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Billboard (magazine)
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Billboard is an American entertainment media brand owned by the Hollywood Reporter-Billboard Media Group, a division of Eldridge Industries. It publishes pieces involving news, video, opinion, reviews, events and it is also known for its music charts, including the Billboard Hot 100 and Billboard 200, tracking the most popular singles and albums in different genres. It also hosts events, owns a publishing firm, and operates several TV shows, Billboard was founded in 1894 by William Donaldson and James Hennegan as a trade publication for bill posters. Donaldson later acquired Hennegens interest in 1900 for $500, in the 1900s, it covered the entertainment industry, such as circuses, fairs and burlesque shows. It also created a service for travelling entertainers. Billboard began focusing more on the industry as the jukebox, phonograph. Many topics it covered were spun-off into different magazines, including Amusement Business in 1961 to cover outdoor entertainment so that it could focus on music. After Donaldson died in 1925, Billboard was passed down to his children and Hennegans children, until it was sold to investors in 1985. The first issue of Billboard was published in Cincinnati, Ohio, on November 1,1894 by William Donaldson, initially, it covered the advertising and bill posting industry and was called Billboard Advertising. At the time, billboards, posters and paper advertisements placed in public spaces were the means of advertising. Donaldson handled editorial and advertising, while Hennegan, who owned Hennegan Printing Co. managed magazine production, the first issues were just eight pages long. The paper had columns like The Bill Room Gossip and The Indefatigable, a department for agricultural fairs was established in 1896. The title was changed to The Billboard in 1897, after a brief departure over editorial differences, Donaldson purchased Hennegans interest in the business in 1900 for $500, to save it from bankruptcy. That May, Donaldson changed it from a monthly to a paper with a greater emphasis on breaking news. He improved editorial quality and opened new offices in New York, Chicago, San Francisco, London and he also re-focused the magazine on outdoor entertainment like fairs, carnivals, circuses, vaudeville and burlesque shows. A section devoted to circuses was introduced in 1900, followed by more prominent coverage of events in 1901. Billboard also covered topics including regulation, a lack of professionalism, economics and it had a stage gossip column covering the private lives of entertainers, a tent show section covering traveling shows and a sub-section called Freaks to order. According to The Seattle Times, Donaldson also published articles attacking censorship, praising productions exhibiting good taste
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Cristian Castro
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Cristian Sáez Valdés Castro, referred to as Christian Castro or Cristian is a Mexican pop singer. Born in Mexico City, he is the son of renowned actress and singer Verónica Castro, Castro also has a younger brother named Michelle Sáez Castro, his uncle is José Alberto Castro and his aunt is Beatriz Castro, who both are producers. As a baby, he made his debut with her during the telenovela named El Derecho de Nacer. Soon after, he appeared on a commercial with her. Castro is one of the best selling Latin artists and has worked with renowned Latin producers including Kike Santander, Rudy Pérez, and Richard Daniel Roman. In 1984, Castro made his first appearance on TV as a singer in the Televisas child contest Juguemos a Cantar, Castro began his professional singing career in 1992 with the release of Agua Nueva. After appearing in several telenovelas and recording some albums as a teenager, Castro began his internationalization in 1993, starting with concerts in Puerto Rico. Castro dedicated a song to country in his second album, Un Segundo En El Tiempo. He also modified his singing voice from the voice he employed in Agua Nueva to a softer one that he currently uses. His song, Nunca Voy a Olvidarte, became his first number-one hit at the Hot Latin Tracks charts in 1993 helped launched his career, in 1994, Cristian released El Camino del Alma. The album hit, Mañana, meaning Tomorrow, a composed by Mexican singer, Juan Gabriel which was titled. In 1995, he was part of the compilation album Boleros, Por Amor y Desamor written and produced by Jorge Avendaño Luhrs, recording Vuélveme a Querer, which hit #2 on the Hot Latin Tracks. In 1996, Cristian released El Deseo De Oir Tu Voz which featured such as Morelia, Amor, Amarte a Ti. At the 9th Lo Nuestro Awards, Castro received a nomination for Male Pop Artist of the Year. Cristian has also done opening themes for such as Morelia Angela and Mujer De Madera In 1997, Castro left Fonovisa. Famous pianist Raúl di Blasio did the work for the song Después De Tí. ¿Qué. The album was nominated Best Latin Pop Album of the Year, following the albums success, Castro sang in duets with other singers such as Olga Tañón, Grupo Limite, and José Alfredo Jiménez. In 1999 he released Mi Vida Sin Tu Amor, which won him many credits because it had four singles to go in the Top ten of Billboards Hot Latin tracks, in 2001, he released Azul, which won Best Latin Pop Album of the Year
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Nielsen Audio
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Nielsen Audio is a consumer research company in the United States that collects listener data on radio broadcasting audiences. It was founded as the American Research Bureau by Jim Seiler in 1949 and became national by merging with Los Angeles-based Coffin, Cooper, the companys initial business was the collection of broadcast television ratings. The company changed its name to Arbitron in the mid‑1960s, the namesake of the Arbitron System, deployed in New York City, it gave instant ratings data on what people were watching. A reporting board lit up to indicate which homes were listening to which broadcasts, on December 18,2012, The Nielsen Company announced that it would acquire Arbitron, its only competitor, for US$1.26 billion. The acquisition closed on September 30,2013, and the company was re-branded as Nielsen Audio, as a condition of the deal to allow a monopoly, Nielsen must license its ratings data and technology to a third party for eight years. The term commonly used in the industry for these ratings is Arbitron book. More specifically, in the diary-measured markets these reports were called the Spring book, Summer book, Fall book, between these books, Arbitron releases interim monthly reports called Arbitrends, which contain data from the previous three months known as rolling average reports. The two interim reports would be known, for example, as Spring, Phase I and Spring, Arbitron recruits diary survey respondents to note their listening habits in a seven-day paper diary and mail it back to Arbitron. The respondents are paid a cash incentive for their participation. Turnaround time for release of data from the end of the period is approximately three weeks. After collection, the data is marketed to radio broadcasters, radio networks, cable TV companies, advertisers, advertising agencies, out-of-home advertising companies, and the online radio industry. Major ratings products include cume, average quarter hour, time spent listening, and market breakdowns by age, gender and it is important to understand that the cume only counts a listener once, whereas the AQH is a product of cume and time spent listening. For example, if you looked into a room and saw Fred and Jane, the cume would be 3 and the AQH would be 2. The PPM is a portable device, much like a pager or mobile phone. Arbitron recruits and compensates a cross-section of consumers to wear the meter for an average of one year, the audience estimates generated from each monthly survey is used as the buy/sell currency for radio stations and advertisers/agencies. By 2010,48 markets are being measured using the PPM. S, radio Markets Audio interview of Ernest H. Clay, ARBs Research and Production Director on WGNs discussion show Your Right To Say It
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Enrique Iglesias
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Enrique Miguel Iglesias Preysler, known professionally as Enrique Iglesias, is a Spanish singer, songwriter, actor and record producer. He is widely regarded as the King of Latin Pop, in 2010, he parted with Interscope Records and signed with another Universal Music Group label Republic Records to release bilingual albums. In 2015, Iglesias parted ways with Universal Music Group after a decade and he signed with Sony Music, his upcoming albums will be by Sony Music Latin in Spanish and RCA Records in English. Iglesias has sold over 159 million records worldwide, making him one of the best-selling Spanish artists ever, Iglesias has scored over 150 number-one hits across all of the Billboard charts. He has had five Billboard Hot 100 top five singles, including two number-ones, and holds the record for producing 27 number-one Spanish-language singles on the Billboards Hot Latin Tracks and he also holds the record for most number-one hits and the longest-running number-one hit on that chart. Iglesias also has 14 number-ones on Billboards Dance charts, more than any male artist. Iglesias was born in Madrid, Spain, and is the third and youngest child of Spanish singer Julio Iglesias and Filipina socialite, isabels aunt is actress Neile Adams, the first wife of American actor Steve McQueen and grandmother of actor Steven R. McQueen. He was raised with two siblings, Chabeli and Julio. His mother is Filipina and his father is Spanish, with family from Galicia and Andalusia and his