Born in Puerto Rico, Ricky Martin first came to the attention
of American audiences for acting stints including the role of Marius in "Les
Misérables" on Broadway. For more than a decade, Ricky Martin watched his
popularity escalate around the world, even as he remained under the radar of
stateside audiences. Today Ricky Martin's mantelpiece is jam-packed with awards.
In 1999, in addition to his Vuelve Grammy, he walked off with two Billboard
Latin Music Awards: Album Of The Year (Vuelve) and Hot Latin Track Of The Year
("Vuelve"). The 1999 MTV Video Music Awards gave Ricky Martin's "Livin' La Vida
Loca" two awards: Best Dance Video and Best Pop Video; he also won the MTV North
Latin Viewer's Choice Award, the MTV South Latin Viewer's Choice Award and the
MTV Russia Viewer's Choice Award. Ricky was named the World's Best Selling Latin
Male at the World Music Awards and won Favorite Male Artist at the Teen Choice
Awards. He was named Male Artist Of The Year and Male Hot 100 Singles Artist Of
The Year at the 10th Annual Billboard Music Awards. He was named Male
Entertainer of the Year at this year's American Latino Media Arts Awards while "Livin'
La Vida Loca" was named Latin Pop Track of the Year at the 7th Annual Billboard
Latin Music Awards. Ricky Martin was named World's Best-selling Pop Male Artist
and World's Best-selling Latin Artist at the 12th Annual World Music Awards. The
video for Ricky Martin's "Shake Your Bon Bon" has been nominated for Best Male
Video and Best Dance Video in this year's MTV Video Music Awards.
Picked by People magazine has one of the World's 50 Most
Beautiful People, Ricky Martin has been the subject of major pieces in Time,
Vanity Fair, Entertainment Weekly, Rolling Stone, People, Interview, TV Guide,
and many others. Ricky has been named "Entertainer Of The Year" by Entertainment
Weekly and is one of People's 25 Most Intriguing People Of '99. Ricky Martin was
one of the subjects on the annual "Barbara Walters Oscar Special."
Ricky Martin is an active participant in many social causes
including the Pediatric AIDS Foundation, the Luciano Pavarotti & Friends
fundraising concerts, the Carousel of Hope, the Rainforest Foundation, and
others. Ricky Martin has sold more than 40 million albums and singles over the
course of his extraordinary career.
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