Alex Bueno, originally born as Alejandro Wigberto Bueno López, is a singer and guitarist from the Dominican Republic, specializing in merengue and bachata music, but also having ties in salsa, bolero, merengue típico, ballad and more. He broke out onto the scene in his early life and has been on the Dominican music scene for over 40 years. Having been an artist for so long, he has amassed a large fanbase in the Dominican Republic.
Gian Marco Javier Zignago Alcóver is a Peruvian musician and actor. He has won the Latin Grammy Award for the Best Singer-Songwriter Album three times. First in 2005 for his album Resucitar, in 2011 for his album Días Nuevos, and in 2012 for his album 20 Años. Gian Marco was named UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador in Peru.
Teresa Presmanes Corona, known professionally as Daniela Romo, is a Mexican singer, actress and TV hostess. During her career, she has sold 15 million records, making her one of the best-selling Latin music artists.
Con Todo Mi Corazón is the second album from Latin music singer and winner of the second season of Objetivo Fama, Anaís. The album was released in the U.S. on April 3, 2007, and had an April 18 release in Mexico. The lead single "Tu Amor No Es Garantía" premiered in January 2007. The majority of the songs included on the album are almost all ballads. Anaís has said in many interviews that she was given more creative control with this album. She did a cover of the Daniela Romo song "Quiero Amanecer Con Alguien" and of "Reencuentro" along with Milly Quezada and Sergio Vargas, originally recorded by Álvaro Torres. She also co-wrote "Sexy Mama", which is sung partly in English.
Frank Reyes is a Dominican singer. Known as the Prince of Bachata, he is regarded as one of the best known bachata artists of all time and famous throughout Latin America. He is a 7 time Bachata Artist of the Year winner at the Soberano Awards, making him the most awarded artist in that category. He is known for hits like "Vine a Decirte Adios", "Con el Amor No Se Juega", "Tu Eres Ajena", "Nada De Nada", "Quién Eres Tu", "Princesa", "Amor a Distancia", "Decidí", among others.
The 1st Annual Latin Grammy Awards were held in Los Angeles at the Staples Center on Wednesday, September 13, 2000. The big winners were Luis Miguel, Santana and Maná with 3 awards; Juan Luis Guerra, Shakira, Fito Páez and Emilio Estefan Jr. received 2 awards each.
Mexican pop-rock band Maná has released 9 studio albums, 3 live albums, 7 compilation albums, 5 video albums, 2 box sets and 1 soundtrack album. Throughout their career, Mana has sold over 40 million albums worldwide, becoming the most successful Latin American band of all time. ¿Dónde Jugarán Los Niños? remains as the best-selling Spanish-language rock album in history with 10 million copies sold worldwide.
Enrique Iglesias: 95/08 Éxitos is a compilation album by Spanish singer songwriter Enrique Iglesias. Includes his seventeen number-one singles in the Billboard Hot Latin Tracks and two new songs, "¿Dónde Están Corazón?" and "Lloro Por Ti", both written by Enrique Iglesias and Coti Sorokin. The album's two singles "¿Dónde Están Corazón?" and "Lloro Por Tí" became his 18th and 19th number one singles on the Hot Latin Songs, achieving more number ones than any other artist in the history of the chart.
Leonardo Paniagua is one of the Dominican Republic's most popular bachata musicians. He emerged from obscurity to overnight stardom in the 1970s, when he recorded his first 45rpm record, "Amada, Amante" for Discos Guarachita.
Mujer de todos, Mujer de nadie is the fourth studio album by Mexican pop singer Daniela Romo. This album was released in 1986 and it was her most successful album released in the 1980s, with the song De Mi Enamórate spending 14 weeks at #1 at the Hot Latin Tracks of Billboard, a record at the time.
Gitana is the fifth studio album by Mexican pop singer Daniela Romo. It was released in 1987. Like her previous albums, it was also a great success for her career, with several, of the songs making an impact on the Latin billboard charts.
