Category Archives: Latin

Elvis Crespo Reaches #1 on the Billboard Tropical Charts

Miami, FL – In less than a month since it’s debut, Puerto Rican singer, Elvis Crespo once again finds himself at #1 with his single, “YO NO SOY UN MONSTRUO” on Billboard’s Tropical charts. This is Crespo’s eighth single to reach #1 on the charts, the last time was with his 2007 hit, “La Foto Se Me Borro”.

“YO NO SOY UN MONSTRUO” is a song whose success also stems from it’s music video which delivers a positive message regarding anti-bullying.  The hit song also features Vladimir Dotel of the group Ilegales. This is the second single off Elvis’ new album, “Los Monsters” which was released May 1st. The album is comprised of 12 songs, 10 of which are powerhouse collaborations with various artists such as: Gocho, Toño Rosario, El Cata, Maffio, Ilegales & Angel y Kriz, amongst others.

Elvis Crespo recently wrapped promotion of his album in Puerto Rico and is currently planning a tour in the United States.

@Sensato Celebrates Memorial Day Weekend with SiriusXM Latino

 

Ottawa, ON  – Sensato and SiriusXM Latino invite you to their Memorial Day Weekend Special this Friday, May 25th at 4 PM (ET) on **SiriusXM’s popular latino channel Caliente and on Saturday, May 26th at 4 PM (ET) on Flow Nacion.
This weekend will be filled with fun and entertaining moments with Sensato as he starts off by joining Johnny “El Picoso” on Caliente this Saturday. Johnny “El Picoso” who is known for interviewing Mega Superstars such as Jennifer Lopez, will be getting up-close and personal with the new celebrity as he speaks about his booming musical career that includes his newest released music video “Crazy People” ft. Pitbull & Sak Noel. “Sensato’s Exclusive Interview for Memorial Day Weekend” on Caliente, will let fans get to know him on an intimate level thanks to SiriusXM Latino’s one hour special with our talented lyricist. Friday’s interview is scheduled to start at 4 p.m. (ET).

Day two of SiriusXM Latino Memorial Day Weekend Special with Sensato will be airing on their Flow Nacion channel. Flow Nacion which plays all of the hottest songs in Latin Hip-Hop and Reggaeton will be taking over this Saturday. As there is much to look forward to, Sensato will be the Guest DJ bursting radio waves with his most popular songs with a Live in-studio performance. As Sensato starts off the party on Flow Nacion, listeners and fans can expect to hear Sensato perform his most recent collaborated songs that he has with Pitbull such as “Latinos in Paris” and “Crazy People”. The special is set to last for a whole two hours beginning at 4 p.m. (ET).

For those who do not have SiriusXM Satellite Radio and wish to listen to the Memorial Day Weekend Special, there is great news. Starting on Friday, May 25th SiriusXM Latino will be offering a FREE “online” link which will let listeners tune into SiriusXM Latino for 7 days. The link will be available on all of Sensato’s social media pages such as his Facebook Fan Page, Twitter, and Website.
Sensato’s interview with Johnny “El Picoso” on Caliente will be rebroadcasted on 5/26 at 4PM (ET) / 5/27 at 12pm (ET). The 2 hour takeover performance on Flow Nacion will also be rebroadcasted on 5/27 at 4PM (ET) / 5/28 at 12pm (ET) & 8pm (ET)

Chino & Nacho Conquer The U.S. With Their Supremo Tour

Miami, FL – Latin Grammy award-winning duo, Chino y Nacho continue to trail blaze their way across the states on what has become an incredibly successful first US tour. The latin urban duo set off on a 9 city tour earlier this month which kicked off in San Francisco and continued on through Los Angeles, San Diego, Chicago, Orlando, Dallas, and Houston. Last night they brought the “Chino y Nacho Mania” to the nation’s capital, Washington DC where they filled the historical Filmore Theatre with hundreds of adoring fans.

The Venezuelan heartthrobs found international success with their hit song, Nina Bonita in 2009. They soared their way to the top of the charts and into the hearts of fans around the world.

“We’ve been blessed to have had the opportunity to perform throughout Latin America, but this tour has given us the chance to come face-to-face with our amazing fans in the United States and the love they’ve shown us has been incredibly humbling.” stated Nacho.

Chino y Nacho will be closing out the tour in New York this Saturday at Irving Plaza.

Chino & Nacho Receive Keys To The City Of Miami

Miami, FL – Venezuelan duo, Chino y Nacho were honored today by Mayor Tomas Regalado as he presented the singers with commemorative keys to the City of Miami.
The Latin Grammy winning duo made a quick detour from their current US tour to return to Miami for this prestigious honor. “This means so much to us. Miami is like a second home for Nacho & myself and to be recognized by the city for doing what we love is truly humbling.” says Chino.

