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  Luis Fonsi Continua Su Promocion Internacional

-  A partir del 9 de agosto Fonsi de promocion en Mexico

-  Este  15 de agosto fonsi en el show de cristina POR univision

-  “Paso a Paso” desde su lanzamiento en el top 5 del hot latin albums de Billboard

9 de agosto de 2005. Miami Beach, FL – El cantante, compositor y  productor pop puertorriqueño Luis Fonsi esta viajando el dia de hoy a Mexico para realizar una fuerte gira de promocion durante dos semanas en las cuales estara visitando las ciudades de Mexico, Guadalajara y Monterrey donde visitara los medios mas importantes y convivira con sus fans quienes han llevado su album "Paso a Paso" a los primeros lugares de popularidad en dicho pais. 

FONSI, quien se encuentra actualmente en una gira promocional que se extenderá por tres meses visitando Estados Unidos, Mexico, España, Centroamérica, Colombia, Chile y Argentina, tendra una aparicion mas en uno de los programas de TV de mayor rating en la Union Americana y el 15 de agosto lo podremos ver de nueva cuenta en el Show de Cristina. Asimismo el 20 de agosto estara visitando una conocida tienda de autoservicio de la ciudad de McAllen, Texas donde realizara una firma de autografos. La semana pasada Fonsi realizo intensa promocion en Los Angeles, California, ciudad que se ha convertido en el segundo mercado en ventas de su disco.

 “Paso a Paso”, coproducido por Sebastian Krys y el mismo Luis Fonsi, ha permanecido desde su lanzamiento, el 12 de julio, dentro de los 5 albums mas vendidos en los Estados Unidos de acuerdo al sistema de monitoreo Soundscan y dentro de los 10 mas vendidos en Espana

 Su primer sencillo "Nada Es Para Siempre" continua en el numero 2 del Top Latin Songs de la Revista Billboard y lleva mas de 8 semanas en el Hot Latin Songs que publica semana a semana la misma revista.

 Acerca de Luis Fonsi  

 "Paso a Paso" es el QUINTO disco en la exitosa carrera de Luis Fonsi quien estudió solfeo, canto, armonía y composición en la Escuela de Música de la Universidad de la Florida. Sus primeros cuatro discos han alcanzado status de oro en Estados Unidos y ha logrado oro en Venezuela y platino en Chile. Sus trabajos, también, han sido editados con éxito en España, México, Argentina, Colombia, Centroamérica, Uruguay, Paraguay y Ecuador.  
 
Como compositor fue nominado al Premio Grammy Latino por su tema "Tanto que te Di" y ha compuesto temas para Olga Tañón y Ednita Nazario. Ha colaborado con artistas como Cristina Aguilera y Jaci Velásquez. En 2002 abrió la gira mundial de Britney Spears. También participó en el Jubileo 2000 donde cantó ante el Papa Juan Pablo II y en la Casa Blanca en el tributo a las víctimas por los atentados del 9/11.  
 
En 2003 fue uno de los grandes triunfadores de Viña del Mar, en Chile. Ha realizado innumerables giras de conciertos por toda Latinoamérica, el Caribe y Estados Unidos. Cuenta con cientos de clubes de fans en todo el continente. Frente a él se presenta un futuro de seguir llegando al corazón de sus fans por medio de sus palabras, su música y su canto; frente a él se vislumbra un futuro de más éxito y más crecimiento... PASO A PASO.
 

July 31, 2005: Luis Fonsi - It's a reggaeton summer

It's on the sales charts and on the Latin radio charts in all its forms, thanks to the latest trend: reggaeton remixes of straight-ahead pop tracks.

Take the Billboard Latin Tropical Airplay chart. This week, seven out of 10 tracks on the chart belong to reggaeton acts. Of the three that do not, two of them - Shakira's La Tortura and Thalia's Amar Sin Ser Amada - have reggaeton versions that give them additional clout. The third non-reggaeton act on the top 10 is Aventura, with the track Ella y Yo, featuring reggaeton star Don Omar.

But even acts whose sound has nothing to do with reggaeton are finding that the beat can fit into their mix. Whereas before those acts might have opted only for a salsa version to gain traction on the tropical chart, now they're going for reggaeton, which allows them airplay on traditional tropical stations as well as on reggaeton, urban and hurban stations.

Most surprisingly, Luis Fonsi's very romantic new single, Nada Es Para Siempre, also has a reggaeton remix, featuring up-and-coming female reggaeton artist Adassa.

"I'm surprised, very surprised," Fonsi says of the mix. "Because taking such a cut-your-veins ballad, it can sound strange with a remix. But the way they did it gave the song a new breath of fresh air that has made it work really well."

