Ednita Nazario
Encyclopedia
Ednita Nazario is a Puerto Rican
singer and songwriter
who has achieved stardom both at home and abroad. She has been in the music
business from a young age, and has released over twenty albums throughout her career.
, to Domingo Nazario and Gudelia Figueroa. She has two older brothers (Tito and Alberto) and a younger brother (Frank, a.k.a Pancho). Ednita showed inclinations to music
even when small. A family anecdote tells that when she was two, she went shopping with her mother but wandered away in the market. She was found singing on top of boxes to an enthusiastic crowd of shoppers laughing and clapping until her mother took her.
When she was 6 she attended a baseball
game in Ponce with her brothers. While she was playing with her brother's glove, the batter hit the ball toward her. She held the glove up for protection, and the ball landed squarely in it. The crowd went wild, including Alfred D. Herger
, one of Puerto Rico's top record producer
s, who was seated near the family. When he asked her if she wanted to be a baseball
player, she replied "No, I'm going to be a singer." He asked her to sing something for him, and she responded with an impressive rendition of a local salsa
hit that left both the producer and the crowd astonished. The crowd applauded her. Two months later, Herger visited the Nazario household with a recording contract, which the family, reluctantly at first, signed.
At 6, Ednita recorded her first song: a Spanish
version of "My Love Lollipop". In 1966, at age 11 Nazario made her first radio debut.
, in a band which Tony Morales created, called The Kids From Ponce. The group played at several hotels and television network
s, and achieved local success, appearing on various TV shows. However, the group disbanded and they became soloists. Nazario, then 17, was offered her own prime-time TV variety show
: El Show de Ednita, broadcast by Telemundo
Puerto Rico
, and produced by Paquito Cordero
. During this time she also won the "Miss
Puerto Rico
Teenage pageant
".
In 1973, then 18, she released her first album called Al Fin...Ednita
. The album spawned a #1 Hit: Te Quiero y No Me Importa (I Love You And I Don't Care), and also brought her award
as "New Artist of the Year". With her TV show, Nazario became Puerto Rico's hottest idol. The show was also syndicated to other Latin-American countries. Among the international stars that she hosted were: Liza Minnelli
, Tommy Dorsey
, Charles Aznavour
, Morey Amsterdam
and Oscar-winning
Puerto Rican actor José Ferrer
. Ferrer was so charmed by Nazario's presence that he designed a nightclub act for both of them.
Ferrer was surprised at the reception of Nazario's show. They were booked at several hotels in the Caribbean
, Lake Tahoe
, Las Vegas
and New York
. They appeared at the Hyatt Hotel in Canada
, and she was invited by Monaco
's Royal Family to perform at the famous casino of Monte Carlo
three times.
as a singer with the song "Cadenas de Fuego", and in 1980 as a songwriter
with the song: Contigo, Mujer (With you, Woman), co-written by her husband at the time, Laureano Brizuela, an Argentine
singer and songwriter. The latter song, performed by Rafael José
, won top prize of the festival. She also gained notoriety for her performance in a duet with Brizuela, of the theme song of the successful Puerto Rican telenovela
, Coralito:Mi Pequeño Amor
(Coralito:My Little Love), which Brizuela had written.
During this time Nazario signed subsequent record deals, first with local label Borinquen, then Ariola, and finally Padosa. During this time, she matured her style to one that was more pop
/rock
oriented. She also cemented her place as a touring force in Latin-America.
(Force of Gravity). Perhaps helped by her recent marriage and motherhood, the album showed more focused lyrics and a more mature singer. The album included a duet with Air Supply
singer Russell Hitchcock
. Her following album "Lo Que Son Las Cosas
" (What A Way For Things To Be) in 1991 included a Spanish version of a song made famous by Italian
singer Eros Ramazzotti
. The album also contained other compositions from her Argentinian ex-husband Luis Angel.
After her breakup from her husband, Nazario refocused her career and released Metamorfosis in 1992, following it with presentations in some of the most prestigious halls of the island. In 1993 she sold out a concert at the Roberto Clemente Coliseum
which was released as an album
the following year. After another album, she starred an impressive run of 13 shows at the Luis A. Ferré Performing Arts Center
of San Juan, following Yolandita Monge
's record of 12 consecutive shows.
In 1994 she released one of her most acclaimed albums to date: Pasiones
(Passions).
In 1996 she released Espíritu Libre
(Free Spirit), which went triple platinum soon after being released. On the heels of it, she sold out the Hiram Bithorn Stadium
on a show that was broadcast via Internet
.
In 1998 she was cast for the lead role in Paul Simon
's Broadway
musical
, The Capeman, sharing the stage with Rubén Blades
and Marc Anthony
. This musical won several awards.
, went platinum in just a week. The album also got her several awards and two Billboard nominations. In 2001, after signing a new record deal with Sony Music, she released Sin Límite (Limitless), which featured fellow singer and songwriter Tommy Torres
as producer.
In 2002 she fulfilled one of her dreams by transforming the Luis A. Ferré Performing Arts Center
into a recording studio
and inviting 300 friends to share with her two nights of an acoustic concert. The concert was released in two separate albums: Acústico I
& II
(Unplugged Vol 1 & 2). The presentation included a duo with Beto Cuevas
, lead singer of the Latin-American band La Ley
.
