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Ricky Martin
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Enrique Martín Morales, commonly known as Ricky Martin, is a Puerto Rican singer, actor and author. Martin began his career at age twelve with the pop group Menudo. After five years with the group, he released several Spanish-language solo albums throughout the 1990s and he also acted on stage and on TV in Mexico, becoming a modest star in the country. In 1994 he starred on the American TV soap opera General Hospital, since its release, the song has sold over 8 million copies, making it one of the best selling singles of all time. His first English-language album, has sold 22 million copies and is one of the best selling albums of all time. His other studio albums include, Me Amarás, A Medio Vivir, Vuelve, Sound Loaded, Almas del Silencio, Life, Música + Alma + Sexo, and A Quien Quiera Escuchar. Martin was born on December 24,1971, in San Juan, Puerto Rico, the son of Nereida Morales, an accountant, and Enrique Martín Negroni and he was the second youngest sibling. Martin has two older maternal half-brothers, Fernando and Ángel Fernández, and two older paternal half-brothers, Eric and Daniel Martín, and a younger paternal half-sister Vanessa Martín. Martin in an interview with Vanity Fair described his origins as Spanish, with Basque and Jewish ancestry from his great-grandparents, Martin grew up in a Roman Catholic home and was an altar boy throughout his childhood. His mothers side of the family was musically inclined and his grandfather was a poet. In a year and a half, he starred in eleven commercials, after achieving a small amount of fame in Puerto Rico for his work in television commercials, Martin auditioned for membership in Puerto Rican boy band Menudo. Although the executives enjoyed his dancing and singing at his first two auditions, Martin was rejected because he was too short, by the third audition, his persistence impressed executives and in 1984, twelve-year-old Martin became a member. The song Asignatura Pendiente from Almas del Silencio was inspired by the first time Martin left Puerto Rico to tour with Menudo. He considered leaving the group while on tour in Brazil, but ultimately decided to out of fear of media backlash. Martin also began struggling with his sexuality, noting the stark contrast between his status as a sex symbol and his own emotions, despite this, Martin acknowledged his opportunity to have so many amazing experiences with so many amazing people during his time with the group. He developed an interest in philanthropy when the group became UNICEF ambassadors and his experiences as an ambassador affected him greatly and inspired him to continue working with charities later in life. By 1987, Menudos record sales began to decline and the changed its image, adopting an edgier look. The band released the album Somos Los Hijos del Rock in Spanish, and to appeal to the Menudos Filipino fanbase, after recording eleven albums with the group, Martin left Menudo in July 1989 at age seventeen, hoping to rest and evaluate his career path
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Dance-pop
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Dance-pop is a pop and dance subgenre that originated in the early 1980s. It is generally up-tempo music intended for nightclubs with the intention of being danceable, the genre, on the whole, tends to be producer-driven, despite some notable exceptions. Dance-pop borrowed influences from other genres, which varied by producer, artist, such include contemporary R&B, house, trance, techno, new jack swing, funk, synthpop, electropop and some forms of europop. Dance-pop is a mainstream style of music and there have been numerous pop artists. As the term started to go out of fashion by the late 1970s to early 1980s, other terms were commonly used to describe disco-based music, such as post-disco, club. Dance-pop music emerged in the 1980s as a combination of dance and pop, or post-disco, Dance-pop music was usually created, composed and produced by record producers who would then hire singers to perform the songs. In the beginning of the 80s disco was an anathema to the mainstream pop, according to prominent Allmusic critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Madonna had a huge role in popularizing dance music as mainstream music, utilizing her charisma, chutzpah and sex appeal. Erlewine claimed that Madonna launched dance-pop and set the standard for the genre for the two decades. The staff of Vice magazine stated that her debut album drew the blueprint for future dance-pop, in the 1980s dance-pop was closely aligned to other up-tempo electronic genres, such as Hi-NRG. Prominent producers in the 1980s included Stock, Aitken and Waterman, during the decade, dance-pop borrowed influences from funk, new jack swing, and contemporary R&B. Other prominent dance-pop artists and groups of the 1980s included the Pet Shop Boys, Mel and Kim, Samantha Fox, Debbie Gibson, by the 1990s, dance-pop had become a major genre in popular music. Several dance-pop groups and artists emerged during the 1990s, such as the Spice Girls, Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, Jessica Simpson, Backstreet Boys, during the early 1990s, dance-pop borrowed influences from house music, as well as contemporary R&B and new jack swing. Additionally, also in 1998, Cher released a song called Believe which made usage of a technological innovation of the time. An audio processor and a form of pitch modification software, Auto-Tune is commonly used as a way to correct pitch, since the late 1990s, the use of Auto-Tune processing has become a common feature of dance-pop music. Celine Dion also released a dance-pop song Thats the Way It Is by the end of 1999 and it has a moderately slow tempo but an up-beat song. At the beginning of the 2000s, dance-pop music was still prominent, nonetheless, as R&B and hip hop became extremely popular from the early part of the decade onwards, dance-pop often borrowed a lot of its influences from urban music. Dance-pop stars from the 1980s and 1990s such as Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, Madonna, Janet Jackson, in Madonnas case, her album Music contained elements of Euro disco, especially the successful eponymous lead single. Britney Spears album Blackout contained influences of Euro disco, the mid-to-late 2000s saw the arrival of several new dance-pop artists, including Rihanna, Kesha, Lady Gaga and Katy Perry
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Sony Music Latin
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Sony Music Latin is a record label owned by Sony Music Entertainment. The label focuses on artists for Latin music, in 1979, CBS Records ended its partnership with Caytronics after eleven-years of distribution. The company established its own division for Latin music in 1980 called CBS Discos, in 1988, CBS Records was acquired by Sony and its Latin division was renamed to Sony Discos in 1991. In 2003, Sony Discos was re-branded as Sony Norte following the departure of former Sony Discos president Oscar Llord, a year later, Bertelsmann Music Group merged with Sony Music and Sony Norte was renamed to Sony BMG Norte. After BMG sold its assets in 2008, Sony BMG Norte was retitled to its current name Sony Music Latin in 2009, nir Seroussi is the current President of Sony Music Latin. Pina Records Premium Latin Music DEL Records Hand Shake Entertainment Top Stop Music Anval Music Bad Sin This is a list of artist currently signed on to Sony Music Latin and these are artists who were formerly signed on to Sony Music Latin. List of record labels Official website