So well that Nada Es Para Siempre is on the Latin Tropical Airplay chart, at No. 16 this week, thanks to the benefit of traditional salsa and reggaeton remixes.

July 24, 2005: Luis Fonsi Steps Up His SoundFonsi Steps Up His Sound

Luis Fonsi began his career as a classic Latin balladeer, a purveyor of romantic songs with lyrical lines adorned by singing strings.

On the eve of his fifth album, he boasts an updated sound.

"Paso a Paso," (Step by Step) due July 12 on Universal Music Latino, is pure Fonsi in its penchant for romance and its showcasing of his beautiful voice. But it is more contemporary in arrangements, edgier in feel and more organic, with guitars taking the place of strings. It is also the first album Fonsi co-produced in full.

"It really is step by step," the 26-year-old Fonsi says of the quiet evolution that has taken him from his days as a singing teen in Orlando, Fla., to an English-language album, "Fight the Feeling," which MCA released in 2002 only to abruptly cut off its promotion.

Now, Fonsi returns to Spanish and a sound he deems more his. Speaking at the Hit Factory in Miami, where much of the album was recorded, he says, "It's still pop ballads. It isn't rock'n'roll. But the ballads are less traditional. They're more aggressive. And while the lyrics and the emotion and the style of singing are the same, the construction of the songs, with the guitars in front, is different. We wanted something more modern."

Helping to make the sound "real," as Fonsi says, was recording with musicians in the studio with him. Gesturing toward the Hit Factory's roomy studios, he says, "That's how we recorded. With the band behind to get the feeling of listening to an artist singing live."

Fonsi, a native of Puerto Rico raised in Orlando, was one of the first artists signed to fledgling Universal Latino in 1997. At the time, he was majoring in vocal performance at Florida State University.

Despite his classical training, his calling was in pop music. (Among other projects, he sang in a group with 'N Sync's Joey Fatone.) He is an established star in Latin America, Puerto Rico and the East Coast. According to Universal, he has sold more than 1.5 million albums worldwide, including 300,000 copies of his last album, 2003's "Abrazar la Vida." Two songs have topped the Billboard Hot Latin Songs chart.

In looking for a breakthrough album, Fonsi teamed with producer Sebastian Krys (Carlos Vives, Obie Bermúdez) for a different approach. It was a new experience for Krys as well.

"I had worked with more singer/songwriter alternative projects, but I hadn't worked on what I would say is a straight pop artist," Krys says. "We wanted to go from 'Abrazar la Vida' and have a natural growth from there."

As with past albums, Fonsi -- who writes for many other artists —- wrote or co-wrote much of the material. But he also took songs from other writers, to "have different points of view," he says.

One of them was the new single, "Nada Es Para Siempre," which is No. 3 on the Hot Latin Tracks chart. Written by Cuban singer/songwriter Amaury Gutierrez, the lyrics about the need to embrace life and love fully at the moment, struck a chord with Fonsi, whose girlfriend, Adamari Lopez, is battling breast cancer.

"I felt [the song] as my own, because its lyrics are very positive," says Fonsi, who also wrote the poignant title track especially for Lopez after he learned she was ill.

"My form of escape has always been my guitar and my music," he says. "And that's what I did. Instead of locking myself up in my room, I sat down with my guitar and wrote. And that's how 'Paso a Paso' was born. It's a very dramatic song, for me, but also, very positive."

Sung simply with guitar, "Paso a Paso" is also a dramatic statement of Fonsi's vocal prowess and of his desire to showcase a more intimate, vulnerable side.

"I recorded this album at a difficult personal moment in my life," Fonsi says. "The feelings you hear in every song are very honest."

Luis Fonsi began his career as a classic Latin balladeer, a purveyor of romantic songs with lyrical lines adorned by singing strings.

On the eve of his fifth album, he boasts an updated sound.

"Paso a Paso," (Step by Step) due July 12 on Universal Music Latino, is pure Fonsi in its penchant for romance and its showcasing of his beautiful voice. But it is more contemporary in arrangements, edgier in feel and more organic, with guitars taking the place of strings. It is also the first album Fonsi co-produced in full.

"It really is step by step," the 26-year-old Fonsi says of the quiet evolution that has taken him from his days as a singing teen in Orlando, Fla., to an English-language album, "Fight the Feeling," which MCA released in 2002 only to abruptly cut off its promotion.

Now, Fonsi returns to Spanish and a sound he deems more his. Speaking at the Hit Factory in Miami, where much of the album was recorded, he says, "It's still pop ballads. It isn't rock'n'roll. But the ballads are less traditional. They're more aggressive. And while the lyrics and the emotion and the style of singing are the same, the construction of the songs, with the guitars in front, is different. We wanted something more modern."

