since it is the one used by the state legislature. Nevada is almost entirely within the Basin and Range Province, and is broken up by many mountain ranges
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Lucero (entertainer)
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Lucero Hogaza León, known as Lucero, is a Mexican singer, songwriter, actress and television host. She is a singer in Mexico, and has sung in Spanish, English. She is the daughter of Lucero León and Antonio Hogaza and has one brother, Lucero has sold more than 22 million records worldwide and is recognized in Latin America and Mexico as La Novia de America. At the age of 13, Lucero gained her first regular job in a popular childrens show in Mexico City called Alegrias de Mediodia in 1982. Since then she has released a series of successful albums, many of her songs peaked on top of most of the Latin charts including the Billboard charts in the USA. She received her first leading role in the film Coqueta and went on to film a total of seven movies, Lucero participated in nine telenovelas in Mexico with the leading role. She was recognized by People en Español as the Queen of the Telenovelas celebrated on the 2013 issue of Los 50 mas Bellos posing with six of the most popular actors in telenovelas, Lucero has won more TVyNovelas Awards than any other actress. Lucero has been the hostess of the Latin Grammy Awards on eight different occasions and she combined work with academic studies, also taking singing and dancing lessons. At that time she performed in the program Juguemos a Cantar. In 1982, she starred her first telenovela, produced by Valentín Pimpstein, Chispita, alternating with great actors such as Enrique Lizalde, Angélica Aragón and her acting brought her 2 awards, her first TVyNovelas Award and Azteca de Oro Award. From that moment her career was seen as a future, curiously enough with the emergence of Lucerito as a singer. Instead that task was given to Timbiriche, the most popular group in Mexico. This is how Raúl Velasco invited her to conduct and interpret the theme of the musical pageant América. Still in 1982, Lucero released her first album, with Musart Records, Te Prometo, in 1983, she was hired by Daniel Galindo for her first film called Coqueta, which she shared credit with Pedrito Fernández, making her big screen debut. After almost two years, in 1984, Lucerito released her album named Con Tan Pocos Años. In this year, she was contacted again by the director Sergio Vejar to act in the movie Delincuente, since the film Coqueta was a big success in Mexico and Central and South America. The following year,1985, she was contacted to perform in her third film Fiebre de Amor along with one of the most sought-after male singer of the decade, Luis Miguel. This combination was a success with the audience and the film received two Diosa de la Plata Awards, including Breakthrough Performance for Lucerito
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Caetano Veloso
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Caetano Emanuel Viana Telles Veloso, better known as Caetano Veloso, is a Brazilian composer, singer, guitarist, writer, and political activist. He has remained a constant creative influence and best-selling performing artist, Veloso has won nine Latin Grammy Awards and two Grammy Awards. On November 14,2012, Veloso was honored as the Latin Recording Academy Person of the Year, Veloso was one of seven children born into the family of José Telles Velloso, a government official, and Claudionor Viana Telles Veloso, a housewife. He was born in the city of Santo Amaro da Purificação, in Bahia, a state in the area of Brazil, but moved to Salvador. Soon after the move, Veloso won a music contest and was signed to his first label and he became one of the founders of Tropicalismo with a group of several other musicians and artists—including his sister Maria Bethânia—in the same period. However the Brazilian government at the time viewed Velosos music and political action as threatening, the two eventually were exiled from Brazil, and went to London, where they lived for two years. After he moved back to his country, in 1972. Veloso was born in Santo Amaro da Purificação, Bahia, the fifth of seven children of José Teles Veloso and his childhood was influenced greatly by artistic endeavors, he was interested in both literature and filmmaking as a child, but focused mainly on music. The musical style of bossa nova and João Gilberto, one of its most prominent exponents, were influences on Velosos music as he grew up. Veloso first heard Gilberto at 17 years old, and describes the musician as his supreme master and he recognizes Gilbertos contribution to Brazilian music as new—illuminating the tradition of Brazilian music and paving the way for future innovation. Veloso moved to the Bahian port city of Salvador as a teenager, the city in which Gilberto lived, in 1965 Veloso moved again to Rio de Janeiro, with his sister Maria Bethânia, also a musician. Shortly after the move, Veloso won a lyrics contest for his composition Um Dia and was signed to Philips Records, on 21 October 1967 Veloso won fourth prize and gained a standing ovation at the third annual Brazil Popular Music Festival with his song Alegria, Alegria. During this period, Veloso, Bethânia, Gilberto Gil, Gal Costa, Tom Zé, and Os Mutantes developed Tropicalismo, Veloso describes the movement as a wish to be different - not defensive like the right-wing Brazilian military government, which vehemently opposed the movement. The albums group cover photograph depicted the collective holding a variety of objects and images, when Veloso performed in the first round of the Festivals song competition on 12 September, he was initially greeted with enthusiastic applause, but the situation soon turned ugly. The ideological conflict climaxed three days later on 15 September when Veloso returned for the round of the competition. As the performance continued, the students pelted the stage with fruit, vegetables, eggs, paper balls, Veloso then stopped singing and launched into an impassioned monologue, in which he excoriated the students for their conservatism. After being joined by Gilberto Gil, who came on stage to show his support, if you are the same in politics as you are in aesthetics, we’re done for. And declaring he would no longer compete in music festivals and he then deliberately finished the song out of tune, angrily shouted Enough. and walked off arm-in-arm with Gil and Os Mutantes
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Univision
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Univision is an American Spanish language broadcast television network that is owned by Univision Communications. Univision is headquartered in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, and has its studios, production facilities. In recent years, the network has reached viewership parity with the five major English language U. S. television networks, Univision is available on cable and satellite television throughout most of the United States, with local stations in over 60 markets with large Hispanic and Latino populations. Chief operating officer Randy Falco has been in charge of the company since the departure of Univision Communications president, the new owners helped to turn around the stations fortunes by heavily investing in programming. Televisas ownership interest in SIN transferred posthumously from Emilio Azcárraga Vidaurreta to his son, Emilio Azcárraga Milmo, in Chicago, SIN moved its programming from WCIU-TV to new full-time affiliate WSNS-TV in July 1985. After WSNS was sold to Telemundo in 1988, what had become Univision moved its programming back to WCIU-TV, wGBO-TV became an Univision-owned station in January 1995. to operate the network and its stations. The Federal Communications Commission and SINs competitors had long questioned whether the relationship between SIN and the Azcárraga family was impermissibly tight, both the FCC and other Spanish-language broadcasters had long suspected that Televisa was merely using Nicolas to skirt FCC rules prohibiting foreign ownership of broadcast media. The FCC and the U. S. Justice Department eventually encouraged a sale of the network to a properly constituted domestic organization, joaquin Blaya, the networks new chief executive officer, would sign agreements to carry two programs that would change the face of the network. He signed contracts to develop programs hosted by Cristina Saralegui and Chilean-born Mario Kreutzberger – better known as Don Francisco – for the network. It also prohibited the use of English in its programming or advertisements, in 1988, Blaya also substantially ramped up production of American-based