father is of Jewish ancestry and has also claimed Puerto Rican ancestry on his mothers side. At first, Iglesias and his two siblings stayed with their mother, but in 1986, Iglesias grandfather, Dr. Julio Iglesias Puga, was kidnapped by the armed Basque terrorist group ETA. For their safety, Enrique and his brother Julio were sent to live with their father in Miami, there, they were brought up mostly by the nanny, Elvira Olivares, to whom he later dedicated his first album. He also lived in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, for one year with his mother, as his fathers career kept him on the road, the young Iglesias was raised by the family nanny. He attended the prestigious Gulliver Preparatory School and later went on to business at the University of Miami. Iglesias did not want his father to know about his plans for a musical career and he borrowed money from his family nanny and he recorded a demo cassette tape which consisted of a Spanish song and two English songs. Approaching his fathers former publicist, Fernán Martínez, the two promoted the songs under the stage name Enrique Martínez with the backstory of being a singer from Guatemala. Iglesias was signed on to Fonovisa Records, after dropping out of college, he traveled to Toronto to record his first album. On 12 July 1995, Iglesias released Enrique Iglesias, a collection of rock ballads, including hits such as Si Tú Te Vas, Experiencia Religiosa. This album Vivir, along with Iglesias next two albums, was released by the Mexican label Fonovisa and his song Por Amarte was included in Televisas telenovela Marisol, but with a twist, instead of Por amarte daría mi vida, the words were Por amarte Marisol, moriría
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Por Amarte
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Por Amarte is the title of the third single released by Enrique Iglesias from his debut album. The track was written by Roberto Morales and Enrique Iglesias, the song also was featured on the Mexican telenovela Marisol with a few changes in the lyrics. Instead of Por amarte daría mi vida, the words were, Por amarte Marisol, the singer won an ASCAP award for Por Amarte in 1996 and at the 9th Lo Nuestro Awards received a nomination for Pop Song of the Year, losing to Iglesias own Experiencia Religiosa. The track debuted in the United States Billboard Hot Latin Songs chart at number 8 on 18 May 1996, the single spent twelve weeks in the Top Ten and also peaked at number 1 in Mexico for two weeks. Por Amarte peaked at one week after the album Enrique Iglesias climbed to number-one in the Top Latin Albums chart for the first time. List of number-one Billboard Hot Latin Tracks of 1996 Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics
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Only You (Yazoo song)
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Only You is a song written by musician Vince Clarke. He wrote it while with Depeche Mode, but recorded it in 1982 after forming the duo Yazoo with Alison Moyet and it was released as Yazoos first single on 15 March 1982 in the United Kingdom. Upon its UK release, the became an instant success. In the US, the song was released in November 1982 and charted at number sixty-seven on Billboard Hot 100, Only You also made the US Adult Contemporary chart at number thirty-eight. A remix of Only You made the UK Top 40 again in 1999, the music video for the new version was created using the Houdini 3D animation software package. Moyets vocals, they say, is an understated vocal performance, soulful yet dignified in the manner of 70s soul star Ann Peebles, of Clarkes gentle
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Esperanza (Enrique Iglesias song)
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Esperanza is the title of the first single released by Enrique Iglesias from his third studio album, Cosas del Amor. The track was written by Enrique Iglesias and Chein García-Alonso, the latter wrote the singles Experiencia Religiosa. The video for Esperanza was directed by Jaume Collet-Serra and won Video of the Year at the 11th Lo Nuestro Awards, the track debuted on the United States Billboard Hot Latin Tracks chart at number 4 on 26 September 1998 and stayed at number 4 the following week. No charts were published for the weeks of 10 and 17 October 1998, for the week of 24 October 1998, the charts were finally announced and the single was at number 1, spending 4 weeks at the summit. The song spent 15 weeks inside the top ten and 24 non-consecutive weeks in the top 40, list of number-one Billboard Hot Latin Tracks of 1998 Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics
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Bailamos
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Bailamos is a Latin pop song from Spanish singer Enrique Iglesias, sung in Spanglish. It was the single of Iglesias in the English-language market. In 1999 the song sold 5 million copies worldwide, Bailamos was written by Paul Barry and Mark Taylor and produced by Barry and Brian Rawling, the same team which wrote and produced Chers hit Believe. The track first appeared on an edition of his Spanish studio album Cosas del Amor and was released as a single in parts of Latin America. After attending one of Enriques concerts in March 1999, Will Smith asked Enrique to contribute to the soundtrack of his upcoming movie Wild Wild West, the song quickly became most requested on pop radio in New York, Los Angeles and Miami. Due to the popularity, it was released as a single throughout the world. In English, Bailamos means We Dance, or in this case, the single reached number one on the US pop charts, making it Iglesias first chart-topper on the Billboard Hot 100. The Latin song Smooth by Carlos Santana released at the end of the year was one of the most successful songs in chart history and its immense success could, to some extent, be credited to Bailamos and other Latin pop songs during the era. The success of Bailamos was a breakthrough for Iglesias, which enabled him to sign a deal with Interscope Records. The song would go on to appear on his debut English album Enrique, the soundtrack version has a different arrangement in mix from the version of the album. It also peaked at one in Spain and Latvia. The single also peaked on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs, while on the Billboard Adult Contemporary Songs chart and it peaked into top 10 in many countries including United Kingdom, France, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland. The original music video for Bailamos was shot in Miami and it has a montage of different scenes involving Iglesias, starting off with a scene of Iglesias in an apartment talking on the phone and later looking out of a window to the Miami skyline. Subsequent scenes involve Iglesias walking the streets and staring into a building as he watches two flamenco dancers, after the song was chosen to be part of the Wild Wild West soundtrack, a second video was made, directed by Nigel Dick. A portion of video was shot in Mexico, while most of it shot in the backlot at Universal Studios. In this video, Iglesias is depicted as a man with the opening shot being a poster calling for his capture dead or alive. Entering a sleepy Mexican town, he attracts several women who dance around him, picking one out, they kiss until they are interrupted by people trying to claim the reward. Both Iglesias and the love interest manage to escape, the video also contains small snippets of scenes from the Wild Wild West movie
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Rhythm Divine
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Rhythm Divine is a song by Spanish recording artist Enrique Iglesias, taken from his fourth studio album and debut English-language record Enrique. It was released on 9 October 1999, by Interscope Records as the single from the project. The song was written by Paul Barry and Mark Taylor, while production was handled by Taylor, an accompanying music video was directed by Francis Lawrence. The single sold over 3 million copies in 2000, oh, so solid, Rhythm Divine will propel another new hero to the upper reaches of the charts in just a few short weeks. A sure sell-through from his upcoming English-language debut, the songs deserves a big bravo for sheer pop merit, the video starts in a hotel, when a girl gets out of a room and Enrique starts to follow her. He follows her across the city of Kuala Lumpur, until she gets to the beach. It was released the video for the Spanish version. The Spanish version of the single, titled Ritmo Total, hit the number 1 spot in the Billboard Hot Latin Tracks, the single went platinum in Russia with 200,000 copies sold. List of number-one Billboard Hot Latin Tracks of 1999 List of number-one Billboard Hot Latin Tracks of 2000 Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics
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Hero (Enrique Iglesias song)
