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Los Premios MTV Latinoamérica 2006
The annual Premios MTV Latinoamérica 2006 took place on October 19, 2006 in Mexico City at Palacio de los Deportes for the first time. They were the first MTV awards celebrated in Latin America and the ceremony returned in style after last year's awards were cancelled due to Hurricane Wilma approaching to the Riviera Maya and all of the presenters for the 2006 ceremony apologized to viewers during the broadcast for such. Nominations Winners in bold. Artist of the Year * Belanova * Daddy Yankee * Gustavo Cerati * Julieta Venegas * La Oreja de Van Gogh Video of the Year * Calle 13 — " Atrévete-te-te" * Gustavo Cerati — " Crimen" * Julieta Venegas — " Me Voy" * Maná — "Labios Compartidos" * Miranda! — "El Profe" Song of the Year * James Blunt — "You're Beautiful" * Julieta Venegas — " Me Voy" * Madonna — "Hung Up" * Maná — "Labios Compartidos" * Shakira — "Hips Don't Lie (featuring Wyclef Jean)" Best Solo Artist * Daddy Yankee * Diego Torres * Gustavo C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palacio De Los Deportes
() is an indoor arena located in Mexico City, Mexico. It is within the Magdalena Mixhuca Sports City complex, near the Mexico City International Airport and in front of the Foro Sol, in which sports and artistic events are also celebrated. It is operated by Grupo CIE. The palace is named after Mexican military official Juan Escutia, although it is rarely referred to in its full name. The stadium was constructed for the 1968 Summer Olympics and opened in 1968. The arena currently has 17,800 seats and can be expanded for more for non-sports events. Construction The was constructed specifically for the Olympic basketball competition. However, the was designed for a wide variety of programming: boxing, wrestling, weightlifting, fencing, etc., as well as for exhibitions, and tournaments that require more space, such as volleyball, basketball, ice hockey, cycling, athletic meets, equestrian shows, dances, circuses, conventions and expositions. There is also a smaller pavilion ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robbie Williams
Robert Peter Williams (born 13 February 1974) is an English singer and songwriter. He found fame as a member of the pop group Take That from 1990 to 1995, and achieved commercial success after launching a solo career in 1996. His debut studio album, ''Life thru a Lens'', was released in 1997, and included his signature song, "Angels". His second album, ''I've Been Expecting You'', featured the songs "Millennium" and " She's the One", his first number one singles. His discography includes seven UK No. 1 singles, and all but one of his 14 studio albums have reached No. 1 in the UK. Six of his albums are among the top 100 biggest-selling albums in the UK, with two of them in the top 60, and he gained a Guinness World Record in 2006 for selling 1.6 million tickets in a single day during his Close Encounters Tour. Williams has received a record 18 Brit Awards, winning Best British Male Artist four times, Outstanding Contribution to Music twice, an Icon Award for his lasting ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Blunt
James Blunt (born James Hillier Blount; 22 February 1974) is an English singer, songwriter and musician. A former reconnaissance officer in the Life Guards regiment of the British Army, he served under NATO during the 1999 Kosovo War. After leaving the military, he rose to fame in 2004 with the release of his debut album '' Back to Bedlam'', achieving worldwide fame with the singles "You're Beautiful" and "Goodbye My Lover". Blunt's first album has sold over 11 million copies worldwide, topping the UK Albums Chart and peaking at number two in the US. "You're Beautiful" was number one in the UK, the US and a dozen other countries. ''Back to Bedlam'' was the best-selling album of the 2000s in the UK, and is one of the best-selling albums in UK chart history. By 2013, Blunt had sold over 20 million albums worldwide. He has received several awards, including two Brit Awards—winning Best British Male in 2006—two MTV Video Music Awards, and two Ivor Novello Awards, as well as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Labios Compartidos