Chino y Nacho just recently kicked off their first US tour last Wednesday in San Francisco. With 12 tour dates scheduled through the end of May taking them across the country, the guys are keeping busy. The duo was just recently nominated for Tropical Artist of the Year for Univision’s annual award show, Premios Juventud airing live on July 19th.

A&X Win The Latin Billboard Award for Producer of the Year


Ottawa, ON – A&X who are known as being the masterminds behind Don Omar’s top #1 Hits such as “Danza Kuduro”, “Taboo”, and most recently “Dutty Love” ft. Natti Natasha, have been honored with the Award as best Producer of the Year at this years 2012 Latin Billboard Awards. The duo team Alcover and Xtassy have contributed to many tracks on the eight time Billboard Award winning Artist Don Omar’s album — “Don Omar Presents: Meet the Orphans 2010”, where the hit songs have been continuously breaking records as number one on top Latin Billboard Charts in categories such as Latin Pop, Latin Urban, Straight Latin, and Tropical.

Other talented producers nominated for the Billboard Award included Julión Alvarez, Sergio George, and Fernando Camacho Tirado. However, as the winners take home the award for the first time they confess that it was a very exciting moment for them as they have never been honored at such a high level in their professional music career. The nomination alone was an accomplishment for A&X and state:

“We never imagined ourselves with such a significant title as producer of the year and it is truly an honor to be recognized by the industry, honestly we already felt like a winner with the nomination alone”.

As the two renowned producers continue to work side-by-side plotting for their next big success, Billboard Magazine has also placed these two young men as the main music producers that are consuming the Latin world by ranking them at #5 out of the 10 most outstanding producers worldwide.

A&X have produced three number one career singles for Don Omar including the nighty-one million YouTube views of his song “Taboo” for the soundtrack of “2 Fast 2 Furious”. A&X can also be praised for not only instrumentally producing Don Omar and Natti Natasha’s number one Billboard track “Dutty Love” but for also producing the lyrics for the two artists.

Chino & Nacho Announce Their US Leg of “Supremo Tour”

Miami, FL – The Venezuelan duo, Chino y Nacho are excited to announce their first ever US tour, titled “Supremo Tour” beginning the month of May.

The Grammy award-winning duo will hit cities such as San Diego, Los Angeles, New York, Orlando, and Charleston, among others. They are humbled by the overwhelming amount of love and support from thousands of fans around the nation and due to their consistent support and on-going requests, this tour has been made a reality. A complete list of concert dates and details will be announced soon.

Chino y Nacho recently received three nominations in the 23rd annual Latin Billboard Awards in the categories: Best Duo or Group for Latin Rhythm Album, Latin Rhythm Song, and in Tropical. The award show will be televised live from Miami, FL Thursday April 26th on the Telemundo network.

Maná Will Shatter The All-Time STAPLES Center Concert Record

 

Los Angeles, CA – Throughout the history of live music performances, a rare level of superstar artists become forever linked with an iconic venue due to their unrivaled drawing power in a city – Frank Sinatra at The Sands, Bruce Springsteen at The Stone Pony & The Meadowlands, Elton John at Madison Square Garden, The Allman Brothers at The Beacon Theatre, The Grateful Dead and Jefferson Starship at The Fillmore, and more. In Los Angeles, legendary links stand between The Doors at The Whiskey-A-Go-Go, James Taylor & Carole King at the Troubadour, and Guns N’ Roses across The Sunset Strip. To that list, you can now add the world’s biggest Latin Rock band, as Maná will now firmly solidify their place as the all-time concert kings of the STAPLES Center. After two capacity concerts this week at Madison Square Garden in New York, The Chart-topping Mexican Superstars will bring their critically-praised Drama y Luz tour back to Los Angeles for another three night concert stand on April 19, 20th and 25th. Impressively demonstrating Maná’s drawing power in the entertainment capitol of the world, this will mark the unrivalled SEVETH Sold-Out STAPLES Center show of this tour alone, and a music-industry leading ELEVENTH CAREER Night at the iconic downtown L.A. arena (Both a new record regardless of language). With Maná unmatched as the top concert draw for young Latino’s, they will now firmly share bragging rights with Kobe Bryant as the ticket-selling titans of STAPLES Center.