programs on Univisions lineup, reducing the share of programming imported from Latin America on its schedule. With this, the network began producing programs with an audience in mind, resulting in Univisions schedule consisting of 50% foreign programming. During Flores tenure as host of TV Mujer, the remained the #1 daytime show on Spanish-language television. Telemundos Dia a Dia, which debuted prior to the premiere of TV Mujer, TV Mujer inspired a series of other programs, including Hola, America and Al Mediodia, which never garnered the ratings of the original concept and were ultimately cancelled. However, the networks began to wane following the Hallmark purchase. The network opted to replace the Mexican-produced serials with novelas produced in South America, however, to make matters worse, with limited revenue from advertising, the sale to Hallmark left Univision with a huge debt load to cover. On April 8,1992, Hallmark sold Univision to a group that included Los Angeles-based investor A. 5% stake in the station group, the deal placed Univision under common ownership with competing cable channel Galavisión, which the Azcárraga-run Grupo Televisa owned at the time. KMEX became the first Spanish-language television station ever to outperform English-language network stations and that year, Univision also acquired KXLN, the first Spanish-language television station in the Houston market. Perenchio also implemented new programming requirements in which programs were no longer allowed to run 20 minutes over their allotted timeslot
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12th Annual Latin Grammy Awards
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The 12th Annual Latin Grammy Awards was held on Thursday, November 10,2011, at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas and was hosted by Lucero and Cristián de la Fuente. The eligibility period for recordings to be nominated is July 1,2010 to June 30,2011, the show will be aired on Univision. Puerto Rican band Calle 13 were the big winners of the night with nine awards including Album of the Year for Entren Los Que Quieran, the Best New Artist award went to Sie7e. Shakira was honored as the Person of the Year the night before the telecast, Live At Barcelona, Teatre Paral. lel 2011 Bobby Sanabria conducting The Manhattan School of Music Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra — Tito Puente Masterworks Live. Chucho Valdés — New York Is Now, / Viva El Sonido Cubano Dave Valentin — Pure Imagination Best Christian Album Alex Campos — Lenguaje De Amor Moisés Angulo — Alégrense
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Latin Grammy Award
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A Latin Grammy Award is an award by The Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences to recognize outstanding achievement in the Latin music industry. The Latin Grammy honors works produced anywhere around the world that were recorded in either Spanish or Portuguese and is awarded in the United States. Submissions of products recorded in languages from Latin America and the Iberian Peninsula of Hispanophone or Lusophone countries such as Nahuatl, Catalán. Both the regular Grammy Award and the Latin Grammy Award have similar nominating and voting processes, the first annual Latin Grammys ceremony was held at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on September 13,2000. Broadcast by CBS, that first ceremony became the first primarily Spanish language primetime program carried on an English-language American television network, the most-recent ceremony, the 17th Annual Latin Grammy Awards, was held on November 17,2016 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. Since 2005, the awards are broadcast in the United States by the television network Univision, in 2013,9.8 million people watched the Latin Grammy Awards on Univision, making the channel a top-three network for the night in the U. S. The Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences was formed by the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences in 1997 and it was founded by Michael Greene and Producers & Songwriters Rudy Pérez & Mauricio Abaroa. Rudy Pérez was the Grammy Florida chapters first President of the Board, the concept of a separate Grammy Awards for Latin music began in 1989. According to organizers, the Latin Grammy Awards was established as the Latin music universe was deemed too large to fit on the Grammy Awards, the Latin Grammy Awards mainly focuses on music from Latin America, Spain, Portugal, and the United States. In 2000, it was announced that the 1st Annual Latin Grammy Awards would take place at the Staples Center on September 13,2000, on July 7,2000, the nominations were announced in Miami, Florida, United States. The Latin Grammys were introduced with over 39 categories included limited to Spanish, the first telecast took place at the Staples Center and was broadcast. The following years show was canceled due to the September 11,2001 attacks, in 2002, the academy elected its first independent Board of Trustees. In 2005, the broadcast was moved from CBS to Univision where the whole telecast was in Spanish, voting members live in various regions in the US and outside of the US including Latin America, Spain, and Portugal. Products recorded in languages and dialects such as Catalan, Nahuatl, Quechua, Galician, Valencian, Mayan, for instrumental music, the Latin Recording Academy accepts recordings that have been composed or interpreted by an Iberian American musician. The eligibility period is July 1 to June 30 for an awards ceremony. Recordings are first entered and then reviewed to determine the awards they are eligible for, following that, nominating ballots are mailed to voting members of the academy. The votes are tabulated and the five recordings in each category with the most votes become the nominees, final voting ballots are sent out to voting members and the winners are determined. Winners are later announced at the Latin Grammy Awards, the current President & CEO of the Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences is Gabriel Abaroa, who is related to Mauricio, one of the founders
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14th Annual Latin Grammy Awards
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The 14th Annual Latin Grammy Awards was held on Thursday, November 21,2013 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas. This was the time that Latin Grammys has been held at this location. The main telecast was broadcast on Univision at 8, 00PM EST, the nominations were announced on September 25,2013. Javier Garza, Illya Kuryaki and the Valderramas and Carlos Vives led the nominations with five nods each, miguel Bosé was honored as the Latin Recording Academy Person of the Year on November 20, the day prior to the Latin Grammy Awards. This marks the first time since the awards that the three categories were given to three different artists. Producer Sergio George won three awards, including Producer of the Year, the Clare Fischer Latin Jazz Big Band — ¡Ritmo. Os Serranos — Os Serranos Interpretam Sucessos Gaúchos Vol.6 On the Outline of the Mountains of Brazil, the award is intended for commercially released singles or tracks of a newly recorded material within the urban music genre
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The Latin Recording Academy
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They are dedicated to improving the quality of life and the cultural condition for Latin music and its makers, both inside and outside the United States. The academy is headquartered in Miami, the Latin Recording Academy is internationally known for the Latin Grammy Awards. Gabriel Abaroa serves as President and CEO of the organization,1997, The National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences establishes the Latin Recording Academy as a Latin counterpart to expand its operation in Latin America and Spain. 2002, Elected its first independent Board of Trustees, manolo Diaz, Gabriel Abaroa, Raul Vazquez and Tom Gomes. The Latin Recording Academy draws its membership from music professionals from Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking communities worldwide, namely Latin America, Spain, Portugal, through its efforts, the Latin Academy works to strengthen these communities through networking opportunities and educational outreach. The Latin Grammy Awards were the first prime-time English-, Spanish-, members of the Latin Recording Academy are also eligible to vote for the categories in the Latin field of the Grammy Awards. The Latin Academy has also produced the e-Latin GRAMMY Carreras Y Música events and these events provide educational outreach to more than 10,000 high school age participants from at least 11 countries. The Latin Grammy Awards were originally broadcast by CBS and after 2005 they switched to Univision and they have earned respect and they are already executing the steps towards the 13th Annual Latin Grammy Awards Ceremony. The Latin Grammy Awards have taken place in New York, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Houston, the Latin Grammy Week closes a cycle of music celebration formed basically by the Latin Grammy Street Parties and the Latin Grammy Intimate Concerts. National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences Official website The Latin GRAMMY Award Winners searchable database 2014 Latin GRAMMY® Award News By Medium. com