"Labios Compartidos" (English: "Shared Lips") is the first single released from Maná's seventh studio album, ''Amar es Combatir'' (2006). It became one of the band's most recognized songs, topping the ''Billboard'' Hot Latin Tracks chart for eight consecutive weeks. Song information The song deals with the theme of falling in love with someone else's lover; that's where the title of the song comes from (literally "Shared Lips"). The music video for the song also has this concept. Chart success "Labios Compartidos" became a major hit in dozens of countries, topping the Spanish charts for three weeks. The song has also enjoyed some moderate success in the United States. It debuted at number one on the ''Billboard'' Hot Latin Tracks chart and on the Latin Pop Tracks chart. "Labios Compartidos" stayed on the top of the Hot Latin Tracks chart for nine weeks, becoming the band's first number one on that chart since "Mariposa Traicionera" (2003). The song was also able to perform a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Me Voy (Julieta Venegas Song)
"Me Voy" ( en, "I'm Leaving") is a song by Mexican singer Julieta Venegas and is the first single from her fourth studio album, ''Limón y Sal'' (2006). Thus far, it is Venegas' most successful song. It was released in Mexico on March 28, 2006, in Europe in 2007 and appeared in the top positions in Italy and Switzerland. The song was nominated for the Latin Grammy Awards of 2006 in Record of the Year and the video, directed by Picky Tallarico, for Best Short Form Music Video. Song information Written by Julieta Venegas and produced by Cachorro López, "Me Voy" is a Ranchera/Pop farewell song between two lovers. It is in the key of D major and 6/8 time. Chart performance The song reached the top of the US Billboard Latin Pop Airplay, also appears in the Hot Latin Tracks on #9. In Mexico the song spent place for twelve consecutive weeks on number-one, is certified as a gold record for sales in Mexico high as ringtone. On February 18, 2007, the song reached number 12 position in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crimen (song)
"Crimen" ( Spanish for ''Crime'') is a song written and recorded by Argentine rock musician Gustavo Cerati. It is one of the most popular songs from his solo career and it's recognized as one of his signature songs. It was released as the twelfth track of the album Ahí vamos ( Spanish for ''There we go''), in 2006. The song won the Latin Grammy in 2007 and the MTV Awards in 2006 for ''Best Rock Song'' among other awards ('' See "Crimen" Awards''). Lyric "Crimen" has been considered one of the great Argentine rock ballads, along with songs such as Almendra's Muchacha (Ojos de papel). Music "Crimen" is a slow-paced rock ballad. It begins with a piano, which was unprecedented in Cerati's career. Ironically, this ballad is a large part of what made the largely rock-oriented ''Ahí vamos'' so successful. Music video The music video was directed by Joaquín Cambre, who also made the video for "Adiós". The video is set in the late 1940s, and Cerati opens saying: "Lately days and n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atrévete-te-te
"Atrévete-te-te" ( en, "Dare Yourself-self-self") is a Grammy-nominated song by Puerto Rican urban duo Calle 13 from their eponymous debut album '' Calle 13'', released in February 2006, by White Lion Records. It is one of the duo's best known songs. It was a hit single in many Latin American countries. The video for this single won the Latin Grammy Award for Best Short Form Music Video at the Latin Grammy Awards of 2006. This song is featured in the soundtrack of ''Grand Theft Auto IV''. The song was later named the second best single of the decade by Latin music website Club Fonograma. Song information "Atrévete-te-te" is based on a Colombian cumbia beat and a clarinet riff also typical of traditional music from Colombia's coast. It was especially popular in that country. The lyrics found in the song contain Spanglish words such as ''"estárter"'' and anglicisms such as ''lighter'' and ''wiper'' are used to create rhymes, a reflection of the use of English on the island d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Oreja De Van Gogh
La Oreja de Van Gogh (; English: "Vincent van Gogh, Van Gogh's Ear") is a Spanish Pop music, pop band from San Sebastián, Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain. The band's lyrics and compositions are written primarily by Xabi San Martín, and additionally by Pablo Benegas and Amaia Montero (who remained in the group until her departure in 2007). The lyrical themes of their songs typically include love, friendship and relationships. Since their debut, they have sold more than 8 million albums worldwide. In November 2007, lead singer Amaia Montero announced that she would be leaving the group to begin a solo career. Her replacement, Leire Martínez, was announced in July 2008; the first single featuring the new singer, "El Último Vals" (The Last Waltz), was released at the same time. The album from which the single was taken, ''A las cinco en el Astoria'', followed in September 2008. Leire was discovered on the Spanish reality show ''Factor X (Spain), Factor X''. History Fronted by A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gustavo Cerati
