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Amor Y Alegría
''Amor y Alegria'' (English: ''Love and Joy'') is the second studio album recorded by Nicaraguan salsa singer-songwriter Luis Enrique. The album was released by CBS Discos in 1988 (see 1988 in music). The album earned him international recognition as the album was produced during the salsa romantica era of the 1980s. Some of the songs are cuts from the previous album, ''Amor de Medianoche'' (1987). Singles The album produced six singles that charted on the Hot Latin Tracks. *''Comprendelo'' (Understand) was the first single released from the album in 1988. The song reached No. 8 on the Hot Latin Tracks, the highest peaking single from the album. *''Desesperado'' (Hopeless) was the second single released from the album. The single is a cover of Emmanuel's song. This version peaked No. 10 on Hot Latin Tracks. *''Tu No Le Amas, Le Temes'' (You Don't Love Him, You Are Afraid of Him) was the third single released from the album and is considered one of his signature songs. The song ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luis Enrique (singer)
Luis Enrique Mejía López (born September 28, 1962) is a Nicaraguan-American singer-songwriter and musician. He is known as "El Príncipe de la Salsa" (''The Prince of Salsa''). A grammy-award-winning artist, he has released over 20 albums and achieved widespread success, including his single " Yo No Sé Mañana" which was awarded a Latin Grammy Award for "Best Tropical Song". With nearly 30 years in the music industry, he has accomplished several gold and platinum albums. During his peak he also performed as a session musician and provided percussion for many other artists including Ricky Martin, Foreigner, Juan Luis Guerra, Chayanne and others. He also worked in other genres such as merengue and pop. Early life and education Luis Enrique was born in the small town of Somoto, Nicaragua, to a family of musical artists. He is the son of Francisco Luis Mejia Godoy, and nephew of Luis Enrique Mejia Godoy and Carlos Mejia Godoy. His brother, Ramon Mejia, better known as "Perr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dyango
José Gómez Romero, artistically known as Dyango (born March 5, 1940), nicknamed "The Voice of Love", is a Spanish musician and singer of romantic music. He is widely regarded as one of the most romantic Spanish singers, and one of the best performers on the international level. He has sold over 20 million albums worldwide. Dyango is one of the most popular and most respected singers and one of the most romantic voices in Latin America and Spain. His name is due to the Romani (Gypsy) guitarist Django Reinhardt. Two of his sons, Marcos Llunas and Jordi, are also singers. Early years Dyango was born on March 5, 1940, in Barcelona, but was inscribed by his father on May 8, and thus appears as his date of birth in official documents. José Gómez Romero adopted Dyango as a stage name (taken from the guitarist of jazz gypsy Django Reinhardt), by which he is known and debuted at the Duero Song Festival (1965). In his personal life, the artist is married and is the father of f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luis Enrique (singer) Albums
Luis Enrique Martínez García (; born 8 May 1970), known as Luis Enrique, is a Spanish football manager and former player. He is the manager of Ligue 1 club Paris Saint-Germain. A versatile player with good technique, he was capable of playing in several positions, but usually played as a midfielder or forward, and was also noted for his temperament and stamina. Starting in 1991 and ending in 2004, he represented both Real Madrid and Barcelona with both individual and team success, appearing in more than 500 official games and scoring more than 100 goals. He appeared with the Spain national team in three World Cups and one European Championship. Luis Enrique started working as a manager in 2008 with Barcelona B, before moving to Roma three years later. In the 2013–14 season he managed Celta, before returning to Barcelona and winning the treble in his first year and the double in the second. In 2018, he was appointed Spain head coach for the first time before resigning ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1988 Albums
1988 was a crucial year in the early history of the Internet—it was the year of the first well-known computer virus, the Morris worm, 1988 Internet worm. The first permanent intercontinental Internet link was made between the United States (National Science Foundation Network) and Europe (Nordunet) as well as the first Internet-based chat protocol, Internet Relay Chat. The concept of the World Wide Web was first discussed at CERN in 1988. The Soviet Union began its major deconstructing towards a mixed economy at the beginning of 1988 and began its Dissolution of the Soviet Union, gradual dissolution. The Iron Curtain began to disintegrate in 1988 as People's Republic of Hungary, Hungary began allowing freer travel to the Western world. The first extrasolar planet, Gamma Cephei Ab (confirmed in 2003), was detected this year and the World Health Organization began its mission to Eradication of polio, eradicate polio. Global warming also began to emerge as a more significant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Number-one Billboard Tropical Albums From The 1980s
In June 1985, ''Billboard'' magazine established Tropical Albums (initially called Tropical/Salsa Latin Albums), a chart that ranks the best-selling tropical albums in the United States. The chart was published on a fortnightly basis with its positions being compiled by sales data from Latin music retailers and distributors. According to ''Billboard'', tropical music is the "sound of the Spanish-speaking Caribbean – though it extends beyond it". In the 1980s, 17 albums topped the chart. The first album to reach number one on the Tropical Albums chart was El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico's ''Innovations'' (1985). El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico was also the act with the most number-one albums of the 1980s with five records in total. The 1980s saw the popularity of ''salsa romántica'' in the tropical field with artists such as Frankie Ruiz and Eddie Santiago as the movement's pioneers. Ruiz and Santiago were the only other artists with more than two number ones on the Tropical Albu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lo Nuestro Award For Tropical Album Of The Year
