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Rafi Mercenario
Rafy Mercenario is a Puerto Rican reggaeton producer. He has produced hits for several artists including Daddy Yankee, Don Omar and Ivy Queen. He has released compilation albums, including a collaboration with fellow producer DJ Nelson, ''The Kings of the Remix'' (2006), which debuted at number fourteen on the ''Billboard'' Latin Rhythm Albums chart. Musical career In 2005, Mercenario produced the four new studio tracks on Puerto Rican singer Ivy Queen's fifth studio/compilation release '' Flashback''. At this time, he had become "the most highly requested producer in reggaetón". The tracks included the lead single " Cuentale" and the second single " Libertad", which peaked at number three and thirteen, respectively on the ''Billboard'' Latin Songs chart. Discography Adapted from Allmusic: Compilation albums * 2003: ''Kakoteo Mix'' (with DJ Nelson) * 2005: ''Digital Reggaeton Pistas'' * 2005: ''Reggaeton Beats, Vol. 1'' * 2006: ''No Mercy'' * 2006: ''The Kings of the Remix' ...
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Reggaeton
Reggaeton (, ), also known as reggaetón and reguetón (), is a music style that originated in Panama during the late 1980s. It was later popularized in Puerto Rico. It has evolved from dancehall and has been influenced by American Hip hop music, hip hop, Latin American music, Latin American, and Caribbean music. Vocals include rapping and singing, typically in Spanish. Reggaeton is regarded as one of the most popular music genres in the Caribbean Spanish, Spanish-speaking Caribbean, including Puerto Rico, Panama, Dominican Republic, Cuba, Colombia, and Venezuela. Over the 2010s, the genre has seen increased popularity across Latin America, as well as acceptance within Pop music, mainstream Western music. Etymology The word ''reggaeton'' (formed from the word ''reggae'' plus the augmentative suffix ) was first used in 1988 when El General's representative Michael Ellis gave it that name to describe it as "''reggae grande''" (big reggae). The spellings ''reggaeton'' and ''r ...
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Prometheus Global Media
Prometheus Global Media was a New York City-based B2B media company. The company was formed in December 2009, when Nielsen Company sold its entertainment and media division to a private equity-backed group led by Pluribus Capital Management and Guggenheim Partners. Guggenheim acquired Pluribus's stake in the company in January 2013, giving it full ownership under the division of Guggenheim Digital Media. The company owned and operated a number of major entertainment industry trade publications and their associated digital properties, including ''Adweek'', '' Backstage'', '' Billboard'', ''Film Journal International'', and ''The Hollywood Reporter''. On December 17, 2015, it was announced that Guggenheim would spin out its media properties to a group led by former executive Todd Boehly, known as Eldridge Industries. History Founding On December 10, 2009, the Nielsen Company announced that it would sell its Business Media division, which included brands such as ''Adweek'', ' ...
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Vida Escante
''Vida escante'' is the first studio album by American reggaeton singer Nicky Jam. It was released in 2004 on Pina Records Pina Records is a Puerto Rican record label founded by Rafael Antonio Pina Nieves in 1996. It is the most famous and successful record label in the reggaeton music industry due to its long background history and artists. Currently, Pina Records m .... The album contains the hit songs "I'm not your Husband", "Chambonea", Me Estoy Muriendo, ( R.K.M & Ken-Y) and "Va Pasando el Tiempo". It sold 2 million copies. ''Vida escante: Special Edition'' is a re-edition of the album, released on July 19, 2005. Track listing ''Vida escante'' ''Vida escante: Special Edition'' Disc one # "I'm Not Your Husband / Tu Marido" # "Nos Fuimos" # "Vive Contigo" # "Sacando Chispas" # "Pasado" # "Chambonea" # "Siguen Haciendo Ruido" # "Adicto" # "Va Pasando El Tiempo" # "Como Tú Me Pisas" # "Ya No Me Llamas" # "Fiel a Tu Piel" # "Me Estoy Muriendo" # "Siguen Haciendo ...
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Eddie Dee
Eddie Alexander Ávila Ortiz (born April 26, 1977), originally known by his stage name Eddie Dee, is a Puerto Rican hip hop recording artist, lyricist and dancer. He began his career in 1990 and launched his debut studio album three years later. He became one of the more popular Urban artists from Puerto Rico after appearing on DJ Adam's Mad Jam vol. 2 in 1997.It featured the hit single "Señor Official". His following releases ''El Terrorista de la Lírica'' (2000) and ''Biografía'' (2001), too enjoyed underground success. The 2004 album '' 12 Discípulos'' is regarded as "the greatest reggaetón various artist album of all time". The album features songs by some of the most successful reggaetón artist, including the intro of the album, where they all come together as one to show that "unity is needed for the genre reggaetón to survive and evolve". It was a collaboration between eleven other artist including Daddy Yankee, Tego Calderon, Ivy Queen, and Vico C among others, who ...
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12 Discípulos
''12 Discípulos'' (''English: 12 Disciples'') is the fifth studio album by Puerto Rican recording artist Eddie Dee. It was released on January 29, 2004, and independently distributed by Diamond Music. ''12 Discípulos'' features eleven other reggaeton musicians, who were among the most requested in the genre at the time. These include Daddy Yankee, along with Ivy Queen, Tego Calderón, Voltio, Vico C, Zion & Lennox, Nicky Jam, Johnny Prez, Gallego, and Wiso G. The album features production collaborations with several Puerto Rican music producers including DJ Adam, DJ David, DJ Urba & Monserrate, Ecko, Gran Omar, Luny Tunes, Mr. G, The Majestic, Noriega, Rafi Mercenario and Santana. Recording and production occurred in Dee's home studio in Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico, during much of late 2003. The album spawned four singles, the lead which included all twelve of the featured performers. It was followed by "Punto y Aparte", "Si No Cuidas Tu Mujer" and "Taladro". On the ''Billboard ...
