Grandes Exitos

In 2005 colombian singer Juanes had a worldwide number one hit with his single La Camisa Negra (The black shirt), taken from his album Mi Sangre (My Blood) which also was selling in huge numbers throughout the world.

In June 2006 he decided to make a break to dedicade more time to his wife and his children. In the meantime he started working on his 4th studio album called La Vida Es un Ratico (Life Is Short) which will be released on the 23rd of October 2007.

The first single release is Me Enamora (I fall in love) which is a catchy latin pop song which follows the footsteps of La Camisa Negra. Juanes sings about the woman he falls in love with and that he hopes that she falls in love with him, too. Me Enamora has the chance to repeat his former success with La Camisa Negra, I wish it Juanes, because he is a great singer and musician, good luck!

Video Clip - Juanes - Me Enamora

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More about Juanes:

• http://www.juanes.net/

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Only recently I learned about Alejandro Fernandez when a mexican friend of mine had orded with me the latest disc Viento A Favor (Wind In Favour) when I visited the beautiful island of Mallorca.

While back in Germany, we were listening to the disc together with friends and immediately I fell in love with his music. Especially Te Voy A Perder (I will loose you) is one of best romantic ballads within music history. Listening to it makes you feel what Alejandro Fernandez wanted to express with his song.

As my most loved cat Mucki had died only a few days ago, I dedicate Te Voy A Perder especially to him, because I had such a strong connection with him and when I listen to the song, it reminds me of him.

The album Viento A Favor includes such great music that everyone who likes romantic and soulful music must buy it, you won’t regret it! It’s number one since weeks in Mexico and also sells in big numbers in the United States and in Spain.

Video Clip - Alejandro Fernandez - Te Voy A Perder

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More about Alejandro Fernandez:

• www.alejandrofernandez.com/ (spanish/english)

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Zion, originally from Puerto Rico, had several Reggaeton hits with the duo Zion y Lennox like Yo Voy and earned a gold plague for Motivando A La Yal in 2004. As the duo has split, Zion released his first solo project The Perfect Melody in June 2007.

Zun Da Da was released as a single and is by far one of the best Reggaeton tracks within the past time. The melodic song with the catchy chorus immediately attracts attention and won’t get out of your head soon.

The lyrics are Zion-like very romantic, in the chorus he sings “I will kiss you until I feel you, I’ll invent a world for the two of us, I’ll embrace you and you’ll feel my warmth, we’ll make sex with our clothes on, this will be between you and me”. Zun Da Da has the perfect melody, congratulations Zion, this is Reggaeton at its best.

As I listened to all the tracks of the album The Perfect Melody I can recommend it to anybody who likes melodic and catchy Reggaeton music, a must buy this year.

Video Clip - Zion - Zun Da Da

(25 votes, average: 4.72 out of 5)
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More about Zion:

• Original album mix @Youtube.com
• http://www.ziontheperfectmelody.com (english)
• http://www.myspace.com/zionperfectmelody (english)

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Until now I haven’t heard of Los Ilegales before but as I am a big fan of the Bachata duo Monchy y Alexandra I discovered their video of La Otra. Los Ilegales is a so called merenhouse group and was formed in the Dominican Republic. Their music is a mixture of Merengue and electronic music and became quite popular in Venezuela, Mexico, Chile and Spain.

La Otra is a co-production together with the singer Alexandra and as she normally sings Bachata the song is a funky mixture of Bachata and dance music which immediately seduces to move your body. La Otra is a great song and Los Ilegales and Alexandra should record more songs together.

La Otra is taken from the album La Republica and includes lots of other good songs of Los Ilegales.

Video Clip - Los Ilegales feat. Alexandra - La Otra

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Xtreme could become the next Bachata sensation after the phenomenal success of Aventura (Obsesion, Cuando Volveras). The duo consists of Danny Mejia and Steven Tejada who were born and grown up in the Bronx with parents from the Dominican Republic.

Their self-titled debut album Xtreme with the club favorite Te Extraño was released in April 2006. Their second album Haciendo Historia came out half a year later and included lots of Bachata and some R&B tracks.

Shorty Shorty was released as the first single and this was a good choice. The catchy Bachata song with mixed spanish and english lyrics demonstrates what Xtreme are capable of and demands for more. Shorty Shorty and other great songs can all be found on their recommendable album Haciendo Historia.