Next year, with Tommy Torres
again producing, Nazario released Por Tí
(For You). The album featured collaborations with Ricky Martin
and Luis Fonsi
. The supporting concert broke all attendance records in Puerto Rico. She followed with Apasionada
(Passionate), also produced by Torres. This included collaborations with composer Claudia Brandt, Sin Bandera
's Noel Schajris, and Luis Fonsi
.
In December 2007 Nazario released her album "Real
" produced by renowned producer Armando Avila (La 5ª Estación) and Graeme Pleeth (Sonique). The album was recorded in London, Nashville, Mexico City and Miami, and debuted at #1 in Billboard's Top Latin Albums and Top Latin Pop Albums, selling over 18,000 copies the first week. On July 2, 2008, Nazario filmed a music video for "No" along Natalia Jiménez of La 5ª Estación. Nazario was one of several artists selected to perform in "KQ Live Concert" on September 27, 2008. Organized by KQ 105 FM, the event included several renowned artists from Puerto Rico and other Latin American countries.
Nazario began recording the upcoming production on July 30, 2009, in Miami, Nashville and Los Angeles. The process was chronicled on her personal blog where she posted daily pictures, audio clips and video greetings from the studio recordings. Her new album "Soy
" (I Am) was be released on October 27, 2009. Nazario has worked with Tommy Torres
, Sebastian Krys and Claudia Brant
. On September 2 Nazario posted a 30-second clip of the first single titled "Sin Querer
" (Without wanting to), which received positive reviews. As a gift to her fans, she broadcasted the cover photo shoot live via internet on September 3, 2009, as well as the video shoot for her first single on September 19, 2009.
"Sin Querer
" (Without wanting to) was released on radio stations and via Nazario's MySpace page on September 24, 2009. It was released on October 6 on iTunes.
In the late 1990s she married Luis Bonnet, an anesthesiologist at a San Juan hospital, and they are still married. On October 2, 2008, a street in Ponce was renamed in her honor.
Her brother Alberto owns and runs a restaurant in Old San Juan named La Ostra Cosa.
Studio albums
Compilations
Tour
DVDs
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.Puerto Rico comprises an...
singer and songwriter
Songwriter
A songwriter is an individual who writes both the lyrics and music to a song. Someone who solely writes lyrics may be called a lyricist, and someone who only writes music may be called a composer...
who has achieved stardom both at home and abroad. She has been in the music
Music
Music is an art form whose medium is sound and silence. Its common elements are pitch , rhythm , dynamics, and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture...
business from a young age, and has released over twenty albums throughout her career.
Childhood sensation
Nazario was born April 11, 1955, in Ponce, Puerto RicoPonce, Puerto Rico
Ponce is both a city and a municipality in the southern part of Puerto Rico. The city is the seat of the municipal government.The city of Ponce, the fourth most populated in Puerto Rico, and the most populated outside of the San Juan metropolitan area, is named for Juan Ponce de León y Loayza, the...
, to Domingo Nazario and Gudelia Figueroa. She has two older brothers (Tito and Alberto) and a younger brother (Frank, a.k.a Pancho). Ednita showed inclinations to music
Music
Music is an art form whose medium is sound and silence. Its common elements are pitch , rhythm , dynamics, and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture...
even when small. A family anecdote tells that when she was two, she went shopping with her mother but wandered away in the market. She was found singing on top of boxes to an enthusiastic crowd of shoppers laughing and clapping until her mother took her.
When she was 6 she attended a baseball
Baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...
game in Ponce with her brothers. While she was playing with her brother's glove, the batter hit the ball toward her. She held the glove up for protection, and the ball landed squarely in it. The crowd went wild, including Alfred D. Herger
Alfred D. Herger
Alfredo Domingo Herger is a famous former Puerto Rican television show host and a psychologist. He has been labeled the Ed Sullivan of Puerto Rico in local media, due to his strong influence in Puerto Rican pop culture and his success as a television presenter.-Early life:Herger, of Spanish and...
, one of Puerto Rico's top record producer
Record producer
A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
s, who was seated near the family. When he asked her if she wanted to be a baseball
Baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...
player, she replied "No, I'm going to be a singer." He asked her to sing something for him, and she responded with an impressive rendition of a local salsa
Salsa music
Salsa music is a genre of music, generally defined as a modern style of playing Cuban Son, Son Montuno, and Guaracha with touches from other genres of music...
hit that left both the producer and the crowd astonished. The crowd applauded her. Two months later, Herger visited the Nazario household with a recording contract, which the family, reluctantly at first, signed.
At 6, Ednita recorded her first song: a Spanish
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
version of "My Love Lollipop". In 1966, at age 11 Nazario made her first radio debut.
Teen success
After some presentations, Nazario started alongside singer and photographer José Manuel, and Frankie SabathFrankie Sabath
Frankie Sabath began his musical career as a professional entertainer at age sixteen performing for The Kids From Ponce, a Puerto Rican singing group from the 1960s whose popularity soared through their many television and live appearances at home and abroad.After three years performing with such...
, in a band which Tony Morales created, called The Kids From Ponce. The group played at several hotels and television network
Television network
A television network is a telecommunications network for distribution of television program content, whereby a central operation provides programming to many television stations or pay TV providers. Until the mid-1980s, television programming in most countries of the world was dominated by a small...
s, and achieved local success, appearing on various TV shows. However, the group disbanded and they became soloists. Nazario, then 17, was offered her own prime-time TV variety show
Variety show
A variety show, also known as variety arts or variety entertainment, is an entertainment made up of a variety of acts, especially musical performances and sketch comedy, and normally introduced by a compère or host. Other types of acts include magic, animal and circus acts, acrobatics, juggling...
