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Also known as Luis Alfonso Rodríguez López-Cepero, Luis Rodríguez

Puerto Rican singer

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Luis Fonsi is a male person from Puerto Rico who works in the latin, latin pop, and pop genres. His musical career began in 1978. He has two children and stands at a height of 170.

Notable works associated with Fonsi include *Despacito*, *UnFROGettable Friends*, and *Amigos ExtraordiRANArios*. Additional titles listed are *Despacito Sheet Music* and *Despacito Sheet Music - Easy Piano Arrangement*. His music is frequently tagged with terms such as spanish and Romantica.

Synthesized by Vinony from 21 facts across 6 sources: Wikidata, Last.fm, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Open Library, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Works
7

Top works

  • UnFROGettable Friends
  • Amigos ExtraordiRANArios
  • Despacito
  • Despacito Sheet Music
  • Despacito Sheet Music - Easy Piano Arrangement

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
Puerto Rico
Active from
1978-04-15
latinlatin poppop

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
1,405,259
Total plays
16,054,810

Tags

latinpoplatin popspanishRomantica

Luis Alfonso Rodríguez López-Cepero, more commonly known as Luis Fonsi, (born April 15, 1978 in San Juan, Puerto Rico) is a Latin Grammy winning Puerto Rican singer, composer and soap opera actor. Fonsi and his family moved to Orlando, Florida, during Fonsi's early childhood. Fonsi's childhood was relatively average for kids his age, beginning to dream about becoming a member of Menudo, arguably Latin America's most famous boy band in history, around the time he was ten years old. <a href="http

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Alfonso
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
San Juan
Languages spoken
Spanish
Field of work
music
Instrument
voice
Official website
www.luisfonsi.com
Image
Luis Fonsi 2015 (cropped).JPG
Height
170
Number of children
2
Residence
Coyhaique
Voice type
tenor
Show 6 more facts
date of birth
1978-04-15
Commons category
Luis Fonsi
start of work period
1978-04-15
topic's main category
Category:Luis Fonsi
social media followers
9844802
Sources (3)

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Encyclopedic overview

Luis Alfonso Rodríguez López-Cepero (born April 15, 1978), known by his stage name Luis Fonsi ( Spanish pronunciation: [ˈlwis ˈfonsi]), is a Puerto Rican singer. He is known for his soulful and dance oriented songs, most notably 2017's "Despacito".

Fonsi received his first Latin Grammy Award nominations in the 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 Fonsi's biggest success, winning four Latin Grammy Awards, seven Billboard Latin Music Awards, five Billboard Music Awards and three Grammy Awards nominations. He also won one Latin American Music Award for "Échame la Culpa" with Demi Lovato.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Luis Fonsi” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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