Video Clip - Xtreme - Shorty Shorty

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More about Xtreme:

• http://www.grupoxtreme.com/xtreme.html (english)

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La Oreja De Van Gogh is one of Spains most successful rock and pop group. In 1998 the band released their debut album Dile al Sol and sold over 700.000 copies in their native country. Until now, La Oreja De Van Gogh (translated: The Ear Of Van Gogh) have sold over 6 million copies of their albums world wide.

Muñeca De Trapo was the first single from their 4th album Guapa and is one of their best and successful songs. The brilliant voice of singer Amaia Montero forms it into a musical and outstanding masterpiece and deserved to be a huge hit. It was number one in Spain for 5 weeks, 7 weeks number one in Chile, 3 weeks number one in Argentina and stayed for 2 weeks at the pole position in Mexico.

The album Guapa, which was re-released with 14 new tracks as Más Guapa, contains lots of great songs and can be recommended to anyone who likes good rock and pop music.

Video Clip - La Oreja De Van Gogh - Muñeca De Trapo

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More about La Oreja de Van Gogh:

• http://www.laorejadevangogh.com/ (spanish/english)
• http://www.myspace.com/lodvgogh (Blog in spanish)

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Christophe Willem won in 2006 the french casting show “Nouvelle Star”. The popular contestant surprised the judges and the audience with his performances, although he was called La Tortue (The Turtle) because of his weird voice.

In 2006 Christophe Willem released his first single Sunny which climbed to number 3 in the french and to number 17 in the swiss charts. The debut album Inventaire (Inventory) was released on April 16th 2007.

The 2nd single Double Je (Double I) is a perfect produced and catchy dance tune which is number one in the french charts for the 4th week now. The video clip of Double Je is remarkable as well and underlines the unique character of Christophe Willem.

Video Clip - Christophe Willem - Double Je

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More about Christophe Willem:

• http://www.christophe-willem.com/ (french)
• http://christophewillem.spaces.live.com/ (Blog in french)

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Sometimes while browsing on Youtube you can find musical gems there. One of them I recently found is Y Ahora Lloras Por Mi (Now you cry because of me) by the Reggaeton group MAF Crew (or formerly called MAFU Crew).

In the catchy Reggaeton song the group sings about that one does not know what he has until he loses it (uno no sabe lo que tiene hasta que lo pierde) and now you cry because of me (ahora lloras por mi).

The MAF Crew are Doble, Frankie 40, Kaizer and Luchiano and were once the opening act at a Daddy Yankee concert in New York. Hopefully we can hear more good music from them in the future.

Video Clip - MAF Crew - Y Ahora Lloras Por Mi

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More about the MAF Crew:

• http://www.myspace.com/mafcrew

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David Bisbal can be described as one of the most successful spanish pop and rock artist at the moment. In 2001 David Bisbal won the second place in the spanish music show Operación Triunfo and represented Spain, together with the winner Rosa, in the Eurovision Song Contest. In 2002 he released his first album Corazón Latino (Latin Heart) which was one of the fasted selling debut albums with 1 million copies within a few months. In 2003 he received a Latin Grammy for best new artist.

2004 saw the light of his second work Bulería (named after a flamenco dance) which went to number one in Spain and many other latin american countries. In 2005 he tried to gain success in german speaking countries with the duet Let’s make history together with Joana Zimmer but the song failed to succeed. In 2006 David Bisbal released his latest album Premonición (Presentiment) which continued his ongoing success in the spanish spoken world.

The single Silencio (Silence) was released in Spain in April 2007 and awarded him with another number one hit. On the 23nd of June 2007 David Bisbal had a performance in the german TV show “Wetten dass…” which was viewed by over 15 million people. Since then Silencio is played all day long on most german radio stations and it would not surprise to find the song soon in the german charts.

Video Clip David Bisbal - Silencio

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More about David Bisbal:

• http://www.davidbisbal.com/ (spanish/english)

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Julieta Venegas was born in Tijuana in 1970 and is one of Mexicos most talented musician and songwriter. Until now she has released four albums with hits like Andar Conmigo, Lento y Me Voy. Besides singing and composing she plays acoustic guitar, accordeon and keyboard.

Primer día (First day) is a duet with argentinian Hip-Hop artist Dante Spinetta and was released as a single only in Europe at the moment.

The funky song, taken from the album Limón y Sal, is already Top 20 in Spain and hopefully gets attention in other countries soon.

Video Clip - Julieta Venegas - Primer Día (con Dante Spinetta)

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More about Julieta Venegas

• http://www.julietavenegas.net/ (spanish/english)
• http://julietavenegas.us/ (Blog about Julieta Venegas)

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