: El Show de Ednita, broadcast by Telemundo
Telemundo
Telemundo is an American television network that broadcasts in Spanish. The network is the second-largest Spanish-language content producer in the world, and the second-largest Spanish-language network in the United States, behind Univision....
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.Puerto Rico comprises an...
, and produced by Paquito Cordero
Paquito Cordero
Paquito Cordero , was a comedian and television producer and also one of the pioneers of Puerto Rican television.-Early years:...
. During this time she also won the "Miss
Miss
Miss is an English language honorific traditionally used only for an unmarried woman . Originating in the 17th century, it is a contraction of mistress, which was used for all women. A period is not used to signify the contraction...
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.Puerto Rico comprises an...
Teenage pageant
Beauty contest
A beauty pageant or beauty contest, is a competition that mainly focuses on the physical beauty of its contestants, although such contests often incorporate personality, talent, and answers to judges' questions as judged criteria...
".
In 1973, then 18, she released her first album called Al Fin...Ednita
Al Fin...Ednita
Al Fin...Ednita is the first album by Puerto Rican singer Ednita Nazario. It was released in 1973.-Track listing:# "Te Quiero Y No Me Importa" – 3:23# "Solamente Amigos" – 2:59# "Tristeza De Dos" – 3:06...
. The album spawned a #1 Hit: Te Quiero y No Me Importa (I Love You And I Don't Care), and also brought her award
Award
An award is something given to a person or a group of people to recognize excellence in a certain field; a certificate of excellence. Awards are often signifiedby trophies, titles, certificates, commemorative plaques, medals, badges, pins, or ribbons...
as "New Artist of the Year". With her TV show, Nazario became Puerto Rico's hottest idol. The show was also syndicated to other Latin-American countries. Among the international stars that she hosted were: Liza Minnelli
Liza Minnelli
Liza May Minnelli is an American actress and singer. She is the daughter of singer and actress Judy Garland and film director Vincente Minnelli....
, Tommy Dorsey
Tommy Dorsey
Thomas Francis "Tommy" Dorsey, Jr. was an American jazz trombonist, trumpeter, composer, and bandleader of the Big Band era. He was known as "The Sentimental Gentleman of Swing", due to his smooth-toned trombone playing. He was the younger brother of bandleader Jimmy Dorsey...
, Charles Aznavour
Charles Aznavour
Charles Aznavour, OC is an Armenian-French singer, songwriter, actor, public activist and diplomat. Besides being one of France's most popular and enduring singers, he is also one of the best-known singers in the world...
, Morey Amsterdam
Morey Amsterdam
Morey Amsterdam was an American television actor and comedian, best known for the role of Buddy Sorrell on The Dick Van Dyke Show in the early 1960s.-Early life:...
and Oscar-winning
Academy Awards
An Academy Award, also known as an Oscar, is an accolade bestowed by the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize excellence of professionals in the film industry, including directors, actors, and writers...
Puerto Rican actor José Ferrer
José Ferrer
José Vicente Ferrer de Otero y Cintrón , best known as José Ferrer, was a Puerto Rican actor, as well as a theater and film director...
. Ferrer was so charmed by Nazario's presence that he designed a nightclub act for both of them.
Ferrer was surprised at the reception of Nazario's show. They were booked at several hotels in the Caribbean
Caribbean
The Caribbean is a crescent-shaped group of islands more than 2,000 miles long separating the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea, to the west and south, from the Atlantic Ocean, to the east and north...
, Lake Tahoe
Lake Tahoe
Lake Tahoe is a large freshwater lake in the Sierra Nevada of the United States. At a surface elevation of , it is located along the border between California and Nevada, west of Carson City. Lake Tahoe is the largest alpine lake in North America. Its depth is , making it the USA's second-deepest...
, Las Vegas
Las Vegas, Nevada
Las Vegas is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada and is also the county seat of Clark County, Nevada. Las Vegas is an internationally renowned major resort city for gambling, shopping, and fine dining. The city bills itself as The Entertainment Capital of the World, and is famous...
and New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
. They appeared at the Hyatt Hotel in Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
, and she was invited by Monaco
Monaco
Monaco , officially the Principality of Monaco , is a sovereign city state on the French Riviera. It is bordered on three sides by its neighbour, France, and its centre is about from Italy. Its area is with a population of 35,986 as of 2011 and is the most densely populated country in the...
's Royal Family to perform at the famous casino of Monte Carlo
Monte Carlo
Monte Carlo is an administrative area of the Principality of Monaco....
three times.
Rising star
In the late 1970s Nazario participated in the OTI FestivalOTI Festival
OTI Festival was an annual singing competition, held between 1972 and 2000, among active member countries of the Organización de Televisión Iberoamericana .- Venues and Presenters :- Winners :-By country:...
as a singer with the song "Cadenas de Fuego", and in 1980 as a songwriter
Songwriter
A songwriter is an individual who writes both the lyrics and music to a song. Someone who solely writes lyrics may be called a lyricist, and someone who only writes music may be called a composer...
with the song: Contigo, Mujer (With you, Woman), co-written by her husband at the time, Laureano Brizuela, an Argentine
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
singer and songwriter. The latter song, performed by Rafael José
Rafael José
Dr. Rafael José Diaz is a Puerto Rican television show host born in Manatí, Puerto Rico, where his father, a physician born in the Dominican Republic, was the medical director of the local hospital. His family eventually moved to Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, where he was raised...
