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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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.
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 listefners, 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.
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.
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Discography
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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
Awards
See also
- List of Puerto Ricans
- Merengue
References
- daniella hwehfh rkefbhtrvgtbyhbv1608003179/Elvis-Crespo.html Elvis Crespo Biography
- Merengue star Crespo accused of sex act on plane