Victor Manuelle - Como Se Lo Explico Al Corazón: Read about his Biography, Discography, Early Career, first albums, and watch his Salsa videos.

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Victor Manuelle - Biography - Discography

Born Víctor Manuel Ruiz on September 27, 1970, in New York, NY, Victor Manuelle was raised mainly in Isabela, Puerto Rico.

Early Career

A famous incident jump-started Victor Manuelle’s professional singing career: Gilberto Santa Rosa was scheduled to perform at the graduation party of Victor Manuelle’s high school, and the salsa legend invited the teenage sonero to join him on-stage during the performance. Santa Rosa was so impressed by Manuelle’s talent, he subsequently referred the young man to bandleader Don Perignon, who proceeded to hire him as a backup singer.

First albums

Victor Manuelle obtained priceless experience and industry contacts during his stint with Perignon, and ultimately, he was awarded a solo recording contract with the Sony Tropical division of Sony Discos. Santa Rosa produced Manuelle’s debut for the label, Justo a Tiempo… (1993), and a couple modest hits resulted (“Me Dará el Consentimiento,” “Estás Tocando Fuego”). Manuelle’s recording career was off to a respectable start, and his second album, Sólo Contigo, furthered his initial success. It racked up three charting singles (“Apiádate de Mí,” “Voy a Prometerme,” “Por Ejemplo”), the first of which climbed all the way to number three on the Latin Tropical/Salsa Airplay chart.

Next steps

Manuelle executive-produced his next studio album, Decisión Unámine (2006), himself. It was his first release under the Norte banner of Sony BMG, and it was another sharp turn of direction. Rather than going for the crossover like last time, Manuelle took a purist approach, embracing his salsa roots, and included numerous collaborations, including one with reggaeton superstar Don Omar, two with fellow salsero Eddie Palmieri, and one with Mexican sensation Yuridia.

Lugo was back at the production helm and Valentín is again credited with arrangement, and together they, along with the other studio hands, bring an old-fashioned salsa style to the album that goes surprisingly well with the occasional nods to contemporary styles like reggaeton. Decisión Unámine failed to reach number one on the Hot Latin Albums chart, climbing only to number six, but it was a success nonetheless, spinning off a few strong singles (“Nuestro Amor Se Ha Vuelto Ayer,” “Maldita Suerte,” “Nunca Había Llorado Así”) and, above all, earning the praise of fans and critics.

In fact, Decisión Unámine was perhaps Manuelle’s most admired album since Instinto y Deseo, if not A Pesar de Todo. In the wake of the album’s splash, Manuelle co-hosted the 2006 Latin Grammys and won a 2007 Premio Lo Nuestro award for Best Salsa Artist.

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Thalía (from: wikipedia)

