Ivy Queen is considered one of the pioneers of the reggaeton genre, commonly referred to as the Queen of Reggaeton.
54 Facts About Ivy Queen
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Ivy Queen began her career as a member of the all-male collective The Noise in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
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Ivy Queen went solo in 1996, and released her debut studio album En Mi Imperio which was quickly picked up by Sony Discos for distribution in 1997.
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Ivy Queen later released The Original Rude Girl, her second studio album for Sony label, which spawned the hit single "In the Zone".
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However, Ivy Queen did not rise to fame until she moved to an independent record label to release her third studio album, Diva in 2003.
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Ivy Queen is one of the wealthiest reggaeton artists and had a net worth of $10 million in 2017.
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Ivy Queen did not finish high school, reaching eleventh grade in the mainland United States, and studied music at the New Jersey School of Performing Arts.
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When she was 18, Ivy Queen moved to San Juan, where she met rapper and producer DJ Negro.
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In 1995, Ivy Queen joined an all-male Puerto Rican group called the Noise, at the invitation of DJ Negro.
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In 2001 and 2002, Ivy Queen's music began appearing on reggaeton compilation albums, spawning hits like "Quiero Bailar" from The Majestic 2 and "Quiero Saber" from Kilates.
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Ivy Queen frequently appeared and performed on the reggaeton television show "The Roof", which featured urban music and lifestyle, and was produced by Perez.
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In 2003, Ivy Queen released Diva, her third studio album.
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Ivy Queen said that it was a good opportunity to reach other markets, and in particular the competitive market of English rap.
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Queen's first compilation album The Best of Ivy Queen, consisting of tracks from Diva and Real, was released the same year.
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Ivy Queen later appeared on the Spanish-language recording of the Star-Spangled Banner, "Nuestro Himno".
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Ivy Queen then received the first Premio Juventud "Diva Award", which honored Queen for her musical career.
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Ivy Queen began working on the album in 2006 after Cosa Nostra became a commercial failure.
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Ivy Queen said she wanted to give a 180-degree turn to what people think of reggaeton.
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At the Latin Grammy Awards of 2007, Calle 13 won the Best Urban Music Album award for their album Residente o Visitante Ivy Queen's Sentimiento was nominated in the same category.
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Ivy Queen is an extraordinary woman with incomparable talent, and she's number one in her genre.
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Drama Queen, released on July 10,2010, was originally intended to be released after her third compilation album Cosa Nostra: Hip-Hop as a concept album on which Ivy Queen would performing duets with female singers from different genres.
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Ivy Queen told EFE that she started writing for the album while she was heartbroken at home.
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Ivy Queen added the album contains 16 of 26 songs she wrote during this period.
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Drama Ivy Queen sold 3,000 units in its first week and dominated urban album sales for nine consecutive weeks.
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Drama Ivy Queen received a nomination for Best Urban Music Album at the 2011 Latin Grammy Awards, which was won by Calle 13 for Entren Los Que Quieran.
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Ivy Queen received two nominations at the 2011 Latin Billboard Music Awards for Hot Latin Songs Artist of the Year, Female and Top Latin Albums Artist of the Year, Female.
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Ivy Queen said that spending two years away from the media has helped her emotionally and mentally.
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Ivy Queen said that the album is "very mature and complete," because although her style is urban and reggaeton it features fusions of rhythms and instruments with their own styles.
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In February 2020, Ivy Queen embarked on the Raiz No Rama World Tour, which was forced to end due to the Covid pandemic.
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Ivy Queen worked with salsa singers La India on "Cuando Hieres A Una Mujer" and Victoria Sanabria on "No Te Quiero".
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Ivy Queen cites Celia Cruz, La Lupe, and other "classic Salsa singers" as inspirations for her style of hip-hop music.
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Ivy Queen said she enjoyed the songs "Como La Flor" and "La Carcacha".
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Ivy Queen told Ramiro Burr of the Houston Chronicle, "I admired Selena because she had that famous crossover success, but sadly she never got to enjoy it," she said.
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Ivy Queen cites fellow American rapper Missy Elliott as an influence as well.
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Since beginning her career, Ivy Queen has wanted to create and compose songs "that have some kind of subject matter" so that people understand the concept and message.
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Ivy Queen says she writes songs that "put bad men in their places or stand up for the single mothers".
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Ivy Queen compared the song to "Corazones" by Daddy Yankee from his album Barrio Fino.
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Ivy Queen is known as the "Queen of Reggaeton" in the traditionally male-dominated genre.
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In 2017, Ivy Queen was nominated to be inducted into the Latin Songwriters Hall of Fame.
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In 2023, Ivy Queen was presented with the Musical Legacy Award at the 35th Lo Nuestro Awards, becoming the first female artist to be recognized with the award.
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Ivy Queen was involved in a charity marathon run in Puerto Rico called "Carrera por una Cura".
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In 2021, Ivy Queen performed at the official Latino inaugural celebration for US president Joe Biden.
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Ivy Queen has been writing her autobiography, Detras Del Glamour, since late-2007.
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Ivy Queen made her acting debut in February 2012 in the Spanish-language production of Eve Ensler's play "The Vagina Monologues" staged in Orlando, Florida.
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Ivy Queen said she had not physically assaulted Omar's alleged mistress.
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Ivy Queen stated they had not lived together for two months, citing the "extensive travels of her husband and his workload of being a producer" as causes of the end of the nine-year marriage.
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Ivy Queen was in a relationship with DJ Urba from mid-2006 to the end of 2007.
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In 2010, after Ivy Queen invited American actor Vin Diesel to attend 2010 Premios Juventud, it was rumored they were in a relationship together.
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Ivy Queen told Escandalo TV that there was no romance between them and that they were just good friends.
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Ivy Queen said the song is about what happens to a lot of women.
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Ivy Queen said that although she quit high school after fourth year, she graduated from the Academy "Street" with a Bachelor of Life and honors.
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Ivy Queen said her vocabulary is "that of the street", and that if she could do something other than singing she would go to college.
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Ivy Queen married Puerto Rican choreographer Xavier Sanchez in late 2012.
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Ivy Queen announced in June 2013 that the couple were expecting their first child.