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Latin Recording Academy Person of the Year
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Award recipients are honored during Latin Grammy Week, a string of galas just prior to the annual Latin Grammy Awards ceremony. The award was first presented to Cuban American musician and producer Emilio Estefan in 2000 for increasing awareness of Latin music. Eight years later his wife, singer Gloria Estefan, became the first female award recipient, spanish singer Julio Iglesias received the second award in 2001. Ranchera singer Vicente Fernández won the award in 2002 for donating ticket proceeds to the National Hispanic Scholarship Fund, brazilian singer Gilberto Gil received the award the following year. The 2004 award went to Carlos Santana, who founded the Milagro Foundation in 1998 with his wife, mexican singer José José, known as the Prince of Song, received the award in 2005. Puerto Rican entertainer Ricky Martin received the award in 2006 after his foundation launched the People for Children project,2009 award recipient Juan Gabriel is known for donating concert proceeds to his favorite childrens foster homes and for founding Semjase, an orphanage for approximately 120 children. Shakira was honored as Person of the Year on November 9,2011 and she also won the award for Best Female Pop Vocal Album for Sale El Sol. Caetano Veloso was honored on November 14,2012, miguel Bosé was honored on November 20,2013. Joan Manuel Serrat was honored on November 19,2014, since its inception, the award has been presented to musicians originating from Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Spain, Panama, Italy, and the United States. ^ Each year is linked to an article about the Latin Grammy Awards ceremony of that year, list of Latin Grammy Awards categories MusiCares Person of the Year Latin Grammy Awards
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Jesse & Joy
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Jesse & Joy is a Mexican pop duo formed in 2005 by brother and sister, Jesse and Joy, from Mexico City. Introduced in 2005 by Argentine-Mexican duo Sin Bandera at the 2005 Mexican Teletón, Jesse & Joy released their debut album Esta Es Mi Vida in 2006 and their debut single, Espacio Sideral, was certified Gold by the Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas. The album reached the top twenty on the Mexican Album Chart, was certified Platinum by the AMPROFON, in 2008, Jesse & Joy released the Extended Play Esto Es Lo Que Soy, and next year their second studio album Electricidad. The album, which reached its position at number twenty-one on the Mexican Album Chart, was certified Gold by the AMPROFON. Electricidad included songs like Adiós, that peaked at three on the Billboard Hot Latin Songs chart, and Chocolate. In 2011, ¿Con Quién Se Queda El Perro. was launched as their studio album. The album was certified 2× Platinum by the AMPROFON, and includes songs like Me Voy, ¡Corre. additionally, Carlos López Estrada received the Latin Grammy Award for Best Short Form Music Video for Me Voy. On December 5,2012, ¿Con Quién Se Queda El Perro. received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Latin Pop Album and their parents are from Mexico City and the United States. In 2001, when they were 18 and 15 years old, respectively, they began writing lyrics and they were signed under the Warner label on April 18,2005. Jesse plays the piano, the guitar, and sings some backup for the songs and their first appearance was on the Mexican Teletón in 2005 when the Mexican-Argentine duo Sin Bandera presented them to the Mexican audience. This was followed by James Blunts showcase tour in Mexico, Espacio Sideral was the first single to be taken from their first album and went to number 1 on many radio stations. A video for the single was produced in Argentina, and first shown on MTV on June 27,2007, the second single was Ya No Quiero, and the third Volveré were released later with moderate success. Jesse & Joy were nominated in the MTV Video Music Awards Latin America in the category of Promising Artist. In 2008, the duo released the Esto Es Lo Que Soy EP which contains their hits Espacio Sideral, Ya No Quiero, Volveré and Llegaste Tú, and a new song called Esto Es Lo Que Soy. The song was used in the Mexican telenovela Las Tontas No Van al Cielo, starred by Jaqueline Bracamontes, in 2009, their second album, Electricidad, was released. It entered the Mexican Albums Chart at number fifty-five and reached a position of number twenty-one. Their single Llegaste tú was used in Televisas 2007 soap opera Tormenta en el Paraiso In 2011, which, along with their songs, received six Latin Grammy Awards and five nominations. In 2012, their single ¡Corre. was used on Televisas 2012 soap opera La que no podia amar, the Grammy Award is an accolade by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement on the music industry
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Latin Grammy Award for Record of the Year
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The award is given to the performers, producers, audio engineers and mastering engineer for new songs in Spanish or Portuguese language. The songs included on an album released the year of submission are also eligible only if they have not been submitted to competition before. Eleven of the thirteen awarded songs have earned the Latin Grammy for Song of the Year. Alejandro Sanz has won the most awards in the category with five out of nine nominations, including the award received for La Tortura. Sanz is followed by Juanes with two winning songs, Es Por Ti and Me Enamora, an asterisk indicates the composition won Song of the Year as well. Grammy Award for Record of the Year Official site of the Latin Grammy Awards
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Latin Grammy Award for Song of the Year
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The award is given to the songwriters of new songs containing at least 51% of lyrics in Spanish or Portuguese language. Instrumental songs or a new version of a recorded track are not eligible. In 2014, Universos Paralelos by Jorge Drexler featuring Anita tijoux won the Latin Grammy Award for Record of The Year, alejandro Sanz is the most awarded songwriter in the category with four wins out of eight nominations. Claudia Brant, Angie Chirino, Joy Huerta, Natalia Lafourcade, Shakira, the current holders, as of the 2016 ceremony are Carlos Vives, Shakira, and Andrés Castro for the song La Bicicleta. An asterisk indicates this recording also won Record of the Year, ^ Each year is linked to the article about the Latin Grammy Awards held that year. ^ The performing artist is listed but does not receive the award. ^ Showing the name of the songwriter, the nominated song, Grammy Award for Song of the Year Official site of the Latin Grammy Awards
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Juanes