Thalia in November 2006
Background information
Birth name Ariadna Thalía Sodi Miranda
Born August 26, 1972 (age 35)
Origin Mexico City, Mexico
Genre(s) Latin Pop, Pop Rock, Dance-Pop
Years active 1980-present
Label(s) Fonovisa Records (1990-1993)
EMI (1994-present)
Website Thalía.com
Ariadna Thalía Sodi Miranda (born 26 August 1972 in Mexico City, Mexico), commonly known as Thalía, is an internationally successful Mexican singer and actress with multi Latin Grammy and Latin Billboard nominations. In Latin America, she is regarded as the “Queen of Telenovelas” because her telenovelas were highly successful even in non Latin American countries and watched by almost a billion people around the world. She has won numerous awards in Mexico as a singer and actress from different important award giving bodies. Aside from being a successful singer and actress, she is also a businesswoman, fashion designer, record producer and writer. Her husband is the American music executive Tommy Mottola. As a solo artist, Thalía has sold over 18 million albums worldwide.[1]
Thalía is the daughter of Ernesto Sodi Pallares; a scientist, doctor of pathology, criminologist and writer, and Yolanda Miranda and Mange, a painter and was Thalía’s manager from 1980 to 1999. She has four sisters, Laura a theater, TV and movie actress, and singer, Federica, an anthropologist, Gabriela, a historian, and Ernestina, a doctor of Literature and the Arts and a writer. Thalía is of Spanish ancestry. Her niece Camila Sodi is also an actress and is now pregnant with her child with boyfriend, popular Mexican actor, Diego Luna.
Mexican superstar Thalía became involved in show business at the tender age of nine after joining a local group called Pac Man which was renamed Din Din, a children-oriented singing group with which they recorded their debut album, entitled Alegrias Musicales, in 1981. Two years later, Ariadna Thalía Sodi and Miarnda successfully participated in the local festival Juguemos A Cantar, singing a pop tune called “Moderna La Chica Del Rock,” and soon played a role in the musical play Vaselina (the Latin version of Grease). As a vocalist she is considered a mezzo-soprano. In 1984 she was cast in the teenage version of the stage production Grease, in which she played the lead role of Sandy. In 1986 she replaced one of the original female vocalists of Timbiriche, Sasha Sokol. That same year she was cast in her first soap opera, Pobre Señorita Limantour. In 1986, she starred in the Mexican telenovela Quinceañera. Then, she starred in her next soap opera entitled “Luz y Sombra”in 1989. Then, she went to Los Angeles, California to prepare for a solo career.
Her solo career began in 1990 with the release of a self-titled album produced by Alfredo Díaz Ordaz. Mundo de Cristal followed in 1991, and Love in 1992. Emilio Estefan, Jr. produced En Extasis in 1995 before Thalía released the successful Amor a la Mexicana in 1997 and Arrasando in 2000, which garnered a Latin Grammy award for best engineered album. In 2002, the Mexican singer/actress teamed up with producers Cory Rooney and Steve Morales to start working on her first crossover songs for her English debut, “Thalía” and released in 2003. Her first English album was a mild success in America but became a huge success in Japan and Brazil.

Thalía’s star on Miami’s Calle Ocho.
In 2000, she starred in the independent film, Mambo Café, a modest Hollywood production in which she played a young Puerto Rican girl, alongside Danny Aiello, Paul Rodriguez, and Rosanna de Soto. Later that year, on December 2, 2000, Thalía married the former president of Sony Music, Tommy Mottola, at St. Patrick’s Cathedral, New York in a three-million dollar ceremony and reception. They currently live in New York City.
Thalía has also worked as a record producer, composer, TV and radio host, fashion designer, magazine editor, and model. Thalía has been a guest on such television programs as Entertainment Tonight, El Show de Cristina, Good Morning America, Hard Copy, The Rosie O’Donnell Show and 20/20.
In 2007, Thalía, who became a US citizen in January 2006, joined the ABC Network in order to start the radio program “The Conexión Thalía Radio Show,” where she talks about music, fashion, news and political issues.[2][3]
On June 12, 2007, according to news released on the website of Hello! magazine, in an exclusive interview for the Mexican edition of ¡Hola!, she announced that she was pregnant. On October 7, 2007, Thalía and Tommy Mottola welcomed their first child together, a girl named Sabrina Sakaë.[4]
Afterwards, she was named one of the 50 Most Beautiful People en People en Español 2008.[5]
In May 2008, Thalía’s new single Ten paciencia from her brand new album, Lunada, which will be released in June 24, was premiered on the internet.
[edit]Discography

Main article: Thalía discography
[edit]Albums
1990: Thalía
1991: Mundo de Cristal
1992: Love
1995: En éxtasis
1997: Nandito Ako
1997: Amor a la Mexicana
2000: Arrasando
2002: Thalía
2003: Thalía (English)
2005: El sexto sentido
2008: Lunada
[edit]Compilations
2001: Thalía con banda: Grandes éxitos
2003: Hits Remixed
2004: Greatest Hits
[edit]Timbiriche discography
1987: Timbiriche VII(1)
1988: Timbiriche VIII-IX(1)
1989: Los clásicos de Timbiriche(1)
[edit]Soundtracks
1997: Anastasia Soundtrack
[edit]DVD’s
2000: Mambo Café
2004: Greatest Hits
2005: Rosalinda
2006: Legado Musical
2008: María la del Barrio
2008: MariMar
1 Only in these albums Thalía was featured.

