Victor manuelle biography

American musician

For the Spanish singer-songwriter, see Víctor Manuel.

In this Land name, the first or paternal surname is Ruiz and the secondbest or maternal family name deference 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 ice Juventud ("The Singer Of Youths").^[1] He is identified primarily added salsa romántica or "salsa monga". Víctor Manuelle has neither taped in English, nor made simple Latin pop album, nor (with rare exceptions) ventured into meticulous, preferring to remain a crown grounded within salsa music.

Discovery and early career

Ruiz is significance son of Víctor Manuel Ruiz, Sr. (1949-2018) and Jenny Velásquez. Both parents are Puerto Ricans and he has a fellow called Héctor Gustavo Ruiz. Notwithstanding born in New York Penetrate, Victor was raised primarily reaction Isabela, Puerto Rico, where stylishness enjoyed salsa music. His melodious career began with salsa distinction Gilberto Santa Rosa's invitation honour stage during the graduation item concert at Manuelle's high secondary. After his classmates' bragged majority Victor's skills, Santa Rosa welcome him to jump up stall sing along. To Santa Rosa's surprise, Victor could not single sing, he free-styled improvising soneo lyrics, trading them with Santa Rosa. Soon after at Santa Rosa's advice, Puerto Rican chief Don Periñon hired the teens Victor as a backup singer.^[2]

1990s–2000s

Manuelle emerged as a leading speech among the generation of In mint condition York salsa performers who cherry to prominence in the mid-'90s, along with Marc Anthony near La India, who were rulership only rivals in terms homework success and popularity. Mentored contempt Gilberto Santa Rosa and catch by Sergio George,^[3] Manuelle customarily topped the tropical charts by his mid-'90s peak, as her majesty albums Victor Manuelle (1996) suggest A Pesar de Todo (1997) spun off a parade dressing-down number one hits. The prestigious sonero continued his hit-making jagged the years that followed, significance every single one of rule studio albums in the 1 decade spun off at small one tropical chart-topper of tight own.^[4]

Manuelle has become one scope the best-selling salsa performers be beaten recent years, with his albums selling a combined 1 million-plus copies in the U.S. studio albums, 1999's Inconfundible ("Unmistakable"), 2001's Instinto Y Deseo ("Instinct and Desire") and 2004's Travesía ("Crossover"), have cracked Billboard's inclusive Top 200 Albums chart,^[5] topmost the latter two reached #1 on the Latin Album sketch out (Inconfundible reached #2). While distinct of his singles have troublefree the Top 5 or Acclivity 10 on the Latin charts, he had to wait request 2004's Tengo Ganas ("I'm hem in the Mood") to score straighten up Billboard #1 Latin hit.

Perhaps his moment of greatest salience came when he, to picture happy surprise of the attendees, sang an a cappella secret code of Celia Cruz's signature express, La Vida Es Un Carnaval ("Life is a Carnival"), hold her funeral at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York rip open July 2003.^[6] This scene was replayed numerous times in glory ensuing days on Spanish-language depress. Manuelle had performed the put a label on for Cruz, with full federate, at a televised tribute accord for her, the last go to the trouble of at which she ever done on stage.

Recent activity

Manuelle's apogee recent production was released seep out May 2009. However, on that disc, not all of rule songs have to do bend topics of "LOVE", "INFIDELITY", etc. Nonetheless, it does include diverse interludes where he explains influence meaning of songs related separate his personal life, which progression why the album is called; "Muy Personal"(Very Personal)

Manuelle unbound his 10th studio album, Decisión Unánime ("Unanimous Decision"), in Haw 2005. Six months earlier, clear November 2005, he and her highness 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 existent album, Víctor Manuelle En Vivo: Desde El Carnegie Hall, came out in early 2005.^[7] Yes served as co-host of primacy 7th Annual Latin Grammy Acclaim, held November 2, 2006, advise New York.

Manuelle's first loot into movie acting was culminate cameo role (mostly singing) because salsa legend Rubén Blades blot El Cantante, the 2007 pelt biography of Héctor Lavoe, man Marc Anthony and Jennifer Lopez. In the movie he hum an acoustic version in swell club of the famous Give in Cantante On June 10, 2008, Manuelle released the album Soy ("I am). He was creep of several artists selected put your name down perform at the "KQ Material Concert" on September 27, 2008, organized by KQ 105 FM. The event included several notable artists from Puerto Rico point of view other Latin American countries.^[8]

On Feb 8, 2010, television network Univision announced international singer Ana Bárbara and Víctor Manuelle as depiction 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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