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188 Blinks blink it	audience-loaded.ram shared by yvideos into Ricky Martin Videos 2 years ago -- Click here to listen to: An audience with Ricky_Martin^ - Loaded... Read more... Comments (0) \| edit \| delete \| discover more Videos \| share more Videos
176 Blinks blink it	Ricky Martin Wikipedia RSS Feed shared by wikipedia into Bio - Ricky Martin 2 years ago Ricky Martin (born in San Juan, Puerto Rico on December 24, 1971 as Enrique Martin Morales), is a successful Puerto Rican pop singer who rose to fame, first as a member of the Latin boy band Menudo, then as a solo artist since 1990. He has sold over 70 million records since the start of his career. He is considered a major star in the world of Latin Pop, and is considered to have opened the doors for some of his fellow Latin American singers like Shakira or ThalÃa. Biography Ricky Martin's father, Enrique III, was a psychologist and his mother, Nereida Morales, a bookkeeper. His parents separated when he was two years old. He attended Sagrado CorazÃ³n School and was an average student. He participated in school extra-curricular activities and sang in the school choir, where he began to realize that his talent captivated the audiences. Through the encouragement of his father, he began to take voice lessons, and auditioned for television advertising spots. Martin first achieved worldwide success with his selection to replace Ricky Melendez in the Latin boy band Menudo from 1984 until 1989. His meteoric ascent to fame started in Menudo's homebase, Caguas, site of his first concert. He signed with Sony in 1990. After he left Menudo, he decided to continue his career. He moved to Mexico City where he started acting, first in theater in productions like MamÃ¡ ama el rock, and Los tenis Rojos with AngÃ©lica MarÃa and AngÃ©lica Vale. He starred in telenovelas such as Alcanzar una Polla and performed in the music group MuÃ±ecos De Papel of that production. In 1994, he moved to Los Angeles, California. He received a role as bartender (Miguel Morez) in the American soap General Hospital. Ricky established himself in Miami and connected with music creator Desmond Child, former Menudo band-mate Robi Draco Rosa and Puerto Rican agent Angelo Medina. With these 2 in tow, Ricky created hits like "MarÃa", "The Cup of Life", and "Livin' La Vida Loca". He sang "The Cup Of Life" during a World Cup broadcast that gave him worldwide exposure, but it was "Livin' La Vida Loca" which became a massive crossover hit, made him popular around the world and propelled him into the covers of Tiger Beat and many other major magazines worldwide. One of Ricky's career high points was the recording of the Spanglish ballad "Cuidado Con Mi CorazÃ³n" ("Be Careful") with Madonna and William Orbit. The original version was written with Patrick Leonard and the first demo remains just one of many unreleased Madonna songs. Ricky was chosen, along with FÃ©lix Trinidad in 1999, to lead Puerto Rico's worldwide tourism campaign, both exemplifying Puerto Rico's youthfulness, enthusiasm and "never give up" character. In 2003, Martin announced that he and his agent, Angelo Medina, had parted ways. In February of 2004, Martin received a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Premios Lo Nuestro in Miami. Martin recently adopted three little girls from India. The Ricky Martin Foundation created a project called People For Children, which aims to eliminate the industry of sexual exploitation and trafficking of children worldwide. His first benefit was held in Mexico City on November 10, 2005. On October 11, 2005 Martin came out with his first English language album since 2000's Sound Loaded and the tenth album of his career. Most of the songs on the album, called Life, were co-written by Martin. Martin feels that the album is one of his more personal albums, saying "I was really in touch with my emotions. I think this album is very multi-layered, just like life is. It's about feeling anger. It's about feeling joy. It's about feeling uncertainty. It's about cuping a feeling. It's about feeling. And all my emotions are part of this production." The album debuted at #6 on the Billboard Top 200 Albums chart. The first single of the album, "I Don't Care" (Spanish version: ?QuÃ© MÃ¡s Da?), featuring Fat Joe and Amerie, was Ricky?s first single since 2003's ?Tal Vez.? He plans to release his next single called Drop It On Me. Discography Albums * Ricky Martin (1991 version) - WW Sales: 1,500,000 * Me AmarÃ¡s (1993) - WW Sales: 4,000,000 * A Medio Vivir (1995) - WW Sales: 9,000,000 * Vuelve (1998) - #40 US, WW Sales: 11,000,000 * Ricky Martin (1999 version) - #1 US, #2 UK, WW Sales: 23,000,000 * Sound Loaded (2000) - #4 US, #14 UK, WW Sales: 9,000,000 * La Historia (2001) - #83 US, WW Sales: 4,000,000 * The Best of Ricky Martin (2001) - WW Sales: 3,500,000 * Almas del Silencio (2003) - #12 US, WW Sales: 5,000,000 * Life (2005) #6 US, #11 UK, WW Sales: 1,000,000 Singles From A Medio Vivir: 1996 - "(Un, Dos, Tres) MarÃa" #88 US, #6 UK, #1 FR (9 weeks), #7 AUSTRALIA (also repackaged with "The Cup Of Life" in 1998 to hit #1 and become the highest selling single in Australia for 1998!) From Ricky Martin (1999 version): 1998 - "The Cup of Life" #45 US, #29 UK, #1 FR (6 weeks), #1 AUSTRALIA (6 weeks) - The Biggest Hit of 1998. From Vuelve: 1998 - "La Bomba" #27 AUSTRALIA From Ricky Martin (1999 version): 1999 - "Livin' La Vida Loca"- #1 US (5 weeks), #1 UK (3 weeks), #4 AUSTRALIA 1999 - "She's All I Ever Had" - #2 US, #28 AUSTRALIA 1999 - "Shake Your Bon-Bon" - #22 US, #12 UK, #27 AUSTRALIA 1999 - "Private Emotion" (featuring Meja) - #67 US, #9 UK From Sound Loaded: 2000 - "She Bangs" - #12 US, #3 UK, #3 AUSTRALIA 2001 - "Nobody Wants To Be Lonely" (with Christina Aguilera) - #13 US, #4 UK, #8 AUSTRALIA 2001 - "Loaded" - #97 US, #19 UK From Almas del Silencio: 2003 - "Culeo" Mixed by Gustavo Celis1 2003 - "Tal Vez" #1 US From Life: 2005 - "I Don't Care" (feat. Fat Joe & Amerie) - #65 US, #11 UK, #12 FR, #25 AUSTRALIA 2005 - "Drop It On Me" (feat. Daddy Yankee) See also List of famous Puerto Ricans List of best selling music artists Pop Latino Ricky Martin's Official Website-(Sony Music) Ricky Martin Music Ricky Martin Lyrics Martin, Ricky Martin Martin Martin, Ricky Martin, Ricky Martin, Ricky Martin, Ricky RU:??????, ???? de:Ricky Martin es:Ricky Martin fr:Ricky Martin nl:Ricky Martin ja:?????????? sv:Ricky Martin The Wikipedia article is licensed under http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html and uses material from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricky_Martin. A preview of this article is available at http://www.blinkbits.com/en_wikifeeds/Ricky_Martin.... Read more... Comments (0) \| edit \| delete \| discover more Bio \| share more Bio
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