Amada más que nunca is the seventh studio album by Mexican pop singer Daniela Romo. This album was released on 1991. The album received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Latin Pop Performance, which it lost to Vikki Carr's Cosas del Amor; and was also nominated for Pop Album of the Year at the Lo Nuestro Awards of 1992 and it is her most successful album to date.
De Mil Colores is the eighth studio album by Mexican pop singer Daniela Romo. This album was released in 1992, and it was produced by Bebu Silvetti, and it was a slight departure from the Pop sound of her 1991 predecessor, borrowing tendencies from caribbean music, with tropical arrangements very similar to the ones presented on her 1991 hit "Todo Todo Todo" from her last album. This was the last project of Daniela with EMI Capitol. It is also the last album of Daniela that appears in three different formats: LP, cassette and CD. The album and its singles all enjoyed great success on the billboard charts, just like her previous albums, with three of the singles cracking the Top ten of Latin billboard.
Un Nuevo Amor is the 9th studio album by Mexican pop singer Daniela Romo. This album was released on 1996 and it was produced by one of the greatest producers of the 80's and 90's "Danilo Vaona". All the songs were written by Daniela, "Danilo Vaona" and "Federico Vaona". The music video for the single "Mátame" was nominated for a Lo Nuestro Award. This album was a return to the pop genre after the commercial and critical failure of her the cover album of rancheras La Cita, this was also her last album to make a significant impact on the Billboard charts and to be recognized in some way by the music industry awards.
En Vivo Desde el Teatro Alameda is the 12th album by Mexican pop singer Daniela Romo, this is her first and only live album to date. This album was released on 1998 and it was produced by Tina Galindo.
Ave Fénix is the 11th studio album by Mexican pop singer Daniela Romo. It was released in the year of 2001. This was seen as an edgy and daring move by the public, making a significant departure from the usual material of career, with sounds very similar to artists like Kylie Minogue and Madonna, but it was a commercial failure due to the poor promotion by Daniela's team and her compromises with the telenovela El Manantial.
"La Guirnalda" is a song written and produced by Mexican singer-songwriter Juan Gabriel and first recorded by Spanish performer Rocío Dúrcal. It was released in 1986 as the first single from Siempre, Dúrcal's tenth album produced by Juan Gabriel. The song became very successful and is often referred as one of her signature songs. According to the Billboard magazine electronic database, "La Guirnalda" holds the distinction for being the first number-one single on the Billboard Hot Latin Tracks chart on September 6, 1986, being replaced at the top by Juan Gabriel with "Yo No Sé Qué Me Pasó"; however, in the printed version of the same chart, titled "Hot Latin 50" for the week of October 4, 1986, the songs appears at number three, following "Yo No Sé Qué Me Pasó" and Emmanuel's version of "Toda la Vida". In 1989, Mexican singer Daniela Romo recorded her own version of the song and included it on her album Quiero Amanecer con Alguien. The music video for the song was shot at Puerto Vallarta Beach, Mexico.
Lourdes Robles is a singer-songwriter and actress, born in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Her career started in the early 1980s as part of duo Lourdes y Carlos, releasing two albums. The duo split and Robles began a solo career, acting in "Barrio Cuatro Calles" and "Generaciones", along Puerto-Rican performer Chayanne. She also performed in some musical productions, including Hello, Dolly!, Into the Woods, and The Fantasticks.
Banda Pachuco is a regional Mexican band formed in 1993. They specialize in the technobanda genre. They reached number 5 in the Billboard Hot Latin Tracks with their song "Mitad Tu, Mitad Yo", in 1995. They made a big hit with their album Terco Corazon, released in 1998 and welcoming a new singer, Neo Serrato. At the start of the year 2000 they made a new album, "Sueno Con Salma". On that same album, the song "Aqui Ya De Nada Sirvo", composed by José S. Corral, made a big hit throughout all Latin America. By the following year, Neo Serrato left the band to start a solo career.
This article includes an overview of the major events and trends in Latin music in the 1980s, namely in Ibero-America. This includes recordings, festivals, award ceremonies, births and deaths of Latin music artists, and the rise and fall of various subgenres in Latin music from 1980 to 1989.