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Ricky Martin... Live Black & White Tour
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Ricky Martin Live Black and White Tour is the second live album by Ricky Martin, released by Sony BMG Norte. It was recorded during his performances at the José Miguel Agrelot Coliseum in Puerto Rico on August 10 and August 11,2007 as a part of his worldwide Black, like his previous album, MTV Unplugged this album was released in a CD/DVD format, DVD and CD. Its also Martins first ever Blu-ray Disc release, the song Somos la Semilla, first included on A Medio Vivir, promoted the album. Ricky Martin Live, Black and White Tour peaked inside top ten on the Spanish DVD chart, in the United States, it reached number twelve on the Billboard Top Latin Album chart. In Mexico, the peaked at number twenty-four and was certified Gold
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Puerto Rico
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Puerto Rico, officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and briefly called Porto Rico, is an unincorporated territory of the United States located in the northeast Caribbean Sea. It is an archipelago that includes the island of Puerto Rico and a number of smaller ones such as Mona, Culebra. The capital and most populous city is San Juan and its official languages are Spanish and English, though Spanish predominates. The islands population is approximately 3.4 million, Puerto Ricos rich history, tropical climate, diverse natural scenery, renowned traditional cuisine, and attractive tax incentives make it a popular destination for travelers from around the world. Four centuries of Spanish colonial government transformed the ethnic, cultural and physical landscapes primarily with waves of African captives, and Canarian. In the Spanish imperial imagination, Puerto Rico played a secondary, in 1898, following the Spanish–American War, the United States appropriated Puerto Rico together with most former Spanish colonies under the terms of the Treaty of Paris. Puerto Ricans are natural-born citizens of the United States, however, Puerto Rico does not have a vote in the United States Congress, which governs the territory with full jurisdiction under the Puerto Rico Federal Relations Act of 1950. As a U. S. territory, American citizens residing on the island are disenfranchised at the level and may not vote for president. However, Congress approved a constitution, allowing U. S. citizens on the territory to elect a governor. A fifth referendum will be held in June 2017, with only Statehood, in early 2017, the Puerto Rican government-debt crisis posed serious problems for the government. The outstanding bond debt that had climbed to $70 billion or $12,000 per capita at a time with 12. 4% unemployment, the debt had been increasing during a decade long recession. Puerto Ricans often call the island Borinquen – a derivation of Borikén, its indigenous Taíno name, the terms boricua and borincano derive from Borikén and Borinquen respectively, and are commonly used to identify someone of Puerto Rican heritage. The island is also known in Spanish as la isla del encanto. Columbus named the island San Juan Bautista, in honor of Saint John the Baptist, eventually traders and other maritime visitors came to refer to the entire island as Puerto Rico, while San Juan became the name used for the main trading/shipping port and the capital city. The islands name was changed to Porto Rico by the United States after the Treaty of Paris of 1898, the anglicized name was used by the US government and private enterprises. The name was changed back to Puerto Rico by a joint resolution in Congress introduced by Félix Córdova Dávila in 1931, the ancient history of the archipelago known today as Puerto Rico is not well known. The scarce archaeological findings and early Spanish scholarly accounts from the colonial era constitute the basis of knowledge about them. The first comprehensive book on the history of Puerto Rico was written by Fray Íñigo Abbad y Lasierra in 1786, the first settlers were the Ortoiroid people, an Archaic Period culture of Amerindian hunters and fishermen who migrated from the South American mainland
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AllMusic
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AllMusic is an online music guide service website. It was launched in 1991 by All Media Guide which later became All Media Network, AllMusic was launched in 1991 by Michael Erlewine of All Media Guide. The aim was to discographic information on every artist whos made a record since Enrico Caruso gave the industry its first big boost and its first reference book was published the following year. When first released onto the Internet, AMG predated the World Wide Web and was first available as a Gopher site, the AMG consumer web properties AllMusic. com, AllMovie. com and AllGame. com were sold by Rovi in July 2013 to All Media Network, LLC. All Media Network, LLC. was formed by the founders of SideReel. com. The following are contributors to AllMusic, as of this date, All Media Network also produced the AllMusic guide series that includes the AllMusic Guide to Rock, the All Music Guide to Jazz and the All Music Guide to the Blues. Vladimir Bogdanov is the president of the series, in August 2007, PC Magazine included AllMusic in its Top 100 Classic Websites list. All Media Network AllGame AllMovie SideReel All Music Guide to the Blues All Music Guide to Jazz Stephen Thomas Erlewine Official website
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Fuego Contra Fuego
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Fuego Contra Fuego is the first single from Ricky Martins debut solo album Ricky Martin. It was released on September 2,1991, a music video was also released. The song reached three on the Hot Latin Songs in the US. In 2001, Fuego Contra Fuego was re-recorded and included on Martins greatest hits album La Historia, in 2008, it was also included on another compilation, called 17. The new version was produced by Tommy Torres and Danny López, mexican promotional 12 single Fuego Contra Fuego –4,13 Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics
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El Amor de Mi Vida (song)
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El Amor de Mi Vida is the second single from Ricky Martins debut solo album Ricky Martin. It was released on February 25,1992, a music video was also released. The song reached number eight on the Hot Latin Songs in the United States, in 2001, El Amor de Mi Vida was re-recorded and included on Martins greatest hits album La Historia. In 2008, it was included on another compilation, called 17. The new version was produced by Danny López and Tommy Torres, the original song was previously released by Eddie Sierra on his third album Esta Todo Bien. Mexican promotional 12 single El Amor de Mi Vida –4,56