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Juan Esteban Aristizábal Vásquez, better known as Juanes, is a Colombian musician who was a member of the rock band Ekhymosis and is now a solo artist. In 2000, his debut album Fíjate Bien won three Latin Grammy Awards. According to his label, Juanes has sold more than 15 million albums worldwide. Raised in Medellín, Juanes began playing guitar at age seven, when Juanes was 15, he started his first band, Ekhymosis, in 1988, which went on to release five albums, achieving recognition in his native Colombia. The track Sólo from the album Niño Gigante in 1992 was very popular, in 1997 after the band broke up, Juanes continued solo and in 2000 he released the album, Fíjate Bien, which earned him three Latin Grammys. His follow-up album, Un Día Normal, was released in 2002 and was certified platinum in multiple countries throughout Latin America. Juanes third album, Mi Sangre, which became a bestseller, managing to position well in a number of countries around the world. He has since released La Vida, on May 29,2012 Juanes released the album Juanes MTV Unplugged. According to his label, Universal Music, Juanes has won, among others, twenty Latin Grammy Awards, Juanes received the BMI Presidents Award at the 2010 BMI Latin Awards. Presented By James Edward Taylor Juanes is also known for his humanitarian work, on April 2013, Juanes released an autobiography titled Chasing The Sun in which he tells his story through narratives and pictures. Juanes was born in Carolina del Príncipe, Antioquia, Colombia, when he was seven years old, his father and brothers began to teach him how to play guitar. His passion for the instrument led him to discover simple genres of such as traditional pop sounds such as tango and Vallenato. He grew up in Medellín during the height of drug kingpin Pablo Escobars reign, during his childhood, Juanes witnessed a civil war in which hundreds were killed. His cousin was killed by kidnappers, and gunmen also executed a close friend, to add further to Juanes grief and desperation, his father died from cancer. This period shaped Juanes social consciousness, saying Colombia has suffered so much that the way to go forward is to imagine a better country. As a teenager, Juanes was greatly influenced by rock and metal such as The Beatles. He started the rock band Ekhymosis in 1988, and it released its album, Niño Gigante. Juanes disbanded the group in 1998 so that he could pursue a solo career, in 2000, Juanes released his solo debut Fíjate Bien, produced by Gustavo Santaolalla
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MTV Unplugged (Juanes album)
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Juanes, MTV Unplugged is the third live album of Colombian singer Juanes. It was recorded before an audience at the New World Symphony Center in Miami Beach, Florida. The album includes featured performances by the Spanish composer Joaquín Sabina, the album features rearranged takes on Juanes hit songs like Me Enamora, La Camisa Negra and A Dios le Pido. The first single of the album was released on March 5,2012 called La Señal. The second single was Me Enamora, with new instrumental arrangements, the album featured three new songs, one of which was a collaboration with Joaquín Sabina. The album debuted at one on the Billboard Top Latin Albums Chart. This was the time he won Album of the Year at the Latin Grammys. Following the release of his previous album, P. A. R. C. E, Juanes embarked on a tour to promote the album. Martínez also affirmed that Juanes was experiencing depression and personal problems, on December 2011, Juanes announced that he would record a live album as part of the MTV Unplugged series. He stated the months he spent with his family was a time of importance to strengthen my inner reflection and to back with the desire. Juanes MTV Unplugged was recorded was on 1 February 2012 at the New World Center in Miami, Juanes worked as producer with Dominican musician Juan Luis Guerra with the discussion of collaborating on an album together began several months. Previously, the two performed on the duet song La Calle on Juan Luis Guerras studio album A Son de Guerra. Later, on December 2011, the Colombian singer announced that he would record a new edition of MTV Unplugged that would be produced by Juan Luis Guerra and released in February 2012. The Brazilian singer Paula Fernandes also accompanied him on the song Hoy Me Voy, MTV Unplugged was directed by Ivan Dudynsky. Many music critics wrote about the live album, david Jeffries of Allmusic praised the work the people sing all the songs all the time. Jeffries said Tr3s presents Juanes, MTV Unplugged is a celebration of the work of a Colombian artist. Juanes is the proposition a generation later, more from a rock world. And then Sabina is a generation ahead of Juan Luis, a bohemian artist who has been challenging the status quo since the ’70s
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3BallMTY
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3BallMTY is a Mexican pop DJ trio from San Nicolas de los Garza, Mexico. The DJ Collective was formed in 2009 by three teenage DJs - Erick Rincon, Sergio Zavala, and Alberto Presenda, the name 3Ball comes from the Spanish word tribal, which refers to the culture of Guaracha tribal music popular in many Spanish-speaking countries around the world. In August 2009, teenage Monterrey disc jockey Erick Rincon joined up with fellow DJs Sergio Zavala, quite fitting to their synthy, techno-inspired sound, the three DJs met through the Internet. The trio had a vision of combining two fundamental facets of the music industry - production and performance and it was the first time the group traveled outside Mexico. In 2011, the signed a record contract with label Latin Power Music. On December 6, they released their album, Intentalo. The song was performed live by the group at the 2012 ceremony of the Billboard Latin Music Awards, on February 4,2012, they began their first tour of Mexico. On November 15,2012, 3Ball MTY won the Latin Grammy Award for Best New Artist, in 2013, they released a new single Quiero Bailar featuring Becky G. It premiered on September 10,2013 on Univision and it is featured on the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One versions of Need for Speed Rivals
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Latin Grammy Award for Best New Artist
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The award is given to solo artists or groups that first establish an identity to the public as a performer and release a Spanish or Portuguese language recording during the period of eligibility. In 2012, the Academy announced the category would include ten nominees to reflect changes within the music industry, the award for Best New Artist was first presented to the Cuban performer Ibrahim Ferrer in 2000. Benefiting from the release of the documentary Buena Vista Social Club, the next three award recipients were Juanes, Jorge Moreno, and David Bisbal. In 2004, Brazilian singer Maria Rita became the first female winner, Spanish singer-songwriter Bebe announced her retirement one year after receiving the 2005 award, however, she returned to the music business five years later with the release of her second album, Y. The bands Calle 13 and Jesse & Joy won the two awards, followed by singers Kany García, Alexander Acha, Alex Cuba, Sie7e, Mexican DJs 3Ball MTY, Gaby Moreno. The award has been presented to six male and five female artists, 3Ball MTY, Calle 13, Jesse & Joy, since its inception, the award has been presented to musicians or groups originating from Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, Mexico, Puerto Rico, and Spain. ^ Each year is linked to the article about the Latin Grammy Awards held that year, Grammy Award for Best New Artist Lo Nuestro Award for New Artist of the Year Official site of the Latin Grammy Awards
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Latin Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Album
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Since its inception, the award category has had several name changes. In 2000 was known as Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, being awarded for singles or tracks, the following year onwards the award for Best Female Pop Vocal Album was presented. The award has been presented to singers originating from Canada, Colombia, Italy, Puerto Rico, Spain, the award for Female Pop Vocal Performance at the 1st Latin Grammy Awards was earned by Colombian singer-songwriter Shakira for the song Ojos Así. Shakira was also awarded Female Pop Vocal Album in 2006 for Fijación Oral Vol.1, in 2001, the award winners were announced at a press conference, since the 2nd Latin Grammy Awards were scheduled to take place on September 11,2001. Christina Aguilera received the award for her first Spanish language album Mi Reflejo, ^ Each year is linked to the article about the Latin Grammy Awards held that year
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Latin Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Album
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The Latin Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Album was an honor presented annually at the Latin Grammy Awards from 2001 to 2011. The award was given to a performer for albums containing at least 51% of new recordings of the pop genre. Since its inception, the category has had several name changes. In 2000 it was presented as Best Male Pop Vocal Performance, the following year onwards the award is known as Best Male Pop Vocal Album. The award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance was presented in 2000 to Mexican singer Luis Miguel for Tu Mirada, no Es Lo Mismo and Paraíso Express, recorded by Alejandro Sanz, Adentro, performed by Ricardo Arjona and La Vida. Es un Ratico by Juanes, received the award and also earned the Grammy Award for Best Latin Pop Album, ^ Each year is linked to the article about the Latin Grammy Awards held that year
