Gloria Estefan is a Cuban-American singer,actress,and businesswoman. Estefan is a seven-time Grammy Award winner,a Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient,and has been named one of the Top 100 greatest artists of all time by both VH1 and Billboard. Estefan's record sales exceed 75 million worldwide,making her the second best selling female latin artist in history and one of the best-selling female singers of all-time.
Linda Viera Caballero,better known as La India,is a Puerto Rican singer and songwriter of salsa,house music and Latin pop. La India has been nominated for both Grammy and Latin Grammy Awards,winning the Latin Grammy Award for Best Salsa Album for the Intensamente La India Con Canciones De Juan Gabriel album.
Gilberto Santa Rosa,nicknamed "El Caballero de la Salsa",is a Puerto Rican bandleader and singer of salsa and bolero. He is a six time Grammy Award winner and has sold over three million records in the United States and Puerto Rico. Santa Rosa also starred in a comedy.
"Maria" is a song from the 1957 Broadway musical West Side Story,sung by the lead character Tony. The music was written by Leonard Bernstein and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. The song was published in 1956.
"Always Tomorrow" is a song by Cuban American singer and songwriter Gloria Estefan,released worldwide on October 12,1992 as the first single by Epic Records from her compilation album,Greatest Hits. The song is written by Estefan and produced by her husband Emilio Estefan,Jr.,Jorge Casas and Clay Ostwald. It is a guitar-driven acoustic ballad about starting over in the wake of tragedy or disaster. While on tour,Estefan has played the guitar while singing the song. She donated royalties from single sales to the hurricane victims. In 2005,the song was featured in a medley with her No. 1 smash "Coming Out of the Dark" in the compilation "Hurricane Relief:Come Together now",created for Hurricane Katrina relief.
Mi Tierra is the third studio album by Cuban-American recording artist Gloria Estefan,released on June 22,1993,by Epic Records. Produced by husband Emilio Estefan,it is a Spanish-language album and pays homage to her Cuban roots. The album features Cuban musical genres,including boleros,danzón and son music. Recorded at Crescent Moon Studios in Miami,Florida,Mi Tierra features notable Latin musicians such as Tito Puente,Arturo Sandoval,Cachao López,Chamin Correa and Paquito D'Rivera.
"Go Away" is a song by Cuban American singer and songwriter Gloria Estefan. It was released in April 1993 as the fourth and last single worldwide and third to the United States from her fourth solo album and second compilation,Greatest Hits. The song is much in the style of Estefan's earlier songs with the Miami Sound Machine. It was a club hit throughout Europe and America and was featured in the film Made in America and its soundtrack. It reached the UK Top 20 and US Dance Chart Top 5.
"Oye" is a 1998 song by American singer and songwriter Gloria Estefan. It was released as the second single by Epic Records from her eighth studio album,gloria!. The song was written by Estefan,her husband Emilio Estefan,Jr.,Randall Barlow and Angie Chirino and produced by Estefan,Jr. and Tony Moran. The single was planned for commercial release in the US on July 14,1998 in various formats,but at the last minute the release was cancelled. However,the single still reached number one on the US Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart and in Spain.
Lin-Manuel Miranda is an American songwriter,actor,playwright and filmmaker. He is known for creating the Broadway musicals Hamilton (2015) and In the Heights (2005),and the soundtrack of Disney's Encanto (2021). His accolades include three Tony Awards,three Grammy Awards,two Laurence Olivier Awards,two Primetime Emmy Awards,an Annie Award,a MacArthur Fellowship Award,a Kennedy Center Honor,and a Pulitzer Prize.
Alex Lacamoire is a Cuban-American composer,arranger,conductor,musical director,music copyist,and orchestrator who has worked on many shows both on and off-Broadway. He is the recipient of multiple Tony and Grammy Awards for his work on shows such as In the Heights (2008),Hamilton (2016),and Dear Evan Hansen (2017). Lacamoire was awarded the Kennedy Center Honor in 2018.
Pedro Capó is a Puerto Rican singer who is a grandson of Puerto Rican singer Bobby Capóand former Miss Puerto Rico Irma Nydia Vázquez. He studied at Colegio Calasanz in Río Piedras,Puerto Rico.
Hamilton is a sung-and-rapped-through musical by the American composer and actor Lin-Manuel Miranda. Composed over a seven-year period from 2008 to 2015,the musical tells the story of American Founding Father Alexander Hamilton. Miranda said that he was inspired to write the musical after reading the 2004 biography Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow. Miranda says Hamilton was originally a hip hop album in his head. The show draws heavily from hip hop,as well as R&B,pop,soul,and traditional-style show tunes. It casts non-white actors as the Founding Fathers of the United States and other historical figures. Miranda described Hamilton as about "America then,as told by America now."
Ana Teresa Villafañe is an American actress and singer from Miami,Florida,best known for her portrayal of pop icon Gloria Estefan in the Broadway musical On Your Feet!.
Anthony Ramos Martinez is an American actor and singer. In 2015,he originated the dual roles of John Laurens and Philip Hamilton in the Broadway musical Hamilton. Ramos also appeared in the 2021 film version of In the Heights as Usnavi and in the 2018 film A Star Is Born as Ramon. In 2021,he received a nomination for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Actor in a Supporting Role in a Limited Series or Movie for his performance in the Disney+ live stage recording of Hamilton which was released in 2020. He is scheduled to star in Transformers:Rise of the Beasts in 2023.
Ileana Mercedes Cabra Joglar,better known by the nickname "iLe",is a Puerto Rican singer,composer and vocalist. She began her musical career as a teenager as the sole female singer of Calle 13,a group she took part in for 10 years alongside her brothers RenéPérez Joglar (Residente) and Eduardo Cabra Martínez (Visitante).
The Hamilton Mixtape is a 2016 mixtape album featuring assorted songs from the 2015 Broadway musical Hamilton performed by various artists,as well as some deleted songs from the musical. It was widely well-received by critics.
"Si TúSupieras" is a song written by Kike Santander and performed by Mexican recording artist Alejandro Fernández. It was co-produced by Santander and Emilio Estefan and was released as the first single from Me Estoy Enamorando by Sony Music Mexico on 18 August 1997. The song is a bolero-pop ballad with ranchera influences and portrays the singer yearning for his lover to know how much she means to him. A music video was made for the track and was used as the main theme for the Mexican telenovela María Isabel.
"A Forgotten Spot (Olvidado)" is a song performed by American composer Lin-Manuel Miranda along with Puerto Rican singers Zion &Lennox,De La Ghetto,Ivy Queen,PJ Sin Suela and Lucecita Benítez. It was released on September 20,2018 by Atlantic Records and Warner Music Group. The song was written by Miranda,along with the rest of the collaborators.
Pedro Juan Vázquez Bragan,known professionally as PJ Sin Suela,is a Puerto Rican rapper and doctor. Born in The Bronx,New York City and raised in Ponce,Puerto Rico,he graduated from medical school in 2015 before pursuing a musical career. He is known for his socially-conscious lyrics and his collaboration with Bad Bunny and Ñejo on the single "Cual Es Tu Plan?" reached number 13 on the Billboard Hot Latin Songs chart in August 2018. The song also reached number 17 on the Billboard Latin Digital Song Sales chart.
