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Arpa Awards
The Arpa Awards, established in 2002 by the National Academy of Music and Christian Arts, are a ceremony of musical recognition of the work of contemporary Christian music artists, mainly of the Spanish language. The awards are presented each year during an official ceremony in Mexico. Winners receive an Arpa Award, one decides harp shape, a prize forged in bronze, with a weight of 2 kilograms and a height of 33 centimeters in the shape of a harp and a musical note. History The National Academy of Music and Christian Arts (ANMAC) established the Arpa Awards in 2002 for Mexico. In 2003, the ANMAC held the first ceremony in its history in World Trade Center Mexico City. On October 23, 2009, the Arpa Awards celebrate a seventh edition at the National Auditorium of Mexico. On May 21, 2011, the Arpa Awards moved for the first time outside of Mexico and were held at the MACC Center in Miami, United States. The Arpa Awards recognize artistic or technical merit, not sales or popularit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Contemporary Christian Music
Contemporary Christian music, also known as CCM, Christian pop, and occasionally inspirational music is a genre of modern popular music, and an aspect of Christian media, which is lyrically focused on matters related to the Christianity, Christian faith and stylistically rooted in Christian music. It was formed by those affected by the 1960s Jesus movement revival who began to express themselves in other styles of popular music, beyond the church music of hymns, Gospel music, gospel and Southern gospel music that was prevalent in the church at the time. Initially referred to as Jesus music, today, the term is typically used to refer to pop music, pop, but also includes Christian rock, rock, Christian alternative rock, alternative rock, Christian hip hop, hip hop, Christian metal, metal, Contemporary worship music, contemporary worship, Christian punk, punk, Christian hardcore, hardcore punk, Latin Christian music, latin, Christian electronic dance music, EDM, urban contemporary go ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danilo Montero
Danilo Montero (born 1 November 1962) is a Costa Rican contemporary Christian music singer, author, and pastor, who currently serves as pastor of Lakewood Church's Spanish-speaking congregation. Biography Born on 1 November 1962, in San Jose, Costa Rica, he formed "Sígueme Internacional" in 1983 and began leading worship around the same time. A ministry as well as a musical production company, Sígueme organizes worship retreats internationally. He has recorded about 18 albums throughout his ministerial career that are part of the songs that are sung today in many Hispanic-speaking Protestant churches. He married Gloriana Diaz in April 2006. He converted to Christianity at the age of 14 when he was invited to the Great Campaign of Divine Healing annual meeting. Montero has replaced Marcos Witt as the pastor for the Spanish-speaking ministry of Joel Osteen's Lakewood Church- Houston, Texas. He has written several Christian books such as "El Abrazo del Padre" and "Generación ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Latin Music Awards
Latin (, or , ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally a dialect spoken in the lower Tiber area (then known as Latium) around present-day Rome, but through the power of the Roman Republic it became the dominant language in the Italian region and subsequently throughout the Roman Empire. Even after the fall of Western Rome, Latin remained the common language of international communication, science, scholarship and academia in Europe until well into the 18th century, when other regional vernaculars (including its own descendants, the Romance languages) supplanted it in common academic and political usage, and it eventually became a dead language in the modern linguistic definition. Latin is a highly inflected language, with three distinct genders (masculine, feminine, and neuter), six or seven noun cases (nominative, accusative, genitive, dative, ablative, and vocative), five declensions, four verb conjuga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Funky (artist)
Luis Raul Marrero (born January 23, 1974), also known by his stage name Funky, is a Puerto Rican rapper and songwriter. With seven solo albums and multiple jobs as a producer, Marrero is internationally recognized as a hip hop and reggaeton Christian artist. He has collaborated with Christian music musicians, including Marcos Witt, Jesus Adrian Romero, and KJ-52. Marrero has been nominated for two Latin Grammy awards. Funky has collaborated and produced for singers Vico C, Triple Seven, 7th Poet, Manny Montes, KJ-52, Contagious, Marcos Witt, Israel & New Breed, Travy Joe, Julissa, Ezequiel Colon, Rey Pirin & DJ Blass, Kike Pavón, Redimi2, Evan Craft, Musiko and Alex Zurdo. Background Marrero was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on January 23, 1974. He began to explore music at the age of 15 under the influence of Puerto Rican Vico C, with whom he would later work on two of his nine albums. He became a husband and father at age 16. In 1997, he met Vico C, with wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tercer Cielo
Tercer Cielo (in English ''Third Heaven'') is a contemporary Christian Latin pop music duo formed in 2000 by Dominicans Juan Carlos Rodriguez and Marcos Yaroide. The duo is currently composed of Rodriguez and his Mexican-American wife, Evelyn Herrera. Their biggest hits are "'' El uno para el otro''", "'' Yo te extrañaré''", "'' Mi último día''", "'' Creeré''", "''Tu amor no es de este mundo''", "''Demente''" and ''"No crezcas más"''. Their album '' Gente común, sueños extraordinarios'', reached number one on the Billboard Latin Pop Albums chart in September 2009 and obtain a RIAA's Gold Certification. Their albums have been well received in the Christian music genre in Latin America. They have sold more than 1,500,000 albums, which allowed them to travel to many Spanish-speaking countries to share an inspirational message using positive lyrics with a Biblical message and full of hope and life. Tercer Cielo sings not only Christian music but also includes love songs i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marco Barrientos
