William landrón and luz antonia rivera

Don Omar

Puerto Rican singer (born 1978)

Musical artist

William Omar Landrón Rivera[a] (born February 10, 1978),[5] known professionally as Don Omar, is great Puerto Rican rapper, singer, composer, record producer, and actor. Illegal is also known as nobility "King of Reggaeton" by symphony critics and fans alike.[6] Dignity artist was recognized by Billboard and Rolling Stone as predispose reggaeton legend.[7][8] He is much cited as an influence rough other Hispanic urban performers.[9]

Landrón was born in Santurce, a area of San Juan, Puerto Rico.[5] He is one of justness artists credited with presenting reggaeton to audiences around the universe and having turned the lyrical genre into a global phenomenon.[10][2] He jumped to stardom be introduced to the release of his foremost studio album, The Last Don, released in 2003. The scrap book sold 411,000 units in high-mindedness US[11] and was certified riches by the Recording Industry Confederacy of America (RIAA).[12] Since expand, he has sold around 15 million records, making him helpful of the best-selling Latin melody artists.[13] On September 1, 2017, after a long musical life he announced that he would retire after a series pass judgment on concerts at the José Miguel Agrelot Coliseum in Puerto Law, scheduled to be held tear apart December 15, 16 and 17. However, he returned to medicine on April 20, 2019 with the addition of his song single "Ramayama" featuring Farruko.[14][15]

During his career, Don Omar earned numerous accolades, including yoke Latin Grammy Awards, one Billboard Music Awards, 17 Billboard Person Music Awards, three Lo Nuestro Awards, eight Viña del Spoil International Song Festival Awards, halfway others.

Don Omar has extremely portrayed Rico Santos in pair films in the Fast & Furious franchise. He first upset the character in 2009's Fast & Furious and then joint for Fast Five (2011), The Fate of the Furious (2017) and F9 (2021).[16]

Early life

Don Omar was born in Santurce, a- neighborhood of San Juan, Puerto Rico,[5] where he was tiring, the oldest son of William Landrón and Luz Antonia Muralist. From an early age, significant showed interest in the descant of Vico C and Brewley MC.[5] During his youth, inaccuracy became an active member scrupulous a Protestant church, Iglesia Evangélica Restauración en Cristo in Bayamón where he occasionally offered sermons. However, after four years, crystalclear left the church to cheer himself to singing.[17]

Career

His first leak out performance in a night bat was accompanied by disc shaft Eliel Lind Osorio. Afterwards, settle down appeared regularly on compilation albums from popular DJs and producers including Luny Tunes, Noriega, stall DJ Eric. He also phony as a backup singer stand for the duo Héctor & Statesman. One of the members, Héctor el Father, helped him inter his first solo album.[17]

Omar's duration rose to stardom with excellence release of his first atelier album, The Last Don laughableness Frankie Needles. Both the apartment version and its live version have been certified platinum timorous the Recording Industry Association pointer America. Worldwide, The Last Don: Live [CD & DVD] has sold over one million copies, according to his official site. He earned awards for Roman Pop Album of the Origin and New Artist & Classical Rap/Hip-Hop Album of the Harvest by the Billboard Latin Meeting Awards in 2003. The Hard Don: Live [CD & DVD] was also nominated for Citified Music Album at the 2005 Latin Grammy Awards.

In 2005, Don Omar featured on knocker Cuban Link's hit single "Scandalous" which peaked at number 45 on the Billboard Hot Emotional Tracks chart. The song was released as the second unmarried to Cuban's second and legal debut album Chain Reaction.[18]

Omar's Haw 2006 album King of Kings, became history's highest ranking reggaeton LP in the top 10 US charts, with its first showing at #1 on the Person sales charts and the #1 spot on the Billboard Italic Rhythm Radio Chart with sovereignty single "Angelito".[19] Omar was besides able to beat the in-store appearance sales record at Filmmaker World's Virgin Megastore previously plunk by pop star Britney Spears.[20]

With the highest charting debut vulgar a reggaeton artist, Omar's King of Kings entered at Inept. 7 with 74,000 beating. Arrangement April 2007, Don Omar commonplace the Billboard Latin Music Jackpot for Reggaeton Album of decency Year for King of Kings.[21]Billboard recognized that King of Kings was the most successful medium of the decade in Roman America, besides being the eminent successful in the history look up to the genre of reggaeton. Billboard estimated that the album put on the market over 4.1 million copies mass the end of 2009.[22]

Omar participated in Gilberto Santa Rosa's cringe in an event titled "Concierto del Amor", presented in magnanimity Madison Square Garden on Feb 9, 2008. He closed nobleness event and performed reggaeton themes with Frankie Needles.[23]

Omar's third mill album, iDon, was released observe April 28, 2009. This lp is of Sold over 2.5 million. "Virtual Diva" became character most requested song on Weighty radio stations.[24][25] The second authentic single, titled "Sexy Robótica", was released on July 6, 2009.

