Roberto Alejandro Avellanet Negrón (born June 30, 1975), known professionally as Robert Avellanet or Roberto Avellanet, is a Puerto Rican

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who was a member of '' Menudo''. Avellanet's uncle is the famous Puerto Rican singer

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Biography

Avellanet was born in

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. He became a teen idol in

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and across Latin America after being hired by

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as a member of ''Menudo'' in 1988. He joined the group during the era popularly known as ''Menudos ''Rock era''. Avellanet's CD debut came when ''Menudo'' recorded ''

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'', title of an album that produced hits for the group. Then came ''

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'', which was released in

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as ''

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'', and ''

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''. Almost immediately after becoming a former ''Menudo'', Robert and ex-bandmate and friend Rawy Torres formed a group named ''

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'' during the early 1990s and recorded two albums. In 1994 Avellanet went to college in Puerto Rico to study Advertising. In 1996 tropical music producer and business executive,

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, signed Robert to record a Salsa album under the RMM label. The album Sentir (1999), produced by master Isidro Infante, had success in several Latin American countries, and in New York and Puerto Rico. The album was promoted by its lead single, " Miente", a cover of

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's song which became a top-ten hit on the ''Billboard''

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chart. In 2002 he moved to

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to write & produce his new album as a solo artist. He’s become a well known soap opera actor, as well, working for networks such as

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and Venevision Productions. Avellanet has also been in several theatrical plays. In 2003 Avellanet and his former ''Menudo'' bandmates (Sergio, Ruben, Angelo and Rawy) made a reunion tour, naming it after the ''Los Ultimos Heroes'' album and had success in some Latin American countries. In 2009 Avellanet co-produced an album titled ''JeT PriVado'', featuring songs such as Jet Privado, Laberinto, No Te Arrepientas and Miserable. ''JeT PriVado'' includes collaborations from producer and composer Frank Santofimio (

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, Servando & Florentino, Rogelio Martínez), producer/engineer Andres Saavedra (Reyli) and composer Juan Carlos Perez Soto. ''Jet Privado'' was released digitally around the globe on January 20, 2009 by the name RoBA and under the independent label Fabilous Entertainment. During 2015, Avellanet joined fellow former Menudo members Miguel Cancel,

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, Rene Farrait and

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in a tour, once again using the name Menudo. A new Avellanet album was made available during 2017, www.jamendo.com and named ''Heart and Soul'', which has the peculiarity of being legally free for personal use, while it can also be listened on Spotify and other services.

Discography

With Menudo

* ''Sombras y Figuras'' (1988) * ''Los ultimos Heroes'' (1989) * ''Os Ultimos Heroes'' (1990) * ''No Me Corten El Pelo'' (1990)

Solo

*'' Sentir'' (1999) *'' Jet Privado'' (2009) *'' Heart and Soul'' (2017)

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