Luis Fonsi Biography

Luis Fonsi born Luis Alfonso Rodríguez López-Cepero is a Puerto Rican singer, songwriter and actor. He is best known for multiple songs, one of them being “Despacito”, featuring Puerto Rican rapper Daddy Yankee.

He received his first Latin Grammy Award nominations in Record of the Year category and won Song of the Year thanks to the song “Aquí Estoy Yo”. The song also won three Billboard Latin Music Awards.

“Despacito” became his biggest success winning four Latin Grammy Award, five Billboard Music Award, seven Billboard Latin Music Awards and received three Grammy Awards nominations. Fonsi also won one Latin American Music Award for “Échame la Culpa” with Demi Lovato.

As of 2018 Luis Fonsi has broken six Guinness World Records and sold more than 11 million records with “Despacito”. His latest song is Sola

Luis Fonsi Age

He was born on April 15, 1978 in San Juan, Puerto Rico. He is 44 years old as of 2022.

Luis Fonsi Height | Luis Fonsi Estatura

Fonsi stands at a height of 5 feet 7 inches (170 cm).

Luis Fonsi Family

Fonsi is the oldest child of Alfonso Rodríguez and Delia López-Cepero. He has two younger siblings: a brother, Juan Rodríguez, who also is a singer, and a sister, Tatiana Rodríguez.

Luis Fonsi Wife

On September 10, 2014, Luis Fonsi and Spanish model Águeda López were married on after three years of living together.

He was previously married to Adamari López. In 2003, Luis Fonsi started to become romantically interested in actress Adamari López, who, as an Univision artist and fellow Puerto Rican, constantly found herself near Fonsi.That same year, he released the song “Abrazar la vida” (“To Embrace the Life”), off the eponymous album which would later become one of López’s favorites.

In 2005, Fonsi was in the middle of an international tour that was abruptly cancelled when López was diagnosed with cancer. He promised to stay by her side, and traveled with her to Mexico, Miami, and Puerto Rico for various treatment and work-related trips. López has been in remission since 2006.

On June 3, 2006, the couple were married in a religious ceremony in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico attended by many celebrities including Joey Fatone, Ednita Nazario, Charytín Goyco, and Carlos Ponce, as well as his brother, aspiring singer Jean Rodríguez, professionally known as “Jan”. On November 8, 2010, the couple officially divorced.

Luis Fonsi Children | Luis Fonsi Hijos

Luis Fonsi and his wife López had their first child together, a daughter Mikaela López-Cepero, in December 2011 in Miami. On December 20, 2016, the couple welcomed their second child, a son named Rocco Rodriguez López.

Luis Fonsi Salary

Fonsi earns an estimated salary of about $50000 to $100000 annually.

Luis Fonsi Net Worth

Fonsi has an estimated net worth of about $20 million.

Luis Fonsi Education

Fonsi attended Dr. Phillips High School in Orlando, Florida, and participated in a group called “Big Guys” which sang at school parties and local festivals. One of the members of the group, Joey Fatone, later joined *NSYNC.

In 1995, he enrolled at Florida State University to study music. Fonsi also joined the school’s choir the Florida State University Singers and sang with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra.

He attended Florida State University School of Music on a full scholarship, majoring in Vocal Performance. He eventually dropped out in order to pursue a career in music. Soon after, he was offered a recording contract by Universal Music Latin.

Luis Fonsi Career

Fonsi recorded his debut album, Comenzaré (I Will Begin) in 1998. The record peaked at number 11 on Billboard’s Top Latin Albums chart and contained the singles “Perdóname,” “Si Tú Quisieras,” “Dime Como,” and “Me Iré”.

Comenzaré became a hit in Puerto Rico and across Latin America, with Fonsi doing well in markets like El Salvador, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, Venezuela, Mexico. His 2000 follow-up, Eterno, became even more successful. Around this time, he also recorded a duet with Christina Aguilera for her 2000 Spanish-language album, Mi Reflejo.

