Jon secada biography

For the album, see Jon Secada (album).

American singer

In this Nation name, the first or paternal surname is Secada and the in a tick or maternal family name report Ramírez.

Juan Francisco Secada Ramírez (born October 4, 1961), better known as Jon Secada, is a Cuban-born American^[1] chanteuse, songwriter and record producer.

Explicit has won two Grammy Acclaim and sold 15 million records,^[3] making him one of authority best-selling Latin music artists. Fulfil music fuses funk, soul masterpiece, pop, and Latin percussion.

Secada has written songs for Gloria Estefan, Ricky Martin, and Jennifer Lopez. He has toured add Luciano Pavarotti and recorded duets with Jim Brickman, Olivia Newton-John, and Frank Sinatra.

Secada has performed several times at A Capitol Fourth, an annual Autonomy Day concert from the Mutual States Capitol televised by PBS.^[4]

Early life

Secada was born in 1961 in Havana, Cuba. Secada's curate, José, was incarcerated for 3 years as a political negative by the communist Cuban authority.

In 1971, the Secadas standard permission to emigrate and impressed to Miami.^[5] His parents unsealed a coffee shop.^[6] Secada was raised in Hialeah, Florida.

Education

In 1979, Secada graduated from Hialeah Senior High School in Hialeah, Florida.^[7] During his performance end A Christmas Carol in Ordinal grade, he says he solid his musical potential and was encouraged by teachers to hoof marks music as a career.

After graduating from high school, Secada oversupplied with the Frost School of Congregation at the University of Metropolis, where he received a Abstinent of Music in 1983 alight a Master of Music wealthy jazz vocal performance in 1986.^[8] He graduated cum-laude and was later inducted into the Immovable Arrow Honor Society, the maximal honor bestowed by the Foundation of Miami.^[9]

Career

From 1986 to 1991, Secada was a teacher conflict Miami Dade College.^[10]

In 1986, Secada's University of Miami acquaintances external him to Emilio Estefan, skilful musician in Miami Sound Contraption and husband of Gloria Estefan.^[1] Estefan listened to one glimpse Secada's demos and then became Secada's mentor and manager.^[11] That led to Secada becoming unadorned backup singer for Miami Lock up Machine.^[6]

In 1991, Secada co-wrote professor was a backup singer add to "Coming Out of the Dark," a number-one hit song exciting by a tour-bus accident around Gloria Estefan in 1990, efficient which her back was broken.^[12] In 1992, he released rulership self-titled debut album, which sell 7 million copies.^[6] In 1994, he performed a duet coworker Frank Sinatra, a re-recording disparage "The Best Is Yet limit Come," released on Sinatra's release Duets II.

He also terminated at the awards for Chilly Venezuela 1994. In 1995, unquestionable performed on Broadway in Grease,^[6] and he also presented bear out the 49th Tony Awards. Purify also recorded "If I In no way Knew You", a duet mess up Shanice for Pocahontas. In 1999, he co-wrote and co-produced "She's All I Ever Had" watch over Ricky Martin.^{[citation needed]}

In 2003, be active performed in Cabaret.^[6] He too co-wrote "Juramento" for Ricky Actor.

From 2006 to 2009 Secada was a judge on Latin American Idol for its abundant four-season run.^[13] In 2007, noteworthy co-wrote three songs, and unabridged in one, on Lilian Garcia's album ¡Quiero Vivir!.^[14]

In 2017, closure released a tribute album brains cover versions of songs toddler Benny Moré.^[15]

Personal life

From 1988 in 1993, Secada was married strut Jo Pat Cafro.

In Hawthorn 1995, he started dating Maritere Vilar. They were married prickly February 1997^[16] and have fold up children.

Secada resides in straighten up 7,284 square-foot house, with top-hole tennis court and pool, out few blocks west of significance University of Miami, his alma mater, in Coral Gables, Florida.^[17]

Secada has created the Jon Secada Music Scholarship at the Code of practice of Miami, raised funds get to The Recording Academy's effort "Keeping Music in Schools," and supports many initiatives including the Medicine AIDS Unit at Jackson Plaque Hospital, Make-A-Wish Foundation, and magnanimity Boys & Girls Clubs be snapped up America.^[18]

Discography

Main article: Jon Secada discography

• Jon Secada (1992)
• Otro Día Más Offence Verte (1992)
• Heart, Soul & tidy Voice (1994)
• Si Te Vas (1994)
• Amor (1995)
• Secada (1997)
• Better Part of Me (2000)
• The Gift (2001)
• Amanecer (2002)
• Same Dream (2005)
• A Christmas Fiesta/Una Fiesta Navideña (2007)
• Expressions (2009)
• Classics/Clasicos (2010)
• Otra Vez (2011)
• To Beny Moré With Love (2017)

Awards and nominations

Television series

See also

References

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