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Premios Lo Nuestro 2008
Premio Lo Nuestro 2008 was held on February 21, 2008, at the American Airlines Arena in Miami, Florida. It was broadcast live by Univision Network. Host * Pedro Fernández *Patricia Navidad Performers *01. Intro — "Premio Lo Nuestro 20 Años Anniversario" — 01:02 *02. Juanes (Opening Act) — " Me Enamora / Gotas De Agua Dulce" — 03:08 *03. Cruz Martínez & Los Super Reyes — "Quédate Más (I Want You Back) / El Rey (Remix)" — 05:04 *04. Pepe Aguilar — "Perdono Y Olvido / Río Rebelde / 100% Méxicano" — 04:51 *05. Enrique Iglesias — "¿Dónde Están Corazón? / Dimelo" — 05:00 *06. Maná — "Manda Una Señal" — 05:13 *07. Olga Tañón — "¡Basta Ya! / Hoy Quiero Confesárme / Muchacho Malo / Es Mentiroso" — 06:00 *08. Jenni Rivera — "Dama Divina" — 02:36 *09. Wisin & Yandel — "Pégao / Sexy Movemento" — 04:40 *10. Vicente Fernández — "Medley Ranchera" — 16:44 *11. Aventura — "El Prededor" — 04:00 *12. Camilia — "Yo Quiero" — 03: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lo Nuestro Awards
The Lo Nuestro Awards or Premios Lo Nuestro (Spanish language, Spanish for "Ours") is a Spanish-language awards show honoring the best of Latin music (genre), Latin music, presented by TelevisaUnivision, and is carried by its Univision network in association with its related radio stations known as the Uforia Audio Network. The artist with the most Premios Lo Nuestro awards is Puerto Rican people, Puerto Rican singer Olga Tañón. The awards ceremony features famous Hispanic and Latino Americans, Latino actors, musicians and show business personalities. The show is broadcast all over the Americas. In February 2006, Univision announced that closed captioning in English would be offered for the first time in the history of the broadcast. The 2013 edition, which officially marked its 25th anniversary on the network, was dedicated to singer Jenni Rivera after her death in December 2012. Background In 1989, the Lo Nuestro Awards were established by Univision, to recognize the most ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olga Tañón
Olga Teresa Tañón OrtizIn this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is ''Tañón'' and the second or maternal family name is ''Ortiz''. (born April 13, 1967) is a Puerto Rican singer. Over the course of her career, she has earned two Grammy Awards, three Latin Grammy Awards, and 29 Premio Lo Nuestro Awards. She has sold over five million copies of her albums. Early life Tañón is the youngest of four children born to José Tañón and Carmen Gloria Ortiz in the Santurce district of San Juan, Puerto Rico. She was raised in Levittown, located in the municipality of Toa Baja, Puerto Rico, where she received her primary and secondary education. Career Early career At the early age of 16 years old, Olga Tañón participated in a television talent show called "Buscando Estrellas" singing one of her own compositions. Her singing career began in the 1980s with "Las Nenas de Ringo y Jossie", before joining the merengue group Chantelle, with which she achieved great success ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angélica Vale
Angélica María Vale Hartman (born November 11, 1975), known professionally as Angélica Vale, is a Mexican and American actress, known also as the daughter of Angélica María, "La Novia de Mexico" (Mexico's Sweetheart), and as the daughter of comedian Raúl Vale. She has been working as an actress for almost 30 years, but achieved fame in 2006 when she became the protagonist of ''La Fea Más Bella'' (''The Prettiest Ugly Girl''), a Mexican telenovela, with her real-life mother. She starred in the webnovela ''No me hallo'' as Luchita Guerra a young woman with a big dream of becoming a singer. Early in 2012, Vale was a team captain on the Mexican TV Show ''Parodiando'', of Televisa network. Vale became a U.S. citizen in 2016, while retaining her Mexican citizenship. Acting career Vale was born in Mexico City, Mexico. As a child, in the movie ''El Gran Triunfo'' in 1981, Vale portrayed the daughter of Mexican superstar Rigo Tovar. From 1982 to 1986 her family was banned from Tel ... [...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] |
Patricia Manterola
Patricia Manterola (; born Bertha Patricia Manterola Carrión) is a Mexican singer and actress born in Mexico City. Background Patricia Manterola Carrion was born to Jorge Manterola and Maria Dolores Carrion, the second of three children. Her brother Jorge, is 11 months older, and her younger sister Michelle, who shares the same birth date as Patricia, is eight years younger. Paty—as she is also known—attended elementary school at "Colegio Miguel Angel" and "Franco-Espanol." She studied at "Colegio Oxford" in Cuernavaca during her middle school years, where she lived with her extended family for a while. For high school she attended "Tecnológico de Monterey" de Cuernavaca and graduated in Mexico City at "Colegio Miguel Angel." In addition to her academics, Paty studied dance, voice, and music. She was the main voice in the chorus of the "Miguel Angel Institute." Since she was a little girl she demonstrated an affinity for the entertainment world, participating in school ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eduardo Verástegui
José Eduardo Verástegui Córdoba (; born May 21, 1974) is a Mexican actor, activist, singer, and producer. He was part of the band Kairo and later embarked on a solo music career before he started appearing in Mexican telenovelas and eventually feature films like '' Chasing Papi'', ''Bella'', and '' Little Boy'', the latter two produced by his own production company, Metanoia. Various media outlets have described his political ideas as ultra-conservative, far-right and social-darwinist. Currently, Verástegui directs the Viva México movement. On September 7, 2023, he registered as an independent candidate for the 2024 Mexican presidential election. He was later disqualified from the election as he did not meet the required signatures. Verástegui is active on social media, and has an active YouTube channel of nearly 300,000 subscribers. Early life Verástegui was born on May 21, 1974, in Ciudad Mante, Tamaulipas, Mexico, and grew up in Xicoténcatl. The son of José Jes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suavemente (Elvis Crespo Song)