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From: grimor

La Sonora Carruseles
La Sonora Carruseles was founded in 1995.
Genre Salsa Dura
Band members:
Dante Vargas, Leader
Julio Diaz, Singer
Mario Paz, Singer
Daniel Marmolejo, Singer
Luis Ruiz, Singer
Harold Pelaez, Singer
Gustavo Quintero Junior, Bass
Andy Guzmán, Piano
Daniel Berroa, Timbales
Hermides Benitez, Conga
Morist Jiménez Júnior, Bongo
La Sonora Carruseles is a Colombian Band from Medellin. They are playing very fast dance music, Salsa Dura, and also other styles as Boogaloo which is a fusion of Soul and Salsa. Their music is inspired by the early Salsa bands of the 70ies.
They became famous through their 2nd album “Heavy Salsa” and their hits “Micaela”, “Ave Maria Lola”, and “Al son de los cueros”.
They have been critisized because of their clean commercial sound and their mass of cover versions.

The band was founded by Mario Rincon Pachanga. The name Carruseles is a hommage for a music title of the band “Sexteto Miramar”. Their label is Discos Fuentes.

Discography
1996 – Espectacular
1998 – Heavy Salsa
1999 – Salsa y fuego
2000 – Salsa Brava/Con todos los hierros
2002 – De una vez gozando
2003 – La salsa la traigo yo
2003 – Cooking the salsa (Best of)
2004 – Que no pare la rumba
2004 – De Colombia para el mundo

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From: Aventura4Ever

Aventura (wikipedia)

History

The group was formed in 1994 by cousins Romeo and Henry Santos and brothers Max and Lenny Santos. They originally went by the name Los Teenagers (The Teenagers). They later decided to change their name to Aventura. In 2004 Romeo Santos married a dominican girl name Aries. They had 2 kids and lived in dominican rep. for two years then moved to New York. In 1999, Aventura signed with BMG. Three years later they gained recognition with the album We Broke the Rules and the smash hit “Obsesión”, now a staple at Latin dance venues around the world. In 2005, Frankie J did an English cover of the song and saw success with it and the remixes that followed. The cousins (Anthony and Henry Santos) and brothers (Max and Lenny Santos) are not related even though they do have the last name. Each pair comes from a different family.
[edit]Musical Style

Aventura created their own unique style of bachata by infusing the sounds of Hip-Hop, R&B and Reggaeton.[1] They also used both English and Spanish in their lyrics.
[edit]Members

Anthony Santos – Song Writer, Lead Singer, and Featured Composer
Lenny Santos – Guitarist, Producer/Arranger
Henry Santos Jeter – Singer and Composer/vocals
Max Santos – Bass Guitar
[edit]Discography

See also: Aventura Discography (detailed discography)
Title Release date Label
Generation Next 1999 RCA International
We Broke the Rules 2002 Premium Latin Music
Love & Hate 2003 Premium Latin Music
Unplugged 2004 Walbo
God’s Project 2005 Premium Latin Music/Sony International
K.O.B. Live 2006 Premium Latin Music/Sony International

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Jailene Cintrón en vídeo clip Regresa a mí

From: puertoricopop

Jailene Cintrón (src: prpop.org)

Jailene Cintrón
Animadora y Cantante
Fecha de nacimiento: 28 de mayo de 1966
Lugar: Río Piedras, Puerto Rico

Más allá de su simpatía y de su don de gente, Jailene Cintrón ha calado en el público puertorriqueño por su talento en el baile, la animación y el canto.

Antes de despuntar como cantante, Puerto Rico la conoció como una animadora talentosa y versátil. Sin embargo su inquietud por la música comenzó cuando mientras cantaba en el coro de la iglesia. En aquellos años en que se iniciaba en la preadolescencia Cintrón pensaba entonces que su destino era cantar y bailar.

De esa forma inició su trabajó profesional como bailarina a los 15 años de edad en el desaparecido programa de televisión “Video Girls” en el cual se desempeñaba en el baile. Y aunque el programa posteriormente fue cancelado Jailene no se detuvo en su ritmo pasando a la radio con el programa “Estudio 1140” de la emisora 11Q.

Más adelante el productor Rafo Muñiz la reclutó para animar el popular programa de juegos “A millón”. Posteriormente emprendió una nueva etapa en el canal 11 en donde animó “Fiesta” junto a Carlos Esteban Fonseca. Hasta que finalmente llegó su consagración como animadora al integrarse al elenco del controvertible “No te duermas”, primero en el canal 7 y luego en Telemundo.