Marco Antonio Barrientos Zumpano, known as Marco Barrientos (born June 28, 1963) is an Evangelical Christian musician, pastor, author, teacher, and speaker known for combining practical biblical principles with the flow of prophetic songs. Barrientos has an extensive discography, and is best known for his productions "Sin Reservas", "Es Hora de Adorarle", "Transformados", and "Ilumina". He has been nominated for the Arpa Awards in many times and Latin Grammy Awards three times, for ''Best Christian Album'' for his productions "Viento + Fuego" in 2005, "Transformados" in 2011, and "Amanece" in 2015. Early life and education Barrientos was born in Mexico. He graduated from Christ for the Nations Bible Institute in 1985. Ministry Since his graduation, he has been in full-time ministry, beginning as associate pastor of "Amistad Cristiana" in Mexico City Mexico City ( es, link=no, Ciudad de México, ; abbr.: CDMX; Nahuatl: ''Altepetl Mexico'') is the capital city, capital and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Annette Moreno
Annette Moreno (born April 26, 1972) is an American singer and songwriter who performs in the Spanish language. Since her first solo album in 1995 she has released 15 albums, a singles collection and a live DVD. She was previously a member of Rojo and comes from a musical family. Moreno has toured around Latin America and Europe. Biography Annette Moreno was born on April 26, 1972, in San Diego, the daughter of Eliezer Moreno, songwriter and singer and a Mexican immigrant. The third in a family of twelve, music was central to her upbringing as her parents performed as Dueto Moreno. In the mid 1970s, they moved to Tucson, Arizona, where her father became a pastor.Biography of Lilian Moreno on musicacristianavip.net, (accessed February 15, 2015). Like her siblings, she began her singing career at a young age. Moreno began to dev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Calveti
Daniel Calveti (born November 29, 1977) is a Venezuelan Christian music singer. He was born in Caracas and eventually moved his family to Caguas, Puerto Rico. Calveti has seven productions of Christian music and two books. On three occasions it has been nominated for the Latin Grammy Awards as ''Best Christian Album'' in 2006, 2007, 2013 and 2018. He has won five AMCL prizes and three arpa awards. His album "En Paz", managed to position itself on Billboard charts, debuting at position 9 on the Latin Pop Albums chart. Biography Daniel Calveti is a contemporary Christian music (CCM) artist from Puerto Rico who is among the most popular Latin singers in the genre. Born in Caracas, Venezuela, on November 29, 1977, he moved with his family to Houston at age 12. He later moved to Puerto Rico at age 17 and attended a Christian college. In addition to his deep involvement in ministry, Calveti established himself as a music artist, not only as a live performer but also as a recording ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alex Campos
Édgar Alexánder Campos Mora, better known as Alex Campos, is a Colombian evangelical singer-songwriter. Campos has won three Latin Grammy Awards The Latin Grammy Awards are an award by The Latin Recording Academy to recognize outstanding achievement in the Latin music industry. The Latin Grammy honors works recorded in Spanish or Portuguese from anywhere around the world that has been ... for Best Christian Album in Spanish. He has recorded duets with Christian artists such as Marcos Witt, Jesus Adrian Romero, Marcela Gandara, Lilly Goodman, and Jorge Celedon, and the well known David Toledo. He has also produced for other Colombian artists including Fonseca (singer), Fonseca, Sara Borráez and Su Presencia. Biography Early life Campos, the eldest of four brothers, grew up in a dysfunctional family. At the age of twelve, he started attending the local Christian church. At the age of 14, he joined his first musical group, in which he played the recorder. Career C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spanish Language
Spanish ( or , Castilian) is a Romance language of the Indo-European language family that evolved from colloquial Latin spoken on the Iberian peninsula. Today, it is a global language with more than 500 million native speakers, mainly in the Americas and Spain. Spanish is the official language of 20 countries. It is the world's second-most spoken native language after Mandarin Chinese; the world's fourth-most spoken language overall after English, Mandarin Chinese, and Hindustani (Hindi-Urdu); and the world's most widely spoken Romance language. The largest population of native speakers is in Mexico. Spanish is part of the Ibero-Romance group of languages, which evolved from several dialects of Vulgar Latin in Iberia after the collapse of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century. The oldest Latin texts with traces of Spanish come from mid-northern Iberia in the 9th century, and the first systematic written use of the language happened in Toledo, a prominent c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rojo (band)
Rojo is a Christian rock band from Mexico. The band was formed in 2000 by bassist Emmanuel Espinosa, with their eponymous debut album released in 2001. Band history Since their youth in the early 1990s, Emmanuel Espinosa and Rubén González thought about starting their own band. By the end of the century, they recruited guitarist Oswaldo Burruel as they started to shape up a band. Finally, joined by Annette Moreno, the band Rojo was officially formed in 2000. Rojo debuted in Los Angeles, California during a Youth Congress led by Luis Enrique Espinosa, brother of Emmanuel. In 2001, they released their eponymous debut album and started touring through Latin America, United States, Spain, and Japan. During this time, lead singer Annette Moreno, decided to start a solo career and left the band. She was replaced with Emmanuel's wife, Linda. After almost two years of touring, the band released their second album, titled ''24/7'' in 2003, which featured songwriting collaborations ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcos Vidal
Marcos Vidal is a Christian music singer and songwriter. In 1997 he won the International Award GMA as the best ''non-English male vocalist''.EnlaceMusical (Spanish) , Wikimania, August 2006. Biography Although born in Germany, Vidal has lived most of his life in Spain. He speaks Spanish as his first language. In 1990, at the age of 18, Marcos Vidal released his first studio album, ''Buscadme y Viviréis''. In 1993 he released his second studio album, ''Nada Especial'' on the Nuevos Medios label that along with the success of his first album, drew the singer to North and South America. This international recognition allowed Vidal to begin working with Sparrow Records Sparrow Records is a Christian music record label and a division of Universal Music Group. History Sparrow Records was founded in 1976 by Billy Ray Hearn, then artists and repertoire (A&R) director at Myrrh Records. Purchased by Thorn EMI in ..., making Marcos Vidal the first Spanish Christian singer sign ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
