Luis Fonsi is known for multiple songs, one of them being "Despacito" featuring rapper Daddy Yankee.
33 Facts About Luis Fonsi
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Luis Fonsi won one Latin American Music Award for "Echame la Culpa" with Demi Lovato.
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Luis Fonsi was born on April 15,1978, in San Juan, Puerto Rico, the oldest child of Alfonso Rodriguez and Delia Lopez-Cepero.
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Luis Fonsi has two younger siblings: Jean Rodriguez, who is a singer, and Tatiana Rodriguez.
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Luis Fonsi attended Westridge Middle School and Dr Phillips High School, both in Orlando.
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In 1995, Luis Fonsi enrolled at Florida State University School of Music on a full scholarship, He joined the school's choir, the Florida State University Singers, and sang with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra.
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In 1997, Luis Fonsi recorded his debut album, Comenzare, released in 1998.
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Comenzare became a hit in Puerto Rico and across Latin America, with Luis Fonsi doing well in markets like Colombia, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Mexico, and Venezuela.
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Around this time, Luis Fonsi recorded a duet with Christina Aguilera for her 2000 Spanish-language album, Mi Reflejo.
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On May 1,2000, Luis Fonsi performed at the Great Jubilee Concert for a Debt-Free World, an outdoor concert in Rome, attended by Pope John Paul II.
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In 2002, Luis Fonsi was the opening act for Britney Spears' Dream Within a Dream Tour in the US and Mexico.
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In 2003, Luis Fonsi performed to billions of viewers across the globe at Miss World 2003 in China.
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In 2007, Luis Fonsi was selected to be part of the jury of the new version of the Latino boy band Menudo.
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Luis Fonsi was a part of the Dallas competition where along the side of radio announcer Daniel Luna they chose various contestants and in their pickings, rising star JC Gonzalez was 1 of the 25 selected.
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Luis Fonsi entered the US Billboard Hot 100 for the first time in September 2008 with his song "No Me Doy por Vencido", debuting at number 98 and peaking at number 92.
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In November 2009, Luis Fonsi was awarded a Latin Grammy Award for "Song of the Year" for his composition "Aqui Estoy Yo".
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On December 11,2009, Luis Fonsi performed at the Nobel Peace Prize Concert in Oslo, honoring recipient President Barack Obama.
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In 2011, Luis Fonsi released the album Tierra Firme, and went on tour to promote it throughout Latin America.
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In 2014, Luis Fonsi released his album 8, a reference to his eighth career album.
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Luis Fonsi mentioned that acting would be on his career path and that he wouldn't mind acting with Mexican actors and actresses.
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In June 2018, Luis Fonsi released the single "Calypso", with Stefflon Don.
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In 2019, Luis Fonsi performed "Right Where I'm Supposed to Be" as the official song of the 2019 Special Olympics World Summer Games in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates in collaboration with Ryan Tedder, Avril Lavigne, Hussain Al Jassmi, Assala Nasri and Tamer Hosny.
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On July 26,2019, Luis Fonsi performed at the opening ceremony of the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru.
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Luis Fonsi sang his songs including his worldwide hit "Despacito" at the ceremony.
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In 1992, Luis Fonsi made a brief cameo in the romance film Como Agua Para Chocolate in which he played the friend of the male lead, Pedro Muzquiz.
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In 2004, Luis Fonsi made his second acting appearance on the Mexican telenovela named Corazones al limite in which he played Roy.
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Luis Fonsi had a special appearance in 2001 on the Nickelodeon television series Taina.
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Luis Fonsi joined the cast of Broadway's Forever Tango for a two-week engagement in August 2013.
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In 2003, Luis Fonsi started to become romantically interested in actress Adamari Lopez, who, as a Univision artist and fellow Puerto Rican, constantly found herself near Luis Fonsi.
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That same year, Luis Fonsi released the song "Abrazar la vida", off the eponymous album.
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Luis Fonsi promised to stay by her side, and traveled with her to Mexico, Miami, and Puerto Rico for various treatment and work-related trips.
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Since 2008, Luis Fonsi has been an ambassador of St Jude Children's Research Hospital, which fights against childhood cancer.
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Luis Fonsi is a supporter of spreading Latin culture around the world.