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A Pedir Su Mano
A Pedir Su Mano (English: Ask her hand) is a song by Dominican Republic singer-songwriter Juan Luis Guerra released as the fourth single for his album '' Bachata Rosa'' (1990). It was released in 1990 by Karem Records and in 1992 on Europe by Ariola. The track is a merengue version of the song “Dede Priscilla,” by Lea Lignazi from the Central African Republic. The track combined music elements of Afropop and zouk with merengue. The music video shows people in traditional African dress dancing in sugarcane fields with a cartoon of a red train traversing the landscape. The song receive positive reviews by the critics and won Video of the Year at the 1991 Lo Nuestro Awards and was nominated for International Viewer's Choice: MTV Internacional. It is widely considered one of Guerra's most popular and signature songs and was included on Guerra's greatest hits album ''Grandes Éxitos Juan Luis Guerra y 440 ''Grandes Éxitos de Juan Luis Guerra y 440'' or simply ''Grandes Éxitos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juan Luis Guerra
Juan Luis Guerra Seijas (born June 7, 1957) is a Dominican musician, singer, composer, and record producer. He has sold 30 million records worldwide, making him one of the best-selling Latin music artists. Throughout his career, he has won numerous awards including 23 Latin Grammy Awards, three Grammy Awards, and one Latin Billboard Music Award. Guerra won 3 Latin Grammy Awards in 2010, including Album of the Year. In 2012, he won the Latin Grammy Award for Producer of the Year. Guerra is one of the most internationally recognized Latin artists of recent decades. His popular style of merengue and Latin fusion has garnered him considerable success throughout Latin America. He is also credited for popularizing bachata music on a global level and is often associated with the genre, although his distinct style of bachata features a more traditional bolero rhythm and aesthetic mixed with bossa-nova influenced melodies and harmony in some of his songs. He does not limit him ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bachata Rosa
''Bachata Rosa'' (English: ''Rose Bachata'') is the fifth studio album by Dominican singer-songwriter Juan Luis Guerra and his group 4.40. It was released on 11 December 1990, by Karen Records. It brought bachata music into the mainstream in the Dominican Republic and gave the genre an international audience. A Portuguese version of the record was released in 1992 under the title ''Romance Rosa''; it was certified gold in Brazil. The album received a Grammy Award for Best Tropical Latin Album and two Lo Nuestro Awards for Tropical Album of the Year and Tropical Group of the Year. Seven singles were released from the record, four of which became top-ten hits on the ''Billboard'' Hot Latin Songs chart. The album debuted at number one on the ''Billboard'' Tropical Albums. It remained the top-selling album on the chart for 24 weeks and was certified platinum (Latin field) in the United States by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). In Spain, the album spent eig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Merengue Music
Merengue is a type of music and dance originating in the Dominican Republic, which has become a very popular genre throughout Latin America, and also in several major cities in the United States with Latino communities. Merengue was inscribed on November 30, 2016 in the representative list of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity of UNESCO. Merengue was developed in the middle of the 1800s, originally played with European stringed instruments ( bandurria and guitar). Years later, the stringed instruments were replaced by the accordion, thus conforming, together with the güira and the tambora, the instrumental structure of the typical merengue ensemble. This set, with its three instruments, represents the synthesis of the three cultures that made up the idiosyncrasy of Dominican culture. The European influence is represented by the accordion, the African by the Tambora, which is a two-head drum, and the Taino or aboriginal by the güira. The genre was later promoted ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burbujas De Amor
"Burbujas de Amor" ("Love Bubbles") is a song by Dominican singer-songwriter Juan Luis Guerra, released as the third single of his album '' Bachata Rosa'' (1990). It is widely considered one of Guerra's most popular songs. The song was a commercial success and became an international hit in Europe and Latin America. It peaked at number 2 on the Hot Latin Songs chart. The track received universal acclaim from critics and was praised for its sophisticated lyrics and elegance. The song was marketed as a bachata; however, it's musical form is actually bolero. In 1990, ''Burbujas de Amor'' was rated 8th of the Top Hot Latin Tracks in the United States by ''Billboard'' magazine. It was named Song of the Year of 1990 by ''Billboard's'' Latin music critics. The song won Tropical/Salsa Song of the Year at Premios Lo Nuestro 1991. In 2015, it was placed 8th on ''Billboard's'' Top 50 Best Latin Songs of All Time. It was listed at number 21 on ''Rolling Stone's Rolling is a type of moti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Estrellitas Y Duendes
Estrellitas y Duendes (English: Little Stars and Goblins) is a song by Dominican Republic singer-songwriter Juan Luis Guerra released as the fifth single for his album '' Bachata Rosa'' (1990). It was released in 1991 by Karem Records. The track is a Bachata with elements of Bolero. It reached the top-ten on the US ''Billboard'' Hot Latin Songs The ''Billboard'' Hot Latin Songs (formerly Hot Latin Tracks and Hot Latin 50) is a record chart in the United States for Latin songs, published weekly by ''Billboard'' magazine. Since October 2012, chart rankings are based on digital sales, rad ... and his native Dominican Republic. A live version of the track was later included on Coleccion Romantica (2001). Tracklist * Colombia 7", 45 RPM Single *# Estrellitas y Duendes – 4:28 *# A Pedir Su Mano – 4:51 Charts References {{Juan Luis Guerra 1991 songs Juan Luis Guerra songs Songs written by Juan Luis Guerra 1991 singles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lo Nuestro Award For Video Of The Year
The Lo Nuestro Award for Video of the Year is an honor presented annually by American television network Univision at the Lo Nuestro Awards. The accolade was established to recognize the most talented performers of Latin music. The nominees and winners were originally selected by a voting poll conducted among program directors of Spanish-language radio stations in the United States and also based on chart performance on ''Billboard'' Latin music charts, with the results being tabulated and certified by the accounting firm Deloitte. However, since 2004, the winners are selected through an online survey. The trophy awarded is shaped in the form of a treble clef. The award was first presented to "A Pedir Su Mano" by Dominican singer Juan Luis Guerra in 1991. Puerto-Rican American singer Ricky Martin and Spanish artist Enrique Iglesias are the most awarded performers, with four victories for Martin, for "Te Extraño, Te Olvido, Te Amo", "Bella", "She Bangs" and "La Mordidita" and Iglesi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MTV Internacional
MTV (Originally an initialism of Music Television) is an American cable channel that launched on August 1, 1981. Based in New York City, it serves as the flagship property of the MTV Entertainment Group, part of Paramount Media Networks, a division of Paramount Global. The channel originally aired music videos and related programming as guided by television personalities known as VJ (media personality), video jockeys, or VJs. In the years since its inception, it significantly toned down its focus on music in favor of original reality programming for teenagers and young adults. Since early 2020, MTV has devoted most of its programming schedule to a single program, ''Ridiculousness (TV series), Ridiculousness'', which in June 2020 aired "for 113 hours out of the network’s entire 168-hour lineup". MTV has spawned numerous List of MTV channels, sister channels in the United States and affiliated channels internationally, some of which have since gone independent. Approximately ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