, won top prize of the festival. She also gained notoriety for her performance in a duet with Brizuela, of the theme song of the successful Puerto Rican telenovela
Telenovela
A telenovela is a limited-run serial dramatic programming popular in Latin American, Portuguese, and Spanish television programming. The word combines tele, short for televisión or televisão , and novela, a Spanish or Portuguese word for "novel"...
, Coralito:Mi Pequeño Amor
Coralito
Coralito , is a Puerto Rican telenovela produced by Telemundo. The main characters were played by Sully Díaz and Salvador Pineda. Díaz played the character of Coralito. The telenovela played in 1983. Ednita Nazario performed the theme song of the telenovela titled Mi Pequeño Amor, , by Argentine...
(Coralito:My Little Love), which Brizuela had written.
During this time Nazario signed subsequent record deals, first with local label Borinquen, then Ariola, and finally Padosa. During this time, she matured her style to one that was more pop
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
/rock
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...
oriented. She also cemented her place as a touring force in Latin-America.
In the 1990s
In 1989 Nazario released Fuerza De GravedadFuerza De Gravedad
Fuerza de Gravedad is the tenth album of Puerto Rican singer Ednita Nazario. It was released in 1989.-Track listing:# "Fuerza De Gravedad"# "Aprenderé"# "De Todos Modos" # "Operadora"# "Lo Mejor De Tí"...
(Force of Gravity). Perhaps helped by her recent marriage and motherhood, the album showed more focused lyrics and a more mature singer. The album included a duet with Air Supply
Air Supply
Air Supply is an Australian soft rock duo, consisting of Graham Russell as guitarist and singer-songwriter and Russell Hitchcock as lead vocalist. They had a succession of hits worldwide, including eight Top Ten hits in the United States, in the early 1980s...
singer Russell Hitchcock
Russell Hitchcock
Russell Charles Hitchcock is an Australian musician and one half of the group Air Supply. He formed the group after meeting Englishman Graham Russell in 1975 on the set of a production of Jesus Christ Superstar....
. Her following album "Lo Que Son Las Cosas
Lo Que Son Las Cosas
Lo Que Son Las Cosas is the eleventh album of Puerto Rican singer Ednita Nazario. It was released in 1991. The song "Lo Que Son Las Cosas" would later be re-done and made famous again by Dominican singer Anaís...
" (What A Way For Things To Be) in 1991 included a Spanish version of a song made famous by Italian
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
singer Eros Ramazzotti
Eros Ramazzotti
Eros Luciano Walter Ramazzotti , known simply as Eros Ramazzotti, is an Italian singer and songwriter. Ramazzotti is enormously popular in Italy, and is well known in most non-English-speaking European countries and in the Spanish-speaking world, as he has released most of his albums in both...
. The album also contained other compositions from her Argentinian ex-husband Luis Angel.
After her breakup from her husband, Nazario refocused her career and released Metamorfosis in 1992, following it with presentations in some of the most prestigious halls of the island. In 1993 she sold out a concert at the Roberto Clemente Coliseum
Roberto Clemente Coliseum
The Roberto Clemente Coliseum is a sporting events and concert arena in San Juan, Puerto Rico.It was, for many years, Puerto Rico's largest indoor event facility, and it continues being one of the largest....
which was released as an album
Live (Ednita album)
Live is the thirteenth album of Puerto Rican singer Ednita Nazario and her first live album. It was recorded during a sell-out presentation at the Roberto Clemente Coliseum in 1993.The album was released in 1994.-Track listing:# "Metamorfosis"...
the following year. After another album, she starred an impressive run of 13 shows at the Luis A. Ferré Performing Arts Center
Luis A. Ferré Performing Arts Center
The Luis A. Ferré Performing Arts Center, or Centro de Bellas Artes Luis A. Ferré in Spanish, is a multi-use performance centre located Santurce, San Juan, Puerto Rico. It features three main concert and theater halls for performing arts displays, including ballet, plays, operas and concerts, as...
of San Juan, following Yolandita Monge
Yolandita Monge
Yolandita Monge is an international singer and actress from Puerto Rico and the first Puerto Rican female singer to be nominated to the Grammy Music Awards. She is also Puerto Rico's highest selling female artist. She has been in the music business since adolescence, and has recorded over thirty...
's record of 12 consecutive shows.
In 1994 she released one of her most acclaimed albums to date: Pasiones
Pasiones
Pasiones is the fourteenth album by Puerto Rican singer Ednita Nazario. It was released in 1994.-Track listing:# "Gata Sin Luna" - 4:27 # "Dime Tú" - 4:09 # "Un Beso" - 4:05...
(Passions).
In 1996 she released Espíritu Libre
Espíritu Libre
Espíritu Libre is the fifteenth album of Puerto Rican singer Ednita Nazario. It was released in 1996.-Track listing:# "Espíritu Libre"# "Atada A Tu Volcán"# "Lloviendo Flores"# "Siento Que Te Acabas De Ir"# "Figúrate"# "Te Quiero"# "Ultima Vez"...
