On Thursday, the most successful tropical Latin singer in history will be honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. With his first hit, a reworking of Juan Gabriel’s “Hasta Que Te Conocí” …
On Thursday, the most successful tropical Latin singer in history will be honored with a star on theWith his first hit, a reworking of Juan Gabriel’s “Hasta Que Te Conocí” in 1993, the then-24-year-oldbecame an international superstar, transforming salsa into something more personal — highly dramatic and intensely passionate — and remaking Latin pop music in the process.
He grew up at 102nd Street and Third Avenue in a neighborhood known for music, which fell into two main streams: a Latin-soul mixture that came together naturally on the streets of his barrio, and the retro-Cuban salsa boom that exploded during the ’70s of his childhood. There were romantic songs, and there was English-language pop in its many flavors.
The vastness of the international Spanish-speaking market, underserved by the mainstream U.S. music business, came as a revelation to him. Although his two biggest U.S. charting singles were in English , he remained focused on that larger Spanish-speaking world as a career objective. Eleven of his 13 albums are in Spanish.
Together with the musicians, they build up the music on the spot, with a live, spontaneous feel that sets it apart from the pre-programmed sound that has become the norm across many segments.
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