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Self Control (Raf song)
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Self Control is a song by Italian singer Raf, released in 1984. It was written by Giancarlo Bigazzi, Steve Piccolo and Raf, the song was covered the same year by American singer Laura Branigan. Her version first hit no.1 in Germany on June 15,1984, Rafs version first hit no.1 in Italy on June 23,1984. Both versions of the song were popular across Europe during much of the summer of 1984 and were the most successful single of the year in Switzerland. Branigans version peaked at no.4 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart, the song has become one of the defining songs of the 1980s, with a number of remakes recorded each year. Raf, born as Raffaele Riefoli, co-wrote the song Self Control with Giancarlo Bigazzi and his version of Self Control peaked at no.1 in Italy. It also notably edged into no.1 in Switzerland between runs at the top spot by Laura Branigans version of Self Control, and peaked at no.2 in Germany, no.7 in Austria and at no.40 in France. Raf released a dance mix of the song, like Branigan. He would release several tracks in English and re-release his debut 1984 album Raf in 1987 under the title Self Control. American singer Laura Branigan covered Self Control in 1984 and it was released as the lead single from her third studio album of the same name, released the same year. Branigans first major hit had also been co-written by Bigazzi, Gloria was an English cover of the 1979 original Italian song recorded by Umberto Tozzi. The following year Branigan recorded another English song written over a Tozzi and Bigazzi song, Mama, the second one, Self Control became the title track to the album and her biggest international hit. Self Control was the one of the four Italian songs recorded by Branigan that was originally composed in English. Also unlike the songs, Branigans version was contemporaneous with that of its co-writer. The Branigan recording was arranged by Giorgio Moroders protégé Harold Faltermeyer with Robbie Buchanan and produced by Buchanan with Jack White in Germany and Los Angeles. A keyboard hook in Rafs version was changed to a riff for Branigans version. The song narrates the singers slip into the world of nightlife, rather than actually invoking more self-control, the singer adresses someone, you take my self, you take my self-control. Branigan was one of the first artists of the era to work with an Academy Award-winning film director on a music video when William Friedkin directed the clip
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Franco De Vita
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Franco De Vita is a Venezuelan Latin Grammy award-winning singer-songwriter. His first album as a solo artist garnered three Spanish-language hits in Venezuela. He signed with the CBS Records label in 1989, and in 1990, his album Extranjero had a song that reached No.1 on the United States Latin charts and his 2004 album Stop reached the Top 10 throughout Latin America and on the United States Latin charts. In the United States alone, he has scored more than two hits on the Billboard charts. One of four born in Venezuela to Italian immigrants, De Vitas family returned to Rome. The family moved back to Venezuela when De Vita was 13, due to his upbringing in Rome, Italy, De Vita learned Italian as his first language and did not learn Spanish until he returned to Venezuela at age 13. He later studied piano at the university level, in 1982, De Vita formed the group Icaro, which released one self-titled album in his homeland. Two years later, he released his first disc as a solo artist, the album spun off three Spanish-language hits, Somos Tres, No Hay Cielo, and Un Buen Perdedor. His 1986 in album Fantasía produced several hits, including the title song. Sólo Importas Tú, taken from the album, was used as the song to the Spanish-language soap opera La Dama De Rosa. He appeared in the end credits of episode, performing the song at the piano. Seeking wider international exposure, De Vita moved to the CBS Records label for the 1988 album Al Norte del Sur, the album showed his socially conscious, adult-oriented pop, particularly through the tunes Te Amo and Louis. The latter song, about a daydreaming cabbie who idolizes The Beatles, was promoted with a music video considered quite advanced for its time. De Vitas 1990 album Extranjero featured the song No Basta, which spent four weeks at No.1 on the United States Latin charts and won an MTV Video Music Award. Subsequent albums have included the live release En Vivo Marzo 16, Voces a mi Alrededor in 1993, the acoustic-flavored Fuera de Este Mundo and he left Sony for the 2002 album Segundas partes también son buenas, but returned to the label the following year. That same year, he toured arenas in the United States on a tour with Ricardo Montaner. He also has recorded in Italian and Portuguese, as a songwriter, he has written songs for Ricky Martin and Chayanne. In 2005, an edition of Stop was released, titled Stop + Algo Más
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The Cup of Life
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The Cup of Life is a song recorded by Ricky Martin. It was released on March 9,1998, as the single from Vuelve. The Cup of Life became the song of the 1998 FIFA World Cup in France. The 41st Annual Grammy Awards are widely remembered for Martins performance of La Copa de la Vida, the popular version of the song is a remix by Pablo Flores. The music video to The Cup of Life was shot by Wayne Isham in 1998 in a concert in Puerto Rico, in the video, Martin performs the song energetically before a sold out concert audience. The Cup of Life became one of Ricky Martins most successful songs and it topped the charts for six weeks in Australia, France and Sweden, for four weeks in Germany, for two weeks in Spain, and for one week in Switzerland and Belgium Wallonia. The Cup of Life reached also top ten in Norway, Austria, in the United States, the song entered the Billboard Hot 100 in 1998, peaking at number sixty. However, after the success of Livin la Vida Loca, it re-entered the Billboard Hot 100 in 1999, in the United Kingdom, The Cup of Life peaked at number twenty-nine. The single was certified platinum and gold around the world and it has sold 563,000 copies in France, and although released long before the digital era, it has sold 141,000 digital copies in the US. Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics
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Draco Rosa