(Free Spirit), which went triple platinum soon after being released. On the heels of it, she sold out the Hiram Bithorn Stadium
Hiram Bithorn Stadium
Hiram Bithorn Stadium is a baseball park in San Juan, Puerto Rico, operated by the municipal government of the city of San Juan. Its name honors the first Puerto Rican to play in the major leagues, Hiram Bithorn, who first played with the Chicago Cubs in 1942...
on a show that was broadcast via Internet
Internet
The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet protocol suite to serve billions of users worldwide...
.
In 1998 she was cast for the lead role in Paul Simon
Paul Simon
Paul Frederic Simon is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist.Simon is best known for his success, beginning in 1965, as part of the duo Simon & Garfunkel, with musical partner Art Garfunkel. Simon wrote most of the pair's songs, including three that reached number one on the US singles...
's Broadway
Broadway theatre
Broadway theatre, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 40 professional theatres with 500 or more seats located in the Theatre District centered along Broadway, and in Lincoln Center, in Manhattan in New York City...
musical
Musical theatre
Musical theatre is a form of theatre combining songs, spoken dialogue, acting, and dance. The emotional content of the piece – humor, pathos, love, anger – as well as the story itself, is communicated through the words, music, movement and technical aspects of the entertainment as an...
, The Capeman, sharing the stage with Rubén Blades
Rubén Blades
Rubén Blades Bellido de Luna is a Panamanian salsa singer, songwriter, lawyer, actor, Latin jazz musician, and politician, performing musically most often in the Afro-Cuban and Latin jazz genres...
and Marc Anthony
Marc Anthony
Marc Anthony is an American singer-songwriter, actor and producer. Anthony is the top selling tropical salsa artist of all time. The two-time Grammy and three-time Latin Grammy–winner has sold more than 30 million albums worldwide. He is best known for his Latin salsa numbers and ballads...
. This musical won several awards.
1999-present
In 1999 Nazario resurged in music, with Corazón (Sweetheart). The album, produced and directed by Dräco RosaDraco Rosa
Draco Cornelius Rosa Suárez , also known as Robi Draco Rosa, Robby Rosa, Draco Rosa or simply Draco, is a Puerto Rican Grammy Award and Latin Grammy Award...
, went platinum in just a week. The album also got her several awards and two Billboard nominations. In 2001, after signing a new record deal with Sony Music, she released Sin Límite (Limitless), which featured fellow singer and songwriter Tommy Torres
Tommy Torres
Tommy Torres is a Grammy Award winning producer, singer, and songwriter. Named as the No. 1 Hot Latin Tracks producer of 2007 by Billboard Magazine and Composer of the Year at 2010 ASCAP's Latin Music Awards, Torres has written and produced songs for many artists such as Ricardo Arjona, Ednita...
as producer.
In 2002 she fulfilled one of her dreams by transforming the Luis A. Ferré Performing Arts Center
Luis A. Ferré Performing Arts Center
The Luis A. Ferré Performing Arts Center, or Centro de Bellas Artes Luis A. Ferré in Spanish, is a multi-use performance centre located Santurce, San Juan, Puerto Rico. It features three main concert and theater halls for performing arts displays, including ballet, plays, operas and concerts, as...
into a recording studio
Recording studio
A recording studio is a facility for sound recording and mixing. Ideally both the recording and monitoring spaces are specially designed by an acoustician to achieve optimum acoustic properties...
and inviting 300 friends to share with her two nights of an acoustic concert. The concert was released in two separate albums: Acústico I
Acústico
Acústico is the eighteenth album of Puerto Rican singer Ednita Nazario and is the first of two albums recorded during a special presentation of her at the Luis A...
& II
Acústico Vol. II
Acústico, Vol. II is the nineteenth album of Puerto Rican singer Ednita Nazario and is the second of two albums recorded during a special presentation of her at the Luis A...
(Unplugged Vol 1 & 2). The presentation included a duo with Beto Cuevas
Beto Cuevas
Luis Alberto "Beto" Cuevas Olmedo is the former lead singer of the now-defunct Chilean rock band, La Ley. He grew up in Montréal, Quebec, and is fluent in French, English, and Spanish. He was born in Santiago, Chile, and now resides in Los Angeles and is pursuing a solo career.-Biography:His...
, lead singer of the Latin-American band La Ley
La Ley
"La Ley" is Spanish for "The Law"*For the Chilean rock band, see La Ley .*For the Argentine publishing company, see La Ley .*For the Spanish-language radio station in Goldsboro, North Carolina, see WYMY....
.
Next year, with Tommy Torres
Tommy Torres
Tommy Torres is a Grammy Award winning producer, singer, and songwriter. Named as the No. 1 Hot Latin Tracks producer of 2007 by Billboard Magazine and Composer of the Year at 2010 ASCAP's Latin Music Awards, Torres has written and produced songs for many artists such as Ricardo Arjona, Ednita...
again producing, Nazario released Por Tí
Por Tí
Por Ti is the twentieth album of Puerto Rican singer Ednita Nazario. It was released in 2003. The album was certified Disco de Oro by the RIAA on January 14, 2004 for selling over 100,000 in the states...
