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Person

Luis Fonsi

b. 1978

Puerto Rican singer

Born
15 Apr 1978 · San Juan

Life timeline

Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.

Showing 55 years
  1. 15 Apr 1978BornBorn in San Juan
  2. 2009AwardLatin Grammy Award for Song of the Year
  3. 2010AwardBillboard Latin Music Award for Latin Pop Song of the Year
  4. 2010AwardLo Nuestro Award for Collaboration of the Year
  5. 2017AwardBillboard Spirit of Hope Award
  6. 2017AwardLatin Grammy Award for Best Urban Fusion/Performance
  7. 2017AwardLatin Grammy Award for Record of the Year
  8. 2017AwardLatin Grammy Award for Song of the Year
  9. 2017AwardNRJ Music Award for International Song of the Year
  10. 2018AwardBillboard Latin Music Award for Hot Latin Song of the Year
  11. 2018AwardBillboard Latin Music Award for Latin Pop Song of the Year
  12. 2018AwardBillboard Music Award for Top Hot 100 Song
  13. 2018AwardBillboard Music Award for Top Latin Song

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1978 – today).

  1. 19781978 FIFA World Cup
  2. 1978 – 1979Iranian Revolution
  3. 1979 – 1989Soviet–Afghan War
  4. 1980 – 1988Iran–Iraq War
  5. 19841984 Summer Olympics
  6. 1985Schengen Agreement
  7. 19891989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
  8. 1989Fall of the Berlin Wall
  9. 19901990 FIFA World Cup
  10. 1991Dissolution of the Soviet Union
  11. 19941994 FIFA World Cup
  12. 1994 – 1996First Chechen War
  13. 19981998 FIFA World Cup
  14. 2001 – 2021War in Afghanistan
  15. 2003 – 2011Iraq War
  16. 20042004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
  17. 20062006 FIFA World Cup
  18. 20082008 Summer Olympics
  19. 2008Russo-Georgian War
  20. 20102010 Haiti earthquake
  21. 2010 – 2012Arab Spring
  22. 20112011 Norway attacks
  23. 2011Libyan civil war
  24. 2011 – 2024Syrian civil war
  25. 20122012 Summer Olympics
  26. 20142014 FIFA World Cup
  27. 2014Russo-Ukrainian war
  28. 2015Paris Agreement
  29. 20182018 FIFA World Cup
  30. 2020COVID-19 pandemic
  31. 20212020 Summer Olympics
  32. 2022Russo-Ukrainian war
  33. 2023Gaza war
  34. 20242024 Summer Olympics
  35. 20262026 Iran war

Biography

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.

As of 2018, Fonsi has broken six Guinness World Records and sold more than 11 million records with "Despacito", whose music video was the most-watched YouTube video of all time until November 2020, with over 8 billion views.

Text from the Wikipedia article Luis Fonsi, CC BY-SA 4.0

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