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Rosa originally garnered fame as a member of boy band Menudo in the 1980s, singing lead on the bands biggest stateside hit, Hold Me and featuring prominently in the accompanying music video. After leaving the band he moved to Brazil where he released two albums, achieving mainstream success. Following a brief subsequent stint in California, he returned to New York and formed the band Maggies Dream, the singer and composer has released numerous studio and experimental albums, and has composed multiple songs for Ednita Nazario, Julio Iglesias and former Menudo band-mate, Ricky Martin. He has also featured on VH1s Behind the Music. In 1988, at age 18, he made his motion picture debut in the film Salsa, during the filming of the movie, he met actress Angela Alvarado who would later become his wife. In 1996 he released the Latino alternative rock album Vagabundo produced by Phil Manzanera before helping launch Ricky Martins musical career into a new setting with Vuelve. Rosa wrote and produced various of Martins hit singles including María, La Vida Loca, La Copa de La Vida, She Bangs and Shake Your Bon-Bon, Rosa toured with Lenny Kravitz during the summer of 2004 to promote his concept album Mad Love. In April 2011, Rosa was diagnosed with a non-hodgkin lymphoma cancer near his liver and he underwent alternative and traditional treatment in Houston and Santa Monica. In December 2012, he was declared cancer-free, on December 9,2013, Rosas manager confirmed his cancer had relapsed and overcame cancer once again after a second bone marrow transplant, but had to remain in quarantine for four additional months. At a young age, Rosa moved with his family to Puerto Rico where he spent much of his childhood in the towns of Peñuelas, in 1984 he joined the increasingly popular Puerto Rican boy band Menudo. As the only member of Menudo who had a grasp of English, Rosa sang lead vocals on many of the English-language tracks released by the group, including their stateside hit. However, Rosa started to grow disenchanted with the band, particularly after he was denied the opportunity to write songs for them, Rosa quit the group in 1987. After moving to Barra Beach, Rio de Janeiro, Rosa spent time with local artists and he would go on to release two commercially successful Portuguese-language solo albums in quick succession in the late 1980s. Rosa subsequently moved to Los Angeles where he had gotten the lead-role in the film Salsa, during its filming, Rosa met his future wife, Angela Alvarado. Like Rosa, Alvarado was also born in New York to Puerto Rican parents, Rosa also appeared alongside Christopher Mitchum in a German film entitled Gummibärchen küßt man nicht. Rosa wrote, produced and performed two songs for the soundtrack of the film, which was released by RCA Records under his publishing company. A planned follow-up album, Elysium was recorded in 1992 but never officially released, in 1993 a solo contract with Sony Music Latin enabled Rosa to record in Spain the first of his Spanish-language solo albums, Frío. The 1996 release of his album, Vagabundo, recorded in England
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La Bomba (Ricky Martin song)
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La Bomba is the third single from Ricky Martins 1998 album Vuelve. It was released on June 16,1998, La Bomba was remixed by Pablo Flores. The music video was shot by Wayne Isham in April 1998 in Miami, the song reached number twenty-seven on the Hot Latin Songs in the United States and number five in Spain. In non Spanish-language countries, La Bomba peaked at number twenty-seven in Australia, number thirty-one in Sweden, number forty-five in France and number ninety in Germany
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Livin' la Vida Loca
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Livin la Vida Loca is a number-one hit song by Puerto Rican singer Ricky Martin. It was released on March 23,1999 from Martins self-titled debut English album, the song was composed by Desmond Child and Draco Rosa and topped the charts during 1999. La vida loca is Spanish for the crazy life, Livin la Vida Loca is generally seen as the song that began the Latin pop explosion of 1999 and made the transition of other Spanish-speaking artists into the English-speaking market easier. S. Livin la Vida Loca sold over 8 million copies, making it one of the best selling singles of all time, the song received various Grammy Awards nominations and Ricky Martin obtain enormous success inside the United States and worldwide. In 2007, the song was ranked at number 28 on the list of 100 Greatest Songs of the 90s by VH1 and it is Martins signature song and still maintains a cult following. Martin performed the song on series of The Voice Australia with fellow judges Delta Goodrem, Joel Madden. This song was the first U. S, the recording is also noted for its exceptional use of dynamic range compression to increase the tracks perceived loudness. The video for Livin la Vida Loca was directed by Wayne Isham, aired later the same month, and received six nominations at the 1999 MTV Video Music Awards including Video of the Year, Best Male Video, Best Choreography in a Video and Viewers Choice. It won two awards for Best Pop Video, and Best Dance Video, and was voted three additional awards in the international Viewers Choice categories. It won also Ritmo Latino Music Award for Music Video of the Year, the video features Ricky Martin performing in a pub with his band and hanging out with a lady at various different locations. Various snippets of the video seem to merge into other, over the duration of the song. Towards the end of the video, Martin gets distracted by his partner while driving, causing another car to veer and hit a fire hydrant. This scene coincides with the line in the chorus Shell make you take your clothes off, Livin la Vida Loca is Ricky Martins biggest hit. It is his first number-one song on the Billboard Hot 100, remaining at one in the United States for five consecutive weeks. The single was certified Platinum for sales over one million copies in the US alone. It topped the Hot Latin Songs for nine weeks, and Latin Pop Songs for ten weeks, although released long before the digital era, it has sold 502,000 digital copies in the US, becoming Martins best-selling downloaded track. On the Canadian RPM Top Singles the song stayed at the top for eight weeks, in the United Kingdom, Livin la Vida Loca debuted at number one and stayed there for three weeks. It has sold 832,000 copies and was certified Platinum, the song also reached number one in Ireland and New Zealand
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She's All I Ever Had
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Shes All I Ever Had is the second single taken from the multi-platinum first English-language album by Ricky Martin, called simply Ricky Martin. It was released on June 15,1999, the Spanish-language version is called Bella. The track was written by Jon Secada, Draco Rosa and George Noriega and produced by Secada, according to the review by Billboard, There was no doubt that this delectable anthemic ballad was the one to go with as the second single from Ricky Martin. Shes All I Ever Had absolutely succeeds on all levels, lyrically, Martin narrates the tale of a man missing his woman, as he continues to live and breathe for her. Martins vocal is tender and heartfelt, boasting a versatility that contrasts nicely with La Vida, while the production is savvy. The video for single, which Charlotte Ayanna appears in, was directed by Nigel Dick in Los Angeles and shot in June 1999. Bella peaked at one for three weeks on the Hot Latin Songs, and also reached the top for seven weeks on the Latin Pop Songs. The original English version peaked at two on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States, and was listed at number fifty-two on the year-end chart of 1999. It was certified Gold for selling over 500,000 copies, shes All I Ever Had also peaked inside top ten in Canada, New Zealand and Finland. In Australia, the single was certified Gold, in the Latin Grammy Awards of 2000 the Spanish version of this single, Bella, received a nomination for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance. It was also nominated for Latin Pop Track of the Year at the Billboard Latin Music Awards, the music video won Lo Nuestro Award for Clip of the Year, and was nominated for Video of the Year at the Imagen Awards. List of number-one Billboard Hot Latin Tracks of 1999 List of number-one Billboard Hot Latin Pop Airplay of 1999 Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics
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Jon Secada
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Jon Secada is a Cuban American singer and songwriter. Secada was born in Havana, Cuba, and raised in Hialeah and he has won two Grammy Awards and sold 20 million albums since his English-language debut album in 1992. His music fuses funk, soul, pop and Latin percussion, Secada also has worked as a songwriter for Gloria Estefan, Jennifer Lopez, Ricky Martin, Mandy Moore and other performers. Secada emigrated with his parents to the United States at age 12 after previously living in Spain, while he attended school, as a teen, Secada discovered his gift for music. In the culturally-diverse city of Miami, Secada was exposed to salsa, Secada also became interested in rhythm and blues and pop music performed by Barry Manilow, Marvin Gaye, Billy Joel, Elton John, and Stevie Wonder. Secada graduated from South Floridas Hialeah High School in 1979 and then enrolled at Miami Dade Community College, during college, he became an accomplished jazz musician and was inducted into the Iron Arrow Honor Society. He completed a Bachelors degree in Music and then earned a Masters degree in Jazz Vocal Performance, in the late 1980s, Gloria Estefan hired Secada as a background singer. He also started composing music for Estefan, including some of her best-known ballads, among other songs, Secada co-wrote and sang background on Coming Out of the Dark, Glorias number one hit from her 1991 album Into the Light. During Estefans Into the Light World Tour, Secada was given the opportunity of taking over the stage. The song was Always Something which would be featured later on his debut album and it launched his career as a solo performer. In 1991, Secada legally changed his first name from Juan to Jon. Secada scored a No.5 Pop hit with his Gold single Just Another Day, the Spanish-language version of Secadas solo album, Otro Día Más Sin Verte, became the No.1 Latin album of 1992 and earned Secada his first Grammy Award for Best Latin Pop Album. In 1994, Secadas second album, Heart, Soul & a Voice featured members of the Miami Sound Machine and guests Arturo Sandoval, the album went Platinum in the US. One of its singles, If You Go, was a top ten Pop hit and Mental Picture and his third album on EMI, Amor, was released in 1995 and earned Secada his second Grammy for Best Latin Pop Performance. Secada co-wrote the song Bella, the Spanish version of Shes All I Ever Had for Ricky Martins 1999 multi-platinum self-titled album and he also co-wrote and co-produced the song Baila for Jennifer Lopez, which appeared on her 1999 multi-platinum album, On the 6. He worked with teen singing sensation Mandy Moore on two of her tracks, One Sided Love and It Only Took a Minute from her self-titled multi-platinum album. In 2001, he was a backing vocalist on Enrique Iglesiass album Escape on the tracks Dont Turn Off the Lights, Secada has performed with opera legend Luciano Pavarotti and recorded a duet with Frank Sinatra on The Best is Yet to Come from Sinatras Duets II album. In 1995, Secada starred in Broadways hit musical Grease, playing the role of Danny Zuko
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Nobody Wants to Be Lonely
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Nobody Wants to Be Lonely is the second single from Ricky Martins second English album, Sound Loaded, released on January 16,2001. Ricky Martin also recorded this single in Spanish entitled Sólo Quiero Amarte, another version of the song was recorded as a duet with Christina Aguilera. Two music videos were directed by Wayne Isham prior to Christmas in late December 2000, one music video is set to the English-language duet Nobody Wants to Be Lonely, while the other is set to the Spanish-language solo Sólo Quiero Amarte. The video to Nobody Wants to Be Lonely features Christina Aguilera while Sólo Quiero Amarte shows her in a cameo appearance, Nobody Wants to Be Lonely is one of the first major single releases to not have a commercial CD single in the United States. Nobody Wants to Be Lonely peaked at thirteen on the US Billboard Hot 100. The Spanish-language version of the song, entitled Solo Quiero Amarte, reached number one on the Hot Latin Songs, Latin Pop Songs and Tropical Songs. The single became a top ten hit in most countries, peaking at one in New Zealand, number four in the United Kingdom and number six in Australia. It was also certified Gold in Australia, Netherlands, Sweden, the song was nominated at the 44th Grammy Awards in the category of Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals, but lost out to Lady Marmalade by Christina Aguilera, Lil Kim, Mýa and Pink. Nobody Wants to Be Lonely won an ALMA Award for the Outstanding Music Video, lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics
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Christina Aguilera
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Christina María Aguilera is an American singer, songwriter, actress and television personality. Born in Staten Island, New York and raised in Rochester and Wexford, Pennsylvania, she appeared on the television series Star Search, after recording Reflection, the theme for Disneys 1998 film Mulan, Aguilera signed with RCA Records. She rose to prominence with her 1999 self-titled debut album spawned the Billboard Hot 100 number one singles, Genie in a Bottle, What a Girl Wants. The following year, Aguilera released two albums, the Spanish-language album Mi Reflejo and the holiday album My Kind of Christmas. She assumed creative control for her studio album, Stripped, which produced Dirrty, Beautiful. Aguileras fifth studio album, Back to Basics, debuted at one on the album charts of ten countries and spawned the tracks Aint No Other Man. In 2010, Aguilera released her studio album Bionic and starred in the film Burlesque. The following year, she debuted as a coach on the reality television series The Voice. Her seventh studio album, Lotus, was released in 2012, Aguilera has also been featured on several successful collaborations during her career, including Lady Marmalade, Moves like Jagger, and Say Something. Aguilera has been recognized as a pop icon and earned the title Pop Princess in her early years and her work has earned her five Grammy Awards, one Latin Grammy Award, and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. She has sold over 17.9 million albums in the United States as of 2014 and 50 million albums worldwide as of 2015. In 2009, she ranked at number 58 on Rolling Stones list of 100 Greatest Singers of All Time, thereby becoming the youngest and the only artist under 30 to be named. Billboard recognized her as the 20th most successful artist of the 2000s, aside from her work in the entertainment industry, Aguilera is involved in charitable activities through human rights, world issues, and her work as a UN ambassador for the World Food Programme. Christina María Aguilera was born in Staten Island, New York, on December 18,1980, to Shelly Loraine, a musician, and Fausto Xavier Aguilera and her father is Ecuadorian, while her mother has German, Irish, Welsh, and Dutch ancestry. Her family moved frequently because of her fathers service, and lived in places including New Jersey, Texas, New York. Aguilera and her mother alleged that her father was physically and emotionally abusive, claims which he denied, Aguilera used music as a form of escape from her turbulent household. Following her parents divorce when she was six years old, Aguilera, her younger sister Rachel, after several years of being estranged, Aguilera expressed interest in reconciling with her father in 2012. Growing up, Aguilera, known locally as the girl with the big voice, aspired to be a singer, singing in local talent shows
