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2006 Latin Billboard Music Awards
The 2006 ''Billboard'' Latin Music Awards, produced and broadcast lived on Telemundo, were held on Thursday, April 27, 2006. The award show aired on Telemundo at 8pm EST. The awards show and after party were held at the Hard Rock Live in Hollywood, Florida. Hot Latin Songs of the Year Hot Latin Song of the Year *"Mayor Que Yo" Baby Ranks, Daddy Yankee, Tonny Tun Tun, Wisin, Yandel, & Héctor el Father (Mas Flow/Machete) *"La Camisa Negra" Juanes (Surco/Universal Latino) *"La Tortura" Shakira Featuring Alejandro Sanz (Epic/Sony BMG Norte) *"Rakata" Wisin & Yandel (Mas Flow/Machete) Vocal Duet or Collaboration *"Ella Y Yo" Aventura Feat. Don Omar (Premium Latin) *"Mayor Que Yo" Baby Ranks, Daddy Yankee, Tonny Tun Tun, Wisin, Yandel, & Héctor el Father (Mas Flow/Machete) *" Obsesion (No Es Amor) Aventura" Frankie J Feat. Baby Bash (Columbia/Sony BMG Norte) *"La Tortura" Shakira Featuring Alejandro Sanz (Epic/Sony BMG Norte) Artist of the Year *Daddy Yankee *Juanes *Shakira * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billboard Latin Music Awards
The ''Billboard'' Latin Music Awards grew out of the ''Billboard'' Music Awards program from ''Billboard'' magazine, an industry publication charting the sales and radio airplay success of musical recordings. The ''Billboard'' awards are the Latin music industry's longest running award. The award ceremonies are held the same week as Latinfest+ (formerly the ''Billboard'' Latin Music Conference). History The first award ceremony began in 1994 at the Intercontinental Hotel in Miami, Florida, under the name Latin Music Awards to "represent a broad cross-section of Latino talent, covering every music genre," and was then published in ''Billboard Magazine''. The winners were selected based on points accumulated from ''Billboard'''s radio and retail charts and categorized into subcategories designed to reward artists, songs and albums over one year (between March 6, 1993, to March 5, 1994). The categories of the Latin music were: pop, tropical/ salsa, regional Mexican, rap, roc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don Omar
William Omar Landrón Rivera (born February 10, 1979), known professionally as Don Omar, is a Puerto Rican rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer, and actor. He is also known as the " King of Reggaeton" by music critics and fans alike. The artist was recognized by ''Billboard'' and ''Rolling Stone'' as one reggaeton legend. He is often cited as an influence by other Hispanic urban performers. Landrón was born in Santurce, a neighborhood of San Juan, Puerto Rico. He is one of the artists credited with presenting reggaeton to audiences around the world and having turned the musical genre into a global phenomenon. He jumped to stardom with the release of his first studio album, '' The Last Don'', released in 2003. The album sold 411,000 units in the US and was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Since then, he has sold around 15 million records, making him one of the best-selling Latin music artists. On September 1, 2017, after a long m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laura Pausini
Laura Pausini (; born 16 May 1974) is an Italian Pop music, pop singer. She rose to fame in 1993, winning the newcomer artists' section of the Sanremo Music Festival 1993, 43rd Sanremo Music Festival with the song "La solitudine", which became an Italian standard and an international hit. Her Laura Pausini (1993 album), self-titled debut album was released in Italy on 23 April 1993 and later became an international success, selling two million copies worldwide. Its follow-up, ''Laura (Laura Pausini album), Laura'', was released in 1994 and confirmed her international success, selling three million copies worldwide. Pausini has released fifteen studio albums, two international greatest hits albums and one compilation album for the Anglophone market only. She mostly performs in Italian and Spanish, but has also recorded and sung songs in Portuguese, English, French, German, Latin, Chinese, Catalan, Neapolitan, Romanian, Romagnol and Sicilian. In 2004, AllMusic's Jason Birchmei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thalía
Ariadna Thalía Sodi Miranda (; born 26 August 1971), known mononymously as Thalía, is a Mexican singer, songwriter and actress. Referred to as the "Honorific nicknames in popular music, Queen of Latin Pop", she is considered one of the most successful and influential Mexican artists. Having sold around 25 million records worldwide, she is one of the List of best-selling Latin music artists, best-selling Latin music artists of all time. Aside from her native Spanish, Thalía has also sung in English, French, Portuguese and Tagalog. She has received List of awards and nominations received by Thalía, numerous accolades, including five Billboard Latin Music Awards, ''Billboard'' Latin Music Awards, eight Lo Nuestro Awards, as well as seven Latin Grammy Award nominations and their special "President's Merit Award" in 2019. She has collaborated with multiple artists, such as Tony Bennett, Michael Bublé, Robbie Williams, Marc Anthony, Laura Pausini, Romeo Santos, Maluma, Fat Joe, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Sexto Sentido
''El Sexto Sentido'' ('The Sixth Sense') is the tenth studio album by Mexican singer Thalía. It was released on 19 July 2005 by EMI Latin. Its music spans several modern genres, such as Latin pop, dance-pop and R&B. The album, which also has a DVD version, reveals a lot about the personality and life of its performer. It brings more mature, demanding, rhythmic and catchy music. The most successful singles of the album were " Amar sin ser amada", " Un alma sentenciada" and " Seducción". Thalía collaborated again with the Colombian songwriter and producer Estéfano. ''El Sexto Sentido'' is an album sung in Spanish, except for three songs translated into English at the end of it. The album overall was well planned, well done and played with emotion. Four singles were released from the album: " Amar sin ser amada", " Un alma sentenciada", " Seducción" and "Olvídame", all of them became moderate hits on the charts. The album was reissued in 2006 as ''El Sexto Sentido Re+Loaded'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reyli
