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Ricky Martin is the fifth album by the Puerto Rican singer Ricky Martin. Released by Sony on May 11, 1999 (see 1999 in music), it has been credited for worldwide sales of over 17 million copies. This album is Ricky’s third which marketed in the United States and is his first album in English. Ricky Martin includes Ricky’s first #1 hit Livin' La Vida Loca and Be Careful (Cuidado Con Mi Corazón), a duet with Madonna. When Ricky Martin hit the record stores, it sold over 660,000 copies in its first week and debuted at #1 (a first for Martin).
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Ricky Martin was one of the biggest teen idols in Latin America during the '90s and a major figure in American pop music by the end of the decade. A lead singer of Menudo, Martin was blessed with good looks and a nice voice, which helped him become a Latin music star. He ... became an actor, earning praise from the Mexican motion picture industry and starring on the American soap opera General Hospital, where he played Miguel Morez, a bartender who sings on the weekends.
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Subject: Monkees News Cc: Bcc: X-Attachments: In-Reply-To: References: Message-Id: password 4dmp&m From: PIKLY@aol.com The August 5, 1999 issue of Rolling Stone Magazine, with Ricky Martin on the cover, has a review of the E! program, "The Monkees: The E! True Hollywood Story." The review is on page 77, and is relatively positive. As most of you know, the program is scheduled to air Sunday, August 1at at 9:00pm. Thanks!
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Prince Charles gets funky with his first DJ gig; Ricky Martin has a special new friend! Plus: Monica doesn't like sharing the Big Apple with the big guy, and the Village People lose a villager.
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Ricky Martin's entertainment career has run the spectrum from stage actor, teen singer, soap actor, to Latin sex symbol. Ricky's Latin music tallied up more than 15 million records sold around the world before he began his journey as a household name in the U.S. That journey started in February, 1999, with an electrifying performance at the Grammy Awards. Ricky was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico. After appearing in commercials since age 6, Ricky began to audition for Menudo and was finally asked to join the group when he was 12. Ricky performed with the group as lead singer from 1984 to 1989 and finished high school after leaving the group.
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HAVING already achieved massive stardom in nearly every corner of the world except the U.S., Puerto Rico native Ricky Martin now appears destined to become a household name in America as well. Thanks in large part to a show-stopping performance of his worldwide smash hit (and 1998 World Cup theme song), "La Copa de la Vida," at the Grammy Awards show in February 1999, Martin is being hailed as the frontrunner in a vanguard of Latin pop stars that includes Jennifer Lopez, Luis Miguel, Enrique Iglesias, and Chris Perez. Not only has his 1998 Spanish-language album, Vuelve, vaulted into the Billboard Top 100 (it still resides at No. 1 on the Billboard Latin 50 chart), but the debut single ("Livin' la Vida Loca") from Martin's first English-language album has become the biggest selling No. 1 single in the history of Columbia Records. And if that isn't enough, capping this onslaught of attention is a ringing endorsement from Madonna, who leapt at the chance to do a duet with Martin on his English-language debut.
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