(For You). The album featured collaborations with Ricky Martin
Ricky Martin
Enrique "Ricky" Martín Morales , better known as Ricky Martin, is a Puerto Rican and Spanish pop singer and actor who achieved prominence, first as a member of the Latin boy band Menudo, then as a solo artist since 1991.During his career he has sold more than 60 million album copies worldwide...
and Luis Fonsi
Luis Fonsi
Luis Alfonso Rodríguez López-Cepero, more commonly known by his stage name Luis Fonsi, is a Latin Grammy winning Puerto Rican singer and composer.- Early life :...
. The supporting concert broke all attendance records in Puerto Rico. She followed with Apasionada
Apasionada
Apasionada is the twenty-first album of Puerto Rican singer Ednita Nazario. It was released in 2005.-Track listing:# "Vengada"# "Ni Héroes Ni Vencidos"# "Por Hoy"# "A Que Me Pides Más"# "A Mí Si Que No"# "Sobrevivo"# "Agua Profunda"# "Olvidarte"...
(Passionate), also produced by Torres. This included collaborations with composer Claudia Brandt, Sin Bandera
Sin Bandera
Sin Bandera was a Latin pop duo based in Mexico that consisted of Leonel García, and Noel Schajris. They became one of the most popular artists after their debut album "Sin Bandera" was released in 2001.-Biography:...
's Noel Schajris, and Luis Fonsi
Luis Fonsi
Luis Alfonso Rodríguez López-Cepero, more commonly known by his stage name Luis Fonsi, is a Latin Grammy winning Puerto Rican singer and composer.- Early life :...
.
In December 2007 Nazario released her album "Real
Real (Ednita Nazario Album)
Real is the 19th studio album and 23 album recorded by Puerto Rican singer Ednita Nazario. The album was released on December 11, 2007 in Puerto Rico and North America by Sony BMG. The first single of this album are No te Mentía . After the warm welcome to the first single, "No te Mentía", the...
" produced by renowned producer Armando Avila (La 5ª Estación) and Graeme Pleeth (Sonique). The album was recorded in London, Nashville, Mexico City and Miami, and debuted at #1 in Billboard's Top Latin Albums and Top Latin Pop Albums, selling over 18,000 copies the first week. On July 2, 2008, Nazario filmed a music video for "No" along Natalia Jiménez of La 5ª Estación. Nazario was one of several artists selected to perform in "KQ Live Concert" on September 27, 2008. Organized by KQ 105 FM, the event included several renowned artists from Puerto Rico and other Latin American countries.
Nazario began recording the upcoming production on July 30, 2009, in Miami, Nashville and Los Angeles. The process was chronicled on her personal blog where she posted daily pictures, audio clips and video greetings from the studio recordings. Her new album "Soy
Soy (Ednita Nazario album)
"Soy" is the 21st studio album and 25 album recorded by Puerto Rican singer Ednita Nazario, it was released on October 27, 2009. As a rock musician and feel guidelines, Ednita never ceases to amaze with their musical selections...
" (I Am) was be released on October 27, 2009. Nazario has worked with Tommy Torres
Tommy Torres
Tommy Torres is a Grammy Award winning producer, singer, and songwriter. Named as the No. 1 Hot Latin Tracks producer of 2007 by Billboard Magazine and Composer of the Year at 2010 ASCAP's Latin Music Awards, Torres has written and produced songs for many artists such as Ricardo Arjona, Ednita...
, Sebastian Krys and Claudia Brant
Claudia Brant
Claudia Brant is an Argentina singer and composer of international acclaim. She has composed songs for singers like Il Divo, Ricky Martin, Santana, Luis Fonsi, Chayanne, Tito Nieves, Olga Tañón, Paulina Rubio, La Ley, Gisselle or Víctor Manuelle...
. On September 2 Nazario posted a 30-second clip of the first single titled "Sin Querer
Sin Querer
"Sin Querer" is the first single off Ednita Nazario's album Soy, produced by Sebastian Krys. "Sin Querer" was officially released on radio stations and via Ednita's official MySpace page on Thursday, September 24, 2009...
" (Without wanting to), which received positive reviews. As a gift to her fans, she broadcasted the cover photo shoot live via internet on September 3, 2009, as well as the video shoot for her first single on September 19, 2009.
"Sin Querer
Sin Querer
"Sin Querer" is the first single off Ednita Nazario's album Soy, produced by Sebastian Krys. "Sin Querer" was officially released on radio stations and via Ednita's official MySpace page on Thursday, September 24, 2009...
" (Without wanting to) was released on radio stations and via Nazario's MySpace page on September 24, 2009. It was released on October 6 on iTunes.
Honors
- Her album Por Ti was nominated for "Latin Grammy" award in the category "Best Album - Female Pop Vocal"; it was also nominated for "Tu Música" award in the category Best Album - Pop/Ballad
- ASCAP gives Nazario the "Latin Heritage Award" (2004)
- NARASNational Academy of Recording Arts and SciencesThe National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences, Inc., known variously as The Recording Academy or NARAS, is a U.S. organization of musicians, producers, recording engineers and other recording professionals dedicated to improving the quality of life and cultural condition for music and its...
Recording Academy Honors (2005) - Nominated in the 2008 "Billboard Latin Music Awards" in the category "Album of the Year -Female Latin Pop"; also nominated (2008) for "Latin Grammy" award in the category "Best Album - Female Latin Pop"
- Nominated in a new category, "Top Album of the Year - Latin Female" in the "Billboard Latin Music Awards" (2009)
Personal life
Nazario has been married three times. First to Laureano Brizuela, during the late 1970s to the early '80s. In 1987 she married Luis Angel, with whom she had her only child, daughter Carolina. They divorced in the early '90s, but remain close friends and have collaborated with each other several times.In the late 1990s she married Luis Bonnet, an anesthesiologist at a San Juan hospital, and they are still married. On October 2, 2008, a street in Ponce was renamed in her honor.
