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La Bomba (Ricky Martin Song)
"La Bomba" () is a song recorded by Puerto Rican singer Ricky Martin for his fourth studio album, ''Vuelve (album), Vuelve'' (1998). The song was written by Luis Gómez Escolar, KC Porter, K. C. Porter, and Draco Rosa, while the production was handled by the latter two. It was released by Columbia Records as the third single (music), single from the album on June 16, 1998. A Spanish-language salsa music, salsa, Dance music, dance, samba, Bomba (Puerto Rico), bomba, and Pop music, pop song, it is a metaphor in which Martin compares the music that makes the listener high from the rhythm of the dance to an alcoholic drink. The song received widely positive reviews from Music journalism, music critics, who complimented the danceable rhythm and highlighted it as one of the album's best tracks. "La Bomba" won the award for Best Danceable Tune at the 1999 Revista ERES, Premios ''Eres''. The song was commercially successful, reaching the top-five in several List of countries where Spani ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ricky Martin
Enrique Martin Morales (born December 24, 1971), known professionally as Ricky Martin, is a Puerto Rican singer, songwriter and actor. He is known for his musical versatility, with his Ricky Martin albums discography, discography incorporating a wide variety of many elements, such as Latin pop, dance, reggaeton, Salsa music, salsa, and other genres. Born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, San Juan, Martin began appearing in television commercials at age nine and began his musical career at twelve, as a member of Puerto Rican boy band Menudo (group), Menudo. He began his solo career in 1991 while in Sony Music Mexico, gaining recognition in Latin America with the release of his first two studio albums, ''Ricky Martin (1991 album), Ricky Martin'' (1991) and ''Me Amaras (album), Me Amaras'' (1993), both of which were focused on Sentimental ballad, ballads. Martin's third album, ''A Medio Vivir'' (1995), helped him rise to prominence in European countries. The chart-topping single "María ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Music Video
A music video is a video that integrates a song or an album with imagery that is produced for promotion (marketing), promotional or musical artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a music marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings. These videos are typically shown on music television and on streaming video sites like YouTube, or more rarely shown theatrically. They can be commercially issued on home video, either as video albums or video singles. The format has been described by various terms including "illustrated song", "filmed insert", "promotional (promo) film", "promotional clip", "promotional video", "song video", "song clip", "film clip", "video clip", or simply "video". While musical short, musical short films were popular as soon as recorded sound was introduced to theatrical film screenings in the 1920s, the music video rose to prominence in the 1980s when American TV channel MTV based its format around the medium. Mus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sony Music Mexico
Sony Music Entertainment México is a Mexican subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment (SME). It was founded in 1947 as Discos Columbia de México as a subsidiary of Columbia Records. History Sony Music Entertainment Mexico and its recording studios opened their doors as part of Discos Columbia de México S.A., having as its first recording “ The National Anthem of the United Mexican States” on 8 December 1947. From 1955 until 1 November 1961, Andre Toffel served as general artistic director of the label, responsible for building the company's roster of artists like Rosa de Castilla, Flor Silvestre, Sonia Furió, José Alfredo Jiménez, Amanda del Llano, María de Lourdes, Dora María, Luis Pérez Meza, La Prieta Linda, Elvira Quintana, Cuco Sánchez, and Irma Serrano. After converting the brand companies from Columbia to CBS Records International in 1961, the company was renamed Discos CBS S.A. in August 1962. In April 1963, it was one of the founding member companies ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Record Label
"Big Three" music labels A record label or record company is a brand or trademark of Sound recording and reproduction, music recordings and music videos, or the company that owns it. Sometimes, a record label is also a Music publisher, publishing company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the production, manufacturing, manufacture, distribution (marketing), distribution, marketing, promotion, and enforcement of copyright for sound recordings and music videos, while also conducting Artists and repertoire, talent scouting and development of new artists, artist financing and maintaining Recording contract, contracts with recording artists and their managers. The term "record label" derives from the circular label in the center of a vinyl record which prominently displays the manufacturer's name, along with other information. Within the mainstream music industry, recording artists have traditionally been reliant upon record labels to broaden their consumer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
María (Ricky Martin Song)