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Hero is a song by Spanish singer Enrique Iglesias from his second English-language studio album Escape. It was written by Iglesias, Paul Barry and Mark Taylor, Iglesias first released the song to radio on 3 September 2001 to a positive critical and commercial reception. To the date the single has sold 8 million copies worldwide, Iglesias was asked to sing the song live at America, A Tribute to Heroes. He had performed the song earlier at that years Miss Venezuela, the American television series Glee featured a version of the song as a mashup mixed with the Gipsy Kings Bamboléo. The release from the episode in season 3 of the show is named Bambolero/Hero. The main vocals were done by Chord Overstreet, an Italian version of this song was covered by Micheal Castaldo, in his studio album Bergamot. Iglesias stated that his school days were the inspiration for the song. When I wrote it, it felt good and, I thought I know there is something special in this song. Hero was first released on 3 September 2001, just eight days prior to the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center, Iglesias was also asked to sing the song live at the America, A Tribute to Heroes, which took place on September 21. His performance was broadcast from a warehouse in New York alongside Bruce Springsteen, Bon Jovi, the location of the warehouse was kept secret in case of further attacks. It was Iglesiass first televised performance of the song and he had performed the song earlier at that years Miss Venezuela, but due to the terrorist attacks the show was not aired on television. The song has a meaning of love and assurance with a desire to be a hero for the love of a woman, Hero topped many charts in the US including the Billboard adult contemporary chart for fifteen weeks. On the latter, the song would re-enter the top ten a year later, a remixed recording also topped the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart in January 2002. In January 2002, the song was released in the UK, where it debuted at number 86 before jumping 85 places to number one, up to this point, Iglesias had already had two hits in the UK but was largely unknown. Hero was seen as his breakthrough in the UK and it became the third best-selling single of 2002 there, with sales of 836,500, Hero was the 17th best-selling single of the 2000s in the UK. In April 2015, it was announced that the song had sold 1 million copies in the UK, in Australia, the song reached number one on the ARIA Chart, becoming his first number-one in that country. The song also topped the charts in Spain, Switzerland, the Philippines, Romania, Ireland and this is one of Iglesias best-selling singles and has sold 8 million copies. The music video for Hero was directed by Joseph Kahn and it features Iglesias as an honorable criminal hunted by his enemies, whilst Jennifer Love Hewitt plays his love interest and Mickey Rourke plays one of the men hunting him
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Do You Know? (The Ping Pong Song)
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Do You Know. is a song by Spanish singer Enrique Iglesias. The songs Spanish version is entitled Dímelo and was released to Latin radio, in 2007 the song sold 3.1 million copies worldwide. Iglesias generally refers to the song as simply Do You Know. as it was his record labels insistence to add on The Ping Pong Song in parentheses to make it more distinctive and marketable. The instrumental backing tracks are based on sampled loops from the production company Bunker 8 Digital Labs. These samples include all of the tracks in Otiga Verde from the sample library. The opening piano, guitar riffs, and lead sound synthesizer which is heard throughout the song are directly lifted from the individual sample loops. Iglesias premiered the song on Ryan Seacrests radio show on KIIS-FM on Tuesday,10 April 2007, the song was officially shipped to radio stations and, a week later, reached number 102 on the Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart. Iglesias performed the song on Dancing with the Stars on 15 May 2007, on the day that the song was available in the U. S. iTunes Store as a digital single. The song soon made its debut on the Billboard Hot 100 at number 33 and it reached the top ten on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play, peaking at number 3. The song has reached three on the UK Singles Chart. It was then knocked off once more before regaining it for a week and it also broke the four-year-long tie with Luis Miguel for most number-ones on the chart with 17. The single was released to radio in his country, Spain, peaked at number six on the official download Spanish chart. The single was not released there due to the diminishing single sales market. Some American radio stations have taken to playing a different version of the song contains a more rhythmic beat. The songs music video is directed by Jessy Terrero and is ostensibly a parody of the process that many directors have when making Iglesias music videos. The video cuts back and forth between scenes in which the ideas for the videos are being proposed to Iglesias and the videos themselves. The video starts with Iglesias and his manager, played by legendary Big Brother player Mike Boogie, when they arrive, the director, played by Jon Abrahams, is surrounded by scantily clad women, some of whom are occupying themselves by playing ping pong. Iglesias watches her and is interacting with her in a bed before the scene shifts to Burgos arguing with her lover outside the hotel and then walking into the road
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Cuando Me Enamoro
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The song is the main-theme of the Mexican telenovela of the same title starring Silvia Navarro and Juan Soler. This is the time since Nunca Te Olvidaré that a song of Enrique Iglesias was chosen as the main-theme of a telenovela. Cuando Me Enamoro became a contender for Latin Grammy Award for Song of the Year, the single has sold around a million digital downloads Worldwide to the date. This song was dedicated for K, O, M, the music video was filmed along with Guerra in an elementary school, St. Patrick & Assumption/All Saints, in Jersey City, New Jersey, it was directed by Jessy Terrero. In the story of the video, Iglesias and Guerra are guest stars invited to sing at a school, the music video simply starts when the school principal presents them to the students and they begin to sing. The video has the participation of Ugly Betty actress Ana Ortiz as principal Michelle Gomez, the full music video was premiered at Vevo. com on 21 May 2010. As of February 2017, the video has been viewed more than 440 million times on YouTube, the song debuted on number #22 on the Billboard Hot Latin Songs, on the Tropical Songs the song debuted at number #19 and number #8 on the Latin Pop Songs. On Spain the song is charted at number #35 and this is also the third time a self-replacement happened in the history of the Hot Latin Tracks. The track spent 17 non-consecutive weeks at No #1 at Hot Latin Track, on the Billboard Hot 100, the song peaked at number #89 and was Iglesias highest charting Spanish single of his career at the time, surpassing Lloro Por Ti, which reached #91. Cuando Me Enamoro music video Enrique Iglesias official website Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics
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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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I Like It (Enrique Iglesias song)
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I Like It is a song performed by Spanish singer Enrique Iglesias taken from his first bilingual studio album, Euphoria. It features guest vocals from American rapper Pitbull, both artists co-wrote the electropop song with RedOne, who produced it. It also interpolates Lionel Richies 1983 single All Night Long. with vocals re-recorded by Richie himself, I Like It was released on 3 May 2010. The song was included on the official soundtrack to MTV reality series Jersey Shore. A version of the song without Pitbull is also found on the version of Euphoria. The song also serves as the first single from the Jersey Shore soundtrack, the song was also the official song of Airtel 2010 Champions League Twenty20. The song has sold 4 million copies in the US alone, the song was composed by Enrique Iglesias, Pitbull, Lionel Richie, and RedOne. Iglesias and Pitbull wrote their lyrics, RedOne produced the music, Richie said, Its a song that when I wrote it and not much thought was more by sound. The song is written in the key of G Mixolydian, with the progression of G-F-Am-G. It is set in time with a tempo of 129 beats per minute. Pitbulls verse features a reference to the Tiger Woods and Jesse James scandals, the official remix to the song was produced by Jaylien 2010 and features rapper T. I. The song was also the song of Airtel Champions League 2010 cricket tournament held in South Africa. Iglesias performed I Like It along with Be With You in the ceremony of Airtel Champions League 2010. The song was also the song of the Spanish National Football team leading up to the World Cup 2010. Bill Lamb editor of the website About. com gave a review and rated it with 3.5 stars, enjoying, Enriques charming pop falsetto, Lionel Richie All Night Long sample. The overall effect is hit single as churned out by committee, still, despite the assembly line mentality, I Like It retains a certain pop charm. The song peaked at one in Canada, Australian Dance Charts, US Latin Pop Songs. With this song Iglesias made history, tying with Michael Jackson and it even reached number 2 on Mainstream Top 40 for four weeks
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Pitbull (rapper)
