Bimbo

(Name of Elmer Figueroa Maple; Puerto Rico, 1968) Singing and Puerto Rican actor Been born in a modest family from five brothers, Elmer Figueroa it was introduced in the world of music in 1978, whena day accompanied to its sister Clear a test to form a youthful group to which he himself appeared and finished being chosen. With this group, denominated the Boys, recorded four discs and achievedgreat success of public in their tours by the Caribbean and Central America; also he served to discover his passion to him by music, the dance and the scenes. The dissolution of the group in 1983 madehim happen through a time of " years oscuros" , as he himself usually denominates them, who was useful to learn and to decide on the course that he would give to his artistic race. After appearing insome soap operas and films of the Puerto Rican television, in 1987 it alone initiated his musical race with the titled disc Chayanne. In 1988 it removed to the market a second album, also Chayannecall, one of whose subjects, This rate is danced thus, became the best Latin video of the year according to MTV; that same year signed an advertising contract with the Pepsi-Tail multinational thatcontributed to increase of remarkable form its popularity. In time of Vals (1989), his third disc alone and first that surpassed million copies sold, the North American record industry recognized its meritsand it granted to the Grammy Prize to the best Latin artist of the year, whereas with Provócame, disc to him sent to the market in 1992, definitively became a phenomenon of masses, able to fillstages in multitudinal concerts throughout all the American continent, to untie to the passion between million young people fans, and to raise itself already to the first position of the lists of disc salesurpassing to consecrated singers. In spite of deciding in Provócame on a style of dance and very sensual rates, Chayanne also recorded another album, Influences, in which it left to patent his...