Ricardo Montaner

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Ricardo Montaner

Born	September 8, 1957 Buenos Aires, Argentina

Latin pop singer Ricardo Montaner was born on September 8, 1957 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, but moved to Venezuela when he was 7 years old. During his youth he performed in the church chorus in the town of Maracaibo and soon after launched his career in the early 80's. But it wasn't until 1987 when Ricardo became popular in Venezuela with the singles "Yo Que Te Amé" and "Vamos a Dejarlo" belonging to his self-titled album.

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The following year he came out with "Ricardo Montaner 2" with songs like "Tan Enamorados" and "A Donde Va El Amor" while acting in the popular soap opera "Niña Bonita". This also became a tool to make his songs known to the rest of Latin America. His next two albums, "Un Toque de Misterio" and "En el Último Lugar del Mundo", became classics of the popular music in Mexico, Central and South America with hits such as "La Cima del Cielo", "Me Va a Extrañar", "Déjame Llorar" and "Será".

By 1992 Ricardo decided to hit the Spanish Caribbean with "Los Hijos del Sol", an album that contained songs like "Castillo Azul", "Honda" and "Piel Adentro", this year he also recorded with Michelle, the Latinamerican version for the Aladdin song "A Whole New World".

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Although Ricardo has written most of his songs he has worked closely with other great song writers in Latin America such as Pablo Manavello, Ilan Chester and Oscar Gómez. But in 1994, Ricardo Montaner wrote and produced all the songs in his album "Una Mañana y un Camino", which became popular only years after his release due to the lack of promotion by his new record label EMI Latin, with which Ricardo would also release "Viene del Alma" in 1995, an Italian pop flavored album that was not as well received as his previous albums.

By 1997, Ricardo was already a well established artist in the Spanish speaking music world and could give himself the luxury of experimenting with other styles of music, without forgeting the roots that had made him so popular a decade earlier. Working one more time with Pablo Manavello and with a new record company, Warner Music proved to be the promoter Ricardo was expecting for. "Es Así" brought Ricardo much popularity in the United States Spanish speaking areas and allowed Ricardo to tour more than 17 countries in Latin America making him even more popular in Spain. Songs like "La Mujer de Mi Vida", "Para Llorar" and "Es Así" became very popular all around.

In 1999 Ricardo recorded his best album ever with his past hits decorated with the strings of the London Metropolitan Orchestra. This proved to be very successful and Ricardo made another attempt with "Sueño Repetido" (2001) that included the bolero style song "Bésame" arranged by Bebu Silvetti. Future works with Juan Carlos Calderón, Kike Santander and Silvetti would be the key for Ricardo to move his songs and popularity to another level in 2002, 2003 and 2004.

2002's "Suma" (Bolero style songs) and 2003's "Prohibido Olvidar" (balada pop) had fair results in terms of sales and acceptance. In 2004, he made another album with the London Metropolitan Orchestra named "Con La London Metropolitan Orchestra Vol. 2" featuring his latest hits songs and two exclusive songs such as "Desesperado" and "Esta Escrito". In 2005, Montaner lauched "Todo y Nada" an album of great combination of lyrics, music and interpretation that just confirms once more the talent in Ricardo, "Cuando a mi Lado Estas" and "Nada" were the promotional songs and were well received by the public. For this album he's already nominated in the Latin Grammys with album and song of the year for "Cuando a mi Lado Estas". "Amarte es mi Pecado" and "Heridas de Amor" are non-album songs that have been chosen to be the theme songs on two very popular Mexican soap operas and that much popular have become these songs. Ricardo's son, Alejandro Montaner, recently became a singer.

Short in stature, high in talent, Ricardo is undoubtedly one of the most popular artists of all time in the Latin pop world and an icon in modern romantic music in Cervantes' language. He lives with his family in Miami, Florida in his beautiful mansion.

[edit] Notable Ricardo Montaner albums

Ricardo Montaner self-titled album.	Ricardo Montaner 2.	Un Toque de Misterio.	En el Último Lugar del Mundo.
Los Hijos del Sol.	Una Mañana y un Camino.	Viene del Alma.	Es Así.
Con La London Metropolitan Orchestra	Sueño Repetido.	Con La London Metropolitan Orchestra Vol. 2.	Todo y Nada.