The Lo Nuestro Award for Tropical Album of the Year is an honor presented annually by American television network Univision at the Lo Nuestro Awards. The accolade was established to recognize the most talented performers of Latin music. The nominees and winners were originally selected by a voting poll conducted among program directors of Spanish-language radio stations in the United States and also based on chart performance on ''Billboard'' Latin music charts, with the results being tabulated and certified by the accounting firm Deloitte. However, since 2004, the winners are selected through an online survey. The trophy awarded is shaped in the form of a treble clef. The award was first presented to '' Un Nuevo Despertar'' by Puerto Rican singer Lalo Rodríguez in 1989. Puerto Rican singer Jerry Rivera won for the album '' Cuenta Conmigo'' (1993), which exceeded the sales of '' Siembra'' by Willie Colón and Rubén Blades, the highest-selling salsa album at the time. Fellow P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allmusic
AllMusic (previously known as All-Music Guide and AMG) is an American online database, online music database. It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on Musical artist, musicians and Musical ensemble, 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 compact discs (CDs) replaced LP record, LPs and cassette (format), cassettes 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 res ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ALBUMS
An album is a collection of audio recordings (e.g., music) issued on a medium such as compact disc (CD), Phonograph record, vinyl (record), audio tape (like 8-track cartridge, 8-track or Cassette tape, cassette), or digital distribution, digital. Albums of recorded sound were developed in the early 20th century as individual 78 rpm records (78s) collected in a bound book resembling a photo album; this format evolved after 1948 into single vinyl LP record, long-playing (LP) records played at rpm. The album was the dominant form of recorded music expression and consumption from the mid-1960s to the early 21st century, a period known as the ''album era''. Vinyl LPs are still issued, though album sales in the 21st-century have mostly focused on CD and MP3 formats. The 8-track tape was the first tape format widely used alongside vinyl from 1965 until being phased out by 1983, being gradually supplanted by the cassette tape throughout the 1970s and early 1980s; the popul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roberto Carlos
Roberto Carlos da Silva Rocha (born 10 April 1973), often known as Roberto Carlos and sometimes ''RC3'', is a Brazilian former professional association football, footballer. He has been described as the "most offensive-minded left-back in the history of the game", and one of the greatest full-backs in history. In 1997, he was runner-up in the FIFA World Player of the Year. He is primarily known for his long career at Real Madrid CF, Real Madrid and constant presence in the Brazilian national team. He started his career in Brazil as a Forward (association football), forward but spent most of his career as a left-back. At club level, Roberto Carlos joined Real Madrid CF, Real Madrid from Inter Milan in 1996 to spend 11 highly successful seasons, playing 584 matches in all competitions and scoring 71 goals. At Real, he won four La Liga titles and the UEFA Champions League three times. In April 2013, ''Marca (newspaper), Marca'' named him in their "Best Foreign Eleven in History of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glenn Monroig
Glenn Monroig (born April 22, 1957) is a Puerto Rican composer, guitarist, and singer of various types of music styles, such as salsa, boleros and rumba. He is credited with having recorded the first rap song in Spanish. Biography Early years Monroig was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico where he received his primary and secondary education. Monroig, his brother Gilberto Jr. and sister Linda were in constant contact with the world of music and were influenced at an early age by their famous father, the renowned singer of boleros, Gilberto Monroig. His professional debut as a singer was at age 14 when he sang at his father's night club ''La Guitarra de Gilberto'' and later went on to perform at places like Ocho Puertas La Tea and other cafe theaters in old San Juan. First recording In 1980, Monroig recorded and had his first "hit" with "''Jamas te voy abandonar asi otra vez''" (I'm never gonna leave you this way again). In 1982, he represented Puerto Rico in the "OTI" Music Festival ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emmanuel (singer)
Emmanuel (born Jesús Emmanuel Arturo Acha Martinez, April 16, 1955, in Mexico City) is a Mexican singer who debuted in the 1970s. Life He is the son of Argentinian-born bullfighter Raúl Acha, "Rovira", who frequently appeared in the Plaza de Acho in Lima, Peru. Emmanuel grew up in Chosica, a town about an hour from Lima, and attended the Colegio Santa Rosa, the town's most prestigious boarding school, which was run by Augustinian priests. His mother was Spanish singer Conchita Martínez. Emmanuel's songs are usually ballads, which became popular during the 1980s. His fourth and most successful album to date, ''Íntimamente'' (''Intimately''), was written by the Spaniard ballad composer Manuel Alejandro in collaboration with Ana Magdalena. Released in 1980, it included seven hit songs: * "Todo Se Derrumbó Dentro De Mí" ("Everything Crumbled Inside Me") * "Quiero Dormir Cansado" ("I Want to Sleep Tired") * "El Día Que Puedas" ("The Day You Can") * "Con Olor A Hierba" ("Wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
