Gisselle Ortiz Cáceres, known simply as Gisselle (born March 28, 1969 in

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, U.S.) is an American Merengue singer of Puerto Rican descent.

Biography

Musical career

Gisselle was born in

to Puerto Rican parents. She showed interest in the arts from an early age and started dancing at the Ita Medina Academy when she was 15 years old. She participated as a dancer in several shows in venues like the

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. After that she became a regular dancer and performer in variety shows like and . It was then that she started to incline towards a career in music. She joined Kaviar, a merengue group composed of females, with whom she performed for almost two years. From 1991 to 1993, she performed with the group Punto G. After that, she decided to pursue a solo career and was signed by the BMG label. In 1995, Bonny Cepeda produced her first

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that produced several hit singles like "Perfume de mujer en tu camisa" and "Pesadilla". It was also awarded gold and platinum albums, and several awards. In 1996, her second album - - was released to much praise. The album reached 200,000 units sold. Her third album, , was equally successful reaching the top places on the

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. The album featured a version of

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's song in a duet with Dominican

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which was very successful. After, they released an album together titled . In the late 90s, Gisselle released the album which garnered her a

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nomination. Her follow-up, , released in 2000, featured Gisselle singing

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and

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s. In 2002, she received another

nomination for her album titled simply ''8''. Gisselle's next album, , featured the singer venturing into

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. However, in 2004 she returned to merengue with her new album .

Discography

Acting career

Early in her career, Gisselle was featured in several

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sketches in programs like , , and . In 2001, she starred in the play . Recently, she appeared in the play , with Gilberto Santa Rosa and Yolandita Monge.

Radio host

In 2007, Gisselle was invited to host the morning radio show at

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. After a couple of months, she changed shifts hosting at the same station. Now she has a has radio show called: "

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" with Jesse Calderon.

Personal life

Gisselle was married in the early 1990s and has a son, Viadel, from that relationship. Viadel was born in 1994. Gisselle also has a brother named Miguel A Ortiz Caceres and lives in Hartford, CT. After her divorce she has had relationships with model and

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, and

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player

Roberto Alomar Roberto "Robbie" Alomar Velázquez (; ; born February 5, 1968) is a Puerto Rican former Major League Baseball player for the San Diego Padres, Toronto Blue Jays, Baltimore Orioles, Cleveland Indians, New York Mets, Chicago White Sox, and Arizon ...

. In 2009 she married minor league baseball player, Miguel “Mickey” Negron. They divorced in 2021. No children were conceived from their union.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gisselle 1970 births Living people American musicians of Puerto Rican descent American women pop singers Merengue musicians Latin pop singers 20th-century Puerto Rican women singers 21st-century Puerto Rican women singers Women in Latin music