Christian Daniel (born March 20, 1984) is a Puerto Rican singer-songwriter and actor.
Early life
Daniel was born in 1984 in
Santurce,
San Juan San Juan, Spanish for Saint John, may refer to:
Places Argentina
* San Juan Province, Argentina
* San Juan, Argentina, the capital of that province
* San Juan, Salta, a village in Iruya, Salta Province
* San Juan (Buenos Aires Underground), ...
,
Puerto Rico, to a Puerto Rican mother and a Cuban father from
Pinar del Río,
Cuba.
Career
Daniel is a singer-songwriter.
At the age of 17, Daniel recorded his first demo with vocal coach Socky Torres. He sent demos to several recording companies until
Emilio Estefan invited him to
Miami to record his début album, ''Christian Daniel'' (2007). He was the first artist signed to the record label
Bad Boy Latino. Several of his songs have charted on various
Billboard charts.
As of 2015, he has released three studio albums.
In addition to music, Daniel has also acted in
Telemundo telenovelas
Telemundo is an American television network owned by NBCUniversal and the first telenovela was created in 1988. Through the years Telemundo has been associated with several foreign chains such as Caracol Televisión some of their telenovelas h ...
including ''
El fantasma de Elena'' and ''
Santa Diabla''.
Personal life
Daniel moved from Puerto Rico to Miami circa 2007.
Awards
Daniel was a finalist in the
2016 Latin Billboard Music Awards
The 23rd annual ''Billboard'' Latin Music Awards which honor the most popular albums, songs, and performers in Latin music took place in Miami.
Artist of the Year
* Enrique Iglesias
* Juan Gabriel
* Romeo Santos—WINNER
* Nicky Jam
Artist of ...
for Solo Latin Pop Songs Artist of the Year and Latin Pop Song of the Year for his song "Ahora Que Te Vas." In 2017, he was nominated for the category Best Latin Artist by
IHeartRadio Music Awards.
Discography
Albums
* ''Christian Daniel'' (2007)
* ''Todo lo Que Ten