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Armando Christian Pérez, known by the stage name Pitbull or Mr. Worldwide, is an American rapper. His first recorded performance was on a solo track from Lil Jons 2002 album Kings of Crunk. In 2004, Pitbull released his debut album M. I. A. M. I and it included production producers Lil Jon and Jim Jonsin. Pitbull later released his second album El Mariel, in 2006 and his third, The Boatlift and his fourth album, Rebelution, included the hit single I Know You Want Me, which peaked at number two on the US Billboard Hot 100. Pitbulls 2011 album Planet Pit, featured the single Give Me Everything and his 2013 track Timber from his Meltdown EP topped the charts in twenty nations, including the US and UK. He performed the song We Are One along with Jennifer Lopez and Claudia Leitte, Armando Christian Perez was born on January 15,1981 to Cuban expatriates in Miami, Florida. When he was 3, he could recite the works of Cubas national hero and poet, José Martí, growing up, he was influenced by the Miami bass genre of pop music and has cited Celia Cruz and Willy Chirino as sources of inspiration for his music. Pérezs parents separated when he was young, and he was raised by his mother, he spent time with a foster family in Roswell. He attended South Miami Senior High School before graduating from Miami Coral Park High School and he said he chose his stage name of Pitbull because the dogs bite to lock. The dog is too stupid to lose, and theyre outlawed in Dade County. Theyre basically everything that I am, after meeting Lil Jon in Miami, Pitbull was featured on Lil Jon and the East Side Boyz album Kings of Crunk in 2002. Pitbulls song Oye was featured on the soundtrack to the film 2 Fast 2 Furious the following year, in addition, Pitbull released several mixtapes, composed of freestyles and remixes of popular rap music. Campbell featured Pitbull in his single, Lollipop, together they focused on creating a more radio-friendly sound. Fernandez later told HitQuarters, At that time his music had a lot of verses and took a time to get into the hook. Fernandez introduced Pitbull to Lil Jon, hoping to secure the rapper a small guest intro spot on Lil Jons upcoming album Kings of Crunk. According to Fernandez, Jon took a liking to Pérez and offered him a track k on the album and this track helped raise the young rappers profile. In 2004, Pitbull released his debut album M. I. A. M. I, with the lead single being Culo produced by Lil Jon and the Diaz Brothers. It peaked at No.32 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, other singles included Dammit Man, Back Up, Toma, and Thats Nasty
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No Me Digas Que No
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No Me Digas Que No is a song performed by Spanish singer Enrique Iglesias taken from his first bilingual studio album, Euphoria. It was produced by Carlos Paucar and Reggaeton producers Nesty La Mente Maestra and it featured Reggaeton Duó Wisin & Yandel. It was released digitally on 22 June 2010 as the second promotinal Spanish single, the song hit the radio stations officially on 19 October 2010. It is the third collaborations between the artists after the versions of Lloro Por Tí and Gracias a Ti. The song peaked at number-one on the US Billboard Hot Latin Songs, on the album, two versions of the song were included, a version with Iglesias alone, and a remixed version with the duó with whom Iglesias has collaborated on another two songs. Both versions have a different beat. The song was written by himself and Descemer Bueno, and the version has additional lyrics from Wisin & Yandel, Ernesto Padilla better known as Nesty La Mente Maestra. A merengue remix was made replacing Wisin & Yandel with Omega El Fuerte, leila Cobo from Billboard said in relation to the song that he jumps into dance with both feet and eschews the duos reggaetón in favor of uptempo club beats. On the week of 4 December 2010 the song debuted at number 34 on the Billboard Latin Pop Airplay, peaking at number 2, making his 28th entry to the Latin Pop Airplay chart. The week of 19 March 2011 the song peaked at number #1 on the US Latin Songs, becoming his 22nd song to peak #1 on the chart, more than any other Latin artist. The music video for the song was filmed in Los Angeles, directed by long-time collaborator Jessy Terrero, two versions of the video were filmed, one for the version featured Wisin & Yandel, and another for the alternate version with Iglesias only. It was premiered through his website on 18 November 2010, the video begins with Iglesias into a car for the streets, while a woman drives. As the first hook of the begins, it shows Iglesias alongside Wisin & Yandel in a dark room with bright lights. When the chorus of the begins, Iglesias, is having a drink sitting in a chair in a nightclub. Through the video, he and Wisin & Yandel sing the song into different camera takes. At the last part of the video, Iglesias is reconnects with the woman who was driving the car, and Yandels last verse ends the video. com Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics
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Wisin & Yandel
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Wisin & Yandel are a Puerto Rican reggaeton duo, composed of Juan Luis Morera Luna and Llandel Veguilla Malavé. They started their career in 1998 and have been together since, winning several awards during that time, including a Grammy in 2009, being the first, in late 2013, they announced to take a pause in their careers as a duo, after their Líderes tour. According to Yandel, they have not disbanded, in 1998, Wisin & Yandel participated in the album No Fear 3, produced by DJ Dicky as well as on the compilation album La Misión Vol.1, edited by Fresh Productions label. The success of this led the label to produce Los Reyes del Nuevo Milenio. From that moment the duo started a successful career and they continued posting new topics in the successive editions of La Misión and recorded three new albums, De Nuevos a Viejos, Mi Vida. My Life and De Otra Manera, all of which were certified gold, the duo also received the Tu Música Award for Best Rap/Reggaeton Duo in 2002. In 2004, the duo released two solo efforts, El Sobreviviente by Wisin and Quien Contra Mí by Yandel, which sparked speculation about a possible separation. Sales of the albums were unimpressive, and the duo remained together, the duo started their own label under the name of WY Records. In 2005, they released their first album under it, Pal Mundo, the album reached international status when it reached countries like China, Japan and some European countries. The album also peaked at #1 on Billboards Top Latin Albums and was certified gold by RIAA, on November 7,2007, Wisin & Yandel released the album Los Extraterrestres, which featured collaborations with international artists like Eve and Fat Joe. The album was received positively by the Puerto Rican media, with mainstream newspaper Primera Hora awarding it a score of 4 out of 5, the review praised the fusion of styles found in the album, claiming that the production continued the musical evolution found in its predecessors. Following the release of Los Extraterrestres the duo commenced an international promotional tour, after organizing concerts throughout Latin America and Europe, Wisin & Yandel noted that they would like to expand their markets to Africa and Australia. Wisin & Yandel participated in the ceremonies of the 2008 Viña del Mar Festival. The tickets for the event sold out, which the duo described as a real honor, on June 2,2008, the duo began a tour to promote Wisin vs. Yandel, Los Extraterrestres, Otra Dimensión, visiting several radio stations in Puerto Rico. In June 2008, Wisin & Yandel participated in the 2008 edition of New York Citys Puerto Rican Day Parade, on June 12,2008, they traveled to Los Angeles to attend the BMI Latin Awards, in which they received a nomination for Writer of the Year. Later they also received four Juventud Awards and they also made a guest appearance in an album titled Caribbean Connection released on June 24,2008. The production featured several Latin American artists including Daddy Yankee, Don Omar and Hector El Father along Jamaican musicians like Inner Circle, Bounty Killer, Elephant Man, on July 19,2008, the duo made a presentation before a sold-out crowd in Venezuela. The duet were selected to perform in KQ Live Concert on September 27,2008, organized by KQ105 FM, which included several Puerto Rican and Latin American artists
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Loco (Enrique Iglesias song)
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Loco is the lead Spanish single and overall second single from Enrique Iglesiass album, Sex and Love. The single features American singer Romeo Santos and this is Iglesias second bachata song after Cuando Me Enamoro. A banda version of the song was recorded which features Mexican singer Roberto Tapia, another version of the song featuring Spanish singer India Martínez was released on iTunes on 17 December 2013. At the Latin Grammy Awards of 2014, the received a nomination for Best Tropical Song. The music video is directed by Yasha Malekzad, who has directed the music videos for Turn the Night Up. The video was released on Iglesias official Vevo channel on YouTube on 26 August 2013, the video has been viewed over 460 million times. The video starts with Iglesias walking into a bar, while the end of his 1995 song Por Amarte is clearly heard, beside Iglesias, Santos is sitting and looking tense. Actress Roselyn Sanchez who dances alone onstage under flashing lights, gyrating in a red dress. Tough guy actor Danny Trejo, looks on menacingly, Enrique and Romeo are so down that neither can muster up the energy to approach Sanchez as she sashays past him, though both look on longingly as she walks out the door. Loco debuted on Billboard Hot 100 chart at number 87 and peaked at number 80 and it surpassed Cuando Me Enamoro which peaked at number 89. The song also debuted in Spain at number 22, the song debuted at number 8 on the Billboard Hot Latin Tracks chart with just three full days of sales and airplay as it was released on 24 August 2013. It sold around 3,000 downloads in three days. It climbed to number 2 the very next week and it became 24th number one for Enrique in this chart. It has topped the Latin Airplay chart for 9 non-consecutive weeks, the song also made a Hot Shot Debut on the Tropical Songs chart at number 4, being the Greatest Gainer of the week. The following week it rose to number 3 again, being the Greatest Gainer of the week and it also made debut at number 3 on the Latin Pop Songs chart, becoming the Greatest Gainer of the week. The following week it rose to number 2, the song topped this chart in the third week making it Enriques 18th song to top this chart further extending his record. It topped this chart for 12 consecutive weeks before getting replaced by Wisins Que Viva La Vida, the song regained the top spot the very next week. In total, the song has spent 14 weeks atop of the Latin Pop Songs chart, List of number-one Billboard Hot Latin Songs of 2013 List of number-one songs of 2013
