Edgardo Rafael Cuevas Feliciano ( San Juan;

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, April 22, 1995) better known by his stage name as Lyanno, is a Puerto Rican singer-songwriter of R&B

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and Trap Latino.

Music career

He studied sound engineering at the Liceo de Arte y Tecnología of San Juan in

. His beginnings in music were with the singer Almighty, who gave him the opportunity to work in his studio as a music producer. In 2015 he began his career as a singer under the name of "Gardo", becoming known in the music industry with his song "Frutos prohibidos", this being a mix of R&B with Hip hop. At first, his music was broad in content and with this style he released two EPs: ''S.O.D.A'' (2016) and ''AM'' (2017). In 2017 he chabged name was changed from Gardo to Lyanno. Starting a new stage in music, releasing the single ''Exclusiva'', a collaboration with

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under the production of Los de la Nazza, later released the Remix version with Chris Wandell,

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and Brray. The following year he began to gain popularity by collaborating on tracks by other singers such as

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, Rafa Pabón and Lunay, with the latter he collaborated on the single "A Solas", while with

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he collaborated on the topic "''Luz Apaga"'' which was ranked 26th on the Hot Latin Songs chart. In 2019 he premiered his third EP, but this time without obscene content that was called ''Episodios'', with the production of the record label Rima Music. At the end of that same year, he was nominated for the Youth Awards in the category of "New Urban Generation". On February 14, 2020, he released the remix of the song "En tu cuerpo" together with his countrymen

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and the Argentine singer

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. "En tu cuerpo" ranked number 16 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 list of Argentine artists and ended up being certified Platinum (

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) by Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in 2021. In April he collaborated with

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and Jerry Di on the hit "Luna llena" which reached more than 12 million views on

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and 4 million streams in

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, it was also a trend in

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on that platform for four consecutive weeks, even reaching the number 1 position in Colombia.

Discography

EPs

* ''S.O.D.A'' (2016) * ''AM'' (2017) * ''Episodios'' (2019) * ''Foreplay'' (2020) * ''Pa la Calle'' (2021) * ''El Cambio'' (2022)

Awards and nominations

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Premios Tu Música Urbano

References

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