Reyli Barba (born April 12, 1972), most commonly known as Reyli, is a Mexican singer-songwriter. He is also a composer and has written songs for artists such as Alejandro Fernández and Beyoncé Knowles. Reyli is a former member of Elefante, a band which he led until 2003, when he set out to release his debut solo album. This album, titled ''En la Luna'' (On the Moon), sold well, and ''"Amor Del Bueno"'' reached the top of the Mexican charts, charted in the U.S. Hot Latin Tracks and became a global Latin hit. Career Elefante Elefante had formed in Mexico in the late nineties, but they only became successful in the early 2000s, when they opened for Joaquín Sabina in the Auditorio Nacional, Mexico's most important arena. Their debut album, ''El Que Busca Encuentra'' was a success. The first single was ''Así Es La Vida'' which reached the Mexican Top 5 due to its staggering radio airplay. The band would go on to release ''Lo Que Andábamos Buscando'', their second album ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luis Fonsi
Luis Alfonso Rodríguez López-Cepero (born April 15, 1978), known by his stage name Luis Fonsi (), is a Puerto Rican singer. He is known for his soulful and dance oriented songs, most notably 2017's "Despacito". Fonsi received his first Latin Grammy Award nominations in the ''Record of the Year'' category and won ''Song of the Year'' thanks to the song "Aquí Estoy Yo". The song also won three Billboard Latin Music Awards, ''Billboard'' Latin Music Awards. "Despacito" became Fonsi's biggest success, winning four Latin Grammy Awards, seven ''Billboard'' Latin Music Awards, five Billboard Music Award, ''Billboard'' Music Awards and three Grammy Awards nominations. He also won one Latin American Music Award for "Échame la Culpa" with Demi Lovato. As of 2018, Fonsi has broken six Guinness World Records and sold more than 11 million records with "Despacito", whose music video was the List of most-viewed YouTube videos, most-watched YouTube video of all time until November 2020, wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chayanne
Elmer Figueroa Arce, better known under the stage name Chayanne, (born June 28, 1968) is a Puerto Rican Latin pop singer and actor. As a solo artist, Chayanne has released 21 albums and sold over 15 million records worldwide, making him one of the best-selling Latin music artists. Chayanne participated in two Puerto Rican telenovelas broadcast by WAPA-TV television station in the 80s. These were ''Sombras del Pasado'' with Daniel Lugo and Alba Nydia Díaz, and ''Tormento'' with Daniel Lugo and Yazmin Pereira. Biography Early life Arce's nickname "Chayanne" was given to him by his mother, in honor of his love for the 1950s American television series, ''Cheyenne''. Career with Los Chicos In the late 1970s, he auditioned for Menudo, but the producers told him that he was too young to be in the group. He joined another group, Los Chicos, and they produced several hit recordings, including "Puerto Rico Son Los Chicos" and "Ave Maria". Los Chicos toured all over Latin America a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ricardo Arjona
Edgar Ricardo Arjona Morales (born 19 January 1964), known as Ricardo Arjona (), is a Guatemalan singer and songwriter. He is one of the most successful and best-selling Latin American artists of all time, with more than 20 million records sold. His music ranges from ballads to Latin pop, rock, pop rock, Cuban music, and more recently A capella, a cappella performances and a mixture of Tejano music and Norteño (music), Norteño music, and Latin music (genre), Latin sounds. Arjona is noted for his lyrical style, and often addresses topics such as love, sexuality, violence, racism and immigration. As of 2016, Arjona had released sixteen studio albums, one live album, nine compilation albums and forty-three singles. Four Arjona albums reached number one on the Billboard Top Latin Albums, ''Billboard'' Top Latin Albums, and ten reached number one in Argentina. Four albums had charted on the Billboard 200, ''Billboard'' 200. Four singles had reached number one on the Billboard Lati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Tortura
"" (English language, English: "The Torture") is a song by Colombian singer-songwriter Shakira, featuring Spanish singer Alejandro Sanz, from Shakira's sixth studio album, ''Fijación Oral, Vol. 1'' (2005). The song was produced by Shakira and co-written by the singer with Luis Fernando Ochoa. Lester Mendez served as an assistant producer. It was released on 11 April 2005, by Epic Records, as the lead single from the album. "La Tortura" is a Pop music, pop, reggaeton, and dancehall track, which lyrically 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. Upon its release, "La Tortura" received generally positive reviews by Music journalism, music critics, who agreed that the song was a highlight from ''Fijación Oral, Vol. 1''; they were also ambivalent towards its "Shaketon Mix". It was well received commercially, reaching number one in several countries worl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baby Bash
Ronald Ray Bryant (born October 18, 1969), better known by his stage name Baby Bash (formerly Baby Beesh), is an American rapper. His first two albums, '' Savage Dreams'' (2001) and '' On Tha Cool'' (2002), were released by the independent Houston-based label Dope House Records under his former stage name "Baby Beesh". It was changed to "Baby Bash" before he signed with Universal Records in 2003 and released his pop rap single, " Suga Suga" (featuring Frankie J), in July of that year. The song became his first hit, peaking at number seven on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and serving as lead single for his third album and major label debut, '' Tha Smokin' Nephew'' (2003). In 2005, he guest appeared on Frankie J's single " Obsession (No Es Amor)," which peaked at number three on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and remains his highest-charting song. His fourth album, '' Super Saucy'' (2005), peaked at number 11 on the ''Billboard'' 200 and was led by the top 20 single, " Baby, I'm Back" ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