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Romeo Santos
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Anthony Santos, known professionally as Romeo Santos, is an American singer, songwriter, actor, record producer and former lead vocalist of the American bachata group Aventura. After releasing several albums with Aventura, the group went its separate ways, since then, Romeo has embarked on a solo career which in six years has spawned seven number one songs on the Hot Latin Songs chart and nine number ones on the Tropical Songs chart. Santos was born on July 21,1981, in The Bronx, New York City, to a Dominican father and he had a humble upbringing, with his father working construction and his mother staying at home to take care of the family. Before the success of Aventura, Santos founded a group called Los Tinellers, with his cousin Henry, the group released an album called Trampa de Amor, and by the end of the decade, they changed the name of the band to Aventura. Romeo was the songwriter and producer of Aventura, an American bachata band from The Bronx, New York. Aventura was formed in 1997 by Anthony Romeo Santos, Henry Santos, Lenny Santos, and Max Santos, all natives of The Bronx, but having families born in the Dominican Republic. Aventura made their big break in 1999, with the hopes of breaking bachata music into the mainstream from its base and fuse it with pop music, more specifically hip hop. In 2004, the song, Obsesión achieved huge success in countries, topping many international charts like the France, Germany. According to Romeo Santos, the group was on pause to do individual projects, Romeo Santos and former members of Aventura reunited to close out the second night of Romeo Santos sold-out Yankee Stadium concerts on July 12,2014. It was announced on December 1,2015 that Aventura would have a set of concerts for the last time as a group for the month of February at the United Palace Theater in New York City. Their first concert since their split started with a sold out crowd on February 4,2016 with the concert ending on February 28,2016. In April 2011, after his success as a songwriter and the singer for Aventura. On May 9, he released the first single off his debut album Formula, Vol.1, the song went to number one on the Hot Latin Songs and Tropical Songs charts. The second single Promise, featured a collaboration with R&B singer Usher, as with the previous single, Promise topped the Hot Latin Songs and Tropical Songs charts. In 2012, he sold out New York Citys famous Madison Square Garden three nights in a row, the performance was then turned into a CD and DVD package and subsequently released as a live album, The King Stays King, Sold Out at Madison Square Garden. In 2014, he conquered another New York landmark, Yankee Stadium and those concerts made history for Santos, becoming the first Latin artist to headline at the Stadium. The Fania All-Stars last did so, one block south at the old Yankee Stadium on August 24,1973 and his sophomore album Formula, Vol.2 was released on February 25,2014. Featuring collaborations with Drake, Nicki Minaj, Marc Anthony, Carlos Santana, Tego Calderón, Formula, Vol.2 became the best-selling Latin album of 2014
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El Perdedor (Enrique Iglesias song)
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El Perdedor is the second Spanish single from Enrique Iglesias album Sex and Love. It serves as the theme of Mexican telenovela Lo que la vida me robó. This is the time that Enriques song is chosen as an opening theme of a telenovela after Cosas del Amor, Nunca Te Olvidaré, Cuando Me Enamoro. The song was released in the United States and Mexico on 30 October 2013 and was released to other Latin countries. The song was composed by Iglesias and Descemer Bueno, Enrique got to know Marco as a person eighteen years ago when the Mexican legend lent him one of his songs Invéntame, which Enrique sang for his first album. A 30-second trailer of the music video was also uploaded on YouTube on 28 December 2013. It received over 1 million views within a couple of weeks, the music video for El Perdedor was released on 20 January 2014 on Iglesias official VEVO channel on YouTube and has received over 630 million views. The video is directed by Jessy Terrero, who directed the music videos of Enriques previous hits Dímelo. The video features a guest appearance by televonela star Sandra Echeverría, a Bachata version of the song was also uploaded on 24 January 2014 and has received over 55 million views. The song has a rhythm and the video has minor changes. The video features Iglesias and Marco Antonio Solís singing the song at an event that Sandra Echeverrías character is at with a date. Once she sees him on stage Echeverría drops the hand of the man she is with, at the end of the video she gets up from her seat and runs crying out of the room. Enrique and Marco performed the song in Mexico on 27 October and they performed the song again at Premio Lo Nuestro on 20 February 2014. The song debuted at #28 on the Latin Songs chart, following the airplay release, the song debuted on Latin Pop Songs at #23, being the greatest gainer of the week. The following week, it debuted on tropical airplay chart at #18, El Perdedor made its Billboard Hot 100 debut at #85
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Bailando (Enrique Iglesias song)
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Bailando is a song by Spanish singer Enrique Iglesias for his tenth studio album Sex and Love. The original Spanish version features the Cuban artists Descemer Bueno and Gente de Zona, the song was written by all of the artists, while production was handled by Carlos Paucar. It was released by Universal Republic Records as the single from the record. In 2013 the song was finished by Descemer Bueno and Gente de Zona without Iglesias vocals. They released a video and their own version became part of several compilation albums. As of 24 August 2014, there are three versions of the song that have been released to the music market besides the original Spanish version. The Spanglish version features Jamaican singer Sean Paul, the original Spanish version of Bailando served as the theme song of the soap opera Reina de Corazones which aired on Telemundo. According to the IFPI, Bailando was the tenth best-selling song of 2014 with sales of 8 million copies worldwide, but after recording he loved the song. He termed it as one of his favourites from the album, the Peruvian singer and composer Sergio Pelo Dambrosio Robles reported that the theme Bailando by Enrique Iglesias, copied the intro and the chorus of his song Lejos de ti. A few months later, however, the Peruvian singer decided to withdraw the complaint because experts indicated that there was no plagiarism in the lyrics nor in the chorus. Accompanying music videos for both, the Spanish and the Spanglish versions of Bailando were filmed in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, the music video is directed by Cuban producer Alejandro Perez, under Enrique Iglesias longtime collaborators creative director Yasha Malekzad & executive producer Kasra Pezeshki. The music video was produced by Artist Preserve, London, the featured dancers are from Havanas Ballet Lizt Alfonso. The lead girl in the video is Ana Karla Suarez, the video production in the Dominican Republic was produced by Aquiles Jimenez. The Spanish version of the video has been viewed over 2.01 billion times while the English version of the video has received 220 million views as of April 2017 and it is his most viewed video on YouTube, surpassing his 2010 hit I Like It. The Spanish version of the video is the seventh most viewed video on YouTube, Bailando became the first Spanish-language music video to have been viewed over a billion times. The video starts black and white in a room, with Bueno singing parts of Bailando while Iglesias and Gente de Zona are having fun in the background. As the song starts, Iglesias, Bueno and Gente de Zona walk the streets of a city, surrounded by working people and they are then seen performing the song in a tunnel, running through a street market and a troop of flamenco dancers showing off their moves. Shortly after, Iglesias is seen to be seduced by a sexy brunette showing her best dance moves, the video ends with Enrique and Co. running back after they hear police sirens approaching them
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Gente de Zona