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Diva (Ivy Queen Album)
''Diva'' is the third studio album by Puerto Rican reggaetón recording artist Ivy Queen. It was released on August 23, 2003 and independently distributed by Real Music Group after being dropped from Sony Discos. The recording followed her two previous studio albums which were commercially unsuccessful and a hiatus from her musical career beginning in 1999. It featured collaborations with Latin hip hop artists including Mexicano 777, Bimbo and K-7 while the album's production was handled by a variety of musical producers; Luny Tunes, DJ Nelson, Noriega, and Iván Joy were enlisted, while DJ Adam produced a majority of the tracks. Lyrically, the album explored female empowerment, infidelity, heartbreak and love with "a veritable compendium of her artistic passion, femininity, and culture". The musical styles of the recording alternate between reggaetón and hip-hop while Queen experiments with R&B, dancehall, and pop balladry. ''Diva'' spawned a total of seven singles: " Quier ...
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Lito & Polaco
Lito & Polaco were a Puerto Rican hip hop duo from Carolina, Puerto Rico. Musical careers Lito y Polaco were discovered in the early 1990s by Spanish Hip Hop and Reggaeton pioneer DJ Eric Industry. They formed part of the hip hop/reggaeton group "La Industria" alongside MC Ceja, Jackie, TNT, Prieto Valdez and others. In 1998 Lito y Polaco became increasingly frustrated with their lack of pay and focus from DJ Eric being part of La Industria ( MC Ceja and Big Boy were DJ Eric's prime artists at the time), thus they decided to leave and form their famous duo, eventually signing with Pina Records in 1999. There was much hype surrounding Lito y Polaco's signing with the Pina Records record label especially because of the company's top star Don Chezina bringing a high-profile to the imprint. Immediately, the duo made a huge impact in the underground scene of Spanish Hip Hop and Reggaeton with hit singles such as "Jenga Jenga", "In The Deadline", "Sucesos", "Maniatica Sexual" and "M ...
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Fuera De Serie
Fuera de Serie is the 2004 third album by reggaeton duo Lito & Polaco. It peaked at #2 on Billboard's Latin Tropical Album chart Billboard Latin Tropical Albums
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Track listing

# "Intro" # "Tú Me Guayaste" (Polaco featuring Nicky Jam) # "Ojos de Diabla" (featuring Divino) # "Andamos Prestao" (Polaco) # "La Calle Está Difícil" # "Sicario de Barrio" ( featuring
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Rovi Corporation
TiVo Corporation, formerly known as the Rovi Corporation and Macrovision Solutions Corporation, was an American technology company. Headquartered in San Jose, California, the company is primarily involved in licensing its intellectual property within the consumer electronics industry, including digital rights management, electronic program guide software, and metadata. The company holds over 6,000 pending and registered patents. The company also provides analytics and recommendation platforms for the video industry. In 2016, Rovi acquired digital video recorder maker TiVo Inc., and renamed itself TiVo Corporation. On May 30, 2019, TiVo announced the appointment of Dave Shull as the company's new president and CEO. On December 19, 2019, TiVo merged with Xperi; the combined firm operates as ''Xperi''. History Macrovision Corporation was established in 1983. The 1984 film '' The Cotton Club'' was the first video to be encoded with Macrovision technology when it was released in 1 ...
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Allmusic
AllMusic (previously known as All Music Guide and AMG) is an American online music database. It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on musicians and bands. Initiated in 1991, the database was first made available on the Internet in 1994. AllMusic is owned by RhythmOne. History AllMusic was launched as ''All Music Guide'' by Michael Erlewine, a "compulsive archivist, noted astrologer, Buddhist scholar and musician". He became interested in using computers for his astrological work in the mid-1970s and founded a software company, Matrix, in 1977. In the early 1990s, as CDs replaced LPs as the dominant format for recorded music, Erlewine purchased what he thought was a CD of early recordings by Little Richard. After buying it he discovered it was a "flaccid latter-day rehash". Frustrated with the labeling, he researched using metadata to create a music guide. In 1990, in Big Rapids, Michigan, he founded ''All Music Guide' ...
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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, radio airplay, and online streaming, and only predominantly Spanish language songs are allowed to rank. The chart was established by the magazine on September 6, 1986, and was originally based on airplay on Latin music radio stations. Songs on the chart were not necessarily in Spanish language, since a few songs in English and Portuguese language have also charted. The first number one song of the Hot Latin Songs chart was "La Guirnalda" by Rocío Dúrcal on September 6, 1986. As of the issue for the week ending on December 24, 2022, the chart has had 452 different number one hits, while 181 artists have reached number one (as a lead or a featured act). The current number one song is "Tití Me Preguntó" by Bad Bunny. History On September 6, ...
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Libertad (song)
"Libertad" ''(English: Freedom)'' is a song by Puerto Rican recording artist Ivy Queen, from her fifth studio album, '' Flashback'' (2005). It was composed by Queen, produced by Rafi Mercenario, and released as the second out of three singles from the album via Airplay in 2005. It was later released as promotional single in 2006. It is one of four new tracks from the album produced by Mercenario, the most requested producer in reggaetón at the time. A promotional single was released in 2006 featuring two separate remixes, the instrumental of those remixes and the a cappella. It is a reggaeton song taking influence from hip hop. Becoming a success in the Latin market, the song reached number thirteen on the ''Billboard'' Latin Songs chart, number twelve on the ''Billboard'' Tropical Airplay chart and number nine on the ''Billboard'' Latin Rhythm Airplay chart. It was also included on Queen's first extended play (EP) entitled '' e5''. Ivy Queen also performed the song as a part ...
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