Franco Atilio De Vita De Vito is a Venezuelan Latin Grammy award-winning singer-songwriter. His first album as a solo artist garnered three Spanish-language hits in Venezuela. He signed with the CBS Records label in 1989, and in 1990, his album Extranjero had a song that reached No. 1 on the United States Latin charts and won an MTV Video Music Award. His 2004 album Stop reached the Top 10 throughout Latin America and on the United States Latin charts. In the United States alone, he has scored more than two dozen hits on the Billboard charts.
Al Norte del Sur is a 1988 studio album by Franco De Vita released on the CBS Records label. The CD produced four hit singles: "Louis", "Te Amo", "Promesas" and "Esta Vez." All four singles reached the Top 10 on the Billboard Latin music charts in the United States.
En Vivo Marzo 16 is a 1992 album by Franco De Vita released on the Sony label. The album is a concert recording made in Caracas, Venezuela, De Vita's birthplace. The title refers to the date of the recording on March 16, 1991. Two studio cuts were included on the disc: One of them, "No Lo Había Pensado," became a chart hit.
Segundas Partes Tambien Son Buenas is a 2002 album by Franco De Vita released on the Universal label. This was De Vita's only release for the company. On the CD, he re-recorded several of his earlier hits using different Latin music styles. The disc featured De Vita's first officially released recording of "Vuelve," a song he wrote that became a major hit for Ricky Martin. One new song, "Como Decirte No," was a hit on the Billboard Latin music charts for De Vita.
Fuera de Este Mundo is a 1996 album by Franco De Vita released on the Sony label. The CD's title song was a hit on the Billboard Latin music charts.
Fantasía is the second studio album by Venezuelan pop singer Franco De Vita released on the Sonotone label in 1986. The CD produced tree hit singles: the title song, "Aquí Estás Otra Vez" and "Solo Importas Tú". The latter was used as the theme to La Dama de Rosa, a 1987 popular telenovela.
Definitivamente (Definitively), is the title of the third studio album released by Puerto-Rican singer Lourdes Robles in 1991. The album at number ten in the Billboard Latin Pop Albums chart. The album produced three singles: "Sola", "Todo Me Habla de Ti", and "Soñando Contigo". "Sola" peaked at #8 on the Billboard Hot Latin Songs chart, "Todo Me Habla de Ti" peaked at #15 on the Hot Latin Songs chart, and "Soñando Contigo" peaked at #23 on the Hot Latin Songs chart.
Tomás Torres Carrasquillo, known professionally as Tommy Torres, is a Puerto Rican singer, songwriter, and record producer. Named "#1 Hot Latin Tracks Producer" of 2007 by Billboard magazine and Composer of the Year at 2010 ASCAP's Latin Music Awards, Torres has written and produced songs for many artists including Ricardo Arjona, Jesse & Joy, Ednita Nazario, Alejandro Sanz, Ricky Martin and Alicia Keys.
Encarnita "Kany" García de Jesús is a Puerto Rican singer and songwriter. Born in Toa Baja, Puerto Rico, García first appeared on television in 2004 as a contestant on Objetivo Fama. She is widely considered the most successful non-winner in the history of the show.
"Oye, ¿Dónde Está El Amor?" is the second single released from Wisin & Yandel's album Wisin vs. Yandel: Los Extraterrestres and features Franco De Vita. The live version of the song was performed with Kany García at Wisin & Yandel concert in Puerto Rico.
Stop is a 2004 studio album by Franco De Vita. The first hit single was "Tú De Qué Vas", which reached No. 3 on Billboard Hot Latin Tracks and No. 1 Latin Pop Airplay. "Ay Dios" and "Si La Ves", a collaboration with Sin Bandera, were also released as singles, with the latter also hitting the Top 10 in Billboard. The album earned a Latin Grammy Award nomination for Best Male Pop Vocal Album.
Now Esto Es Musica! Latino 4 is a compilation album released on March 24, 2009, and the fourth in a series of Latin-themed editions in the US version of the Now! series.
"Tutta la Vita" is a song written and first performed by Italian singer-songwriter Lucio Dalla. It was released in 1984 as the first single from his studio album Viaggi Organizzati, produced by Mauro Malavasi. This song is about a man searching for freedom all his life, trying not to fall in love, only to have a good time. For the Spanish-language market, two cover versions were released, and both peaked at number-one in the Billboard Hot Latin Tracks chart, the first by Cuban singer Franco and another by Mexican performer Emmanuel, spending three weeks each at the top position, being the first time in the Hot Latin Tracks chart history that two versions of the same song succeeded one another at the top. To date, it is uncertain who released the first cover version of the single.
Mil y Una Historias En Vivo is a 2006 album by Franco De Vita. The album earned a Latin Grammy Award nomination for Best Male Pop Vocal Album.
Simplemente La Verdad is a 2008 album released by Franco De Vita. The album received a Latin Grammy Award nomination for Best Singer-Songwriter Album.
The year-end charts for the Hot Latin Songs chart are published in the last issue of Billboard magazine every year. Initially, the chart was based on information provided by Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems, which collected airplay information from Latin radio stations in the United States. On the week ending October 20, 2012, the methodology was changed to track the best-performing Spanish-language songs based on digital downloads, streaming activity, and airplay from all radio stations in the country. The Year-End charts represent aggregated numbers from the weekly charts that were compiled for each artist, song and record company.
"No Basta" is a song written, produced and performed by Italo-Venezuelan singer-songwriter Franco De Vita. It was released by CBS Discos and as the first single from Franco De Vita's studio album Extranjero (1990), becoming his first number-one single in the Billboard Top Latin Songs chart. The song "conveys a poignant message about children needing love, not just material possessions." The music video recorded for the song earned the International Viewer's Choice Award at the 1991 MTV Video Music Awards. The singer decided to donate the award to a campaign against discrimination in the United States. The video won a Billboard Video Music Award for Latin Video of the Year by a Male Artist.
En Primera Fila is the third live album by Venezuelan recording artist Franco De Vita. It was released by Sony Music on May 31, 2011, after a three-year gap since the release of De Vita's last studio album. De Vita worked as producer with David Cabrera. The album is part of the live albums series entitled Primera Fila, promoted by the record label and including De Vita's greatest hits on re-worked versions and new songs.
"Tan Sólo Tú" is a Latin pop song by Venezuelan recording artist Franco De Vita from his third live album En Primera Fila (2011). Produced by David Cabrera and De Vita, the track was released as the album's first single in Latin America and the United States and it is performed as a duet with Mexican singer Alejandra Guzmán.
De Mi Puño y Letra is a studio album recorded by Venezuelan singer-songwriter Carlos Baute. The album was released by Warner Music Spain on April 1, 2008 and re-released on June 30, 2009. It was recorded between Mexico City and Los Angeles and produced by Juan Carlos Moguel and Armándo Ávila, who has also worked with RBD and La Quinta Estación.