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Victoria Shaw (singer)
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Victoria Lynn Shaw is an American country music artist. She has recorded four albums, and has charted five singles on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts. With Paul Worley, she is also the co-producer of the album of Lady Antebellum. Shaw was born in Manhattan, New York City, on July 13,1962, inspired by country rock musicians such as the Eagles and Linda Ronstadt, she began writing songs at an early age. Later, she and her sister, Lori Shaw, found work performing together in the Los Angeles area, Shaws mother, Carole Bergenthal, recorded for Capitol Records as Carole Bennett. The Shaws moved to California when Shaw was about five years old and her mother, who was Jewish, would sing Yiddish lullabies to her. By age thirteen, Shaw had founded a band called Solace, eventually, Shaw moved to Nashville, Tennessee, where she found a publishing contract and a record deal. A minor single, Break My Heart, was released in 1984 on the MPB label and her first major hit as a songwriter came in 1992, when she co-wrote with Garth Brooks The River which Brooks took it to the top of the Billboard country charts. A year later, Doug Stone reached Number One on the charts with Shaws Too Busy Being in Love. In 1994, Shaw signed to Reprise Records, releasing her debut album In Full View that year, three of this albums singles — Cry Wolf, Tears Dry and Forgiveness — all reached the lower regions of the Hot Country Songs charts. That same year, Brooks reached Number One with the song Shes Every Woman which the two wrote together, in 1995, Shaw received a Top New Female Vocalist nomination from the Academy of Country Music, losing to Chely Wright. Shaws second album for Reprise, Victoria Shaw, was released in 1997, however, it produced no chart singles. 56 on the Billboard Hot 100, also that year, Trisha Yearwood recorded the song Where Your Road Leads, which Shaw co-wrote and originally recorded on In Full View. Yearwoods rendition of the song, which was recorded as a duet with Brooks, served as the track to her 1998 album Where Your Road Leads. After exiting Reprise in 1998, Shaw released her album, Old Friends, New Memories. This album included her renditions of the songs that she had written for other artists, in the mid-2000s, Shaw returned to songwriting as well. She has won two Daytime Emmy Awards, in both 1999 and 2000, for co-writing songs for the daytime dramas One Life to Live, Two of her songs, Emerson Drives A Good Man and Eric Churchs Two Pink Lines, both charted in 2006. She and Paul Worley co-produced Lady Antebellums self-titled debut album, which was released in April 2008, later that same year, Shaw released her fourth album, Bring On the Love
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Tal Vez (song)
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Tal Vez is the first single from Ricky Martins album, Almas del Silencio. It was released as a single on March 25,2003 in Latin territories. A music video, directed by Kacho Lopez and Carlos Pérez, tal Vez debuted at number one on the US Hot Latin Songs and spent eleven weeks at the top. It also spent thirteen weeks at the top of Latin Pop Airplay, tal Vez reached number seventy-four on the Billboard Hot 100, thanks to its seventy-three peak on the Hot 100 Airplay. Tal Vez was nominated for a Latin Grammy Award for Song of the Year at the Latin Grammy Awards of 2003 and it won Hot Latin Song of the Year and Latin Pop Airplay Track of the Year, Male at the 2004 Latin Billboard Music Awards
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Tommy Torres
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Tomas Torres Carrasquillo, known artistically as Tommy Torres, is a Puerto Rican producer, singer, and songwriter. Born in the Santurce district of San Juan, Puerto Rico, Torres learned to play the violin and he started composing when he was in high school. He then enrolled in Berklee College of Music where he graduated Magna Cum Laude with a major of Music Production & Engineeringand Commercial Arranging. Torres lived in New York City for a working as a studio assistant at the famed Sony Music Studios and later moved to Miami. His first recorded composition was No Puedo Olvidar by pop group MDO in 1999, the song made it to No.1 on the Billboard Hot Latin Tracks chart. In 2001, his production of Cuando Seas Mia by group Son By Four also made it to the No.1 spot on Billboard and his work on Acustico by Ednita Nazario as co-producer, songwriter, and featured artist, earned his first Latin Grammy Awards nomination in 2002. Later that year, he produced the critically acclaimed Encuentro featuring singer-songwriters Juan Luis Guerra, Ruben Blades, in 2003 he produced Ricky Martins Almas del Silencio, an album that included songwriting collaborations with artists Franco de Vita, Ricardo Arjona, Alejandro Sanz, and Juanes. The album broke the Soundscan one week sales record for an all-Spanish album, the single Tal Vez topped the Billboard Hot Latin Tracks for 12 weeks. The song, written by Franco de Vita with musical arrangements and production by Torres, the album also gave 3 additional No.1 singles. Later that year Torres produced the album Por Ti by Ednita Nazario, later on in 2004, Torres began work on Adentro by singer-songwriter Ricardo Arjona. The album was an instant hit with critics and the public. The song Acompañame a Estar Solo, penned by Arjona with musical arrangements and production by Torres, the album Adentro won several awards on 2005, including Best Latin Pop Album at the Grammy Awards and Best Pop Album at the Latin Grammy Awards. On 2006, Torres produced Ricky Martins MTV Unplugged, which included new arrangements of early Ricky Martin hits, the album was well received with both commercial and critical success. The song Tu Recuerdo, penned by Torres, topped the Billboard Hot Latin Tracks for 7 weeks, the song featured La Mari from flamenco-electronic group Chambao and Torres on acoustic guitar and vocal. The album MTV Unplugged picked up an amount of nominations. The song Pegate, co-written by Torres, Martin, and Roy Tavare, became a Top 10 hit on several countries in Latin America and it also won an ASCAP recognition at the ASCAP Music Awards. A new collaboration with singer-songwriter Ricardo Arjona resulted in the song Quien, the song was written by Arjona and Torres reaching the top 10 of the Billboard charts. Also on the album, Torres produced and arranged the songs Quiero and Tarde