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Portuguese language
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Portuguese is a Romance language and the sole official language of Portugal, Brazil, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, Angola, and São Tomé and Príncipe. It also has co-official language status in East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Portuguese is part of the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several dialects of Vulgar Latin in the medieval Kingdom of Galicia, and has kept some Celtic phonology. Portuguese is also termed the language of Camões, after Luís Vaz de Camões, one of the greatest literary figures in the Portuguese language and author of the Portuguese epic poem, the museum is the first of its kind in the world. In 2015 the museum was destroyed in a fire, but there are plans to reconstruct it, when the Romans arrived in the Iberian Peninsula in 216 BCE, they brought the Latin language with them, from which all Romance languages descend. Between 409 CE and 711 CE, as the Roman Empire collapsed in Western Europe, Portuguese evolved from the medieval language, known today by linguists as Galician-Portuguese, Old Portuguese or Old Galician, of the northwestern medieval Kingdom of Galicia. It is in Latin administrative documents of the 9th century that written Galician-Portuguese words and this phase is known as Proto-Portuguese, which lasted from the 9th century until the 12th-century independence of the County of Portugal from the Kingdom of León, by then reigning over Galicia. In the first part of the Galician-Portuguese period, the language was used for documents. For some time, it was the language of preference for poetry in Christian Hispania. Portugal became an independent kingdom in 1139, under King Afonso I of Portugal, in the second period of Old Portuguese, in the 15th and 16th centuries, with the Portuguese discoveries, the language was taken to many regions of Africa, Asia and the Americas. The language continued to be popular in parts of Asia until the 19th century, some Portuguese-speaking Christian communities in India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, and Indonesia preserved their language even after they were isolated from Portugal. The end of the Old Portuguese period was marked by the publication of the Cancioneiro Geral by Garcia de Resende, Most literate Portuguese speakers were also literate in Latin, and thus they easily adopted Latin words into their writing—and eventually speech—in Portuguese. Portuguese is the language of the majority of people in Brazil and Portugal, perhaps 75% of the population of Angola speaks Portuguese natively, and 85% are fluent. Just over 40% of the population of Mozambique are native speakers of Portuguese, Portuguese is also spoken natively by 30% of the population in Guinea-Bissau, and a Portuguese-based creole is understood by all. No data is available for Cape Verde, but almost all the population is bilingual, there are also significant Portuguese speaking immigrant communities in many countries including Andorra, Bermuda, Canada, France, Japan, Jersey, Namibia, Paraguay, Macau, Switzerland, Venezuela. In some parts of former Portuguese India, namely Goa and Daman and Diu, in 2014, an estimated 1,500 students were learning Portuguese in Goa. Equatorial Guinea made an application for full membership to the CPLP in June 2010. In 2011, Portuguese became its official language and, in July 2014. Portuguese is a subject in The school curriculum in Uruguay
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Ricardo Arjona
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Edgar R. Arjona Morales, known as Ricardo Arjona, is a Guatemalan singer-songwriter and former basketball player and school teacher. Arjona is one of the most successful Latin American artists of all time and he is often called El Animal Nocturno, thanks to his breakthrough success with his fourth studio album which bears the same name. Arjona is noted for his style, and often addresses topics such as love, sexuality, violence, racism. As of 2016, Arjona had released sixteen albums, one live album, nine compilation albums. Four Arjona albums reached number one on the Billboard Top Latin Albums, four albums had charted on the Billboard 200. Four singles had reached number one on the Billboard Latin Songs chart, edgar Ricardo Arjona Morales was born on 19 January,1964, in Jocotenango, Guatemala, to parents Ricardo Arjona Moscoso and Mimi Morales de Arjona. He spent most of his childhood in Guatemala City, where he began his musical instruction, at age twelve, he participated in the contest Festival Infantil Juventud 74 with Gracias al Mundo, a song composed by his father, finally winning the event. Although he initially enrolled in architecture and engineering at the Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala, in the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina, he met Puerto Rican Leslie Torres and had two children with her, Adria and Ricardo. As of 2010, Arjona was dating Venezuelan model Daisy Arvelo, Arjona was a talented basketball player who played for Leones de Marte and TRIAS. He toured Central America as a member of the Guatemala national basketball team, until recently, he held the record for the most points scored in a single game by a Guatemalan. He also taught at a school, where he claimed to have spent six hours giving lessons. This earned him a visit from a Ministry of Education representative, the representative found that the students education was actually above average. In 1988, he became the coach of a boys school. The label attempted to portray Arjona as a stereotypical Latin lover, the title track was released as a single, Déjame Decir Que Te Amo. This album failed to chart, but received praise from critics. Because of his experience recording the album and its commercial failure. At age 24, Arjona reversed course and sought the opportunity to represent his country in the OTI Festival with the song Con Una Estrella En El Vientre, the sessions immediately following this decision produced the song S. O. S Rescátame. His second studio album, Jesús, Verbo No Sustantivo brought him commercial and critical success across Latin America, Arjona started the new decade as a regular in the Mexican telenovela Alcanzar una Estrella, which assisted him in becoming a known singer throughout Latin America
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Gaby Moreno
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María Gabriela Moreno Bonilla, professionally known as Gaby Moreno, is a Guatemalan singer-songwriter and guitarist. Her music ranges from blues, jazz, soul, to R&B, Moreno sings both in English and Spanish. She became known to audiences in Latin America after recording a song with Ricardo Arjona in 2011. In 2013, she recorded covers of the popular songs Kiss of Fire and The Weed Smokers Dream with Hugh Laurie for his album, maría Gabriela Moreno Bonilla was born in Guatemala City on 16 December 1981. She has a Chihuahua-mix named Pepper, with whom she appeared in a PETA ad campaign, kCRWs Ariana Morgernstern, producer of Morning Becomes Eclectic, featured Moreno in an October 2008 podcast and bestowed Todays Top Tune status on her song Song of You. She said she was caught by surprise with its organic and understated feel and she sings beautifully both in English and Spanish. NPR. org - Gaby Moreno Song of You In 2006, she won the Grand Prize in the John Lennon Songwriting Contest with her song Escondidos, first in the Latin category, then overall. In July 2010 Moreno was nominated alongside her co-writer Vincent Jones for an Emmy in the category of Outstanding Main Title Theme Music for their song to NBCs Parks. In 2010 Moreno was awarded Favorite American Latino Indie Artist at the American Latino Awards,2011 Critical Praise, Gaby Morenos soulful vocals and ability to switch languages and genres have made her a rising star. – Rhapsody, #3 Top 10 Latin Alt Albums of Spring 2011 Our little secret is neither little nor secret any more. to a Brazilian bossa nova song that she sings in English and Spanish. Meet your next favorite from the Spanish-speaking world, Gaby Moreno, Old-School, soulful pop. Her new album, Illustrated Songs, was listed one of The Best Latin Music Albums of 2011 by About. com, and she will be busy touring Europe, Latin America and the U. S. in 2012. - NBC Latino The more a thing is stereotyped to death, with Guatemala-born, L. A. -based Gaby Moreno, its the female singer-songwriter form that she has rescued from the abyss of cliché. She doesnt radically change its rules or anything – she just does it with a little more flavor, and thats what separates her from typical coffeehouse fare. With an exceptionally rich and assured voice, and a palette that spans Latin, blues, folk, jazz and pop and her singing is effortlessly bright with purpose and not just a display of ostentatious acrobatics. In fact, theres something very classic about her expression, in her voice, the flame of the female greats is alive. -Orlando Weekly In August 2009 Moreno toured along with established singer/songwriter Tracy Chapman, later in November 2009, Moreno toured as direct support for Ani Difranco, on an east coast tour. Difranco invited Moreno back out on tour January/February 2010, July 2010, Tour in Germany and France In early 2011 Moreno and her band played their first headlining tour
