Ricky Martin Biography

Ricky Martin or Enrique Martin Morales is a Puerto Rican songwriter and singer who is known as the “God of Latin Pop” and “King of Latin Music". Apart from being a pop singer, he is also a music producer, author, actor, and humanitarian. He was seen in commercials at the age of six, and Ricky Martin was also associated with the all-boy pop band Menudo from the age of twelve. Throughout the 1990s, he released various Spanish pop albums after being associated with the pop group for about five years as a teenager.

Then with “She Bangs” and “Livin La Vida Loca,” he started to top the pop charts and started with a vivid career as a solo artist. With over seventy million records sold worldwide, he soon became one of the most influential and best-selling Latin artists of all time.

(Image will be uploaded soon)

Association Of Martin With Menudo And Early Life

Until Martin turned 18, as a teenager, he was part of a musical pop group known as Menudo. At a very young age of six, he appeared on local television commercials. In 1984, he was finally selected as a member of teen music band Menudo after auditioning three times for it. During these years with Menudo, Ricky Martin sang in various languages while touring around the world. As soon as he reached the age limit of the group, which is 18, he finished high school and shifted to New York to pursue a singing and solo acting career. He was born to Enrique Martin Negroni, a psychologist, and Nereida Morales, a private accountant, on 24th December 1971 in the San Juan municipality of Puerto Rico. He has one sister and four brothers. 

Martin’s Childhood

As per Ricky Martin biography documentation, it is found that his parents had divorced when he was two years old. He was constantly shifting between his paternal grandmother’s home and father’s house in the suburbs of San Juan. Throughout his childhood, he served as an altar boy as he grew up in the Roman Catholic. Martin’s main inspiration was his maternal grandfather, who inspired him to write songs. He was fond of English classic rock bands like Led Zeppelin, REO Speedwagon. He revealed in an interview that the source of his energy in front of thousands of audience is from his time back at family get-togethers. Martin appeared in several kinds of toothpaste, cold drink, and restaurant television advertisements as a child.

Musical Career And Albums

After leaving Menudo, Martin released several solo Spanish albums. He was constantly making concert appearances after recording and releasing albums alongside living his acting career to the fullest. Martin has a big name in the Hispanic or Latin Pop community and is pretty popular in his home commonwealth of Puerto Rico. Ricky’s second album was Me Amaras which was released in 1989 following the release of his solo debut album by the name of Ricky Martin by Sony’s Latin division. 1997 was a big year for him as he dubbed for the Spanish version of the movie Hercules by Disney production alongside releasing his third album, A Medio Vivir.

1998 was yet another success as he released his next album, Vuelve, containing the primary hit song known as The Cup of Life of La Copa De La Vida. The song was broadcasted to around 2 billion people worldwide when he performed it live in France at the 1998 Football World Cup Tournament. Again singing the same song, he gave yet another sensational performance at Los Angeles Shrine Auditorium for the Grammy Awards during the spring of 1999. He was also awarded for the best Latin performance pop on the same evening, which transformed him into a global sensation.

Recommendable Projects

With the album named Ricky Martin, he topped the Billboard charts for the first time. Soon after that phenomenal Grammy Awards, he released his first English solo, “Livin La Vida Loca '' which became one of his biggest hits ever. He was featured in various magazines, including Times, where he was praised for bringing in classic Latin and fusing it with American pop. For the Grammys next year, he was nominated for a total of four categories which he lost to male pop sensation Sting and Santana Band led by Carlos Santana.

During the winter of 2000, Martin released his much-awaited follow-up album for Ricky Martin, known as Sound Loaded. “She Bangs” from this album was yet another notable work by Martin that earned him another Grammy nomination. In 2001, La Historia witnessed a compilation of all his best Spanish hits, after which he released Almas Del Silencio after two years which was yet another Spanish album. In 2005 he released his second English album known as Life. Though these albums managed to reach the top 10 charts of billboard albums, these were not as successful as his previous works.

Ricky Martin Family And Personal Life

The Ricky Martin Family tree is not that controversial. In 2008, he fathered two boys by the name of Valentino and Matteo via surrogacy. Back in 2010, he went public about his homosexuality and revealed that he was proud of it. In 2016 while giving an interview at Ellen DeGeneres talk show, he confirmed his relationship with Jwan Yosef, an artist raised in Sweden and Syrian by birth. He confirmed his marriage by 2018, and by winter of that year, he had his daughter Lucia followed by another son named Renn by late 2019. He even founded a child advocacy organization speaking for child education and rights by the name of Ricky Martin Foundation in 2000.

(Image will be uploaded soon)

Conclusion

Apart from his musical career, Martin has a rising acting career right from childhood. He debuted in the American television industry with the sitcom known as Getting By in 1995 and General Hospital in 1996. He is a fine author and has published his autobiography, which is one of the best-selling books. He continues to produce both English and Spanish music alongside acting in American dramas. Apart from that, he has been an active philanthropist speaking about child rights, gender discrimination, and sexuality.

Did You Know?

• Ricky Martin has even performed in Theatre Broadway, classical-like Evita, and Les Miserables.  

• He has appeared in the US Top 10 Latin Charts several times of almost 21, and it also includes securing the first position eight times. 

• Martin was awarded Spanish citizenship as a reward for his contribution to the Spanish performing arts.

• Many people search for Ricky Martin's age, and right now, he is 49 years old, looking much younger than his actual age. 

• He has received four Latin Grammy and two Grammy Awards and has sold over 50 million copies of his albums worldwide.