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Los Premios 40 Principales 2011
This was the sixth edition of Los Premios 40 Principales, created by Los 40 Principales to honor the best in Spanish and international music. It was also the last to feature the national American categories, since Los Premios 40 Principales América would be created for 2012. Performers Awards Best Song *Juan Magan (featuring Pitbull and El Cata) — "Bailando Por Ahí" *Enrique Iglesias (featuring Ludacris and DJ Frank E) — "Tonight (I'm Lovin' You)" *La Musicalité — "4 Elementos" *Carlos Jean — "Lead the Way" *Malú — "Blanco y Negro" Best Video *Enrique Iglesias (featuring Ludacris and DJ Frank E) — "Tonight (I'm Lovin' You)" *Ragdog — "Tu y Yo" *Huecco — "Dame Vida" *Virginia Labuat — "The Time is Now" *Pignoise — "Cama Vacía" Best Album * Dani Martín — ''Pequeño'' *Melendi — ''Volvamos a Empezar'' *Maldita Nerea — ''Fácil'' *Pablo Alborán — ''Pablo Alborán'' *La Oreja de Van Gogh — ''Cometas por el cielo'' Best Act *Enrique Iglesias * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palacio De Deportes De La Comunidad De Madrid
Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid (English: ''Sports Palace of the Regional Community of Madrid''), officially WiZink Center since November 2016 for sponsorship reasons, is an indoor sporting arena located in Madrid, Spain. The former building, which was built in 1960, was destroyed by a fire in 2001. Architects Enrique Hermoso and Paloma Huidobro projected a ''High-Tech'' style new arena that was built at the same location between 2002 and 2005. The arena hosted two major international basketball events in the first decade of the 21st century - the knockout stage of EuroBasket 2007 and the EuroLeague's Final Four 2008. It also hosted the final stage of the Copa del Rey of basketball in 2006, 2009, 2011, 2019 and 2021. The arena was the finals venue for the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup and the Euroleague Final Four 2015. History Origins (1874–1960) Until the late 19th century, the area where the Sports Centre was an area of orchards on the perimeter of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohombi
Mohombi Nzasi Moupondo (born 17 October 1986) is a Congolese-Swedish musician, singer, composer and dancer. He grew up in Norsborg and Kista near Stockholm. Mohombi was RedOne's first signing to 2101 Records in joint venture with Universal Music Group. From 2000 to 2008, Mohombi was part of the Swedish hip hop group Avalon with his brother Djo Moupondo. Mohombi released his debut solo single "Bumpy Ride" in August 2010. The single became a worldwide hit, and charted in the top-ten in several countries, and was followed by his debut studio album ''MoveMeant'' in February 2011. Biography Early life Mohombi was born to a Swedish mother and a Congolese father. He has 14 siblings. Mohombi and his family left the war-torn Congo and emigrated to Stockholm, Sweden in 1999 when Mohombi was 13. When he turned 20 years old, Mohombi rented a room in Radio 1 UAE's Simon B's childhood house just to get to know him better. His parents regularly exposed him to varied musical influences fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maldita Nerea
Maldita Nerea (English: Darn Nerea) is a Spanish pop/rock band. History The group originated in Murcia. They started with small concerts in the city and then Salamanca, where Jorge moved to continue his studies of speech therapy. These concerts were successful and the band became popular. They attracted the attention of Universal Music and in October 2003, their debut album ''Cuarto creciente'' was released. In 2007, following the first album and their departure from Universal, Jorge Ruiz decided that the next release would be self-published. Called ''El secreto de las tortugas'', it was released on "Cuarto Creciente Producciones". In 2009 they released the album ''Es un secreto... No se lo digas a nadie'', which featured remastered versions of previously released songs. During 2010, the band had a hit with the song "Cosas que suenan a..." which reached number 1 on iTunes (in Spain) and was credited as iTunes Song of the Year. In 2011, they released their album ''Fácil'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melendi