"Suavemente" () is a song recorded and composed by Puerto Rican merengue singer Elvis Crespo on his first solo album, '' Suavemente'', which followed his departure from Grupo Manía. Released as the lead single, "Suavemente" reached number one on the ''Billboard'' Hot Latin Tracks on May 16, 1998, and remained atop the chart for six weeks. Crespo re-recorded it with Spanglish lyrics. The song also hit the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 as well as received a Premios Lo Nuestro award and two Latin ''Billboard'' Music Awards the following year. "Suavemente" was the tenth best-performing Latin single of 1998. The song has been covered by several artists, some of whom also charted. Background Elvis Crespo started his singing career as a backup vocalist for merengue singers Willie Berrios, Lenny Perez, and Toño Rosario. In 1995, he joined Puerto-Rican merengue band, Grupo Manía as lead vocalist. He composed "Linda Eh'" for the group which reached number-eight on Hot Latin Tracks in 1996. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grupo Manía
Grupo Manía (sometimes spelled Grupomanía or GrupoManía) is a popular merengue group from Puerto Rico. History Grupo Manía released its debut album in 1993. The group was formed by brothers Héctor "Banchy" and Oscar Serrano together with Edwin Serrano and Alfred Cotto in the early 1990s. In 1994, Edwin Serrano was replaced by Elvis Crespo before releasing their most successful albums. In 1997, Crespo decided to leave the group and follow a solo career. He was replaced in 1998 with Reynaldo Santiago, who had previously sung with Zona Roja, another popular merengue band at the time. The band has achieved gold status with some of their albums and are considered one of the best in the genre. At the beginning of the millennium, the band faced some controversy when "Banchy", the group leader, fired Cotto and Santiago on the grounds of alleged discipline problems. Cotto and Santiago would go on to form Grupo Stars, while Serrano replaced them with Alex Rivera and Juan Luis Guzm� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elvis Crespo
Elvis Crespo Díaz (born July 30, 1971) is an American merengue singer. He has won multiple awards, including a Grammy and a Latin Grammy Award in merengue music. Early years Crespo was born in New York City and was named "Elvis" after Elvis Presley. He was raised in the city of Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, where he spent his childhood and adolescent years. Musical career He first gained fame in the mid-90s when he joined Grupo Mania, in Puerto Rico. Eventually he decided to go solo in 1998. His debut album, Suavemente, was a hit both in Latin America and in the US. The single " Suavemente" was a huge hit and eventually helped him earn the Best Male Tropical/Salsa Album of the Year from Billboard magazine. His album went platinum in the Venezuelan and Central American markets and gold in Chile. Released in 1998, Crespo's debut also earned a gold album for sales of over 500,000 copies in the first year after its release in the United States. "Suavemente" set a record for holding ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Camila (band)
Camila is a Mexican pop rock group formed in 2005 by Mario Domm, Pablo Hurtado and Samuel "Samo" Parra. Biographies Founded by the award-winning composer, singer and producer Mario Domm (Coahuila, Mexico), Camila made its official debut in 2005 when Domm signed his first record contract with Sony BMG Norte, together with his friends and colleagues guitarist Pablo Hurtado (San Luis Potosí) and Veracruz native Samo. Camila made '' Todo Cambió'' (2006) and '' Dejarte de amar'' (2010), which gained them success in Latin America. Songs like “Abrázame,” “Coleccionista de canciones,” “Todo cambió,” “Mientes,” “Aléjate de mí” and “Bésame,” have gained them three Latin Grammy Awards, three Billboard Awards, Diamond and Platinum certifications, and more than two million albums sold worldwide. Additionally, they have performed in major venues, such as New York's and Los Angeles’ NOKIA, El Coliseo in Puerto Rico, in Barquisimeto, Venezuela (a concert wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aventura (band)
Aventura (formerly known as Los Tinellers) is an American Bachata (music), bachata group formed in The Bronx, New York. With the lineup always consisting of the members Romeo Santos, Henry Santos, Lenny Santos (Len Melody), and Max Santos (Max Agende), they are regarded as one of the most influential Latin groups of all time. All of the members are of People of the Dominican Republic, Dominican descent, although Romeo is also half Puerto Ricans, Puerto Rican on his mother's side. They were the first major bachata act to have originated in the United States instead of the Dominican Republic. The group was integral to the evolution of Bachata (music), bachata music and are the pioneers of the modern bachata sound. Aventura released five studio albums in a decade, creating many top 10 hits like "Cuándo Volverás", "Un Beso", "Mi Corazoncito", "Los Infieles", "El Perdedor (Aventura song), El Perdedor", "Por un Segundo", "Dile al Amor", among others. They have sold out many arenas in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ranchera
Ranchera () or canción ranchera is a genre of traditional music of Mexico. It dates to before the years of the Mexican Revolution. Rancheras today are played in the vast majority of regional Mexican music styles. Drawing on rural traditional folk music, the ranchera developed as a symbol of a new national consciousness in reaction to the aristocratic tastes of the period. Definitions The word ''ranchera'' was derived from the word ''rancho'' because the songs originated on the ranches and in the countryside of rural Mexico. Traditional themes in rancheras are about love, heartbreak, patriotism or nature. Rhythms can have a meter in (in slow tempo: '' ranchera lenta'' and faster tempo: ''ranchera marcha''), (''ranchera vals''), or (''bolero ranchero''). Songs are usually in a major key, and consist of an instrumental introduction, verse and refrain, instrumental section repeating the verse, and another verse and refrain, with a tag ending. Rancheras are also noted for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
