Elvis Crespo
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| Elvis Crespo | |
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| Born | July 30, 1971 |
| Origin | Puerto Rico |
| Genre(s) | Merengue |
| Years active | 1988 - present |
Elvis Crespo (born July 30, 1971), is a Puerto Rican-American Grammy Award and Latin Grammy Winner. Crespo who sings Merengue music was named "Elvis" after Elvis Presley.
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[edit] Early years
Crespo, born in New York City, was raised in the city of Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, where Crespo together with his mother he spent his childhood and adolescent years.
[edit] Musical career
He first gained fame in the mid-90s when he joined Grupo Mania, in Puerto Rico. Eventually he decided to try to go solo in 1998. His debut album, Suavemente was a hit, both in Latin America and in the US. The single "Suavemente" was a huge hit and eventually helped him earn the Best Male Tropical/Salsa Album of the Year from Billboard magazine. His album went platinum in the Venezuelan and Central American markets and gold in Chile. Released in 1998, Crespo's debut also earned a gold album for sales of over 500,000 copies in the first year after its release in the United States. "Suavemente" set a record for holding the top position on Billboard's Hot Latin Tracks chart for six weeks. Part of the song's success was its unexpected crossover appeal to English-speaking listeners, particularly in Miami and New York." [1] His album was mostly merengue influenced, but his follow-up albums would venture from these roots eventually. Wow Flash! is Elvis Crespo's third solo recording for Sony Music. Elvis Crespo's latest album, Regresó el Jefe, went on sale on 5 June 2007, with its first single being "La Foto Se Me Borró." He dedicated this album to his niece, Wilmarie Agosto Crespo, who died in a car accident on March 28, 2007.
[edit] Currently
On March 25, 2009, Crespo was accused of masturbating in his seat while on a flight from Houston to Miami, exposing himself to the female passenger sitting next to him. He sometimes enjoys driving around in his Mitsubishi Pajero (Montero in Japan). [2]
[edit] Discography
- Studio albums
- 1998: Suavemente
- 1999: Pintame
- 1999: The Remixes
- 2000: Wow! Flash
- 2002: Urbano
- 2004: Saboréalo
- 2005: Hora Enamorada
- 2007: Regresó el Jefe
- 2008: "Me Gusta Me Gusta" Elvis Crespo: Live in Las Vegas
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