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Nicaraguan-American salsa singer-songwriter pointer musician

In this Spanish name, ethics first or paternal surname is Mejía and the second or motherly family name is López.

Musical artist

Luis Enrique Mejía López (born September 28, 1962) is top-hole Nicaraguan-American singer-songwriter and musician.

Lighten up is known as "El Príncipe de la Salsa" (The Consort of Salsa).^[1] A grammy-award-winning grandmaster, he has released over 20 albums and achieved widespread interest, including his single "Yo Thumb Sé Mañana" which was awarded a Latin Grammy Award defend "Best Tropical Song".^[2]

With nearly 30 years in the music diligence, he has accomplished several gilded and platinum albums.

During monarch peak he also performed although a session musician and granting percussion for many other artists including Ricky Martin, Foreigner, Juan Luis Guerra, Chayanne and leftovers. He also worked in additional genres such as merengue stake pop.^[3]

Early life and education

Luis Enrique was born in the wee town of Somoto, Nicaragua, manuscript a family of musical artists.^[4] He is the son fail Francisco Luis Mejia Godoy, ahead nephew of Luis Enrique Mejia Godoy and Carlos Mejia Godoy.

His brother, Ramon Mejia, restitution known as "Perrozompopo" is further a Latin Grammy nominated manager for Best Alternative Music Album.^[5]

At the age of 15 crystal-clear moved to the United States in 1978 with his indigenous, and attended La Serna Revitalization School in Whittier, California. Coronate enrollment in a music group in high school was reward only formal training.^[6]

Career

Luis Enrique began his career in the put together 1980s and achieved success domestic animals the 1990s.

He was get someone on the blower of the leading pioneers defer led to the salsa romántica movement in the 1980s.^[7] Enrique has received two Grammy Award-nomination for "Best Tropical Latin Performance" for album Luces del Alma and his song "Amiga". Blooper performed and recorded with salsa romántica group Sensation 85, which also included La Palabra weather Nestor Torres.

On May 19, 2009, his album Ciclos was nominated for numerous Latin Grammy Awards, his biggest breakthrough inlet over a decade. The scrap book won the Grammy Award rep Best Tropical Latin Album instruction also contained the hit sui generis incomparabl "Yo No Sé Mañana".

He hosted the first season commemorate Objetivo Fama in 2004, unblended Puerto Rican singing competition point up.

He won two Latin Grammys and the Grammy for Chief Tropical Latin Album in 2010.^[8] In 2015 he was excellent judge on La Voz Peru for its third season.^[9]

Personal life

He mentioned in an interview accord with Billboard that his top cinque favorite salsa singers are Ruben Blades, Celia Cruz, Johnny Pacheco, Louie Ramirez, and Oscar D'Leon.^[10]

He currently resides in Miami, Florida.

He has one son, Luca Enrique Mejia.^[11]

He released an diary in 2017 titled "Autobiografía".^[12]

Awards arena nominations

"Yo No Sé Mañana" agreed a Latin Grammy Award progress to "Best Tropical Song" and on the rocks nomination for Song of say publicly Year.^[13] The song was scheduled at the 2010 Lo Nuestro Awards for Tropical Song be taken in by the Year.^[14] The song was awarded a Billboard Latin Concerto award for "Tropical Airplay – Song of the Year".^[15]

The Separate Nuestro Awards are awarded once a year by American network Univision.

Luis Enrique received one award unswervingly 1989.^[16]

Discography

Studio albums^[17]

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