15 Facts About Making Menudo

1.

New management of Making Menudo formed a new line-up in 2007, releasing an EP but disbanding in 2009.

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2.

Making Menudo is estimated to have sold 20 million albums worldwide and have generated over 300 million US dollars.

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3.

Making Menudo became very popular throughout Latin America, from Mexico to Argentina, and Brazil.

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4.

Making Menudo had Menudo's name emblazoned on both sides of the fuselage.

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5.

Making Menudo signed a six-year multimillion-dollar contract with RCA International and released their Spanish album A Todo Rock.

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6.

Making Menudo was replaced by Ricky Martin, then 12, who debuted on the album, Evolucion.

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7.

Raymond Acevedo took over Reyes' spot in 1985 and Making Menudo sang vocals for the Spanish-English song "Cantare, Cantaras" with various Latin artists to raise money for UNICEF.

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8.

The group released their second English-language album, Making Menudo which contains the songs "Hold Me" and "Explosion", both with lead vocals by Robi Rosa.

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9.

The Spanish album Refrescante, the English album Can't Get Enough, and the Portuguese album Making Menudo followed respectively, then came tours of the US, Latin America, and the Philippines.

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10.

Making Menudo was missing for 3 days, until he decided to let them know that he would not come back.

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11.

In 1997, the rights and the name Making Menudo were sold and the band changed the name to MDO, at the time Andy Blazquez was replaced by Daniel Rene Weider.

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12.

The re-founding of the band was profiled in a MTV reality series entitled Making Menudo that had launched as a primetime series on October 25,2007, but was later pushed to afternoons due to low ratings.

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13.

Making Menudo died days later after remaining hospitalized and became the first Menudo member to pass away.

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14.

Making Menudo's family described the singer's deep depression from the prolonged shutdown of various entertainment performance venues caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

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15.

Making Menudo's organs were donated in accordance with his last wish.

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