Ramón Melendi Espina (born 21 January 1979), known as Melendi, is a Spanish singer-songwriter. His specialties are rock, flamenco, and rumba styles. Early life He was born in Oviedo, Asturias. He went to class with Formula One race car driver Fernando Alonso, to whom he dedicated the song "Magic Alonso". He also did racing for a while but he realized very quickly that he was not made for racing nor studying, but he was good at football. He played in the lower ranks of Astur CF, at the time a reserve team for Real Oviedo. Afterwards, he worked as a waiter in several bars and spent all night out, living experiences that would later go on to make up the lyrics of his songs. In 2001, he joined a group called "El bosque de Sherwood", and soon after recorded a demo with only three songs, "Sin noticias de Holanda", "El informe del forense", and "Vuelvo a traficar". Career 2003–2006: Career beginnings In February 2003, Melendi released his first solo disc called "Sin noticias ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dani Martín (singer)
Daniel Martín García (born 19 February 1977) is a Spanish singer. He was the vocalist of the Spanish pop punk band El Canto del Loco (ECDL). Biography He was born on 19 February 1977 in Alcobendas, a city in the province of Madrid. When he was a child, he used to imitate his favorite artists in the living room and started to dream about creating his own band. As he was not a really good student, he started to work with his father and, at the same time, he began to study at the Drama School William Layton. Later, Dani decided to attend prestigious Drama School Cristina Rota, where he got his first jobs as a stage actor. The first time he appeared on television was with Martes y 13 in a show prepared for New Year’s Eve. Then, he presented a program called ''Ponte las Pilas''. He has acted in several films, such as ''Sirenas'' by Fernando Leon de Aranoa, ''Sin vergüenza'' by Joaquín Oristrell, Auger Carlos Villaverde, Manuel Sanabria, and ''Yo soy la Juani'' by Bigas Lun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pignoise
Pignoise is a Spanish rock band comprising three members: Álvaro on guitar and vocals, Polo on drums, and Pablo on bass. Beginnings After Álvaro, a former soccer player for teams such as Getafe CF and Real Madrid, suffered a serious injury, he began to play guitar and compose songs during his rehabilitation period. He finally quit football and created a band called PIG NOISE. The group later used many of the songs he composed while in rehabilitation. Later Polo, another former soccer player for Real Zaragoza and other teams, joined the group. The last to join was Pablo, a student who had come from Asturias to Madrid to study theater. Their popularity increased sharply after appearing in a very well known Spanish show, Los hombres de Paco. During the elections in the Basque Autonomous Community the band played in a meeting created by the conservative Spanish political party Partido Popular. The band has been heavily criticized after that, but during an interview for 20minutos. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Huecco
Iván Sevillano Pérez (Plasencia, 1974), ''alias'' Huecco, is a Spanish singer. He grew up in Madrid (Aluche) and Leganés. He did Media Studies, was an ice skater and one of the members of the rock band Sugarless before becoming a celebrity thanks to his single ''Pa' mi guerrera'' in 2006. He made the videoclip ''Se acabaron las lágrimas'' with the support of the Minister for Equality. Huecco has an organization called Fundación Dame Vida that works to distribute Soccket footballs, which have generators inside them to produce electricity when kicked, to energy-impoverished areas. The royalties from the sales of his album ''Dame Vida'' will be donated to that cause. Discography With Sugarless * '' Asegúramelo'' (Mans Records, 1998) * '' Más Gas'' (Zero Records Zero Records was a record label founded in 1959 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. History In the late 1950’s, Don Grashey met Charlie Chuck Williams (Chuck) in Thunder Bay. The pair later moved to Vancouv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tonight (I'm Lovin' You)
"Tonight (I'm Fuckin' You)", censored as “Tonight (I'm Lovin' You)" or simply "Tonight" in altered versions, is a song by Spanish singer Enrique Iglesias. It features American rapper Ludacris and producer DJ Frank E. The song was released to US radio on 1 November 2010, as the album's second US single, and digitally on 22 November 2010. The altered version of the song was included on the French limited edition of ''Euphoria''. The official remix features American rapper Pitbull. "Tonight (I'm Lovin' You)" was a worldwide hit, peaking at number four on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, making it his highest-charting single on the chart since 2010's " I Like It". The song also reached the top ten in Australia, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom, among other major music markets. The single has sold over five million copies worldwide to date. Reception Critical reception Matthew Wilkening from AOL Radio Blog said that the song "aims directly for the dance floor with a galloping, clu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DJ Frank E
