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Bachata Rosa World Tour is the first concert world tour by Dominican recording artist Juan Luis Guerra and his Band 4:40 to promote this blockbuster album Bachata Rosa (1990). It started at July 5, 1991, in Puerto Rico and ended on July 4, 1992, in Los Angeles, and was sponsored by soft drink manufacturer Pepsi and the European leg by Bitter Kas.
Raulín Marte Rodríguez (born June 16, 1971) is a Dominican bachata artist. He is one of the first major bachata artists to have international success. As a pioneer of the bachata genre, he helped grow the genre's popularity in the 1990s. While traditional bachata songs were often risque and suggestive, Raulín Rodríguez's idealized romantic ...
Frank Reyes (born June 4, 1969) is a Dominican singer. Known as the Prince of Bachata, he is regarded as one of the best known bachata artists of all time and famous throughout Latin America. [1] He is a 7 time Bachata of the Year winner at the Soberano Awards, making him the most awarded artist in that category. [2]
Bachata arose in the poor and working class areas of the country. During the 1960s and early 1970s, while bachata was known as amargue music, it was seen as music of the lower class by middle-upper-class Dominicans. The genre's popularity rose in the 1980s and early 1990s when the rhythm began to reach the mainstream media.
Bachata Rosa (Spanish for Romantic Bachata, translated literally as Pink Bachata) is the fifth studio album by Dominican singer-songwriter Juan Luis Guerra and his group 4.40. It was released on 11 December 1990, by Karen Records. It brought bachata music into the mainstream in the Dominican Republic and gave the genre an international audience ...
The Latin Grammy Award for Best Merengue/Bachata Album is an honor presented annually at the Latin Grammy Awards, a ceremony that recognizes excellence and creates a wider awareness of cultural diversity and contributions of Latin recording artists in the United States and internationally. [1]
Héctor Elpidio Acosta Restituyo (born May 23, 1967), better known as Héctor Acosta "El Torito " (Héctor Acosta "The Little Bull") or simply Héctor Acosta, is a Merengue and bachata singer, and politician from the Dominican Republic. In 2020, he was elected senator representing the Monseñor Nouel Province before the Senate of the Dominican ...
Bachata is a social couple dance with a lead and follow that can be performed in open, semi-closed or closed position. The basic step involves an eight-count side-to-side movement, with many variations and styles that can be added. On counts 4 and 8, bachata includes an exaggerated hip check that gives it a characteristic look and ...