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Gente de Zona is a Cuban reggaeton group founded by Alexander Delgado in 2000. The group combines reggaeton rhythms with traditional forms of Cuban music. Gente de Zona found its first international success following their collaboration with Enrique Iglesias on his 2014 release Bailando, the track was awarded three Latin Grammy awards and received widespread international airplay. The group began in 2000 when several rappers met in Alamar, the name of the group, Gente D Zona, reflects their emergence from Alamar. Alexander Delgado then met Michel Delgado, El Karo, and both started playing at parties and official playrooms Guanabacoa, Regla and especially Alamar, the group quickly earned the support of the public in those areas, and soon started participating in international festivals. These were in addition to annual rap festivals in Cuba, where Alexander was responsible for the animation for three consecutive years. They later formed part of the Hermanos Saiz Association, and it is not until the year 2002 that Alexander started his career in the company Antonio María Romeu appearing around the country. In July 2005 Gente D Zona was still composed of Alexander and Michel and this led to a more mature genre of work, always mixing with Cuban rhythms, and considering market requirements. In 2005, Michel left the group, with the departure of Michel, Alexander called Jacob Forever, director of the non-professional group Made in Cuba who had done important work with Pachito Alonso and Eddy K, among others. Nando Pro also came to join as a producer and DJ. In March 2013, Gente D Zona announced the separation of Alexander, in 2014, Gente DZona joined Enrique Iglesias and Descemer Bueno to produce the outstanding successful theme, Bailando, which catapulted the group to the international arena. The song stayed in first place on international hits lists, noteworthily, in the U. S. market, in June 2014 it was located at number one in the Top Latin Songs. The group has also been successful in Europe, back in 2015, Gente de Zona published two songs that instantly became popular, “La Gozadera” and “Traidora”, both were in collaboration with Marc Anthony. On April 22 of 2016, their album entitled “Visualízate” was published under the label Sony Music Entertainment US Latin LLC and Magnus Media. During the same year the released their new single, “Más Macarena” in collaboration with Los Del Río. They introduced “Más Macarena” for the first time with a presentation at Premios Juventud. The official video was released in September of the same year, at Premios Juventud in 2015, the group earned an Award in the “Favorite Song Lyrics” category thanks to the song “Bailando” ft. Enrique Iglesias and Descember Bueno. They also won the Award for the “Best song to start a party” at Premios Tu Mundo for “Algo Contigo” in 2016, in that same year, they earned another Premio Juventud Award with Marc Anthony in the category “Perfect Combination”
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Shakira
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Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll is a Colombian singer, songwriter, dancer, and record producer. Born and raised in Barranquilla, she began performing in school, demonstrating Latin American, Arabic, Shakira entered the English-language market with her fifth album, Laundry Service. Its lead single, Whenever, Wherever, became the single of 2002. Shakiras eighth and ninth albums, She Wolf and Sale el Sol and her official song for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, Waka Waka, became the biggest-selling World Cup song of all time. With over 1.3 billion views, it is one of the music videos on YouTube. Shakira served as a coach on the fourth and sixth seasons of the American version of The Voice in 2013 and 2014 and her tenth album, Shakira, is preceded by its lead single, Cant Remember to Forget You. She carries out well-known philanthropic activities through charity work most notably through her Pies Descalzos Foundation, in 2014, she was listed as the 58th most powerful woman in the world by Forbes. Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll was born on 2 February 1977 in Barranquilla and she is the only child of Nidia Ripoll Torrado and William Mebarak Chadid. Her paternal grandparents emigrated from Lebanon to New York City, where her father was born and her father then emigrated to Colombia at age 5. The name Shakira is Arabic, from which language it translates as grateful and it is the feminine form of the name Shakir. From her mother, she has Spanish and Italian ancestry, although both of her mothers surnames are Spanish and she was raised Roman Catholic and attended Catholic schools. She has eight older half-siblings from her fathers previous marriage, as she was growing up, she was fascinated watching her father writing stories on a typewriter, and asked for one as a Christmas gift. She got that typewriter at the age of seven, and has continued writing poetry since then and these poems eventually evolved into songs. She started dancing on the table, and the experience made her realize that she wanted to be a performer and she enjoyed singing for schoolmates and teachers at her Catholic school, but in second grade, she was rejected for the school choir because her vibrato was too strong. The music teacher told her that she sounded like a goat, at school, she was often sent out of the class because of her hyperactivity. She says she had also known as the belly dancer girl. Thats how I discovered my passion for live performance, she says, to instill gratitude in Shakira for her upbringing, her father took her to a local park to see orphans who lived there. The images stayed with her, and she said to herself, as noted below, she eventually did exactly that
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Se Quiere, Se Mata
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Se Quiere, Se Mata is the sixth single released from Shakiras third album, Pies Descalzos. Written and composed by herself, Se Quiere, Se Mata was a Top Ten Hit in Mexico, the song laments the story of a young couple, Braulio and Dana, and their choice to have an abortion. Introduced as an innocent young couple well liked by their families, however, rather than admit this to their families and neighbors, they choose to get an abortion. The abortion ultimately goes badly, resulting in Danas death, note that the Spanish word quiere may mean either want or love and the song seems to use both meanings. Commercially, the project struggled, selling an underwhelming 1,200 copies in her native Colombia and her follow-up record Peligro was released in 1993, and suffered a similar failure. Consequently, Shakira took a hiatus, allowing her to complete her high school education. Looking to revive her career, Shakira released her first major-label studio album Pies Descalzos in 1996 by Sony Music. Assuming a prominent position in its production, she co-wrote and co-produced each of the tracks included on the record. The music video was directed by Juan Carlos Martin, and reached number one on the Telehit Top 25, current leader of the Mexican band Zoé León Larregui appears in this video, as Braulio. List of number-one Billboard Hot Latin Pop Airplay of 1997 Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics
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Ciega, Sordomuda
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Ciega, Sordomuda is a song recorded by Colombian singer Shakira for her fourth studio album Dónde Están los Ladrones. It was written by Estéfano, and Shakira and it was released on September 7,1998, as the lead single from the album. Ciega, Sordomuda is a pop song, and the lyrics express her clumsy feeling when the person that she loves is near. The song reached the spot on Billboard Hot Latin Tracks chart for three weeks in 1998. It was a hit all over Latin America, reaching #1 in the charts of every single country and it also became one of the most successful songs of the 1990s. It remains as one of her songs and has been performed several times since its release. The song was ranked as one of the best songs of the 1990s, the song was not going to be the first single from the album, in favor of No Creo. In an interview with Yamid Amat, Shakira explained the meaning behind the song, saying, Why ciega. Because, I know that sometimes has experienced the hypnotic and catalytic state that we immerse ourselves each time when were in love. We lose the will and the control of the senses. This song is a song that was born from reality, the song was written by Estefano Delgado and Shakira, and was produced by the artist and Emilio Estefan. The songs accompanying video, directed by Gustavo Garzón, was shot on a beach in California. The music video begins with a woman dressed in a wig, with trumpets backing her, soon, the woman is taken away with many other people, including Shakira herself. Shakira meets a man who dresses as a policeman and they both escape - he is cast as a boyfriend in the video. Shakira hides in a wig store, pretending to be a mannequin, at the end, the police attack the dance club where the runaways are dancing, but Shakira escapes with the boyfriend. Later, the police find video tapes of Shakira and look at them - some of the scenes are from her 1999 video, while watching, the police tear open their shirts to reveal malfunctioning circuitry beneath. It was nominated for a Lo Nuestro Award for Video of the Year, CD single Ciega, Sordomuda –4,28 Recording Recorded at Crescent Moon Studios, Miami, Florida. List of number-one Billboard Hot Latin Tracks of 1998 List of number-one Billboard Hot Latin Pop Airplay of 1998 Official music video on Vevo – Vevo, lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics
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Whenever, Wherever