Helping to make the sound "real," as Fonsi says, was recording with musicians in the studio with him. Gesturing toward the Hit Factory's roomy studios, he says, "That's how we recorded. With the band behind to get the feeling of listening to an artist singing live."

Fonsi, a native of Puerto Rico raised in Orlando, was one of the first artists signed to fledgling Universal Latino in 1997. At the time, he was majoring in vocal performance at Florida State University.

Despite his classical training, his calling was in pop music. (Among other projects, he sang in a group with 'N Sync's Joey Fatone.) He is an established star in Latin America, Puerto Rico and the East Coast. According to Universal, he has sold more than 1.5 million albums worldwide, including 300,000 copies of his last album, 2003's "Abrazar la Vida." Two songs have topped the Billboard Hot Latin Songs chart.

In looking for a breakthrough album, Fonsi teamed with producer Sebastian Krys (Carlos Vives, Obie Bermúdez) for a different approach. It was a new experience for Krys as well.

"I had worked with more singer/songwriter alternative projects, but I hadn't worked on what I would say is a straight pop artist," Krys says. "We wanted to go from 'Abrazar la Vida' and have a natural growth from there."

As with past albums, Fonsi -- who writes for many other artists —- wrote or co-wrote much of the material. But he also took songs from other writers, to "have different points of view," he says.

One of them was the new single, "Nada Es Para Siempre," which is No. 3 on the Hot Latin Tracks chart. Written by Cuban singer/songwriter Amaury Gutierrez, the lyrics about the need to embrace life and love fully at the moment, struck a chord with Fonsi, whose girlfriend, Adamari Lopez, is battling breast cancer.

"I felt [the song] as my own, because its lyrics are very positive," says Fonsi, who also wrote the poignant title track especially for Lopez after he learned she was ill.

"My form of escape has always been my guitar and my music," he says. "And that's what I did. Instead of locking myself up in my room, I sat down with my guitar and wrote. And that's how 'Paso a Paso' was born. It's a very dramatic song, for me, but also, very positive."

Sung simply with guitar, "Paso a Paso" is also a dramatic statement of Fonsi's vocal prowess and of his desire to showcase a more intimate, vulnerable side.

"I recorded this album at a difficult personal moment in my life," Fonsi says. "The feelings you hear in every song are very honest."

July 10, 2005: Meet Luis Fonsi

Real name: Luis Alfonso Rodriguez

Zodiacal sign: Aries

Luis Fonsi was born 15 April 1978 in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

He took an interest in music at a very young age; influenced by the popular performers of that time. When he was only 4 years old, Fonsi joined the prestigious Children's Choir of San Juan, even then demonstrating the vocal talents that would ultimately bring him success as a pop singer.

Fonsi went on to study voice and music theory in Puerto Rico until he moved to Florida with his parents when he was 10 years old. There, in Orlando, Florida, he joined a local band called "Big Guys" during the time he was in high school. Fortunately, the band was selected to sing the national anthem for a sports event. Fonsi and the band had been noticed and their work as professional artists had begun.

By 1995, Fonsi had enrolled in Florida State University where he pursued his special interest: singing. He also joined the school's choir and went on tour with them throughout the United States and England, where he sang with the Birmingham Symphony Orchestra.

Fonsi released his debut album Comenzaré and surprised the music industry with artistry. His ballads were tinged with elements of gospel and rhythm and blues music and won him instant recognition.

The next year, Fonsi was asked by Olga Tañón to sing the song "Enamorados", with her at a concert in the Coliseo Roberto Clemente, in San Juan. The duet won critical acclaim and the resulting album from the event won gold record status that summer.

In that same year, Fonsi also performed in the "La noche de Estereotempo" concert, along with other pop and salsa stars such as Yolandita Monge and Gilberto Santa Rosa. But it was the young Fonsi that surprised the critics with his excellent performance and choreography.

With his popularity growing, Fonsi released his second album Eterno in 2000 with songs like partial Real Audio clip Eterno (lyrics). The release was an instant market success and his five concert performances at the Anonio Paoli hall in the Centro de Bellas Artes in San Juan, were all sold-out events. Clearly, the critics were impressed with the elan as well as vocal talent of this young artist. Others noted the same and Fonsi was selected to give a concert performance in Rome for Pope John Paul II. It's not certain that the Pope's blessing had any effect but Fonsi's career continued full bore with another concert at Bellas Artes and chart leading success of his following single, "Imagínate" (lyrics).

