El Chombo

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El Chombo
Birth nameRodney Sebastian Clark Donalds
Also known asEl Chombo
BornNovember 27, 1969
Panama City, Panama
Genres Reggaeton
Years active1995–present
LabelsOilers Music, Energy Music Corp., Epic

Rodney Sebastian Clark Donalds (born November 27, 1969), better known by his stage name El Chombo, [note 1] [1] is a Panamanian reggaeton artist and producer. He is best known for the hit songs "Chacarron Macarron" and "Dame Tu Cosita", which both became Internet memes.

Contents

Works

His major local hits under his own name include "Kung Fu", "El Gato Volador", "Chacarron Macarron" and "Dame Tu Cosita" (which features Jamaican dancehall musician Cutty Ranks).

As a producer, El Chombo is best known for producing Lorna's 2003 hit single "Papi chulo... (te traigo el mmmm...)", which served as an introduction of reggaeton for many Europeans, reaching number one on the French charts with top ten appearances in Greece, Italy, India, Turkey and the Netherlands. He also released an EP called Macarron Chacarron containing many mixes of his hits.

In 2006, there was a campaign on BBC Radio 1 in the UK to get the song "Chacarron Macarron" to number one; in the end, it only reached number 20 on the UK Singles Chart.

In March 2018, "Dame Tu Cosita" became a viral Internet dance challenge and meme.

Discography

Albums

Spanish Oil series

Cuentos de la Cripta

La Mafia series

El Chombo and Predikador

Others

Singles

As lead artist

Singles as lead artist, showing year released and album name
TitleYearPeak chart positionsAlbum
CAN
[2]
FIN
[3]
FRA
[4]
SWE
[5]
UK
[6]
US
[7]
US
Latin

[8]
ARG
[9]
"El Gato Volador"1999Non-album singles
"Chacarron Macarron"200524120
"Dame Tu Cosita"20183775361Cuentos de la Cripta 2
"Dame Tu Cosita" (Remix) (with Pitbull and Karol G)31Non-album single

As producer

Singles as producer, showing year released and album name
TitleYearPeak chart positions Certifications Album
BEL
(FL)
[10]
BEL
(WA)
[11]
FRA
[12]
ITA
[13]
NET
[14]
SPA
[15]
SWE
[16]
SWI
[17]
"Papi chulo... (te traigo el mmmm...)"
(performed by Lorna)
2003122123184912
  • BEL: Gold
  • FRA: Gold
Non-album single

Reference notes

  1. In Panama, Chombo refers to a black person but is generally a derogatory term.

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