Justin Franks, known professionally as DJ Frank E, is an American DJ and record producer from Denver, Colorado. Frank E started working closely with Adelio Lombardi, founder of Side 3 Entertainment and owner of Side 3 Studios in Denver, while working his way up in the Denver club circuit as a DJ/remixer and as a member of the Radiobums DJ crew. He began focusing all of his free time on becoming a producer. In 2007, DJ Frank E submitted a track via PMP Worldwide, and was discovered by Mike Caren of Artist Publishing Group and Atlantic Records, who signed him in early 2008. Since 2008, Frank E has produced songs for Flo Rida, Pitbull, Enrique Iglesias, Justin Bieber, Jason Derulo, Lecrae, Charlie Puth, The Vamps, Lil Wayne, G-Eazy, Ed Sheeran, Madonna, Kanye West, Plies, The Black Eyed Peas, Chris Brown, Travie McCoy, Sean Kingston, Toni Braxton, B.o.B, Sevyn Streeter, Three 6 Mafia, Leona Lewis, The Lonely Island, Wiz Khalifa Cameron Jibril Thomaz (born September 8, 198 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ludacris
Christopher Brian Bridges (born September 11, 1977), known professionally as Ludacris (, homophonous with 'ludicrous' in American English), is an American rapper, actor, record producer and record executive. Born in Champaign, Illinois, Ludacris moved to Atlanta, Georgia, at age nine where he first began rapping. He formed his own record label, Disturbing tha Peace in the late 1990s, then signed with Def Jam South, after he went on to become one of the first Dirty South rappers to achieve mainstream success with countless album releases. For his music, Ludacris has won three Grammy Awards and an MTV Video Music Award. Starting out with a brief stint as a DJ, he independently released his first album '' Incognegro'' in 1999 to local success, but achieved national attention the following year when the album was repackaged and re-released as his major label debut, '' Back for the First Time''. It contained the hit singles " Southern Hospitality" (featuring Pharrell), which was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Cata
Edward E. Bello Pou, better known by his stage name El Cata, is a Dominican singer and songwriter, who emerged in the music scene in 1999, born and raised in Barahona, Dominican Republic. Early life Bello is the second son of Maria Luisa Pou Betances. He has four sisters. At age of five, he emigrated from the Dominican Republic to Puerto Rico and a year later from PR to Miami, Florida where he lived until he graduated from Miami Beach Senior High School. While at school, Bello spent most of his time in class writing and composing songs. He would walk down the hallways singing the songs that he would write during class. After high school, Bello moved with his family to New York, where he studied music at the Bronx Community College. While in New York he also worked at a furniture store, as well at the Medicare department for the state, and for HSBC and City bank. After living in the United States for over 20 years, he returned to the Dominican Republic to make music for the wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pitbull (entertainer)
Armando Christian Pérez (born January 15, 1981), known professionally by his stage name Pitbull, is an American rapper and businessman. He began his career in the early 2000s, recording reggaeton, Latin hip hop, and crunk music under a multitude of labels. In 2004, he released his debut album ''M.I.A.M.I.'' under TVT Records and the executive production of Lil Jon. Pitbull later released his second album, ''El Mariel'', in 2006 and his third, ''The Boatlift'', in 2007. His fourth album, '' Rebelution'' (2009), included his breakthrough hit single "I Know You Want Me (Calle Ocho)", which peaked at number two on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and number four on the UK Singles Chart. After rebranding himself as a pop artist, Pitbull's next English-language album, ''Planet Pit'' (2011), featured his first US number one single " Give Me Everything" (featuring Ne-Yo, Afrojack and Nayer). The single from his EP ''Meltdown'' (also included in a version of his album, ''Global Warming' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
