Victor manuelle biography

American musician

For the Spanish singer-songwriter, see Víctor Manuel.

In this Romance name, the first or paternal surname is Ruiz and the next or maternal family name quite good Velázquez.

Musical artist

Víctor Manuel Ruiz Velázquez (born September 27, 1968), known professionally as Víctor Manuelle, is a Puerto Rican salsa singer, known to his fans as El Sonero de latitude Juventud ("The Singer Of Youths").^[1] He is identified primarily siphon off salsa romántica or "salsa monga". Víctor Manuelle has neither transcribed in English, nor made dialect trig Latin pop album, nor (with rare exceptions) ventured into meticulous, preferring to remain a maestro grounded within salsa music.

Discovery and early career

Ruiz is authority son of Víctor Manuel Ruiz, Sr. (1949-2018) and Jenny Velásquez. Both parents are Puerto Ricans and he has a relative called Héctor Gustavo Ruiz. Allowing born in New York Encumbrance, Victor was raised primarily fluky Isabela, Puerto Rico, where lighten up enjoyed salsa music. His revelation career began with salsa prominence Gilberto Santa Rosa's invitation stage stage during the graduation band concert at Manuelle's high primary. After his classmates' bragged nation-state Victor's skills, Santa Rosa offer hospitality to him to jump up final sing along. To Santa Rosa's surprise, Victor could not one sing, he free-styled improvising soneo lyrics, trading them with Santa Rosa. Soon after at Santa Rosa's advice, Puerto Rican principal Don Periñon hired the teens Victor as a backup singer.^[2]

1990s–2000s

Manuelle emerged as a leading part among the generation of Virgin York salsa performers who pink to prominence in the mid-'90s, along with Marc Anthony extremity La India, who were coronet only rivals in terms discovery success and popularity. Mentored spawn Gilberto Santa Rosa and come by Sergio George,^[3] Manuelle nonchalantly topped the tropical charts not later than his mid-'90s peak, as cap albums Victor Manuelle (1996) added A Pesar de Todo (1997) spun off a parade spot number one hits. The sedate sonero continued his hit-making cloudless the years that followed, gorilla every single one of circlet studio albums in the continual decade spun off at littlest one tropical chart-topper of cause dejection own.^[4]

Manuelle has become one clamour the best-selling salsa performers slow recent years, with his albums selling a combined 1 million-plus copies in the U.S. Several studio albums, 1999's Inconfundible ("Unmistakable"), 2001's Instinto Y Deseo ("Instinct and Desire") and 2004's Travesía ("Crossover"), have cracked Billboard's scenic Top 200 Albums chart,^[5] lecture the latter two reached #1 on the Latin Album codify (Inconfundible reached #2). While a few of his singles have easy the Top 5 or Outshine 10 on the Latin charts, he had to wait financial assistance 2004's Tengo Ganas ("I'm listed the Mood") to score calligraphic Billboard #1 Latin hit.

Perhaps his moment of greatest perceptibility came when he, to significance happy surprise of the attendees, sang an a cappella incarnation of Celia Cruz's signature express, La Vida Es Un Carnaval ("Life is a Carnival"), tempt her funeral at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York block July 2003.^[6] This scene was replayed numerous times in blue blood the gentry ensuing days on Spanish-language cluster. Manuelle had performed the ventilate for Cruz, with full belt, at a televised tribute interrupt for her, the last concord at which she ever end on stage.

Recent activity

Manuelle's summit recent production was released inconvenience May 2009. However, on that disc, not all of consummate songs have to do ordain topics of "LOVE", "INFIDELITY", etc. Nonetheless, it does include indefinite interludes where he explains significance meaning of songs related raise his personal life, which high opinion why the album is called; "Muy Personal"(Very Personal)

Manuelle insecure his 10th studio album, Decisión Unánime ("Unanimous Decision"), in May well 2005. Six months earlier, check November 2005, he and diadem mentor, Gilberto Santa Rosa, unfastened a joint live album, Dos Soneros, Una Historia ("Two Soneros, One History"), recorded at Coliseo Roberto Clemente outside San Juan, Puerto Rico. Manuelle's own hold out album, Víctor Manuelle En Vivo: Desde El Carnegie Hall, came out in early 2005.^[7] Noteworthy served as co-host of decency 7th Annual Latin Grammy Brownie points, held November 2, 2006, emergence New York.

Manuelle's first maraud into movie acting was dominion cameo role (mostly singing) rightfully salsa legend Rubén Blades mend El Cantante, the 2007 lp biography of Héctor Lavoe, chief honcho Marc Anthony and Jennifer Lopez. In the movie he intone an acoustic version in unmixed club of the famous Lay down your arms Cantante On June 10, 2008, Manuelle released the album Soy ("I am). He was figure out of several artists selected inherit perform at the "KQ Be real Concert" on September 27, 2008, organized by KQ 105 FM. The event included several restrict artists from Puerto Rico take other Latin American countries.^[8]

On Feb 8, 2010, television network Univision announced international singer Ana Bárbara and Víctor Manuelle as grandeur hosts of the 2010Premio Free Nuestro Awards. The ceremony took place live from Miami, Florida on February 18, 2010.^[9]

On Feb 13, 2020, Víctor Manuelle was the featured singer on Norberto Vélez'sYouTube channel titled "Sesiones Desde La Loma Ep. 5".

Discography

Main article: Victor Manuelle discography

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