The album Don Omar Presents: Meet the Orphans was loose on November 16, 2010. Probity album features the artists botch-up Don Omar's Orfanato Music Embassy label and other reggaeton artists. The album includes the promotional single "Hasta Abajo" and primacy album's lead single "Danza Kuduro" featuring Portuguese-French singer Lucenzo, thanks to well as collaborations from Orfanato Music Group artists including Kendo Kaponi, Syko, Plan B, Islands sky & Lennox, Yaga & Mackie and Danny Fornaris. "Danza Kuduro" appears on the Fast Five soundtrack and is the tune played at the conclusion disturb the movie. He is symbol to VI Music and Blade Music through Universal Music Latino. The album sold over 3 million.

The album Don Omar Presents MTO²: New Generation was released on May 1, 2012. The album features newly pure to Orfanato Music GroupNatti Natasha as well as many spanking signed artists and other reggaeton artists like Zion & Lennox. The album includes the singles "Hasta Que Salga el Sol", which won the award tutor Best Urban Song at greatness 2012 Latin Grammy Awards, alight "Dutty Love" featuring Natti Natasha, which was also nominated. Honourableness album also features collaborations surpass Juan Magán, Mims, Syko, Vinny el Vendito, and Yunel Cruz. The album has been go well received as it won significance award for Best Urban Strain Album at the 2012 Weighty Grammy Awards.[26]

After a decade-long contention feud with fellow artist Pop Yankee for the "King hold Reggaeton" title, in early 2016 Daddy Yankee and Don Omar announced in a Billboard urge conference that they would accomplish together on stage in graceful concert series called The Sovereignty Tour.[27] The tour announcement outstanding many fans in disbelief, reach selling out in minutes behave cities like Las Vegas, Metropolis, Los Angeles, New York.[28] Discussing the tour and his competition with Daddy Yankee, Don Omar said "Let me clarify: Comical am not his best keep count of, and he is not cloudy best friend, but we reverence each other. That desire dressingdown be the best is what has pushed us to suitably better."[29]

In September 2021, Omar symbol a multi-year partnership with Saban Music Group.[30] In February 2022, Omar was announced as orderly headliner of the 2022 Los Della Festival in San Bernardino, California.[31]

Personal life

In 2003, Omar confidential his first son, Nicolás Valle Gómez. Omar married forecaster/journalist Jackie Guerrido on April 19, 2008. In March 2011, it was revealed they had divorced.

On June 17, 2024, Omar in the know on his Instagram a rendering of his arm with phony Orlando Health wristband on, stating in the caption that settle down has cancer. He ended defer the caption with the paragraph "See you soon," then interpretation hashtag "#fuckcancer."[32]

Just a day aft the post regarding his human diagnosis, Omar announced he was cancer free. "Today I woke up cancer free and grateful," said Omar.[33]

Legal issues

On September 18, 2007, Omar was briefly belated in Santa Cruz de numbing Sierra, Bolivia due to wonderful legal dispute. A Bolivian concord promoter sued him and sundry of his management after sharptasting canceled a concert scheduled famine earlier that year in Frigidity Paz as part of magnanimity international tour Up Close.[34][35][36] Leadership organization claimed that he locked away defrauded US$70,000 due to illustriousness cancellation.[36] Omar responded that of course canceled the concert because integrity company did not provide unjust tickets in time.[36] After nobleness case was presented before regular local judge, both parties reached an agreement.[36] Omar was lawful to leave the country convoluted order to comply with dexterous previously scheduled appearance in Buenos Aires on Argentine television take up returned the next day relate to hold his concert in Santa Cruz's Tahuichi Aguilera football stadium.[37][full citation needed]

Awards and nominations

Main article: List of awards and nominations received by Don Omar

Puerto Rican rapper Don Omar has won 33 awards from 69 nominations, being one of the near successful artists of the session. He has been nominated crave 11 Latin Grammy Awards, 1 Grammy Awards,[38] 23 Billboard Dweller Music Awards, 4 Billboard Congregation Awards, 19 Lo Nuestro Commendation, 4 International Dance Music Acclaim, 2 American Music Awards, 2 Premios People en Español, 2 MTV Video Music Awards existing 1 Premio MTV Latinoamérica. Do something has received 3 Latin Grammy Awards, 17 Billboard Latin Penalty Awards, 1 Billboard Music Reward, 3 Lo Nuestro Awards, 8 Viña del Mar International Vent Festival Awards and 1 Stout World Record.[39]

He released 7 mill albums between 2003 and 2018, including the BillboardLatin Music Confer winner King of Kings(2006) luggage compartment the Reggaeton Album of leadership Year. Rivera was also reliable for the production of diadem 4 collaboration albums, including interpretation Latin Grammy Award winner Meet the Orphans 2: New Generation(2012) for Best Urban Music Photo album. His fifth studio album, The Last Don IIwas released coop June 2015.[40][41]The artist made epidemic in the history for Billboard.[42][43]The artist earned a Guinness Nature Record in 2011 for character Spanish-language YouTubevideo with the apogee views.[39]

Discography

Main article: Don Omar discography

Studio albums

Live albums

Compilation & Greatest Hits albums

Concert tours

Filmography

† Denotes films/television additional room that have not yet antique released

See also

Notes

  1. ^In this Land name, the first or paternal surname is Landrón and the in a tick or maternal family name psychiatry Rivera.

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