"María" is a song recorded by Puerto Rican singer Ricky Martin for his third studio album, ''A Medio Vivir'' (1995). The song was written by Draco Rosa, Ian Blake, Luis Gómez Escolar, and KC Porter, while the production was handled by Porter, Tom Vickers, and Steve Berkowitz. It was released by Sony Music Mexico as the second single (music), single from the album on November 21, 1995. A Spanish language flamenco, dance music, dance, and salsa music, salsa song, it is about an attractive but dangerous woman called "María". Local DJ Pablo Flores remixed the song, turning it into an up-tempo samba tune in a house music, house bassline. The remix version became more popular than the original one. The song has received highly positive reviews from Music journalism, music critics, who complimented its production and catchy rhythm. The remix was ranked as one of the Greatest Latin Pop Songs of All Time by ''Rolling Stone'', and was listed among the 11 remixes of classic Latin hits b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Latin Music
Latin music (Portuguese language, Portuguese and ) is a term used by the music industry as a catch-all category for various styles of music from Ibero-America, which encompasses Music of Latin America, Latin America, Music of Spain, Spain, Music of Portugal, Portugal, and the Latino (demonym), Latino population in Latin music in Canada, Canada and the Latin American music in the United States, United States, as well as music that is sung in either Spanish language, Spanish and/or Portuguese language, Portuguese. It may also include music from other territories where Spanish- and Portuguese-language music is made. Terminology and categorization Because the majority of Latino immigrants living in New York City in the 1950s were of Puerto Rican or Cuban descent, "Latin music" had been stereotyped as music simply originating from the Spanish Caribbean. The popularization of bossa nova and Herb Alpert's Mexican-influenced sounds in the 1960s did little to change the perceived im ... [...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] |
A Medio Vivir (album)
''A Medio Vivir'' () is the third studio album by the Puerto Rican singer Ricky Martin, released by Sony Discos and Columbia on September 12, 1995 (US). Commercial performance The album has sold over three million copies, worldwide. That number includes 1.3 million copies sold in Europe. ''A Medio Vivir'' was released at first in Latin America in 1995. It peaked at number eleven on the Top Latin Albums in the US. Five songs from this album charted on the Hot Latin Songs, including " María" and " Volverás", which both peaked at number six, "Te Extraño, Te Olvido, Te Amo" which reached number nine, " Nada es Imposible" (number twenty-three) and "A Medio Vivir" (number thirty-six). The album was certified 6× Platinum in Argentina. In 1996, "María" debuted on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 in the United States, and peaked at number eighty-eight. The album has sold 287,000 copies in the US and was certified Gold by the RIAA for shipping 500,000 copies. The same year, "María" cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Refrain
A refrain (from Vulgar Latin ''refringere'', "to repeat", and later from Old French ''refraindre'') is the Line (poetry)">line or lines that are repeated in poetry or in music">poetry.html" ;"title="Line (poetry)">line or lines that are repeated in poetry">Line (poetry)">line or lines that are repeated in poetry or in music—the "chorus" of a song. Poetry, Poetic fixed forms that feature refrains include the villanelle, the virelay, and the sestina. In popular music, the refrain or chorus may contrast with the Verse (popular music), verse melodically, rhythmically, and harmonically; it may assume a higher level of dynamics and activity, often with added instrumentation. Chorus form, or strophic form, is a sectional and/or additive way of structuring a piece of music based on the repetition of one formal section or block played repeatedly. Usage in history Although repeats of refrains may use different words, refrains are made recognizable by reusing the same melody (whe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flavia Cacace
Flavia Cacace-Mistry (born 1980) is an Italian British professional dancer. Her professional dance partner is Vincent Simone (they are branded when performing together as 'Vincent and Flavia'), and between 2006-2012 both partners appeared on the BBC's ''Strictly Come Dancing''. Early life Cacace was born in Naples, the youngest of six children, and came to the United Kingdom with her family at the age of four when her father (a chef) moved to another job. She attended St Peter's Catholic School in Guildford, and left in 1995. Career ''Strictly Come Dancing'' Highest and lowest scoring performances per dance In 2005, Cacace appeared as a guest choreographer with Simone to choreograph an unscored group Argentine Tango to introduce the dance style to audiences. The dance was then introduced into the competitive roster so therefore a scored individual dance a year later. In 2006, Cacace appeared in the fourth series of the BBC's ''Strictly Come Dancing ''Strictly Com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis Smith (gymnast)
Louis Antoine Smith (born 22 April 1989) is a retired English Artistic gymnastics, artistic gymnast. He received a Olympic medal, bronze medal and two Olympic medal, silver medals on the pommel horse at the 2008 Summer Olympics, 2008 Beijing Olympics, 2016 Summer Olympics, 2012 London Olympics and the 2016 Summer Olympics, 2016 Rio Olympics respectively, with the former marking the first time a British gymnast had placed in an Olympic event since 1928 Summer Olympics, 1928. He fell just short of gold in 2012, tying with Kristian Berki, but taking silver for a lower E or execution score. He followed this up with a second consecutive silver medal on the pommel horse at the 2016 Summer Olympics, 2016 Rio Olympics, this time finishing behind teammate, and 2012 bronze medalist, Max Whitlock. Smith was also part of the Great Britain team that took the bronze in the Gymnastics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's artistic team all-around, men's artistic team all-around at the 2012 Lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
