don omar

Career

He is one of the most well known reggaeton artists in Latin America. His cross over success in the U.S. has given him more exposure to English speaking Reggaeton fans, making him one of the more recognizable faces of Reggaeton along with Daddy Yankee and Tego Calderón. Don Omar's popularity is currently rising and he recently appeared on MTV. Omar is best known for his songs "Dile" and "Dale Don Dale" from his first album The Last Don and "Reggaeton Latino". His songs center around life and love; some examples of these would be "La Recompensa" (The Reward), "Pobre Diabla" (Poor Thing (fem.)) and "Aunque te Fuiste" (Even Though You Left).

His debut album, The Last Don, sold over 350,000 units in South America. Both "The Last Don" as the live edition of it have been certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America. Worldwide, The Last Don: Live [CD & DVD] sold over one million copies, according to the official website. His debut single, "Dale Don Dale", sold over 100,000 copies in South America. He received the awards for "Latin Pop Album of the Year" and "New Artist & Latin Rap/Hip-Hop Album of the Year" by the Billboard Latin Music Awards in 2003. The Last Don: Live [CD & DVD] was also nominated for "Urban Music Album" at the 2005 Latin Grammy Awards

He started his career after facing many obstacles when Héctor Delgado (from the duo Héctor y Tito) gave him an opportunity to be a backup singer. After that, he sang in a live concert with Héctor and Tito in 2003, which was released later as a CD and DVD, which included the songs that became instant hits, Baila Morena and Amor de Colegio.

The first single released from Reggaeton Latino, "Dale Don Dale [Remix]" , which features rapper Fabolous, debuted at #1 on the crossover chart.

He is currently signed to VI Music and Machete Music through Universal Music Latino.

Don Omar's May 2006 album, "King of Kings", became history's highest ranking reggaeton LP in the top 10 US charts, with its debut at # 1 on the Latin sales charts and the #1 spot on the Billboard Latin Rhythm Radio Chart with his single "Angelito".^[1]. Don Omar was also able to beat the in-store appearance sales record at Disneyworld's Virgin music store previously set by pop star Britney Spears.

With the highest charting debut by a reggaeton artist, Don Omar's "King of Kings" (VI) enters at No. 7 with 74,000, besting Daddy Yankee's No. 24(but it sold over 100,000 copies) entry with 2005's "Barrio Fino En Directo." "King of Kings" crowns the Top Latin Albums chart as well.

The songs Los Bandoleros and Conteo featured in the movie Fast & Furious : Tokyo Drift during the scene with the cameo appearance of Vin Diesel.

Controversy

In early 2006, the Governor of Puerto Rico, Aníbal Acevedo Vilá publicly mentioned interest in having Don Omar participate in a program against School Desertion. However, the Secretary of Education has rejected Don Omar sponsoring it due to his lyrics. The local press has also mentioned that Omar himself did not finish High School.

Discography

Albums

• 2003 – The Last Don (*2004 – The Last Don: Live, Vol. 1
• 2005 – Da Hit Man Presents Reggaeton Latino (*2006 – King Of Kings Certified Platinum

Singles

Beginning (2002)-----

• Suena la Music (The Cream)
• Desde que llegó (DJ Eric-La Industria)
• Tú te estas Calentando Conmigo (Gryskull)
• Suelta (Guatauta XXX)
• Déjala (The Godfather)
• Leona (Babilonea)
• Amor de Colegio w/. Hector y Tito (A la Reconquista)
• Gata Ganster w/. Daddy Yankee (El Cartel)
• Loba (Time to Kill)
• Baila Morena w/.Hector y Tito ft. Glorie (La Historia Live)
• Les demostré que puedo con todos (Blin Blin)

The Last Don (2003)-----

• Dale Don Dale (MVP)
• Intocable
• Dile
• Aunque te Fuiste
• La traicionera (w/.Glory)

The Last Don Live (2004)-----

• Pobre Diabla
• Luna
• Entre tu y yo (Mas Flow)
• La Batidora (Mirame)(live)

Los Bandoleros (2004)-----

• Bandolero ft. Tego Calderón
• Donqueo
• Dícelo w/. Rakim y Ken-Y
• Agarrala w/. Trebol Clan ft. Hecotr El Bambino

Da Hitman Presents:Reggaeton Latino (2005)-----

• Reggaeton Latino
• Raggaeton Latino (Chosen Few Remix) ft. N.O.R.E, Fat Joe, LDA
• Ella y yo w/. Aventura
• Ronca ft. Hector El Bambino, Zion
• Scandalous w/. Cuban Link
• Mayor que yo (pt.2) ft. Zion, Alexis y Fido (Mas Flow 2)
• Hold you down (Eliel Remix) w/. Jennifer Lopez
• Noche de Adrenalina w/. Pilar Montenegro
• Dale Don Dale (Hip Hop Remix) ft. Fabolous
• Sácala w/. Hecotr El Father, Wisin y Yandel (Sangre Nueva)

King of Kings (2006)-----

• El Señor de la Noche (Millenium)
• Angelito
• Conteo
• Salió el Sol

Compilations

• 2005 – Los Bandoleros (A various-artist CD produced by Don Omar and released by his own record label, All-Star Enterprises)
• 2005 – Da Hit Man Presents Reggaeton Latino (A remix CD that has many guest stars)

Used to work along with Daddy Yankee and Glory.

DVDs

• "The Don Omar All Star Video Collection" (November 8, 2005)
• "The Last Don: Live" (September 14, 2004)

Ella y yo

Chart history

Albums

Singles

See also

• List of famous Puerto Ricans

External links

• Don Omar Official Website
• Don Omar Concert Photos
• Don Omar (Reggaetonline.net)
• Don Omar Official Blog
• (Spanish) Don Omar Videos

References

1. ^ Reggaeton News - "Don Omar On Top of Charts with "King of Kings" Debut"