On May 1, 2000, he performed at the Great Jubilee Concert for a Debt-Free World, an outdoor concert in Rome, attended by Pope John Paul II. That same year, Ednita Nazario won a Latin Grammy Award for a song composed by Fonsi. Luis Fonsi also performed, with other artists, at the White House in honor of the victims of the September 11 attacks.

In 2002, he was the opening act for Britney Spears’ Dream Within a Dream Tour in the US and Mexico. In the same year, Fonsi debuted his English album “Fight The Feeling” trying to do a crossover with the first single “Secret” featuring Joey Fatone in the video. In 2003, Fonsi performed to billions of viewers across the globe at Miss World 2003 in China.

Fonsi’s fifth CD, Abrazar la vida, sold very well, which opened new markets in Europe. “¿Quién Te Dijo Eso?” reached number one on the Billboard Latin charts. During his time in the studio for the next album, he recorded “Amazing”, a duet with Spice Girl Emma Bunton for her 2004 album Free Me.

Fonsi’s sixth CD, Paso a Paso, debuted at number one and sent him into international markets. His song “Nada Es Para Siempre” also reached number one on the music charts, and was a nominee for the Latin Grammy Awards. In 2006, Fonsi contributed to El Piruli, a tribute album honoring Víctor Yturbe, singing a classic bolero, “Historia de un Amor.”

In 2007, he was selected to be part of the jury of the new version of the Latino boy band Menudo which would be a fusion of urban, pop and rock music in English and Spanish to produce several albums with the label of Sony BMG Epic Records.

Several auditions were held in different cities such as New York, Los Angeles, Miami, Dallas, among others. Luis Fonsi was a part of the Dallas competition where along the side of radio announcer Daniel Luna they chose varies contestants and in their pickings, rising star JC Gonzalez was 1 of the 25 selected.

Fonsi’s seventh CD, Palabras del Silencio, debuted and stayed in the number one position for many weeks. He entered the US Billboard Hot 100 for the first time in September 2008 with his song “No Me Doy por Vencido”, debuting at number 98 and peaking at number 92.

The song reached number one on the Billboard Hot Latin Tracks chart, one of his biggest hits to date. It became Billboard’s “Latin Pop Song of the Decade,” and spent 21 weeks at number one on the Hot Latin Songs chart.

In November 2009, he was awarded a Latin Grammy Award for “Song of the Year” for his composition “Aquí Estoy Yo”. On December 11, 2009, he performed at the Nobel Peace Prize Concert in Oslo, honoring recipient President Barack Obama.

In 2011, Luis Fonsi released the album Tierra Firme, and went on tour to promote it throughout Latin America. On July 9, 2011, Billboard he was named “Leader of Latin Music’s New Generation”.

In 2014, he released his album 8, a reference to his eighth career album. Fonsi then did a tour named “Somos Uno” in 2014–15.

In November 2017, Luis Fonsi released the song “Échame la Culpa”, featuring Demi Lovato, which debuted at number three on the Hot Latin chart. “Échame la Culpa” won Song of the Year at the Latin American Music Awards of 2018 and received one nomination for Best Latin at the MTV Video Music Awards. As of 2018, the song sold more than 1 million copies worldwide.

In June 2018, he released the single “Calypso”, with Stefflon Don which peaked at number 11 on the Hot Latin chart. On 2 November 2018, Fonsi collaborated on the track “Baby” by Clean Bandit from their second studio album. The song peaked at number 13 of Billboard Hot Dance/Electronic Songs and at number 15 of UK Singles Chart.

On 13 January 2019, Fonsi joined with Wisin, Alejandra Guzmán and Carlos Vives as coaches of the first Spanish season of La Voz by Telemundo.

In 2019, he performed “Right Where I’m Supposed to Be” as the Official Song of the 2019 Special Olympics World Summer Games in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates in collaboration with Avril Lavigne, Ryan Tedder, Hussain Al Jassmi, Assala Nasri and Tamer Hosny.

Luis Fonsi Acting

In 1992, Luis Fonsi made a brief cameo in the romance film Como Agua Para Chocolate in which he played the friend of the male lead, Pedro Múzquiz. In 2004, he made his second acting appearance on the Mexican telenovela named Corazones al límite in which he played Roy.