“Latin Rock Band Maná Brings In The Audiences… Maná is selling out lots of shows, and the group has been equaling or surpassing audience numbers for major American performers such as Lady GaGa and Taylor Swift!…the group [will surpass] Britney Spears for having the most shows ever at Staples Center”– Perez Hilton

See Maná On-Tour This Spring During The Second U.S. Leg Of The Drama Y Luz Tour

04/13/12 CHICAGO, IL ALLSTATE ARENA

04/17/12 SACRAMENTO, CA POWER BALANCE PAVILLION

04/19/12 LOS ANGELES, CA STAPLES Center (Sold-Out)

04/20/12 LOS ANGELES, CA STAPLES Center (Sold-Out)

04/22/12 FRESNO, CA SAVE MART CENTER

04/24/12 SAN DIEGO, CA VALLEY VIEW CASINO

04/25/12 LOS ANGELES, CA STAPLES Center (Sold-Out)

04/27/12 OAKLAND, CA ORACLE ARENA & O CO. COLISEUM (Sold-Out)

05/01/12 DENVER, CO PEPSI CENTER

05/04/12 PHOENIX, AZ U.S. AIRWAYS CENTER

05/06/12 EL PASO, TX EL PASO COLISEUM (Sold-Out)

05/08/12 SAN ANTONIO, TX ATT CENTER

05/09/12 CORPUS CHRISTIE, TX AMERICAN BANK CENTER

05/11/12 MIAMI, FL AMERICAN AIRLINES ARENA

Prince Royce Lanches His “Phase II” On iTunes

Washington DC – Prince Royce, also known as the 22 year old Geoffrey Royce Rojas, has recently launched his new album titled “Phase II” on iTunes today. The album was partially pirated on the internet last week but the complete and full quality version of the album is now in stores and on iTunes. The album is Prince Royce’s second official album launch which is the follow up to his first self titled album which had a successful year during its launch in 2011 with over 300,000 copies sold as of now.

Phase II will include the hit single “Las Cositas Pequeñas” which launched early this year back 0n January 17th, 2012 as well as “Incondicional” which also launched before the album as a promotional single. Overall the album was very well organized and Prince Royce fans will truly appreciate this new album. Phase II is expected to be anything but a “Cosita Pequeña”.

Prince Royce will also start a new US tour during September which will mostly be hosted in 2.5-5K seat-theatre’s. More details about the tour will be released as the tour dates approach. Stay tuned for more information.

Purchase Phase II On iTunes Today!

Pitbull’s newest Artist Sensato joins Canadian Planet Pit Tour

Ottawa, ON – Sensato fans definitely have something to look forward to as he takes part in the Planet Pit Canadian Tour for the next two weeks in seven different cities. The newest Artist of the Mr. 305 Inc. family shares the stage with Pitbull as they perform their latest Charting Billboard Hit “Crazy People” which the music video was filmed in Miami last week. Sensato’s performance also includes “Latinos in Paris that has been seen in popular blogs and media outlets such as Perez Hilton, PopDust, Los Angeles Times, MTV, The Source, and more. As the two continue to tour, Sensato states “I am very grateful for this opportunity and for the support of my team and fans, I feel blessed.”

Sensato’s Performance Dates
March 21st – Stampede Corral, Calgary, AB
March 22nd – Rexall Place, Edmonton, AB
March 23rd – Brandt Centre, Regina, SK
March 24th – MTS Centre, Winnipeg, MB
March 27th – CE Centre, Ottawa, ON
March 28th – Ricoh Coliseum, Toronto, ON
March 29th – Bell Center, Montreal, QC

Romeo Santos Will Be On “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno” Tonight


Washington D.C. – Romeo Santos after a series of three amazing shows in the big apple’s Madison Square Garden, Romeo heads to Jay Leno’s “The Tonight Show” where he will perform his hit track featuring Lil Wayne “All Aboard”. After his appearance on the show Romeo will be heading down to Miami, Florida where he will have another concert at the American Airlines Arena in Downtown Miami. During the month of March, Romeo will travel across the country heading to 12 other cities and filling arenas with his fans. Romeo Santos will head to Washington D.C. metropolitan area at the Patriot Center in Fairfax, VA on March 9th, 2012. Romeo will wrap up his tour March 25th at The Joint at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in sin city, Las Vegas, Nevada.

Remember to check out The Tonight Show with Jay Leno tonight to see Romeo Santos perform “All Aboard”, check your local listings for more details

 

List On Upcoming Concert Dates:

March 01, 2012                      Miami, FL                      AmericanAirlines Arena
March 02, 2012                      Orlando, FL                   Amway Center
March 04, 2012                      Atlanta, GA                   Philips Arena
March 07, 2012                      Boston, MA                   Agganis Arena
March 09, 2012                      Washington, DC            Patriot Center
March 13, 2012                      Chicago, IL                    Allstate Arena
March 15, 2012                      Houston, TX                  Toyota Center
March 16, 2012                      Dallas, TX                     Verizon Theatre at Grand Prairie
March 20, 2012                      San Jose, CA                 HP Pavilion
March 21, 2012                      Los Angeles, CA           STAPLES Center
March 23, 2012                      Phoenix, AZ                   Jobing.com Arena
March 24, 2012                      San Diego, CA               Valley View Casino Center
March 25, 2012                      Las Vegas, NV               The Joint @ The Hard Rock Hotel & Casino