Antonio Rayo (born July 16, 1982), best known as Rayito, is a Spanish musician of Gitano and

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heritage. His father, a flamenco guitarist, taught him to play the instrument at a young age, and at the age of four years he was already giving concerts and winning television contests. By age eight he was famous throughout Spain as a virtuoso of flamenco guitar, and in 1992, at age ten, he released his first album, ''Rayito en Concierto''. Thus he became the youngest person accepted into the

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, the Spanish equivalent of

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."Niño prodigio de la guitarra flamenca resurge como cantante pop"

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. November 16, 2006. Retrieved January 17, 2007. At age 15 he moved to

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, where he collaborated with artists including

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, and

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. In June 2005 he moved again to

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, where he began work on a new project of his own. The product was his eponymous second album, which he released on September 26, 2006. He describes it as a flamenco pop album that draws on

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, hip hop, Caribbean rhythms, and Latin American styles. Rayo signed a publishing deal with

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in January 2009. He has worked with

, and

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, among other artists.

Credits

*"Lloraré las penas" -

(2002) *"

Jaleo A jaleo is a chorus in flamenco in which dancers and the singer clap. More particularly, in flamenco jaleo includes words of encouragement called out to the performers, as individuals or as a group, as well as hand-clapping. Among common jaleo ...

" -

(2003) *"Cómo olvidar" -

(2004) *"Sin palabras de relleno" -

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(2007) *"No vale la pena" -

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(2008) *"Cuánto te amé" -

(2008) *"Gitana" -

(2008) *"Crees que me engañas" -

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(2008) *"Hay milagros" -

(2008) *"Ojo por ojo" -

(2009) *"Al Ándalus" -

(2009) *"Antes o después" -

(2009) *"Latin Love" -

(2009) *"Ahora tú" -

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(2010) *"Solo por amor" - Camila (2012) *"Bailar" - Lorena Gómez (2013) *"La noche de los dos" -

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(2013) *"Madre Tierra (Oye)" -

(2014) *"

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" -

(2014) *"Corazón" -

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*"Ladies' Night" - Sweet California (2016) *"Ando buscando" -

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ft Piso 21 (2016) *"No creo en el amor" - Danny Romero ft Sanco ft

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(2016) *"Todo no es casualidad" -

India Martínez Jenifer Yésica Martínez Fernández (Córdoba, Spain, October 13, 1985), known professionally as India Martínez, is a Spanish flamenco and pop singer. Her artistic name was made out by the first manager she had at the age of 17, when she signe ...

(2016) *"Together" - Yall ft Mandy Diaz *" Do It for Your Lover" - Manel Navarro (2017) *"Tiemblo" - Carlos Ares (2017) *"Casi humanos" - Dvicio (2017) *" Me enamoré" -

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(2017) *"Pasajeros" - Merche (2017) *"Vamo' a la calle" -

(2017) *"Acércate" -

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ft Danny Romero (2017) *"Qué bonito" - Soraya (2018) *"Mi cama" -

Karol G Carolina Giraldo Navarro (born 14 February 1991), known professionally as Karol G (stylized in all caps), is a Colombian singer and songwriter. She is predominantly described as a reggaeton and Latin trap artist, but has experimented with a va ...

(2018) *"

Él no soy yo is a song by Spanish singer Blas Cantó. It was released as a digital download and for streaming on 9 March 2018, as the third single from Cantó's debut studio album '' Complicado''. The song was written by Antonio Rayo Antonio Rayo (born J ...

" - Blas Cantó (2018)

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