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2013 Latin Billboard Music Awards
The 2013 ''Billboard'' Latin Music Awards were held on April 25, 2013. Awards Artists Artist of the Year Jenni Rivera *Don Omar *Prince Royce *Romeo Santos New Artist of the Year 3Ball MTY *Juan Magan *Jesus Ojeda y Sus Parientes *Michel Teló Social Artist of the Year *Shakira Streaming Artist of the Year *Don Omar—Winner Streaming Song of the Year *Don Omar and Lucenzo—Winner " Danza Kuduro”" Hot Latin Song of the Year Don Omar and Natty Natasha — " Dutty Love" *3Ball MTY featuring El Bebeto and America Sierra - "Inténtalo" *Juan Magan featuring Pitbull and El Cata - "Bailando Por El Mundo" *Michel Teló — "Ai Se Eu Te Pego" Hot Latin Song of the Year, Vocal Event Don Omar and Natty Natasha — " Dutty Love" *3Ball MTY featuring El Bebeto and America Sierra - "Inténtalo" *Juan Magan featuring Pitbull and El Cata - "Bailando Por El Mundo" *Wisin & Yandel featuring Chris Brown and T-Pain - Algo Me Gusta de Ti Hot Latin Songs Artist of the Year, Male Don Omar ... [...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] |
Pitbull (entertainer)
Armando Christian Pérez (born January 15, 1981), better known by his stage name Pitbull (also known as Mr. 305 and Mr. Worldwide), is an American rapper, singer and actor. He began his career in the early 2000s as a reggaeton, Latin hip-hop, Latin hip hop, and crunk music, crunk performer, and signed with TVT Records to release his debut studio album, ''M.I.A.M.I.'' (2004). Executive produced by Lil Jon, it moderately entered the Billboard 200, ''Billboard'' 200 along with his second and third albums, ''El Mariel'' (2006) and ''The Boatlift'' (2007). His fourth album, ''Pitbull Starring in Rebelution'' (2009), yielded his mainstream breakthrough, spawning the singles "I Know You Want Me (Calle Ocho)" and "Hotel Room Service"—which peaked at numbers two and eight on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Hot 100, respectively. After rebranding himself as a pop music, pop artist, Pitbull's sixth and seventh albums, ''Planet Pit'' (2011) and ''Global Warming (Pitbull album), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Universal Music Latin Entertainment
Universal Music Latin Entertainment, a division of Universal Music Group, is a record company specialized in producing and distributing Latin music in Mexico, the United States, and Puerto Rico. UMLE includes famous Latin music labels such as Universal Music Latino, Fonovisa Records, Universal Music Mexico, Capitol Latin, Machete Music and Disa Records. The record company was created in 2008 with the acquisition of Univision Music Group and combining it with Universal Music's top Latin artists, along with much of the Latin back catalog of UMG. Labels Univision Records (2001–2008) Launched mid 2001, Univision Records already had an impressive artist roster: Anasol, Pilar Montenegro, Anaís, Jennifer Peña, Graciela Beltrán, Iman, Los Forasteros, Daniel René, and most recently Mexican Ranchero music icon, Pepe Aguilar. * In 2003, Jennifer Peña became the only female artist nominated for a Grammy in the " Best Mexican/Mexican-American Album" category. *The label was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Banda El Recodo
Banda Sinaloense El Recodo de Cruz Lizárraga, often referred to simply as Banda El Recodo, is a Mexican banda formed in Mazatlán, Sinaloa, in 1938. It has been under the direction of the Lizárraga family. Banda El Recodo has recorded with popular artists such as José Alfredo Jiménez and Juan Gabriel. The ensemble consists of four clarinets, three trumpets, a tambora, a snare drum set with cowbells and cymbals, a sousaphone, three trombones, two tenor horns (referred to as , or in Mexico), and two vocalists. History Banda El Recodo was founded by Cruz Lizárraga, a young musician who also gave it its current appearance, including the setting, style, shape and number of current members that associated it with the place of their origin, the State of Sinaloa on the Mexican Pacific. El Recodo was named after the town Lizárraga was born in. In 1989, Banda El Recodo officially incorporated a vocalist into their line-up. Prior to this year, Banda El Recodo and most other b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Arrolladora Banda El Limón
La Arrolladora Banda El Limón de René Camacho, or simply La Arrolladora, is a Mexican banda from Mazatlán, Sinaloa. In 1997 they signed with Sony Music Latin. In 2003, they switched labels and signed with Disa Records. History Banda El Limón was formed in 1965 in El Limón de los Peraza, Sinaloa, by Pedro Aramburo, Encarnación Peraza, Lino Quintero, Carlos Peraza and Pedro Peraza. The banda began performing in the port of Mazatlán, and in 1976, Salvador Lizárraga assumed the direction of the banda. In 1997, internal conflicts arose in the banda, as René Camacho assumed the temporary direction while Salvador Lizárraga was recovering from a stroke. The disputes between Camacho and Lizárraga led to the division of the banda in two: René Camacho recruited many members of the Banda and founded La Arrolladora Banda El Limón, while the members who remained with Lizárraga continued performing as La Original Banda El Limón. Since both bandas are very popular, often with the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jennifer Lopez
Jennifer Lynn Lopez (born July 24, 1969), also known by her nickname J.Lo, is an American singer, songwriter, actress, dancer and businesswoman. Lopez is regarded as one of the most influential entertainers of her time, credited with breaking barriers for Hispanic and Latino Americans, Latino Americans in Cinema of the United States, Hollywood and helping propel the Latin American music in the United States#1990s Latin Explosion, Latin pop movement in music. She is also noted for her Cultural impact of Jennifer Lopez, impact on popular culture through fashion, Celebrity branding, branding, and shifting Feminine beauty ideal, mainstream beauty standards. Lopez began her career as a dancer, making her television debut as a List of In Living Color cast members#Fly Girls (house dance troupe), Fly Girl on the sketch comedy series ''In Living Color'' in 1991. She rose to fame as an actress, starring as singer Selena in the Selena (film), film of the same name (1997), and established ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leslie Grace