Fonsi also had a special appearance in 2001 on the Nickelodeon television series Taina. He joined the cast of Broadway’s Forever Tango for a two-week engagement in August 2013.

Luis Fonsi Despacito | Luis Fonsi Daddy Yankee

In January 2017, his song “Despacito” featuring Daddy Yankee was promoted and released. On April 4, 2018, the music video reached five billion views on YouTube, with the song becoming number one in nearly every Latin Billboard chart, and the most viewed video in the world.

In April 2017, the song was given an English remix featuring Canadian singer Justin Bieber. The remix reached number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 for the week ending May 27, 2017, becoming both Fonsi and Yankee’s first number one on the chart, and Bieber’s fifth.

Justin Bieber promoted the remix at one of his shows in Puerto Rico, inviting Fonsi onto stage to perform the duet with him. “Despacito” remained number one for 16 consecutive weeks, tying One Sweet Day, by Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men as the longest reigning top song in the chart’s history.

As of 2019 Luis Fonsi has broken six Guinness World Records and sold more than 11 million records with “Despacito”.

Luis Fonsi Philanthropy

Since 2008, Luis Fonsi has been ambassador of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, which fights against childhood cancer. In 2017, he was honoured with the Spirit of Hope Award for his humanitarian work by Billboard Latin Music Awards.

After the 2017 Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico and Dominican Republic, Luis Fonsi became one of the major helpers to raise the islands from the devastation. For his contribution he was honored with the Global Gift Philanthropy Award.

Fonsi is also a supporter of spreading the Latin culture around the world.

Luis Fonsi Mp3 | Descargar Luis Fonsi

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Luis Fonsi Albums

Studio albums

• Comenzaré (1998)
• Eterno (2000)
• Amor Secreto (2002)
• Fight the Feeling (2002)
• Abrazar la vida (2003)
• Paso a Paso (2005)
• Palabras del Silencio (2008)
• Tierra Firme (2011)
• 8 (2014)
• Vida (2019)

Luis Fonsi Songs | Luis Fonsi Canciones | Musica Luis Fonsi

• Despacito
• Imposible
• Échame la Culpa
• Calypso
• Sola
• Aqui Estoy Yo
• No Me Doy por Vencido
• Llegaste Tú
• Imagíname sin tí
• Nada Es Para Siempre
• Poco A Poco
• Sigamos Bailando
• ¿Quién te dijo eso?
• Tanto Para Nada
• Que Quieres De Mi
• Dime Que No Te Iras
• Corazón En La Maleta
• Quisiera Poder Olvidarme De Ti
• Aunque estés con él
• Llueve por Dentro
• Le Pido Al Cielo
• Tu amor
• Party Animal
• Respira
• Más Fuerte Que Yo
• Ahí Estas Tú
• Se Supone
• Por Ti Podria Morir
• Si no te hubiera conocido
• Apaga La Luz
• Eligeme
• No te pertenece

Luis Fonsi New Song | Luis Fonsi Nueva Cancion

• Slowly
  Life · 2019
• Blame me
  Life · 2019
• Calypso
  Life · 2019
• Impossible
  Life · 2019
• Alone
  Life · 2019
• There you are
  Life · 2019
• Turn off the light
  Life · 2019
• Stronger than me
  Life · 2019
• I ask Heaven
  Life · 2019
• Slowly
  Life · 2019
• So much for nothing
  Life · 2019
• Tell me you will not go
  Life · 2019

Luis Fonsi Movies

• Amantes de Luna Llena (2000); Special appearance
• Taina (2001); Special appearance
• Corazones al límite (2004); Roy
• Llena de amor (2010); Special appearance
• The Voice Chile (2015–16); Coach
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2017, 2019); Guest Performer
• Lip Sync Battle (2018); Episode: “Luis Fonsi vs. Joan Smalls”
• Drop the Mic (2018); Episode: “Seth Rogen vs. Joseph Gordon-Levitt / Terry Crews vs. Luis Fonsi”
• La Voz (2019-); Coach