Jerry Rivera

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Jerry Rivera (born July 31, 1973) is a Puerto Rican salsa singer and songwriter.

Early years

Rivera was born in Humacao, a town on Puerto Rico's eastern coast. He and his family immigrated to Levittown, Toa Baja, where he received his primary and secondary education. Edwin Rivera and his younger sister Saned are among his family's members. Ito and Jose, two other brothers, are professional instrumental players. His parents, as well as musicians, encouraged him to become a guitarist, and father Edwin, a guitarist and producer of Los Barones Trio, would often accompany his mother Dominga, a singer, and father Edwin, a guitarist and producer of Los Barones Trio.

In 1986, when he was 13 years old, he accompanied his father, who was performing at a hotel in Isla Verde, San Juan. Frankie Ruiz, a hotel guest, appeared and performed a few songs with them and had their portrait taken alongside Rivera. This photo was used by Rivera in 2003 to print the album cover for his Canto a Mi Idolo... Frankie Ruiz' ('I sing to my Idol... Frankie Ruiz) who had died in 1998.

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Singing career

Rivera appeared with his father in 1988 and suggested he sing solo. When Rivera was 16, his father gave a demo and told the CBS music department that it was sent. They opted for Rivera.

Rivera's first album, Empezando A Vivir, was released as "El Bebé de la Salsa" (the baby of salsa). "From Head to Toe" is the result of this project. Abriendo Puertas ('Opening Doors'), Estema ('Ita'), Dime ('Note'), and Como un Milagro ('Like a Miracle') became Puerto Rico's first hits, then quickly throughout Latin America, with Esa Nia ('That Girl') and Como Un Milagro's ('Like a Miracle') becoming the top-one hits first in Puerto Rico, followed by Philippe's

Cuenta Conmigo (Count on Me), his third album, has received three Platinum Record awards in the United States, Puerto Rico, Venezuela, and Colombia. It was the longest-sold salsa album in history, a record set by Willie Colón and a time when it was number one in the Latin American Billboards for three months in a row. The Cuenta Conmigo, Me Estoy Enamorando ('I'm Falling in Love), and Casi Un Hechizo (Nearly A Charm) were among the hit songs on the show. Amores Como El Nuestro (written by Panamanian songwriter Omar Alfanno) (Love Like Ours) was the top hit on the album, according to some, which is considered by some to be the best song by Rivera. Rivera was given two Premio Lo Nuestro Awards for "Singer of the Year" and "Album of the Year," as well as three Crystal Awards from Sony Records.

Amores Como El Nuestro has been sampled twice in hip hop, first by American East Coast hip hop duo, and later by Haitian rapper Wyclef Jean in their 2004 album "Doing This" by Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights, which will later become the worldwide number one 2006 hit "Hips Don't Lie" by Wyclef and Colombian-singer Shakira. On MTV's animated series "Fair Enough" of its second season, "Amores Como El Nuestro" can be seen.

Cara de Nio ('Baby Face') was released in 1993 by the author of Qué Hay De Malo (Qué Hay De Malo).

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(Cara de Nio, No Hieras Mi Vida, as the year's biggest hits of the year.' Lo Nuevo y lo Mejor (The New and the Best) his first compilation album, which also included the single "I'm Going Crazy For You"). "Magia" was released on the self-titled album in 1996, and Ahora Estoy Solo (Now That I'm Alone) was one of the album's most popular songs. Ya No Soy El Nio Aquel was first published in 1997. Rivera's first attempt at ballad music, which featured the bolero Ese, was released in 1999. Jerry performed the song with his father at the Roberto Clemente Coliseum in San Juan.

Para Siempre ('Forever') was a word used in 2000 by Rivera ('Forever'). This was his last album on Sony Latin records. Jerry Rivera, his self-titled album, and a year later, he released Vuela Muy Alto (Fly High), bringing him a new fanbase around Latin-America and the United States, with the title track debuting in top 10 charts as well as Herida Mortal (Mortal Wound). He returned to his salsa roots in the following year, releasing Cantando A Mi Idolo... Frankie Ruiz, a tribute album to one of his idol Frankie Ruiz'), in honor of his mentor Frankie Ruiz. The album earned him a Latin Grammy nomination, made up for his previous ballad albums' poor sales, and Ruiz's Mi Libertad featured Voltio.

Rivera appeared in the film I Like It Like That and appeared as himself in a Latin American soap opera called Mi destino eres tu ('You are my destiny'), which aired on Univision in the United States in November 2005. Rivera has also appeared in numerous Banco Popular de Puerto Rico films, including Al Compas de n Sentimiento (dedicated to late Puerto Rican composer Pedro Flores) and Con la musica por Dentro. He released Ay Mi Vida (Oh My Life) in the same year as the first, which had received mixed feedback. Caribe Gardel, a tribute to Argentine singer Carlos Gardel, was one of the year's top salsa hits, with Gardel's Cuesta Abajo (Downhill) being one of the year's biggest salsa hits. El Amor Existence was released in 2011, with Solo Pienso En Ti being one of 2011's most popular salsa hits.

Rivera has appeared in Venezuela, Colombia, Honduras, Panama, the United States, Ecuador, Argentina, Peru, Mexico, and Japan.

He was one of the four judges for Idol Puerto Rico in 2011. (The Puerto Rican Version of American Idol)

Rivera was injured during a concert in Milagro, Ecuador, a city near Guayaquil, on August 25, 2018. Rivera was performing on the roof of an elevator when it fell, causing him to crash down below the concert's stage. He had broken a quadriceps tendon on his right leg and was admitted to the hospital near a nearby hospital. He later underwent surgery in the United States.

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