Leslie Grace Martínez (born January 7, 1995) is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. For her work as a singer, she has received three Latin Grammy Award nominations. She starred as Nina Rosario in Jon M. Chu's film adaptation ''In the Heights (film), In the Heights'' (2021). Early life and education Leslie Grace Martínez was born to List of people from the Dominican Republic, Dominican parents on January 7, 1995, in The Bronx, a borough of New York City. Her mother runs a hair salon in South Florida. She was raised in Davie, Florida and attended Indian Ridge Middle School and Western High School (Davie, Florida), Western High School, where she participated in musicals, talent shows, and choral performances. Singing and dancing from a young age, Grace entertained them along with her five older siblings since she was two. She speaks English and Spanish. Career Music career She recorded and released an Independent record label, independent Christian music album in part ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daddy Yankee
Ramón Luis Ayala Rodríguez (; born February 3, 1976), known professionally as Daddy Yankee (), is a Puerto Rican rapper, singer, songwriter, and actor who rose to worldwide prominence in 2004 with the song "Gasolina". Dubbed the "Honorific nicknames in popular music, King of Reggaeton", he is often cited as an influence by other Hispanic urban performers. He retired on December 3, 2023, after completing his final stage performance on his "La Meta" tour in Puerto Rico. Ayala was born in Río Piedras, Puerto Rico, Río Piedras and was raised in the Villa Kennedy Housing Projects neighborhood. He aspired to be a professional baseball player and tried out for the Seattle Mariners of Major League Baseball. Before he could be officially signed, he was hit by a stray round from an AK-47 rifle while taking a break from a studio recording session with reggaeton artist DJ Playero. Ayala spent roughly a year and a half recovering from the wound; the bullet was never removed from his hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Algo Me Gusta De Ti
"Algo Me Gusta de Ti" (English: I Like Something About You) is a song by Puerto Rican duo Wisin & Yandel featuring American singers Chris Brown and T-Pain, released as the second single the former's album '' Líderes''. There is an English version, entitled "Something About You," which also features Chris Brown and T-Pain. It spent 14 weeks at number-one on the ''Billboard'' Hot Latin Songs and 12 weeks on ''Billboard'' Latin Pop Airplay, becoming their longest reigning number-one single in both charts. Carlos Quintana called this as one of the best tracks of Lideres. Music video The video was released on August 17, 2012, and was directed by Jessy Terrero. It begins with a Latino millionaire taunting his nerdy servant cleaning his swimming pool. After his boss leaves, the servant takes off his clothes after and jumps into the swimming pool, where he magically is teleported to a party with Wisin & Yandel, Chris Brown and T-Pain Faheem Rashad Najm (born September 30, 1984), k ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
T-Pain
Faheem Rashad Najm (born September 30, 1984), known professionally as T-Pain, is an American singer and rapper. He is known for popularizing creative use of Auto-Tune pitch correction, often used with extreme parameter settings to create electronic music, electronic-styled vocal performances. Blending its use with contemporary R&B, R&B and hip-hop sensibilities, T-Pain became a prominent figure in both genres throughout the 2000s. Other music industry artists, such as Lil Wayne, Kanye West, Future (rapper), Future, and Travis Scott, have since utilized Auto-Tune to a similar effect. T-Pain began his recording career as part of the hip-hop group Nappy Headz. He released his debut solo mixtape, ''Back @ It'' independently in 2004, and signed with Akon's Konvict Muzik, in a joint venture with Jive Records, the following year. His 2005 debut single, "I'm Sprung", was quickly met with commercial success, peaking at number eight on the Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and rece ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Brown (American Entertainer)
Christopher Maurice Brown (born May 5, 1989) is an American singer, songwriter, dancer, and actor. A pop and hip-hop-influenced R&B musician who works in a variety of genres, he has been called the " King of R&B" by some of his contemporaries. His lyrics often address emotional and hedonistic themes. His singing and dancing skills have often been compared favorably to those of Michael Jackson. In 2004, Brown signed with Jive Records. The following year, he released his eponymous debut studio album, which went triple platinum. Brown topped the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart with his debut single, "Run It!", making him the first male artist since 1995 to do so. His second album, '' Exclusive'' (2007), was commercially successful worldwide and spawned his second ''Billboard'' Hot 100 number-one single, "Kiss Kiss". In 2009, Brown pleaded guilty to felony assault of singer Rihanna, who was then his girlfriend, and was sentenced to five years probation and six months community ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wisin & Yandel
Wisin & Yandel were a Puerto Rican reggaeton duo consisting of Wisin and Yandel. They started their career in 1998 and stayed together until 2023, winning several awards including a Grammy Award in 2009. They became the first and the only reggaeton artists to win one. In late 2013, they announced they would take a pause in their career as a duo, after their Líderes Tour. In a 2014 interview with ''People en Español'', Yandel confirmed that the group would not be disbanding. In February 2018, following a five-year hiatus, the duo announced they would be reuniting, and were set to embark on a world tour, as well as release new music. They sold over 15 million records. History Beginning (1998–2004) 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 the ''Fresh Productions'' label. The success of this collection (which was certified gold) led the label to produce ''Los Re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
