Rosabel is an American
house music
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duo consisting of
DJ/
producers
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Ralphi Rosario
Ralphi Rosario is an American house musician and founding member of the influential Chicago DJ group Hot Mix 5.
Biography
When Hot Mix 5 was formed in 1981 on radio station WBMX (now WVAZ), Rosario, the youngest member of the group, was still ...
from
Chicago
(''City in a Garden''); I Will
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Illinois
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and Abel Aguilera from
Miami
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,
Florida
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.
Already successful
club/dance artists individually, the duo has hit number one on the
Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart five times. Their first single was "La Puta" in 1995 which was also remixed into a
reggaeton
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mix on
DJ Nelson
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& DJ Goldy's ''Xtassy Reggae'', released on September 20, 2000. 2000's "Don't You Want My Love" featured vocalist
Debbie Jacobs-Rock. In 2001, Rosabel scored two top 10 club hits with "The Power" featuring
Jeanie Tracy
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which peaked at number one and a remix of
Jennifer Holliday
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's "
And I'm Telling You I'm Not Going" which peaked at number 6 on the
Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart. In 2002, they spent a week at number one with "That Sound". Rosabel's third number one hit came in 2004, shortly after the release of the single "Cha Cha Heels" featuring
Jeanie Tracy
Jeanie Tracy is an American singer-songwriter, actress, and record producer. She rose to fame in the late 1970s as a background singer of Sylvester, an American disco singer. Her first album, '' Me and You'' (1982), featured post-disco hits "I' ...
on lead vocals. Their fifth number one, "Rhythm Intoxication", came in 2006. "Cha Cha Heels" was later featured in the sixth season of ''
So You Think You Can Dance
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'' in a
cha-cha-cha
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Film and television
* ''Cha Cha Cha'' (film), a 2013 Italian crime film
* ''Cha Cha Cha'' ...
choreograph by
Jean-Marc Genereux
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, danced to by Jakob Karr and Ashleigh Di Lello. In September 2010, the duo released the single "C'Mon Get Funky" featuring Tamara Wallace, which peaked at number 2. They reteamed with Tamara in 2011 for "Let Me Be Myself" which peaked at number 7 in February 2012. They were nominated for a 2012 Grammy Award for their remix of
Rihanna
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's "
Only Girl in the World" in the Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical Category.
In 2016, Rosabel achieved their seventh ''
Billboard
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'' Dance number one single with "Livin' for Your Love (Your Love)" featuring the vocals of singer
Jeanie Tracy
Jeanie Tracy is an American singer-songwriter, actress, and record producer. She rose to fame in the late 1970s as a background singer of Sylvester, an American disco singer. Her first album, '' Me and You'' (1982), featured post-disco hits "I' ...
on
Carrillo Music
Carrillo Music is an American independent record label founded in 2008 by Rod Carrillo.
Carrillo Music hosts approximately 10 sub-labels, including Leyline Records run by Julissa Veloz, Carrillo Latin Groove, Amador's House run by Eddie Amador, ...
.
In 2019, the duo announced their first ever studio album named ''The Album''.
Rosabel's 14-track album features singers
Jeanie Tracy
Jeanie Tracy is an American singer-songwriter, actress, and record producer. She rose to fame in the late 1970s as a background singer of Sylvester, an American disco singer. Her first album, '' Me and You'' (1982), featured post-disco hits "I' ...
,
Terri Bjerre
Terri Bjerre, also known as Terri B!, is an American electronic dance musician.
Career
Terri B! aka Terri Bjerre began her career in the band 2 Eivissa, who reached #1 on the Spanish Top 100 with the classic Oh la la la, in 1997. Since 2013, th ...
and Tamara Wallace. The duo reunited with
Rod Carrillo
Rod Carrillo is a Panamaian electronic dance music record producer and the CEO of Carrillo Music. Originally hailing from the Republic of Panama, Carillo specializes in dance music with a Latin influence.
He founded Carrillo Music in 2007 and h ...
at
Carrillo Music
Carrillo Music is an American independent record label founded in 2008 by Rod Carrillo.
Carrillo Music hosts approximately 10 sub-labels, including Leyline Records run by Julissa Veloz, Carrillo Latin Groove, Amador's House run by Eddie Amador, ...
to oversee ''The Album'' and shortly after, Rosabel announced a tour in support for their new music.
Upon its release, ''The Album'' charted in the top 10 of the ''
Billboard
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'' Dance/Electronic Sales chart.
Discography
Albums
*''The Album'' (2019)
Singles
See also
*
List of number-one dance hits (United States)
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*
List of artists who reached number one on the US Dance chart
This is a list of recording artists who have reached number one on ''Billboard magazine's'' Dance Club Songs chart. ''Billboard'' began ranking dance music on the week ending October 26, 1974, and this is the standard music popularity chart in t ...
References
External links
Rosabel's Myspace
American house music groups
American dance music groups
American electronic music duos
DJ duos
Electronic dance music duos
Remixers
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