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Cómplices (TV Series)
''Cómplices'' () is the 18th studio album by Mexican singer Luis Miguel, released on 2 May 2008 by Warner Music Latina. The record is a collaboration with Spanish musician Manuel Alejandro, who wrote and arranged the songs, and co-produced the album with Luis Miguel. Musically, it is a pop album of mostly ballads and a few uptempo tracks with lyrics emphasizing romance. Two singles were released to promote the album: " Si Tú Te Atreves" and "Te Desean". To further promote the record, Luis Miguel embarked on the year-long Cómplices Tour from September 2008 to September 2009. He performed in North America and a few countries in South America. Upon its release, ''Cómplices'' was met with mixed reactions from music critics. While Luis Miguel's vocals and his decision to work with Alejandro were praised, the record was criticized for sounding too similar to his previous albums. ''Cómplices'' was nominated as Best Latin Pop Album at the 51st Annual Grammy Awards (2009) as we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Studio Album
An album is a collection of audio recordings (e.g., music) issued on a medium such as compact disc (CD), Phonograph record, vinyl (record), audio tape (like 8-track cartridge, 8-track or Cassette tape, cassette), or digital distribution, digital. Albums of recorded sound were developed in the early 20th century as individual 78 rpm records (78s) collected in a bound book resembling a photo album; this format evolved after 1948 into single vinyl LP record, long-playing (LP) records played at rpm. The album was the dominant form of recorded music expression and consumption from the mid-1960s to the early 21st century, a period known as the ''album era''. Vinyl LPs are still issued, though album sales in the 21st-century have mostly focused on CD and MP3 formats. The 8-track tape was the first tape format widely used alongside vinyl from 1965 until being phased out by 1983, being gradually supplanted by the cassette tape throughout the 1970s and early 1980s; the popul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sentimental Ballad
A sentimental ballad is an emotional style of music that often deals with romantic and intimate relationships, and to a lesser extent, loneliness, death, war, drug abuse, politics and religion, usually in a poignant but solemn manner. Ballads are generally melodic enough to capture the listener's attention. Sentimental ballads are found in most music genres, such as pop, R&B, soul, country, folk, rock and electronic music. Usually slow in tempo, ballads tend to have a lush musical arrangement which emphasizes the song's melody and harmonies. Characteristically, ballads use acoustic instruments such as guitars, pianos, saxophones, and sometimes an orchestral set. Many modern mainstream ballads tend to feature synthesizers, drum machines and even, to some extent, a dance rhythm. Sentimental ballads had their origins in the early Tin Pan Alley music industry of the later 19th century. Initially known as "tear-jerkers" or "drawing-room ballads", they were generally ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mis Romances
''Mis Romances'' () is the fourteenth studio album of Mexican singer Luis Miguel, released on 20 November 2001 by Warner Music Latina. It is the fourth album in the ''Romance'' series wherein Luis Miguel covers bolero standards from Latin America and includes two original compositions. Produced by Luis Miguel, the album was recorded at the Record Plant in Los Angeles, California with the participation of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra at the Abbey Road Studios in London, England. The recording was promoted by three singles: "Amor, Amor, Amor", "Cómo Duele", and "Al Que Me Siga". It was further promoted by a tour in 2002 that had Luis Miguel performing in the United States, Latin America, and Spain. It was the highest-grossing tour of the year by a Latin artist in the U.S. ''Mis Romances'' was neither a critical nor a commercial success. It was met with unfavorable reviews from critics who felt the record was too similar to its predecessors and lambasted Luis Miguel for not ev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grupo Reforma
Grupo Reforma is the largest printed media company in Mexico and Latin America. It publishes ten daily newspapers in five cities, including the leading newspapers in Mexico's three largest cities: '' Reforma'' in Mexico City, '' El Norte'' in Monterrey and ''Mural'' in Guadalajara. It also publishes the daily ''Metro'' in Mexico City, Monterrey, Guadalajara, Puebla and Toluca, and the afternoon tabloid ''El Sol'' in Monterrey. The average daily circulation of all these papers is 1.4 million copies. The group also owns the largest content-intensive web sites in Mexico: reforma.com, elnorte.com, and mural.com. It owns the largest newswire service with Mexican information, Agencia Reforma. It publishes city specific editions of ''Metro'', a prominent tabloid in the country. ''Cancha'', a tabloid with Mexican sports and entertainment news, is published biweekly in Las Vegas in partnership with '' The Las Vegas Review-Journal''. Grupo Reforma also has strategic alliances with leading ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
33 (Luis Miguel Album)
''33'' is the fifteenth studio album by Mexican singer Luis Miguel. It was released through Warner Music Latina on 30 September 2003. It is a pop record which contains pop ballads and uptempo disco numbers. The album was produced by Miguel and recorded in Hollywood, California. ''33'' was promoted by two singles: "Te Necesito" and "Un Te Amo". It was also promoted by a tour which lasted from 2003 to 2004. Several songwriters including Armando Manzanero, Juan Luis Guerra, and Kike Santander contributed to the compositions in the record. ''33'' was met with unfavorable reviews by some music critics for having similar music styles to Miguel's previous pop records. ''33'' received a Grammy nomination for Best Latin Pop Album and a Latin Grammy nomination for Best Male Pop Vocal Album. The record reached number one in Argentina, Spain, and the ''Billboard'' Top Latin Albums chart in the United States. By 2004, it had sold more than 2.5 million copies. Background In 2002, Luis Miguel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Notimex