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Asignatura Pendiente
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Asignatura Pendiente is the third single from Ricky Martins album, Almas del Silencio. It was released on August 12,2003 in Latin territories, the song was written by Ricardo Arjona and produced by Tommy Torres, and was later recorded by himself for his 2004 Solo album. A music video was also released, Asignatura Pendiente reached number eight on the Hot Latin Songs in the United States. US promotional CD single Asignatura Pendiente –3,55 Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics
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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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Y Todo Queda en Nada
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Y Todo Queda en Nada is the fifth single from Ricky Martins album, Almas del Silencio. It was released as a single on December 2,2003 in Latin territories. A music video, directed by Gustavo Garzón, aired in January 2004, the song reached number one on the Hot Latin Songs in the United States and stayed at the top for one week. It also peaked at two on the Latin Pop Airplay and Tropical Songs. Mexican promotional CD single Y Todo Queda en Nada –4,40 List of number-one Billboard Hot Latin Tracks of 2004
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I Don't Care (Ricky Martin song)
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I Dont Care is a song by Puerto Rican singer Ricky Martin from his eighth studio album, Life. It was released on September 13,2005, as the lead single. The original English version of the song features rapper Fat Joe and R&B singer Amerie, while its Spanish version, Qué Más Da, Martin performed I Dont Care at the 2006 Winter Olympics closing ceremony. The music videos for I Dont Care and Qué Más Da were filmed in Brooklyn, New York City, the video for the English version features Fat Joe and Amerie, and the Spanish version features Fat Joe and Debi Nova. Both videos premiered simultaneously in September 2005, I Dont Care peaked at number sixty-five on the US Billboard Hot 100, thanks to its digital downloads. It was well received on the Hot Dance Club Play, reaching number three and it also peaked at number forty-nine on the Pop 100 and Qué Más Da reached number seven on the Hot Latin Songs. The song had sold 124,000 digital copies in the United States as of January 2011, I Dont Care peaked at number six in Italy and number ten in Finland. Other peaks include number eleven in the United Kingdom, number sixteen in France, number twenty-one in Germany and number twenty-five in Australia
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Fat Joe
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Joseph Antonio Cartagena, better known by his stage name Fat Joe, is an American rapper. He is also the CEO of Terror Squad Entertainment, and member of musical groups D. I. T. C. Fat Joes debut album was Represent, released in 1993, followed by Jealous Ones Envy in 1995. From 1998 to 2006, he was signed to Atlantic Records, releasing four albums under the label, Don Cartagena in 1998, Jealous Ones Still Envy in 2001, Loyalty in 2002, and All or Nothing in 2005. Around the release of All or Nothing, Fat Joe became involved in a publicized feud with another New York City-based rapper 50 Cent. His most popular song in which he performed was his Remy Ma duet Lean Back with Terror Squad, the song was a number-one hit in the summer of 2004. Starting in 2006, when his album Me, Myself, & I was released, Fat Joe was signed to Imperial Records, which distributes through Terror Squad Entertainment. His follow-up album was The Elephant in the Room, which was released in 2008, Jealous Ones Still Envy 2 and his tenth album The Darkside Vol.1 was released on July 27,2010. Fat Joe was born on August 19,1970 in the South Bronx area of New York City and he lived in public housing and began stealing at a young age to support his family. He also admits that he was a bully in his childhood and his brother introduced him to rap music. As a teenager, he was influenced by fellow Latino rapper Big Pun. Fat Joe explained the influence on him by saying Latinos before us who had the opportunity to do it just didnt know how to do it. They came in trying to do this music, waving flags. Were trying to kick in the doors for other Latinos and represent our people, under stage name Fat Joe da Gangsta and part of the rap group D. I. T. C. Cartagena was signed to Relativity Records in the early 1990s, recording material, in 1993, his debut album, Represent, was released, featuring production from The Beatnuts, Diamond D, Lord Finesse, and others. Its lead single, Flow Joe peaked at one on the Billboard Hot Rap Singles chart, other minor singles from the album included Watch the Sound. In 1995, Fat Joe released his studio album, Jealous Ones Envy. The album featured a guest appearance from KRS-One and production from Diamond D, the lead single was Success, which did not chart, but his second single, Envy peaked at #8 on the Hot Rap Tracks chart. The success of this album led Fat Joe to be featured on the remix of LL Cool Js single I Shot Ya along with Foxy Brown, Keith Murray, released in 1998, Don Cartagena was Joes third album and his first for Atlantic Records
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Amerie
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Amerie Mi Marie Rogers, known professionally as Amerie, is an American singer, songwriter, actress and record producer. She debuted in 2002 with her highly acclaimed debut album All I Have. In 2003, she helped develop the BET original series The Center, which she also hosted, Ameries time on the series was short-lived due to her landing a starring role in the 2004 film First Daughter, alongside Katie Holmes, Marc Blucas, and Michael Keaton. In 2005, Amerie released her sophomore album Touch, which included her biggest hit to date,1 Thing, the song and the album earned her two Grammy nominations and gained her crossover recognition. Her third album, Because I Love It, achieved international success in 2007, although it was not released in North America. Amerie released her studio album, In Love & War. On May 20,2016, Amerie independently released an EP and she appeared on The Breakfast Club,105.1 and announced she would continue to release music throughout the year. Amerie was born to a South Korean mother, artist Mi Suk and African American father, a few months after she was born, the Rogers family moved to South Korea, where Amerie lived for three years. Her father, Charles, was a warrant officer in the U. S. military, so the family lived in many different places, including Alaska, Texas, Virginia. She has a sister, Angela, who is now her lawyer. Amerie describes her parents as conservative, protective, traditional Christians, growing up, she and her sister were forbidden to leave the house or use the phone on school days. The