Her brother Alberto owns and runs a restaurant in Old San Juan named La Ostra Cosa.
Discography
- See Ednita Nazario DiscographyEdnita Nazario discography-Album Charts:-Singles:- Chart Accomplishments :-See also:* Ednita Nazario...
Studio albums
- 1973: Al Fin...EdnitaAl Fin...EdnitaAl Fin...Ednita is the first album by Puerto Rican singer Ednita Nazario. It was released in 1973.-Track listing:# "Te Quiero Y No Me Importa" – 3:23# "Solamente Amigos" – 2:59# "Tristeza De Dos" – 3:06...
- 1976: Me Está GustandoMe Está GustandoMe Está Gustando is the second album of Puerto Rican singer Ednita Nazario. It was released in 1976.-Track listing:# "Me Está Gustando" - 2:48# "Dime" - 2:47# "Vengo De Regreso" - 2:01# "Nunca Más" - 2:25# "Esclava Y Ama" - 3:11# "Amigos" - 2:31...
- 1976: Nueva NavidadNueva NavidadNueva Navidad is the third album of Puerto Rican singer Ednita Nazario. It was released in 1976.-Track listing:# "Blanca Navidad" - 4:08# "Blue Christmas" - 2:53# "Ilusión" - 2:39...
- 1977: Vete Vete...Vete Vete...Vete Vete... is the fourth album of Puerto Rican singer Ednita Nazario. It was released in 1977.-Track listing:# "Mi Remedio Es Cantar"# "Abrázame"# "Como Es Grande Mi Amor Por Ti"# "Ya, Ya... "# "Verde Amor"...
- 1978: Mujer SolaMujer SolaMujer Sola is the fifth album of Puerto Rican singer Ednita Nazario. It was released in 1978.-Track listing:# "Mujer Sola"# "Minuetto"# "Un Amor Más"# "Corre Corre...No Te Enamores"# "Amor De Ayer"# "Encuentro"# "Mío "# "Así Es El Amor"...
- 1979: Retrato De MujerRetrato De MujerRetrato de Mujer is the sixth album of Puerto Rican singer Ednita Nazario. It was released in 1979.-Track listing:# "En Mi Mente...En Mi Cuerpo"# "No Me Dejes...No"# "Cuando Tu Me Querías"# "Retrato De Mujer"# "Cadenas De Fuego"...
- 1982: EdnitaEdnita (album)Ednita is the seventh album of Puerto Rican singer Ednita Nazario. It was released in 1982.-Track listing:# "A Que No Le Cuentas"# "Así Eres Tú"# "Antes Del Amor"# "Cuando Tu Te Vayas"# "Yo Soy La Mujer"# "Por Todo Lo Que Perdimos"# "Así Era El"...
- 1983: Al Rojo VivoAl Rojo Vivo (album)Al Rojo Vivo is the eighth album of Puerto Rican singer Ednita Nazario. It was released in 1983.-Track listing:# "Ese muchacho"# "Dicen"# "Frente a ella"# "Chico fisico"# "La prohibida"# "Que va"# "Hasta cuando y hasta donde"# "Mi pequeño amor"...
- 1986: Tú Sin MíTú Sin MíTú Sin Mí is the ninth album of Puerto Rican singer Ednita Nazario. It was released in 1986.-Track listing:# "Que Me Ame Más"# "Mas Que Nunca, Hoy"# "El Dolor De Tu Presencia"# "Te Amaría"# "Tú Sin Mi"# "Alma De Gitana"# "No Hay Nadie"...
- 1989: Fuerza De GravedadFuerza De GravedadFuerza de Gravedad is the tenth album of Puerto Rican singer Ednita Nazario. It was released in 1989.-Track listing:# "Fuerza De Gravedad"# "Aprenderé"# "De Todos Modos" # "Operadora"# "Lo Mejor De Tí"...
- 1991: Lo Que Son Las CosasLo Que Son Las CosasLo Que Son Las Cosas is the eleventh album of Puerto Rican singer Ednita Nazario. It was released in 1991. The song "Lo Que Son Las Cosas" would later be re-done and made famous again by Dominican singer Anaís...
- 1992: Metamorfosis
- 1994: LiveLive (Ednita album)Live is the thirteenth album of Puerto Rican singer Ednita Nazario and her first live album. It was recorded during a sell-out presentation at the Roberto Clemente Coliseum in 1993.The album was released in 1994.-Track listing:# "Metamorfosis"...
- 1994: PasionesPasionesPasiones is the fourteenth album by Puerto Rican singer Ednita Nazario. It was released in 1994.-Track listing:# "Gata Sin Luna" - 4:27 # "Dime Tú" - 4:09 # "Un Beso" - 4:05...
- 1996: Espíritu LibreEspíritu LibreEspíritu Libre is the fifteenth album of Puerto Rican singer Ednita Nazario. It was released in 1996.-Track listing:# "Espíritu Libre"# "Atada A Tu Volcán"# "Lloviendo Flores"# "Siento Que Te Acabas De Ir"# "Figúrate"# "Te Quiero"# "Ultima Vez"...