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ChocQuibTown
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ChocQuibTown is a Latin Grammy Award-winning Colombian hip-hop group. Even though the band formed in Cali, the members are originally from the Colombian department of Chocó, the group consists of Carlos Tostao Valencia, his wife Gloria Goyo Martínez, and Glorias brother Miguel Slow Martínez. Gloria Martínez and her younger brother Miguel were both born and grew up in the town of Condoto in the department of Chocó in western Colombia. Father Miguel was from a family, his cousin was Jairo Varela, founder of Grupo Niche. Having graduated from school in Buenaventura, Gloria moved to Cali to study psychology at university and it was in Cali in 2000 that she met Valencia again, who had moved with his mother to live in the city, and was now also involved in rapping. Her brother Miguel, who had interested in producing music on his computer, asked to join them. Tostao convinced the Martínez siblings that they had to move to Bogotá to pursue their musical ambitions, in Bogotá, Tostao sung with various local bands, including Mensajeros, Carbono and La Mojarra Eléctrica. The band played at the Hip Hop al Parque festival in the capital in 2004 and won the competition for best band at the festival and their first album, Somos Pacífico, was recorded and released independently by the band and produced by Blair and Benavides. Their music and live shows were gaining a reputation and in 2008 ChocQuibTown signed to Nacional Records and released their second album, the groups third album, Eso Es Lo Que Hay, was released on Sony Music in November 2011, and was produced by Andrés Castro and Slow. In 2013 the band released Behind the Machine, an album of songs from their previous albums re-recorded in a simpler, when the band play live they are joined on stage by Milton Jurado, Jhon Sanchez, Larry Viveros and Andrés Zea. Tostao and Goyo have been a couple since 2002, they married on 7 December 2011 in a hacienda a short distance north of Bogota, in October 2012 they announced they were expecting their first child in April 2013. Their song also featured as soundtrack in EA Sports video game twice, El Bombo in FIFA11, the Grammy Award is an accolade by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement on the music industry. A Latin Grammy Award is an accolade by the Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry, a Premio Nuestra Tierra is an accolade that recognizes outstanding achievement in the Colombian music industry. ChocQuibTown has been nominated six times and received four awards
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Que Te Vaya Mal
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Que Te Vaya Mal is a Latin pop song written and performed by Kany García. The song was chosen as the first single from Kanys third album, the song was released to radio on April 23,2012. With almost 2 years out of the music, Kany returns with Que Te Vaya Mal, the song Que Te Vaya Mal was inspired by a friend of Kany, who got her heart broken. Kany says about the song, We all know someone who we wish the worst, the song has sounds of Hawaiian ukulele base cumbia and ska combined with a Colombian papayera, similar to Mexican bands, that feeds on wind instruments, brass and percussion. The song was released to radio stations on April 23,2012, Kany performed Que Te Vaya Mal for the first time live at the 2012 Premios Juventud on July 19,2012
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Juan Luis Guerra
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Juan Luis Guerra Seijas, known professionally as Juan Luis Guerra, is a Dominican singer, songwriter, composer, and producer. He has sold over 30 million records, and has won awards including 18 Latin Grammy Awards. Guerra won 3 Latin Grammy Awards in 2010, including Album of the Year, in 2012, he won the Latin Grammy Award for Producer of the Year. Guerra is one of the most internationally recognized Latin artists of recent decades and his popular style of merengue and Afro-Latin fusion has garnered him considerable success throughout Latin America. He does not limit himself to one style of music, instead, he incorporates diverse rhythms like merengue, bachata-fusion, balada, salsa, rock and roll, Ojalá Que Llueva Café is one of his most critically acclaimed pieces. Before he committed to music, Guerra studied philosophy and literature at the Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo. He then studied guitar and music theory at El Conservatorio Nacional de Música de Santo Domingo and he graduated from Berklee in 1982 with a diploma in jazz composition. After his return to the Dominican Republic, he released his first album, the group members were Maridalia Hernández, Roger Zayas-Bazán, and Mariela Mercado. The bands name in Spanish is officially publicized as Cuatro Cuarenta, the 440 part of the bands name refers to the standard tuning of A440. According to Guerra, this first album was based on tunes and concepts he had learned at Berklee. Subsequently, however, he began to write more merengues, in 1984, after a performance in front of the Dominican entrepreneur Bienvenido Rodríguez, Juan Luis Guerra was signed to Karen Records. This also represented a shift in Guerras musical style, as his music would now be more Merengue focused. In this time period he would record two albums, Mudanza y Acarreo in 1985 and Mientras Más Lo Pienso. Tú in 1987, as a result of his work, Guerra and his band would begin to gain more recognition. The band was nominated to attend the Festival of OTI to represent the Dominican Republic, in 1988 during the recording of the album Ojalá Que Llueva Café, Guerra would permanently become the leading vocalists of 440. This album also represented the beginning of his recognition. In 1990, they released their album, Bachata Rosa. The album, having more than five million copies at that time, allowed Guerra to keep touring Latin America, USA. This album contains memorable love songs such as Burbujas de amor, Bachata Rosa, Rosalía, Como abeja al panal, A pedir su mano, Carta de amor, Guerra became a controversial figure in 1992 after he released his next album, Areíto
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Ivete Sangalo
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Ivete Maria Dias de Sangalo Cady, Juazeiro, May 27,1972 is a Brazilian singer, songwriter, and occasional actress and television show host. She is one of the most popular and best-selling Brazilian female singers of the present, with six albums released with Banda Eva, Sangalo is most often recognized by her powerful voice, charisma and live performances. Her music is very popular in Portugal. As a child, Sangalo started to sing and play guitar at events, festivals, Ivete Sangalos debut show happened in Ondina Neighborhood, Salvador, in August 1992. With that show she won the Dorival Caymmi trophy, considered the Grammy of Bahia music, Ivete Sangalo was born in Juazeiro, Bahia, where she spent her whole childhood. She is of paternal Spanish descent, her grandfather was born there and she started her singing career in events at school and then started singing at bars. Soon, she started to receive attention and signed with Sony Music. In 1993, Sony decided to reform the Axé group Banda Eva and her live album with the band, Banda Eva Ao Vivo, was their best-selling album, selling over a million copies. In 1997 she decided to start a career and in 1999 she released her first self-titled album. With lots of upbeat Bahian rhythms and axé, the album received gold, the following year she released another album, Beat Beleza, which also achieved