singer enrolled at Georgetown University to study literature, and was in Navy ROTC, I joined so I could afford an education. She quit ROTC after her sophomore year, and graduated with a B. A. in English, while studying at Georgetown, Amerie befriended a Washington, D. C. club promoter who eventually put her in touch with producer Rich Harrison. During an interview with Maxim, Amerie said she met up with Harrison at a McDonalds parking lot, Harrison, who had just worked on Mary J. Bliges albums Mary and No More Drama, began recording and developing demos with Amerie. This led to her first record deal with Columbia Records, according to Amerie, she and Harrison immediately hit it off. In a 2002 interview, she said, For some reason we had a special chemistry. When we would work together something great would happen, Amerie recorded the chorus for the 2001 single Rule, performed by Nas. The single peaked at number 67 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart in the United States and she also recorded a song with Detroit rapper Royce da 59, titled Life, the third and final single from his Rock City album
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It's Alright (Ricky Martin song)
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Its Alright is the last single from Ricky Martins album Life. The Spanish version is called Déjate Llevar, the single was released on March 7,2006. The original version of Its Alright contains Ricky Martin vocals only, in 2006, M. Pokora recorded additional vocals in French, and this new version was released as a single in Francophone countries. It was later included on the edition of M. Pokoras Player album. It was one of the last songs written by singer-songwriter Soraya who died of a relapse of breast cancer later in 2006, Déjate Llevar peaked at number twenty-one on the Hot Latin Songs in the United States. The solo version of Its Alright reached number seventeen in Finland, the duet version of Its Alright with M. Pokora peaked at number four on the French Singles Chart and achieved Silver status for more than 100,000 copies sold. It reached also number eleven in Belgium Wallonia and number eighteen in Switzerland, maz Makhani was the director of photography. The videos aired in February 2006, the Ricky Martin featuring M. Pokora live music video, directed by Gérard Pullicino, aired in April 2006. European CD single Its Alright –3,31 Dejate Llevar –3,34 French CD maxi-single Its Alright –3,22 Its Alright –3,31 María –7,56 Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics
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Will.i.am
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William Adams, known professionally as will. i. am, is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, entrepreneur, actor, musician, DJ, record producer and philanthropist. He is best known as a member of the hip hop group The Black Eyed Peas. Will. i. am has released four solo albums. The first, Lost Change, was released on October 2,2001 through Atlantic Records and is an original album, the second solo album, Must B21, was released on September 23,2003. The track Go. was regularly used as the theme for the NBA Live 2005, the third album, Songs About Girls, was released on September 25,2007. He released his studio album, #willpower, in 2013. Will. i. am is also a music producer, in collaborations and with the Black Eyed Peas, he has a total of 34 top-40 entries on the UK Singles Chart since 1998, and has sold 9.4 million singles in the UK. William James Adams Jr. Adams has never met his father and he was raised by his mother, Debra, who encouraged him to be unique and to avoid conforming to the tendencies of the other youth in his neighborhood on the east side of Los Angeles. To encourage his career, she sent him to public schools in affluent West Los Angeles. While attending John Marshall High School, he became best friends with Allan Pineda, while still in high school, Adams and Pineda performed in East L. A. clubs and were soon joined by three other entertainers to form the socially conscious rap group, Atban Klann. Atban Klann caught the eye of Compton rapper Eazy-E and was signed to his label, Adams used to attend raves while in high school. He later said his history with rave culture is why he chose a more electro sound for The Black Eyed Peas albums The E. N. D. and The Beginning. Despite the use of electro and house elements, will. i. am prefers to separate the underground from pop. In an article with Los Angeles Times, he mentions that secrecy over the whereabouts of raves is what made raving special, and different from the mainstream. Will. i. ams music career began in the summer of 1988 and they began performing together around Los Angeles and were soon discovered by rapper/entrepreneur Eazy-E, who signed them to his label Ruthless Records in 1992. At the time, Will was known as Will 1X, the Atban Klanns first ever official track, Merry Muthafuckin Xmas, was included on Eazy-Es EP5150, Home 4 tha Sick. After this, the began recording an album, Grass Roots, with the help of producers Mookie Mook and DJ Motiv8, however. After Eazys tragic death, Atban Klann changed their name to the Black Eyed Pods, and Will replaced Dante with Jaime Gomez, better known under his stage name of Taboo
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Tu Recuerdo (Ricky Martin song)
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Tu Recuerdo is the first single from Ricky Martins live album, MTV Unplugged. It was released on September 26,2006, and features La Mari of Chambao, the song, written and produced by Tommy Torres, is a Jíbaro ballad as it features elements of traditional Puerto Rican music such as the Puerto Rican cuatro. It became a hit in Spanish-language countries and was nominated for the Latin Grammy Award for Record of the Year, Tu Recuerdo was very successful on the charts in Spanish-language countries. In the United States, it topped Billboards Hot Latin Songs for three weeks and the Latin Pop Airplay chart for thirteen weeks in 2006 and 2007. It peaked at three on Tropical Songs and number twenty-five on Latin Rhythm Airplay. On the Billboard Hot 100, Tu Recuerdo reached number eighty-nine, as of January 2011, it has sold over 82,000 digital copies in the United States. Tu Recuerdo also topped the Record Report charts in Venezuela, in Spain, it reached number one for three weeks on the Airplay Chart and peaked at number two on the Digital Singles Chart. In 2007, the single was certified 5× Platinum in Spain. The Tu Recuerdo ringtone was also certified 3× Platinum in Spain, Tu Recuerdo won the ASCAP Latin Award in category Song of the Year Pop/Ballad Winning Song, and also won the Premio EñE de la música for Mejor Artista Solista Masculino de Habla Hispana. It was nominated for the Record of the Year at the Latin Grammy Awards of 2007 but lost Juan Luis Guerras La llave de mi corazón. Tu Recuerdo was also nominated for Hot Latin Song of the Year, Vocal Duet or Collaboration and Latin Pop Airplay Song of the Year, Duo or Group at the 2007 Latin Billboard Music Awards. It was also nominated in category Best Ballad at the 2007 Premios Juventud, US promotional CD single Tu Recuerdo –4,07 Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics
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