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Whenever, Wherever is a song by Colombian singer-songwriter Shakira for her third studio album and English-language debut, Laundry Service. It was released on 27 August 2001, by Epic Records as the single from the album. The song was written and produced by Shakira and Tim Mitchell, Whenever, Wherever is a mix of latin music and worldbeat that heavily influenced by Andean music. Its Spanish-language counterpart, Suerte, in English literally Luck, lyrically discusses how fortunate Shakira is to have found her romantic partner, upon its release, Whenever, Wherever received generally favorable reviews from music critics, who complimented its production. The song became her breakthrough hit in the United States, peaking at six on the Billboard Hot 100. In doing so, it became her most successful single in the country, the track additionally topped charts in twenty-nine nations, including in her native Colombia and the majority of Latin America and Spain, Europe, and Oceania. It is recognized as one of Shakiras signature songs with 10 million copies sold worldwide, after the 1998 release of her second major album, ¿Dónde Están los Ladrones. Achieved major success, Shakira released her first live album, MTV Unplugged, Shakira, however, Shakira wanted to break through in the United States and the world with songs in English. But I knew I could do it and my instincts told me to go ahead. Then, Whenever, Wherever was released as her debut-English single, at the same time, she also released the selections Spanish version, titled Suerte, meaning Luck, for Spanish markets. Whenever, Wherever was written and produced by Shakira and Tim Mitchell, sonically, the song is a mix of latin music and worldbeat with distinctive latin instruments like the Charanga and Quena Flute Whenever Wherever is composed in the key of C# minor. The song is influenced by Andean music, and includes the charango. Lyrically, Whenever, Wherever talks about fate and how it has played a role in Shakiras romance. It starts with a guitar, similar to the riff from Pink Floyds Shine On, You Crazy Diamond. Then, Shakira talks that she would follow her boyfriend to the top of the highest mountain, risking life, in the pre-chorus, she sings, le ro lo le lo le, Le ro lo le lo les. In the chorus, she sings, Whenever, wherever/Were meant to be together/Ill be there, Whenever Wherever received mainly positive reviews from music critics. The phrase was praised by The Guardians Alexis Petridis, who called it the most thought-provoking line of recent memory, the website Bland Is Out There also enjoyed the phrase, writing that, its the most clever, self-confident couplet to hit radio in the long time. The review also wrote that the Spanish version, Suerte, was far superior, explaining, In English, Shakiras vocals are breathy, but in her native tongue, shes commanding and willowy
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La Tortura
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La Tortura is a song by Colombian singer-songwriter Shakira featuring Spanish singer-songwriter Alejandro Sanz for Shakiras sixth studio album Fijación Oral, Vol.1. It was released on 12 April 2005 by Epic Records as the single from the record. The song was written and produced by Shakira, with writing and production from Luis F. Ochoa and Lester Mendez. La Tortura is a Latin pop song with prominent influences of reggaeton, the song won two Latin Grammy Awards at the 2006 Ceremony for Song of the Year and Record of the Year. The song was number 1 on the Hot Latin Songs for 25 weeks during 2005, the single is a duet between Shakira and Spanish balladeer Alejandro Sanz, both of whom also composed it alongside Luis Fernando Ochoa. It was mixed by Gustavo Celis and it tells the story of a woman who has been emotionally tortured because her boyfriend cheated and eventually left her for another, and has now returned begging forgiveness. He apologises extravagantly, but is ultimately of the thinking that infidelity is natural for men and for the not to forgive him would be tiresome. However, at the end of the song, Shakiras character humiliates him, the single is Shakiras sixth in the United States, following the commercial success of her 2001 English language album Laundry Service. The song received positive reviews from most music critics, matt Cibula from PopMatters wrote an extense review, saying that The big single isn’t quite reggaetón, although it makes full use of the reggaetón beat. What really matters are these two overheated voices working with and against each other, and the way that undeniable beat really comes alive when there is actually a beautiful melody underneath it. Since its release as a single, the song has one of the most important Latin songs to move into the mainstream English-speaking culture in the US. La Tortura reached a position of number 23 on the Billboard Hot 100 in less than twenty weeks after its release and was ranked number 60 in the Year-End Chart, the song was certified Gold by Recording Industry Association of America for over 500,000 digital sales. The song also held the record for the longest-run on the Billboards Hot Latin Tracks chart a total of 25 non-consecutive weeks until it was broken by Enrique Iglesiass song Bailando in 2014. At Billboard magazines year-end chart, La Tortura was the song on the Hot Latin Tracks chart. The track was successful in Europe, reaching the top ten in almost all countries it charted. It debuted at one on the Spanish Singles Chart, while in Switzerland. In Hungary, the song spent eight weeks at number-one position. La Tortura was not released as a single in the United Kingdom until December 2006, bundled with the release of Illegal
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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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Hips Don't Lie
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Hips Dont Lie is a song by Colombian singer and songwriter Shakira, featuring Haitian rapper Wyclef Jean for the reissue of Shakiras seventh studio album, Oral Fixation, Vol.2. It was released on 28 March 2006, by Epic Records as the single from the album. The song was written and produced by Shakira, Jean, Jerry Wonder Duplessis, Hips Dont Lie is a salsa and worldbeat song, which heavily incorporates samples from Jeans earlier single Dance Like This and Amores Como el Nuestro written by Omar Alfanno. Upon its release, Hips Dont Lie received generally favorable reviews from music critics and it received several accolades, including a Peoples Choice Award, an MTV Latin America Video Music Award, and an MTV Video Music Award. Hips Dont Lie reached the one spot on charts in at least 18 countries including the U. S. Billboard Hot 100. It also broke the record for the most radio plays in a single week, the song was eventually certified Triple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America, where it has sold over 3 million copies. It also topped the charts in Australia, Italy and the United Kingdom, having sold over 10 Million digital downloads, the track became one of the best-selling singles of the 21st century. It is widely recognized as one of Shakiras signature songs, after attaining international success with her third studio effort, Laundry Service, in 2001, Shakira opted to create a two-part follow-up record. While recording the project, Shakira worked with collaborators, and newer partners including Jerry Duplessis. After that, Hips Dont Lie was released as the single from the album on 28 March 2006. Hips Dont Lie debuted on the Los Angeles-based radio station KIIS-FM on 14 February 2006, a Spanish version of the same name was also released. Shakira also sang another version called Hips Dont Lie/Bamboo at the ceremony of the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Berlin. Hips Dont Lie was initially written and recorded by Wyclef Jean, Lauryn Hill, the song was titled Lips Dont Lie at that point, but was never completed due to the Hills dissatisfaction with it. Charlie Walk, who at the time was the President of Epic Records, following the call Hill left the group and the Fugees reunion was over. The song was given to Shakira and along with Jean. According to another version of events, Jean was asked by Shakiras label to record a remix of La Tortura, the record was Jeans own song Dance Like This, which he recorded with Claudette Ortiz for the Dirty Dancing, Havana Nights soundtrack. Shakira co-wrote the song with Wyclef Jean, Jerry Wonder Duplessis, Omar Alfanno, LaTavia Parker and Vinay Rao, whilst production was handled by Shakira, Jean, Hips Dont Lie is a salsa and worldbeat song, which heavily incorporates samples from Jeans earlier single Dance Like This. The trumpets in the record are sampled from the song Amores Como el Nuestro which was written by Omar Alfanno and performed by Jerry Rivera for his album Cuenta Conmigo
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Wyclef Jean
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Nel Ust Wyclef Jean, best known by his professional name Wyclef Jean, is a Haitian rapper, musician and actor. At the age of nine, Jean immigrated as a child to the United States with his family and he first achieved fame as a member of the New Jersey hip hop group the Fugees. Jean has won three Grammy Awards for his musical work, on August 5,2010, Jean filed for candidacy in the 2010 Haitian presidential election. The Electoral Commission ruled him as ineligible to stand for office, Jeans efforts at earthquake relief, highly publicized in 2010 throughout Haiti and the United States, were channeled through his charitable organization, Yéle Haiti. The charity, which conducted education and welfare activities in Haiti between 2005 and 2010, effectively closed in 2012 and it was investigated for failure to file tax returns and mismanagement of funds, a high proportion of its money went to travel and administrative expense. The New York Times reported that much of the money raised by the organization in the Hope for Haiti Now telethon was retained by Jean for his own benefit, in 2012 Jean published his memoir Purpose, An Immigrant’s Story. Along with Carlos Santana, Avicii and Alexandre Pires, Jean was chosen to perform the ceremony at the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil. Their single, Dar Um Jeito, the official World Cup anthem, was released on April 29,2014, Jean was born in Croix-des-Bouquets, Haiti. In 1982, he immigrated with his family as a child to the United States, after living in Brooklyn, New York, they settled in East Orange and Newark. He began to make music as a child and has cited reggae artist Bigga Haitian as one of his influences, as well as neighborhood heroes MC Tiger Paw Raw. His mother recognized his talent and bought him a guitar when he was in his teens. Jean graduated from Vailsburg High School, Newark, New Jersey, briefly attended Eastern Nazarene College, Jean has been a resident of Saddle River, South Orange, and North Caldwell, New Jersey. In 2009, Jean enrolled in the Berklee College of Music, Jean and other musicians formed a group in the 1980s under the name Tranzlator Crew. After they signed with Ruffhouse Records and Columbia Records in 1993, they renamed their group as Fugees – an abbreviation of refugees, the groups debut album, Blunted on Reality, was released in 1994. It achieved limited success, peaking at number 62 on the US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. The album peaked at number 122 on the UK Albums Chart in 1997, Blunted on Reality spawned three singles, Boof Baf, Nappy Heads and Vocab. Nappy Heads was the Fugees first single to be ranked on the US Billboard Hot 100, in 1996, the Fugees released their second album, titled The Score. The album achieved significant commercial success in the United States, topping the US Billboard 200 and it was later certified as six-times platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America