platinum status. In 2000 she released the album Festa, whose track was another major success. The single was very popular, and the album got platinum certification, Festa was her biggest hit single up to that point and the video also received huge airplay. Festa ended up being the most popular song of 2001 in Brazil and its music video featured over 20 cameo appearances by Brazilian celebrities. In 2002, she released the album Se Eu Não te Amasse Tanto Assim, the album, which features a duet with American singer Brian McKnight, didnt sell as much as her previous albums, but was still a hit. Following Se Eu Não te Amasse Tanto Assim, she released Clube Carnavalesco Innocentes Em Progresso in 2003 and it was the lowest-selling solo album of her career but it still managed to receive gold certification. MTV Ao Vivo Ivete Sangalo MTV Live, Ivete Sangalo, was an album and included her biggest hits, few released on a live album before. The album earned huge sales, most of them because of the single Sorte Grande, the song received heavy airplay in Brazil. The album received diamond certification and was the second best-selling album of 2004, the DVD, which included the concert held at the Fonte Nova stadium, was certified 3x Diamond, sold over 600,000 copies, and is the best-selling musical DVD in Brazil of all time
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Alejandro Sanz
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Alejandro Sánchez Pizarro is a Spanish singer-songwriter and musician. For his work, Sanz has won a total of seventeen Latin Grammy Awards and he has won the Latin Grammy for Album of the Year three times, more than any other artist. The singer is notable for his ballads, but he has also experimented with rock, funk, electronic, jazz. Born in Madrid to parents from Andalusia, Sanz began playing guitar at age seven, Sanz released his debut album at age nineteen, although he did not gain commercial success in Spain until his second release, Viviendo Deprisa. His next two records, Si Tú Me Miras and 3 also fared well commercially, but it was his 1997 breakthrough album Más that garnered international success, El Alma al Aire followed in 2000, selling more than a million copies in its first week. In 2002, he became the first Spanish artist to record an MTV Unplugged album and his collaboration with Shakira on the 2005 single La Tortura reached number one on several charts worldwide. His albums No Es lo Mismo and El Tren de los Momentos showed Sanz experimenting with more styles of music, while his 2009 release. He signed to Universal Music Group in 2011 and released his studio album, La Música No Se Toca, on September 25,2012. Sanz was born in Madrid, Spain, on December 18,1968 and he grew up in the neighborhood of Moratalaz in eastern Madrid. Sanz recalled that Back then, kids grew up on the street. I was a bit like the group troubadour and that kept me out of a lot of trouble. Sanzs father, a book salesman, played guitar professionally. He pursued the instrument with an intensity that eventually frustrated his mother and he was exposed to traditional flamenco music as a child while vacationing each summer in his parents native Andalusia in southern Spain. Originally, Sanz intended to become a performer, but he found the music teachers to be overly strict. Commenting on his experiences, Sanz explained, Flamenco can be very hard on beginners. If you lose the rhythm, they toss you out with, Youre no good, theyre very strict and very cruel. But its also an education, because you either learn to play or else. He felt that he could not compete with his peers, and decided to focus on creating pop music with flamenco influences, as a teenager, Sanz performed in various venues in his hometown. He became acquainted with Miguel Ángel Arenas, an industry executive who had signed several popular Spanish groups such as Mecano
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No Me Compares (song)
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No Me Compares is a song recorded by the Spanish singer-songwriter Alejandro Sanz. It was released as the first single from his studio album La Música No Se Toca. The song was released for download on June 25,2012. In the day of release, he put a Lyric video on his VEVO channel on YouTube and at the end of the video, he announced the name of his new album, La Música No Se Toca. The single was nominated for Song of the Year and Record of the Year at the 13th Annual Latin Grammy Awards, the song is a romantic song about Sanz telling his love how he feels about her. At the start of the chorus he sings Vengo del aire, Que te secaba a ti la piel and it means I come from the air that dried your skin, my love. Also at the end of the chorus he finished the main part of the song by singing Yo soy tu alma. It means Im your soul, Youre my air, Alejandro Sanz released the music video on his VEVO Channal on June 29,2012, four days after releasing the audio. The music video was filmed in Miami and its about Sanzs memories from his past, which are washing up along the shore. The video starts small with little objects then it gets bigger and bigger, during this time he is getting flashbacks of his childhood which is interpreted by Fabio Leal and a lost love. At the ending she comes back and they walk away with each other, the director of the video was Ethan Lader who has also directed videos for Bruno Mars, Mariah Carey and Jason Derulo. On Alejandros official website, he announced that he will be a part of Cap Roig Festival 2012, then on his page on the festivals website, they announced that Alejandro will perform No Me Compares live for the first time on August 18 in the festival. After that he performed music on so many stages including his recently worldwide tour. Não Me Compares entered the Brazilian version of the album, the Brazilian singer Ivete Sangalo sings in Portuguese and Sanz in Spanish. The song was the theme of the couple Giovanna Antonelli and Alexandre Nero novel Brazilian Salve Jorge by Glória Perez writer, the music video was released on channel VEVO of Sanz on December 18,2012
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Independiente (Ricardo Arjona album)
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Independiente is the thirteenth Spanish-language studio album by Guatemalan singer-songwriter Ricardo Arjona, released on 23 September 2011. Recorded in the United States and Mexico, it was produced by Arjona with Dan Warner, Lee Levin, the album—the first independent release by Arjona after he was signed by Sony Music in 1993 and Warner Music in 2008—was issued by his own label, Metamorfosis. Composed and written in a year, the record marks Arjona, for Independiente, Arjona returns to his trademark sound after his stylistic departure for Poquita Ropa. While producing the latter, he had used fewer instruments to simplify his sound, Independiente has been compared to his earlier recordings, Historias and Animal Nocturno. Independiente became Arjonas fourth number-one album on the Billboard Top Latin Albums where it debuted for the week ending 22 October 2011, for thirteen non-consecutive weeks it topped the Latin Pop Albums chart, and reached number one on the Mexican Albums Chart. It is his fifth album to chart on the Billboard 200. Within one week after its release Independiente was certified gold in Chile, five singles have been released from the album. The lead single, El Amor, became a success in several Latin American countries and was number one on the Billboard Latin Songs. It was followed by Fuiste Tú, which reached number one on the Latin Pop Songs, mi Novia Se Me Está Poniendo Vieja was released in May 2012, Te Quiero in July 2012, and Si Tu No Existieras in November 2012. To promote Independiente, Arjona embarked on his Metamorfosis World Tour and this was heard on his twelfth studio album, Poquita Ropa. Arjona produced the album with Dan Warner, who has worked with Shakira, Celine Dion, when promoting the album Arjona said, are like women, they get things up and are so concerned about this that they forget that the less clothes, more beauty. The songs are overwhelmed by ourselves, because we saturate them with arrangements looking to exalt their qualities. Poquita Ropa became the first album since Adentro which Arjona recorded without Torres, weeks before the release of Independiente, Arjona issued a letter raising the issue of his past relationships with recording companies. He revealed the circumstances of his first contract, a producer, friend of mine, told them if they did not sign me in. Arjona further explained that he received the minimum royalty percentage from his most successful albums, Independiente is Arjonas first independent release through his own label, Metamorfosis, a company he created to refocus his career. The company is presided by Arjona and several friends, and is based in Miami, Billboard notes that, although other groups have released independent albums following contracts with major labels, Arjona is the most important Latin pop artist to do so. Although the album is marketed within the new label, distribution was handled by Warner Music, Independiente marked Arjonas fourth collaboration with Torres. The latter was a composer and producer, also receiving background-vocal credit, the musicians first worked together in 2005, when Arjona released his tenth studio album
