Luis Fonsi: Biography in Details
Who is Luis Fonsi?
Luis Fonsi is a popular artist. He is also a Latin Grammy-winning singer and songwriter. He became well known and gain fame after his hit song Despacito. The singer shot to stardom with his 2017 hit song, ‘Despacito.’
Moreover, he also has different other songs that were commercially good and received good hits. Some of the hit albums include, ‘Abrazar la Vida’, ‘Fight the Feeling’, ‘And Secret’.
Luis Fonsi: Birth Facts, Family, and Childhood
The singer was born on April 15, 1978, in San Juan, Puerto Rico. His father’s name is Alfonso Rodríguez and likewise, his mother’s name is Delia López-Cepero aka Tata.
His mother was also a singer. He also has two younger siblings in his family named, Tatiana Rodríguez, and Jean Rodríguez, who is also a singer now.
He was interested in music from his childhood and was fascinated by the popular group Menudo. And so he also joined the San Juan Children’s Choir.
Luis Fonsi: Education History
Talking about his education history, he joined the school vocal group called Big Guys and sang at school parties and local music festivals. While studying there, he met Joey Fatone and they became a former member of N’SYNC.
Then in the year 1995, he receives a full scholarship to the Florida State University School of Music and majored in Vocal Performance.
Being a member of the university’s choir, he traveled to various places, and then he received a chance to perform with the City Birmingham Symphony Orchestra in England.
Luis Fonsi: Early, Profession life and Career
Talking about his professional life, he first produced his singles ‘Perdóname’, ‘Si Tú Quisieras’, ‘Dime Como’, and ‘Me Iré’. He then was well-known as a popular singer.
Likewise, on June 20, 2000, he released his second studio album ‘Eterno’. It gains more success than other songs and peaked at number 6 on Billboard Top Latin Albums. His single, ‘Imagine Sin Ti’ also peaked at number 1 on Billboard Hot Latin Tracks.
The singer performed at the Great Jubilee Concert for a Debt-Free World on May 1, 2000. The same year, Fonsi composed a song for Puerto Rican singer Ednita Nazario, and he also won a Latin Grammy Award for that song.
He released his third album on March 12, 2002, ‘Amor Secreto’ (Secret Love). It was the same year when he released his first English album ‘Fight the Feeling’ and also performed the opening act at Britney Spears’ Dream within a Dream concert in the US and Mexico.
And soon he releases his fifth album ‘Abrazar la Vida’ on October 28, 2003. This album also was commercially good and was at number 3 on Billboard Top Latin Albums.
Then Luis Fonsi was also certified platinum (Latin) by RIAA. He performs at Miss World 2003 in China. He worked along with British singer Emma Bunton of the band Spice Girl for her album ‘Free Me’, released in 2004.
They work along for the album, “Amazing”. He also gets featured in the Mexican television serial drama, ‘Corazones al límite’. No sooner than his album ‘Paso a Paso’ was launched in 2005.
Then 2017 year became one of his greatest breakthrough years when he released his single ‘Despacito’ which featured Daddy Yankee. It was initially released entirely in Spanish.
The song was a major hit in countries where Spanish is the predominant language and also in other various countries after the remix.
It became number 1 on the US Billboard Hot 100 for the week. Moreover, it also became Fonsi’s first number 1 on the chart.
And talking about his latest works, he released a new song ‘Échame la Culpa’, which debuted at number 3 on the Hot Latin chart.
Luis Fonsi: Lifetime Achievements and Awards
He has receives different awards as he has also released different hit songs. Likewise, in iHeartRadio Music Awards, 2018, he won the Latin Artist of the Year Award.
Moreover, he also receives the President’s Award, Contemporary Latin Song of the Year, and Award-Winning Songs awards in BMI Awards, 2018. Likewise, he has won other different other awards for his song, Despacito.
In the year, 2007, he won. Male Artist of the Year (Pop) and likewise, in 2009, he was Male Artist of the Year (Pop). Again he becomes Male Artist of the Year (Pop) in the year 2010.
Luis Fonsi: Salary and Net Worth
Luis Fonsi is one of the popular Puerto Rican singers and composers. His song receives a great hit and he must have had good earnings.
His net worth is $20 million as of 2022.
Luis Fonsi: Rumors and Controversy
He must maintain a good relationship with all of his professional and personal life so he doesn’t appear in any kind of rumors and controversies.
Luis Fonsi: Description of Body Measurements
The singer has maintained a good athletic built body standing with a height of 5 ft 7 in or 170 cm.
And Luis Fonsi weighs 66 kg or 145.5 lbs. Likewise, he has black colored hair and dark brown colored eyes.
Luis Fonsi: Social Media Profile
Luis Fonsi is active on different social media and keeps on updating them with his latest work and photos. He is active on Instagram with more than 8.1M followers.
Likely he is also active on Twitter and has 9.3M followers. He also has more than 12M followers on his Facebook page.
Luis Fonsi’s Anniversary Dates
Year | Date | Day |
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2024 | September | Tuesday |
2025 | September | Wednesday |
2026 | September | Thursday |
2027 | September | Friday |
2028 | September | Sunday |
Luis Fonsi’s Birthday Dates
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2024 | April | Monday |
2025 | April | Tuesday |
2026 | April | Wednesday |
2027 | April | Thursday |
2028 | April | Saturday |