Gustavo Adrián Cerati (11 August 1959 – 4 September 2014) was an Argentine singer-songwriter, composer and producer, considered one of the most important and influential figures of Ibero-American rock. Cerati along with his band Soda Stereo, were one of the most popular and influential rock and pop groups of the 1980s and 1990s. Cerati was the recipient of many awards throughout his career including various Grammys, MTV awards, as well as the MTV (Latin America) Legend Award with Soda Stereo, the first of its kind. On 15 May 2010, Cerati suffered a massive brain stroke in Caracas following a concert; the stroke left him in a coma, and four years later, on 4 September 2014, Cerati died of cardiac arrest in Buenos Aires aged 55. He and his band had intended to go to a show-after-party at the rock club Moulin Rouge, located on Francisco Solano López Avenue in the Sabana Grande area of Caracas but his symptoms started developing backstage, right after his last performance conc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riviera Maya
The Riviera Maya () is a tourism and resort district south of Cancun, Mexico. It straddles the coastal Federal Highway 307, along the Caribbean coastline of the state of Quintana Roo, located in the eastern portion of the Yucatán Peninsula. Historically, this district started at the city of Playa del Carmen and ended at the village of Tulum, although the towns of Puerto Morelos, situated to the north of Playa del Carmen, as well as the town of Felipe Carrillo Puerto, situated to the south of Tulum, are both currently being promoted as part of the Riviera Maya tourist corridor. The Riviera Maya was originally called the "Cancun–Tulum corridor", but in 1999 it was renamed as the Riviera Maya with the aid of Miguel Ramón Martín Azueta. At the time, he was the municipal president of Solidaridad, Quintana Roo. The Riviera Maya includes the municipalities of Solidaridad in the north and Tulum in the south, and extends approximately inland, to the border with the state of Yucat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hurricane Wilma
Hurricane Wilma was an extremely intense and destructive Atlantic hurricane which was the most intense storm of its kind and the second-most intense tropical cyclone recorded in the Western Hemisphere, after Hurricane Patricia in 2015. Part of the record-breaking 2005 Atlantic hurricane season, which included three of the ten most intense Atlantic hurricanes in terms of barometric pressure (along with #4 Rita and #7 Katrina), Wilma was the twenty-second storm, thirteenth hurricane, sixth major hurricane, fourth Category 5 hurricane, and the second-most destructive hurricane of the 2005 season. Its origins came from a tropical depression that formed in the Caribbean Sea near Jamaica on October 15, headed westward, and intensified into a tropical storm two days later, which abruptly turned southward and was named ''Wilma''. Wilma continued to strengthen, and eventually became a hurricane on October 18. Shortly thereafter, explosive intensification occurred, and in only 24 hou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Los Premios MTV Latinoamérica
Premios MTV Latinoamérica (previously known as MTV Video Music Awards Latinoamérica or VMALA's) was the Latin American version of the Video Music Awards. They were established in 2002 to celebrate the top music videos of the year in Latin America and the world. They are presented annually and broadcast live on MTV Networks Latin America. Until 2004, all the VMALAs were held in Miami. The 2005 edition was the first one planned to be held outside the United States, but the show was cancelled ( see below). The 2006 VMALAs (Premios MTV Latinoamérica) were held in Mexico City, and therefore were the first ones to actually be celebrated in Latin America. In 2010 the awards were permanently cancelled. The statues given to winners of the award are called "''Lenguas''" because the statue is of a tongue. This is because, according to MTV, ''"the tongue'' (Spanish language) ''is what brings all Latin America together as a whole".'' History Created in 2002, the VMALAs were held in the Jac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
