Juan Fernando Fonseca

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Fonseca at the 2007 Lo Nuestro Awards

Juan Fernando Fonseca (born May 29, 1979 in Bogotá ) is a Colombian singer and composer . In his home country, the artist, who lives in Bogotá, is best known by his stage name Fonseca .

Life

Fonseca composed his first songs as a child. He studied music at the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana in Bogotá and at the Berklee College of Music in Boston . With his first album Fonseca he was suddenly successful in Colombia. His music is a mixture of traditional Colombian vallenato , cumbia and rhythms of pop and rock music . He is under contract with the Colombian branch of the record company EMI .

Awards

In 2006 Fonseca received a Latin Grammy and a Premio MTV Latinoamérica for best new artist for his song Te mando flores . The song Enrédame from the album Gratitud reached number 1 in the Colombian charts in 2008.

Discography

Albums

  • 2002: Fonseca
  • 2005: Corazón
  • 2007: Corazón Edición Especial
  • 2008: Gratitud

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ ECOS 07/2009, Spotlight-Verlag.

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personal data
SURNAME Fonseca, Juan Fernando
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Fonseca (stage name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Colombian pop singer
DATE OF BIRTH May 29, 1979
PLACE OF BIRTH Bogotá , Colombia