Notimex was the official Mexican news agency, created on August 20, 1968, to handle coverage of the 1968 Summer Olympics. Notimex is headquartered in Mexico City and has 568 regional coordinating offices throughout Mexico. Its staff consists of over 30,000 writers, editors, photographers, reporters, and correspondents."PrimeZone Signs Agreement with Notimex to Strengthen News Distribution Capability in Latin America" PrimeZone press release, October 31, 2005. Retrieved 2008-01-02. It was originally called Agencia Mexicana de Noticias Notimex. Its goals, according to law, were contributing to the realization of the people's right to information through the provision of professional news services, to Mexican state and any other person, ent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rosana Arbelo
Rosana Arbelo Gopar (; born October 24, 1963), known professionally by her mononym Rosana, is a Spanish singer and songwriter. Biography Early life and beginnings She was born in 1963 on the island of Lanzarote in the Canary Islands, where she was raised. She was the youngest of a family of eight children. Arbelo was given her first guitar at the age of five years old and wrote her first song aged eight. She began composing music after moving to Madrid in the early 1980s. She won first place in the Benidorm International Song Festival in 1996 with her song "Fuego y Miel" ("Fire and Honey" in English), which led her winning a recording contract with MCA Records. Before pursuing a solo career, she wrote songs for other musicians, including Joaquín Sabina, Miguel Ríos, and María Dolores Pradera. Rise to fame in the 1990s Her debut album, ''Lunas Rotas'', was released in 1996. The soundtrack for the 1996 movie '' Curdled'' featured her songs "Lunas Rotas" and "El Talismá ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christmas Music
Christmas music comprises a variety of Music genre, genres of music regularly performed or heard around the Christmas and holiday season, Christmas season. Music associated with Christmas may be purely instrumental, or in the case of Christmas carol, carols, may employ lyrics about Nativity of Jesus, the nativity of Jesus Christ, traditions such as gift-giving and merrymaking, cultural figures such as Santa Claus, or other topics. Many songs simply have a winter or seasonal theme, or have been adopted into the canon for other reasons. Traditional List of Christmas carols, Christmas carols include pieces such as "Silent Night", "Gabriel's Message", "O Holy Night", "Down in Yon Forest" and "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing". While most Christmas songs before the 20th century were of a gospel music, traditional religious character and reflected the Nativity of Jesus, Nativity story of Christmas, the Great Depression brought a stream of U.S. songs that did not explicitly mention the Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Top Latin Albums
Top Latin Albums (formerly Latin 50) is a record chart published by Billboard (magazine), ''Billboard'' magazine and is labeled as the most important music chart for Spanish language, full-length albums in the United States, American music market. Like all ''Billboard'' album charts, the chart is based on sales. Nielsen SoundScan compiles the sales data from merchants representing more than 90 percent of the U.S. music retail market. The sample includes sales at music stores, the music departments of electronics and department stores, direct-to-consumer transactions, and Internet sales of physical albums or Music download, digital downloads. A limited array of verifiable sales from Music venue, concert venues is also tabulated. To rank on this chart, an album must have 51% or more of its content recorded in Spanish. Listings of Top Latin Albums are also shown on Telemundo's music page through a partnership between the two companies. As of January 26, 2017, a multi-metric methodo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2009 Latin Billboard Music Awards
The 2009 ''Billboard'' Latin Music Awards was held on Thursday, April 23, 2009 at the BankUnited Center at the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida, United States. It is produced and broadcast lived on Telemundo network. The nominees were announced on Tuesday, February 17, 2009 during a live televised morning show Levantate on Telemundo network. Host * Aylín Mújica * Alan Tacher Performers * Aventura, Wisin & Yandel & Akon - " All Up 2 You" * Cristian Castro - "El Culpable Soy Yo" (with special guest, Arthur Hanlon) * Enrique Iglesias - "Lloro Por Ti" * Paulina Rubio - " Causa y Efecto" * Patrulla 81 * Daddy Yankee & JabbawockeeZ * La Quinta Estación * Flex - " Te Quiero" and " Dime Si Te Vas Con Él" * Gloria Trevi * Banda el Recodo * Carlos Santana & Maná * Don Omar - " Virtual Diva" * Reik - "Fui" * Rubén Blades & Los Seis Del Solar Presenters * Gilberto Santa Rosa * Diana Reyes * Jerry Rivera * María Celeste Arrarás * R.K.M & Ken-Y * Kany García * J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
51st Annual Grammy Awards
The 51st Annual Grammy Awards took place at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, on February 8, 2009, honoring the best in music for the recording year beginning October 1, 2007, through September 30, 2008. Robert Plant and Alison Krauss were the biggest winners of the night, winning five awards, including Album of the Year (Grammy), Album of the Year for their critically acclaimed album ''Raising Sand''. Krauss became the sixth female solo artist to have won 5 awards in one night, joining Lauryn Hill, Alicia Keys, Norah Jones, Beyoncé, Beyoncé Knowles, and Amy Winehouse. Lil Wayne received the most nominations, with eight. The awards broadcast won an Emmy for Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Variety Series or Special, Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Variety Series or Special. Performances ;Notes *Both Rihanna and Chris Brown were scheduled to perform, but their performances were canceled after Brown was arrested after their fight. Presenters * Whitney H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