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Bebe (singer)
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María Nieves Rebolledo Vila, better known by her stage name Bebe is a Spanish singer, songwriter, and actress who rose to international fame with the singles Malo and Ella. Bebes real name is María Nieves Rebolledo Vila, and she was born in Valencia, Spain, although very soon she moved to Extremadura and her parents were members of the Extremaduran folk group Surberina. Her breakthrough album in Spain was entitled Pafuera Telarañas though she gained recognition after winning the Best New Artist award at the 2005 Latin Grammy Awards. She was nominated for five awards total, the first single from Pafuera Telarañas, Malo charted worldwide, and has since been used as the theme for the Argentinian series Mujeres Asesinas. On June 25,2006, Bebe announced that for now her album Pafuera Telarañas would be her debut and she said that even if there is pressure to build up a discography, I am not thinking of making another CD for quite some time. For a little more than two years Ive promoted the same CD and Im still not done, nonetheless, she planned to continue touring the US and Mexico. One has to recycle oneself or one becomes asphyxiated, one has to give oneself space or lose ones mind and she released a new album, Y. in 2009. Her song Se Fue was chosen as the Starbucks iTunes Pick of the Week for November 3,2009, a Latin Grammy Award is an accolade by the Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry. Bebe has received thirteen award nominations, official Site Video of Appearance on Morning Becomes Eclectic
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Chico Buarque
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Francisco Chico Buarque de Hollanda, popularly known simply as Chico Buarque, is a Brazilian singer-songwriter, guitarist, composer, playwright, writer and poet. He is best known for his music, which includes social, economic and cultural commentary on Brazil in general. The firstborn son of Sérgio Buarque de Hollanda, Buarque lived at several locations throughout his childhood, though mostly in Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo and Rome, Italy. He wrote and studied literature as a child and found music through the bossa nova compositions of Tom Jobim and he performed as a singer and guitarist the 1960s as well as writing a play that was deemed dangerous by the Brazilian military dictatorship of the time. Buarque, along with several Tropicalist and MPB musicians, was threatened by the Brazilian military government, however, he came back to Brazil in 1970, and continued to record, perform, and write, though much of his material was suppressed by government censors. He released several albums in the 1980s and published three novels in the 1990s and 2000s. He is also brother of the singer Miúcha and politician Ana de Hollanda, as a child, he was impressed by the musical style of bossa nova, specifically the work of Tom Jobim and João Gilberto. He was also interested in writing, composing his first short story at 18 years old and studying European literature, one of his most consuming interests, however, was playing football, beginning at age four, which he still does today. Born in Rio de Janeiro, Buarque spent much of his childhood there and in São Paulo and Italy. Before becoming a musician, Buarque decided at one point to study architecture at the University of São Paulo and his eponymous debut album exemplified his future work, with catchy sambas characterized by inventive wordplay and an undercurrent of nostalgic tragedy. Buarque had his first hit with A Banda in 1966, written about a marching band, although playing bossa nova, during his career, samba and Música popular brasileira would also be widely explored. Despite that, Buarque was criticized by two of the musicians at the time, Caetano Veloso and Gilberto Gil as they believed his musical style was overly conservative. However, a themed play that Buarque wrote and composed in 1968, Roda Viva, was frowned upon by the military government. He left Brazil for Italy for 18 months in 1970, returning to write his first novel in 1972, at this time his thinly veiled protest single Apesar de Você was also produced. Was overlooked by the censors, becoming an important anthem in the democratic movement. After selling over 100,000 copies, the single was eventually censored and removed from the market, at one point in 1974, the censors banned any song authored by Chico Buarque. Then, he created a pseudonym, naming himself Julinho da Adelaide, complete with life history, Julinho da Adelaide authored songs such as Jorge Maravilha and Acorda amor before he was outed in Jornal do Brasil news story. Buarque also wrote a play named Calabar, about the Dutch invasion of Brazil in the seventeenth century, despite the censorship, songs such as Samba de Orly, Acorda amor manifested Buarques continuing opposition to the military regime
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Carla Morrison
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Carla Patricia Morrison Flores, better known as Carla Morrison, is a Mexican indie-pop singer and composer. She has won two Latin Grammys for her album, Déjenme Llorar, which has also been certified Gold in Mexico, Carla Morrison was born in Tecate, Baja California, to Mexican parents, Porfiria Flores and Hilario Morrison. Her father, previously surnamed Viera, obtained his last name when he was adopted by William Guy Morrison, Morrison lived in Tecate during her early years. Since childhood, she was taught in the art of drawing, dancing and singing, expressing a special inclination for the latter, encouraged by her conviction to dedicate herself to music, she decided to move to Phoenix, Arizona, at the age of 17. Inspired by her teacher David Barrios, Mexican lyric baritone, she started to play her first musical compositions by the name of Babaluca. This project was consolidated as a band with the addition of Nick Kizer and Nichole Petta, Morrison and Mark Erickson also worked together to perform the song “Tragos de Amargo Licor” by Ramón Ayala at a country music festival. This song was included in her first EP, Aprendiendo a Aprender. Furthermore, Marck Erickson invited her to record vocals for the album Go Away Closer that he produced for Lonna Kelley, following a short, but productive career with Babaluca, Morrison decided to abandon the project and return to Mexico to pursue her solo career. In 2009, Morrison released her first EP, entitled Aprendiendo a Aprender, produced independently in the studio of Jordan Beriault in Tempe. The record contains 6 songs composed and produced by herself, plus an additional theme in which she covered Ramón Ayala’s song “Tragos de Amargo Licor”, the singles “Esta Soledad” and “Lágrimas” were used in the television show “Soy tu Fan”. Later, the singer and composer, Natalia Lafourcade offered to produce Morrison’s new EP. This was Morrison’s first official performance in Mexico City and it helped her to conquer the public of this city, by 2010, Morrison released her second EP, entitled Mientras Tú Dormías, produced by Natalia Lafourcade. This album led the singer to continue harvesting more success, performing in cities of the Mexican Republic and conquering some scenarios in the United States. Déjenme Llorar was released on March 24,2012, within the Vive Latino Festival and it was nominated for the Latin Grammy Awards in five categories and was nominated for a Grammy Award in the category of Best Latin, Rock, Urban or Alternative Album. The album won a Latin Grammy Award in the category of Best Alternative Album, in addition, the album was certified Gold in Mexico. At once, Morrison carried out the “Déjenme Llorar and Huéspedes del Orbe” tour along with the Mexican alternative rock band Enjambre, most of the concerts were sold out. Both projects closed this tour appearing at Palacio de los Deportes on August 31,2013, the opening act was led by Banda de Turistas. This presentation was completely sold out