Fue en este programa dirigido a un público adulto donde Jailene se convirtió en una de las principales figuras femeninas de la televisión puertorriqueña. De hecho Cintrón fue la tercera y más exitosa animadora femenina del espacio televisivo ya que, luego de su salida, el programa nocturno tardó en tener otra fémina ejecutando esa labor. Así, al concluir su labor Jailene completó siete años en el espacio que encabeza Antonio Sánchez “El Ganster”.

A sus 11 años de labor como animadora, las inquietudes artísticas seguían presentes en ella. Luego de pensarlo durante dos años, decidió realizar su sueño de lanzarse como cantante. Respaldada por un grupo de experimentados músicos y productores, en 1995 sale al mercado su primera producción discográfica “Jailene” en el género del merengue. El éxito de este disco compacto le mereció a la arista el premio Lo Nuestro como Mejor artista tropical del año al igual que el premio ACE y el Paoli a la Artista de mejor producción discográfica en el género tropical.

Con el apoyo del sello EMI Latin, la carismática artista ocupó primeros lugares de las listas de éxitos con la versión en merengue del tema “Mío”. Posteriormente Jailene sobresalió en las ondas radiales con sus interpretaciones de “Pero no” y “Te devuelvo tu apellido”.

Un año después grabó “Como toda mujer”, proyecto que afirmó su línea interpretativa como una apasionada. Una breve incursión en la temporada navideña la llevó a grabar el tema “En Navidad” en 1996. Meses más tarde reactivó su presencia en el pentagrama con la producción “Aquí estoy”, a la cual le siguió “Encontré el amor”, todos bien recibidos por el público y la crítica especializada.

En una época en que las intérpretes femeninas despuntaban en el merengue mejor que en cualquier otro género, Jailene Cintrón plasmó su identidad artística con sus bailes y vestimentas. Su cabello rizado y sus famosas diademas fueron su sello distintivo. Y sorpresivamente, su simpatía cautivó a miles de niños contando con infinidad de imitadoras.

Su vida dio un giro cuando el 31 de octubre de 1998 contrajo matrimonio en una ceremonia pública a la que fue invitado todo el pueblo boricua. La llamada “Novia de Puerto Rico” hizo un alto en su carrera musical para dedicarse a su vida personal pero un año después reapareció en la televisión con su programa “A reír y gozar con Jailene”, a través de Televicentro (WAPA – TV). Mas no fue mucho el tiempo que compartió con su gente ya que después del nacimiento de su primera hija en el año 2000, se trasladó a vivir a España con su esposo por razones del trabajo de éste.

Durante ese mismo año la cantante hizo su debut como actriz con la obra infantil “La juguetería mágica”. Para la misma Cintrón viajo desde España para cumplir con los ensayos de la producción. La pieza fue dirigida por Alejandro I y en ella la artista compartió con los actores Herman O’Neill, Noland Otero, Josean Calderas y Adelize Vater.

En más de una ocasión regresó al País para cumplir con compromisos profesionales siendo uno de ellos a finales del año 2001 cuando participó en la obra infantil “Remi en el mundo del Mago de Oz”. En la misma interpretó al hada madrina buena. Igualmente fungió como animadora del Festival Internacional de la Bahía donde, una vez más, comprobó el cariño que le profesa su público.

A mediados de 2002 regresó definitivamente a Puerto Rico para incorporarse como animadora al programa “Otra cosa” en el cual ya había participado en ocasiones previas.

Mientras cumplía con sus compromisos como coanimadora de “Otra cosa”, Jailene fue contratada para protagonizar la obra de teatro “La princesa de los ojos tristes”. En este proyecto, su segundo trabajo dentro del género del teatro infantil, la cantante fue dirigida nuevamente por Alejandro I y colaboró con reconocidos artistas como Gil René Rodríguez y José Juan Tañón.
Clarissa Santiago Toro

Discografía

“Jailene” EMI Latin (1995)
“Como toda mujer” EMI Latin (1996)
“En Navidad” EMI Latin (1996)
“Aquí estoy” EMI Latin (1997)
“Encontré el amor” EMI Latin (1999)

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