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Te Lo Agradezco, Pero No
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Te Lo Agradezco, Pero No is a song recorded by Alejandro Sanz and Shakira, for the former artists eighth studio album El Tren de los Momentos. It was released as the single from the album in December 2006 through Warner Music Latina. It was written by Sanz who also produced it along with Lulo Pérez, Te Lo Agradezco, Pero No is the second duet recorded by the two singers following La Tortura for Shakiras album Fijación Oral Vol.1. The song came about after Shakira approached Sanz telling him that she wanted to collaborate on something different from her own material, upon its release, Te Lo Agradezco, Pero No was perceived as an album highlight by several music critics. It earned the duo several awards and nominations including Song of the Year at the 2007 Premios Oye, the single was successful in Venezuela and on the US Latin music charts, where it topped the Billboard Hot Latin Songs and Latin Pop Airplay charts. A music video for the song, directed by Jaume de Laiguana was filmed in Brooklyn and it is a continuation of the clip for Sanzs A la Primera Persona and it features the duo dancing together towards the end. Sanz performed the song live during his El Tren De Los Momentos Tour, Te Lo Agradezco, Pero No was written by Alejandro Sanz for his album El Tren de los Momentos. He also handled the production together with Lulo Pérez. Shakira, a friend of Sanz was the one who approached him in order to sing on his album sounding nothing like she does on her own. He stated, I hadnt dared ask her if she wanted to do something with me, because it was a little like, I sing with you, plus, we didnt want it to be La Tortura 2 because were very considerate of each other. Shes the one who came and said, Hey, I want to sing and he concluded the interview by saying that with the collaborations, he managed to do new things musically. An extended play of the song featuring several remixes was released on 6 March 2007. Two remixes of the song were featured on the re-release of the album in 2007, El Tren de los Momentos, Edición Especial - one by Luny Tunes and Tainy, Te Lo Agradezco, Pero No was included on Sanzs compilation album Colección Definitiva. In a review of El Tren de los Momentos, Jason Birchmeier of the website AllMusic pointed out Te Lo Agradezco, in another review, he described the song as a passionate duet. A writer of Billboard noted that instead of only trading vocals on the song, david Saavedra, a critic of the Spanish newspaper El Mundo, found elements of Latin flamenco in the song and noted how it was a proof of Sanzs departure from his early-career material. The single won an Oye. award in Mexico for Song of the Year in 2007 and it was also nominated in the category The Perfect Combo during the 2007 Premios Juventud. At the 16th Annual ASCAP Latin Music Awards held on 16 May 2008 and it was nominated in the category for Best Vocal Duet or Collaboration at the 2008 Latin Billboard Music Awards, but lost to Pegao by Wisin & Yandel. On the US Billboard Hot Latin Songs chart, Te Lo Agradezco and it entered the top ten of the chart two weeks later and in its fifth charting week, on 10 March 2007, it ascended to the top
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She Wolf (Shakira song)
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She Wolf is a song by Colombian singer and songwriter Shakira, taken from her eighth studio album of the same name. It was released on 10 July 2009, by Epic Records as the single from the album. The song was written by Shakira, John Hill, and Sam Endicott, Shakira and Hill also served as the producers for the song. A Spanish-language translation of the song titled Loba, which features lyrical contributions by Jorge Drexler, was also released earlier on 6 July. Musically, She Wolf is a track that details Shakiras boredom due to her uncaring partner. Upon its release, She Wolf was met with favourable reception from music critics, commercially, She Wolf performed well on record charts. It peaked in the top 10 of charts of countries like Canada, Germany, Italy, Spain, in the United States, She Wolf peaked at numbers 11 and one on the US Billboard Hot 100 and Dance/Club Play Songs charts, respectively. The Spanish-language translation Loba peaked at one on both the Hot Latin Songs and Tropical Songs charts. She Wolf was certified double-platinum in Spain and platinum in Italy, Mexico, an accompanying music video for the song was directed by Jake Nava, and features Shakira dancing in various locations, such as a red cave and a golden cage. Critical reception towards the video was positive, many of whom praised Shakiras dancing ability. For additional promotion, Shakira performed the song on a number of shows and it was also a part of the setlist for The Sun Comes Out World Tour in 2010. She Wolf was written by Shakira, John Hill, and Sam Endicott, Shakira and Hill also served as the producers of the song. The image of the she wolf just came to my head, Endicott, musician and lead singer of American post-punk band The Bravery, explained how he and Hill began working with Shakira, saying she contacted him, asking if he had any stuff. We never had her in mind and we just made the thing independently of her, and then she liked it a lot, and she sang over it. She used some of the melodies we put in there and then wrote these lyrics about being a werewolf. She Wolf was described by Slant Magazine as a sleek, hi-NRG/Italo throwback thats drenched in disco strings, Mikael Wood from Spin identified the songs genre as synthpop. Shakira also howls and pants at various times during the song and it is written in B minor key and is a moderate dance groove with a tempo of 120 beats per minute. Shakiras vocal range on the song spans from B3 to D5, the song was released by Epic Records as the lead single from the album of the same name
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Did It Again (Shakira song)
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Did It Again is a song recorded by Colombian singer-songwriter Shakira for her eighth studio album, She Wolf. It was released on 16 October 2009, by Epic Records, the song was written and produced by Shakira, with additional songwriting and production from Pharrell Williams and The Neptunes, respectively. Did It Again is a song with elements of samba. Lyrically, it details Shakiras involvement in an extramarital affair. Upon its release, Did It Again was well received by music critics, commercially, the song attained moderate success. It peaked within the top twenty in nations including Spain, where it was certified gold, an accompanying music video for Did It Again was directed by Sophie Muller, and features Shakira fighting a man in a bedroom. It generated a response from critics and was complimented for its dance scenes. For additional promotion, Shakira performed Did It Again on a number of television shows, after the release of She Wolf, Did It Again was serviced as the next single from the album She Wolf, and is the second single overall. Did It Again was written by Shakira and Pharrell Williams, and is one of the four tracks on the album Shakira co-produced with The Neptunes, the others being Long Time, Why Wait, and Good Stuff. About her collaboration with Williams, Shakira commented, he comes up with ideas and its really cool, because Im a little bit slower, and hes the man with the big strokes, and he really comes with great ideas. A Spanish version of the song, titled Lo Hecho Está Hecho was also released, musically, Did It Again is a midtempo electropop song that contains elements of samba. Both the English and Spanish versions of the song were released on 16 October 2009. The single was not officially released in the US market, where it was substituted by Give It Up to Me, a remix of the English version of the song, featuring additional vocals from Kid Cudi, was later released on 11 December 2009. Cudis contribution to the song consisted of a rap verse halfway through the song where he raps about bringing good vibes to Shakiras life, did It Again was well received by music critics. Fraser McAlpine from BBC, praised the lyrics of the song, evan Sawdey from PopMatters commended the songs production and labelled Shakira songwriting skills as her strongest suit. The Popjustice review of the described the song as being brilliant. Voices commented on the musical arrangement of the song, saying that it immediately demands the attention of the listener. Stephen Erlewine from AllMusic picked the song as an album highlight, the Spanish version Lo Hecho Está Hecho was acknowledged as an award winning song at the 2011 BMI Latin Awards