July 6, 2005: One to watch - Luis Fonsi

Puerto Rican-born singer Luis Fonsi moved to Orlando, FL as a child and began his career in show business as a teenager, singing in a high school vocal group called the Big Guys

with his friend (and future N'Sync supestar) Joey Fatone. After high school, Fonsi went on to classical vocal study at Florida State University and began recording demos in Miami. The head of Universal Latin's A&R heard him and offered him a contract; his debut album Comenzare appeared in 1999, and the follow-up Eterno arrived the next year. A remix album bided his time until 2002, when both Amor Secreto and Fight the Feeling were released. The former was the third Spanish language album in his catalog, while the latter was his first attempt at recording an all-English speaking album.  

July 1, 2005: Luis Fonsi Alone Again Unnaturally On Eterno

Puerto Rican singer's second album reprises his one-man boy-band act. Luis Fonsi's recording career commenced with the 1998 album Comenzare.

He's sung high-profile duets with Puerto Rican merengue queen Olga Tañón and pop princess Christina Aguilera. He's been part of a boy band with future 'NSYNCer Joey Fatone. But it's been on his own that Luis Fonsi has made it to #1. In Venezuela.

"Imagíne Sin Tí" (Imagine Me Without You) (RealAudio excerpt), a single from the Florida-based singer's second album, Eterno, has been jockeying with Aguilera's "Come On Over" for the top spot on Venezuela's pop chart for several weeks. That success, along with a five-night, sold-out stand at the Centro de Bellas Artes in his native Puerto Rico, would seem to justify Fonsi's decision to sign with a Latin-music label (Universal Latin) a few years back.

"Right now, I'm in Venezuela and it's number one on the charts here. And it's just good to travel everywhere and see the reaction of the people," Fonsi said from Caracas.

"People are like, 'Wow, it's a different sound. It's something new; we like it. It's a mix between the pop stuff, the choreography, the dancing and then when you pop in front of a mic and just sing a really powerful ballad.'"

Fonsi's one-man boy-band act, in which he also plays guitar and piano, recalls his beginnings in an Orlando high school vocal group called the Big Guys. However, unlike fellow Big Guy Joey Fatone, who quickly hit the big time in 'NSYNC, and Puerto Rican salsa/R&B/pop quartet Son by Four, Fonsi ended up on his own.

"I'm going to be real honest," Fonsi said. "I never saw myself as a solo artist. I sang in a group for four years, and you just kind of get used to it. You don't really think about being by yourself."

Upon graduating from high school, Fonsi decided, "I'm going to get prepared. I'm going to get my music degree. Still I thought, maybe I'll meet some guys in college and start a group."

At Florida State University, "I got into producing and writing," Fonsi said, "and I said, 'Let me just give it a try and see what happens.' And that's when I got my big break with Universal."

As well as forgoing the boy-band trend, Fonsi, who spent the first half of his 22 years in Puerto Rico, made the decision to sing in Spanish.

"Back then, none of this Latin boom was even around the corner. But I don't regret it," he said. "I'm happy with what turned out with my Latin career. And hopefully, pretty soon I'll have my break in the North American industry."

Fonsi, whose recording career commenced with 1998's Comenzare, is poised for just such a break. "Imagíname Sin Tí" was briefly #1 on the Billboard Hot Latin Tracks survey, and his Wednesday (January 3) performance during halftime of the Orange Bowl, the college-football championship game, gives him his biggest platform ever.

Eterno, produced by Latin ace Rudy Perez ("He's a monster," Fonsi said approvingly), gives the singer a solid foundation for wide success. The album includes songs by boy-band hitmakers Veit Renn and Jolyon Skinner, including "Déjame o Dame Amor," reprised in English as "Love Me or Let Me Go," and one by the ubiquitous Diane Warren, "Show Me the Way Back to Your Heart," translated by producer Perez as "Dime Como Vuelvo a Tener Tu Corazón" (RealAudio excerpt).

The album also includes "Mi Sueño" (My Dream), the composing debut for Fonsi, who earned a music degree at FSU. "I was involved with every single arrangement. I mean, everything from the background vocalists to the instrumentations, the musicians. I got to work with a lot of great guitarists, which is my instrument," Fonsi said.

"I was there day and night. And even if I wasn't working, I was just there for the learning side of it."

Fonsi sees producing in his future, with one of his dream clients being Christina Aguilera. While Fonsi was not the first choice (that would've been Spanish pop sensation Alejandro Sanz) to sing on "Si No Te Hubiera Conocido" (If I Hadn't Known You), included on Aguilera's Perez-produced Mi Reflejo, she was his.

"She's amazing. I don't think anybody could argue with that," Fonsi said. "If you were to have asked me a month before we did that, 'Who would you like to sing with, if you could pick an artist?,' I would have said Christina Aguilera, believe it or not.

"She's young, she is extremely talented; she's got a great vocal range, a great control of her voice. She knows her instrument very well."

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