- 1999: Corazón
- 2001: Sin Límite
- 2002: AcústicoAcústicoAcústico is the eighteenth album of Puerto Rican singer Ednita Nazario and is the first of two albums recorded during a special presentation of her at the Luis A...
- 2002: Acústico Vol. IIAcústico Vol. IIAcústico, Vol. II is the nineteenth album of Puerto Rican singer Ednita Nazario and is the second of two albums recorded during a special presentation of her at the Luis A...
- 2004: Por TíPor TíPor Ti is the twentieth album of Puerto Rican singer Ednita Nazario. It was released in 2003. The album was certified Disco de Oro by the RIAA on January 14, 2004 for selling over 100,000 in the states...
- 2005: ApasionadaApasionadaApasionada is the twenty-first album of Puerto Rican singer Ednita Nazario. It was released in 2005.-Track listing:# "Vengada"# "Ni Héroes Ni Vencidos"# "Por Hoy"# "A Que Me Pides Más"# "A Mí Si Que No"# "Sobrevivo"# "Agua Profunda"# "Olvidarte"...
- 2005: Apasionada LiveApasionada LiveApasionada Live is the twenty-second album of Puerto Rican singer Ednita Nazario. It was released in 2006.-Disc one:# "Sobrevivo"# "Lloviendo Flores"# "A Que No Te Vas"# "Por Tí" # "Mariposa"# "Medley 1"#*"Ese Muchacho"...
- 2007: RealReal (Ednita Nazario Album)Real is the 19th studio album and 23 album recorded by Puerto Rican singer Ednita Nazario. The album was released on December 11, 2007 in Puerto Rico and North America by Sony BMG. The first single of this album are No te Mentía . After the warm welcome to the first single, "No te Mentía", the...
- 2008: Real... En VivoReal... En VivoReal... En Vivo is the twenty-fourth album by Puerto Rican singer Ednita Nazario. It was recorded live in the Coliseo de Puerto Rico, with over 60,000 in attendance. The show featured artists Ricky Martin and Tommy Torres performing classics with Nazario...
- 2009: SoySoy (Ednita Nazario album)"Soy" is the 21st studio album and 25 album recorded by Puerto Rican singer Ednita Nazario, it was released on October 27, 2009. As a rock musician and feel guidelines, Ednita never ceases to amaze with their musical selections...
Compilations
Compilation album
A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...
- 1990: Súper éxitos originales
- 1991: Súper éxitos
- 1993: Dos reinas del Caribe: Ángela Carrasco y Ednita Nazario
- 1995: Éxitos del recuerdo
- 1995: Éxitos y recuerdos
- 1997: Por siempre Ednita
- 1998: Ednita Nazario
- 1999: Mis mejores momentos
- 2000: Mas Grande Que Grande: 16 Exitos
- 2001: Sólo Lo Mejor: 20 Exitos
- 2001: Perfiles
- 2002: Edicion Limitada
- 2003: 30 Exitos Insuperables
- 2005: Ednita y Sus Exitos
- 2006: 30 Del Recuerdo
- 2007: Serie 3x4
- 2007: Coleccion Suprema
- 2008: Los Romanticos
- 2008: Celebridades (CD + DVD)
- 2008: 12 Boleros Coleccion de Oro
- 2008: Navidad, Lo Mejor de Ednita Nazario
- 2008: Tradiciones Navideñas
- 2010: La Diva
Tour
- 2002: Acustico
- 2006: Apasionada Live
- 2008: Real... En VivoReal... En VivoReal... En Vivo is the twenty-fourth album by Puerto Rican singer Ednita Nazario. It was recorded live in the Coliseo de Puerto Rico, with over 60,000 in attendance. The show featured artists Ricky Martin and Tommy Torres performing classics with Nazario...
- 2010: Soy... El ConciertoSoy... El Concierto"Soy... El Concierto" is the concert tour by Puerto Rican singer-songwriter Ednita Nazario in support of her studio album Soy, presented by Raisinets and AT&T...
DVDs
- 1994: "Ednita Nazario... LiveLive (Ednita album)Live is the thirteenth album of Puerto Rican singer Ednita Nazario and her first live album. It was recorded during a sell-out presentation at the Roberto Clemente Coliseum in 1993.The album was released in 1994.-Track listing:# "Metamorfosis"...
" - 2004: "Viva La Diva"
- 2004: "AcústicoAcústicoAcústico is the eighteenth album of Puerto Rican singer Ednita Nazario and is the first of two albums recorded during a special presentation of her at the Luis A...
" - 2006: "Apasionada LiveApasionada LiveApasionada Live is the twenty-second album of Puerto Rican singer Ednita Nazario. It was released in 2006.-Disc one:# "Sobrevivo"# "Lloviendo Flores"# "A Que No Te Vas"# "Por Tí" # "Mariposa"# "Medley 1"#*"Ese Muchacho"...
" - 2008: "Real... En VivoReal... En VivoReal... En Vivo is the twenty-fourth album by Puerto Rican singer Ednita Nazario. It was recorded live in the Coliseo de Puerto Rico, with over 60,000 in attendance. The show featured artists Ricky Martin and Tommy Torres performing classics with Nazario...
" - 2010: "Historia de Ednita Nazario: La Diva"
See also
- List of Puerto Rican songwriters
- List of famous Puerto Ricans