Kike Santander

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Kike Santander (born May 11, 1960 in Cali , Colombia ), actually Flavio Enrique Santander Lora, is a Colombian salsa musician, composer, producer and music entrepreneur. Kike Santander is one of the most important Latin American music composers, he has worked with David Bisbal , Christian Castro, Thalía , Chayanne , Diego Torres , Alejandro Fernández , Olga Tañón , the Colombian group Bacilos, José Luis “El Puma” Rodríguez and Gloria Estefan , among others . More than 25 of his songs reached the top ten chart positions in the Latin Billboard Charts. More than 15 of his tracks belong in the "Top 100 Most Played Songs" category of the BMI Association of Authors and Composers. His songs and compositions have been sold 25 million times worldwide.

Kike Santander

Career

Kike Santander was born in Cali, in the middle-class residential area of ​​La Flora in the north of the city. He is the son of Flavio and Judith Santander, his father as a dentist, poet and guitarist awakened his enthusiasm for music in Kike at an early age. His brother Gustavo Santander became an architect and also a well-known composer. In Cali he attended the Colegio San Juan Berchmans, which he graduated in 1977. Kike Santander played instruments such as the accordion, guitar, piano and electric bass. He studied music at the Cali Conservatory and later medicine at the Universidad Central del Valle del Cauca, the latter he graduated with a diploma. He worked as a practicing doctor for a year until he decided to devote himself entirely to his musical career. In 1987 Kike Santander moved to Bogotá and played as a bass guitarist in a band. In Bogotá he first met Bernardo Ossa, for whom he produced advertising jingles . In 1993 he began his career as a composer and producer. For Marcelo Cezan he wrote his hits "Una en un millón" and "Hierba Mojada". He received his first BMI award for the song "Boca Dulce Boca" by José Luis "El Puma" Rodríguez. In 1995 he produced a Christmas album for Emilio and Gloria Estefan, which was her greatest success so far for the Cuban singer. Thus, Kike Santander made a name for himself as a songwriter, producer and businessman in Miami , Florida . In 1997 he founded his own production company, Santander Music Group. Kike Santander has won a variety of awards such as the Grammy Award, the Billboard Lo Nuestro Awards, Premio TV y Novelas ", El Heraldo, and awards from the BMI. Gloria Estefan's album" Abriendo Puertas "earned him the Latin Grammy for Best Tropical album the song "Me Estoy Enamorando" by Alejandro Fernández, the world's three million have been sold in 1997. for, he was nominated for a Grammy. from the niche market of Mexican Rancheramusik a width product of the Latin Pop was. with "Mi Verdad" Santander also received his second Grammy nomination from Fernández and the award "Best Latin Song" for "Si tú supieras". For the songs "Perdidos En La Noche", "Por Ti Yo Iré", "Que No Me Pierda", "Quisiera" , "Si Tu Te Vas" and "Soy De La Gente" by Diego Torres, Kike Santander received the Latin Grammy Award as Producer of the Year and has worked with other artists such as Giselle, Chayanne, Amaury Gutierrez , Illegal, Jaime Camil and Cristian Castro together, which also achieved high chart positions. Kike Santander became Chairman of the Board of the Latin Grammy Academy, the Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences and got involved in the talent show Operación Triunfo. In 2001, Kike Santander sued Emilio Estefan for breach of contract because certain benefit payments were not made. This ended the six-year successful business relationship with Emilio and his wife, the famous singer Gloria Estefan. In 2002 Santander produced the album "Corazón Latino", which made David Bisbal one of the most successful singers in Spain. Together with the salsa musician Gilberto Santa Rosa he produced "Por mas que intento" and with Olga Tañón "Tú no Podrás", which were very successful in Billboard magazine. In 2005 Santander moved to Barcelona , Spain , and founded BATUKA, a fitness method, combined dance and nutrition. Within 16 months Santander sold 1.5 million Batuka CDs. The Batuka philosophy expanded from Spain to Italy , Germany and France. In 2007, Kike Santander was again "Best Songwriter of the Year". With Mark Portmann he founded a company for the production of music for film and television and his autobiography "Por amor a la música" was published in 2008. In 2010, Santander founded the record label Santander Records, which focused on Mexican music, among his most famous songs Produced include "Let's Get Loud" by Jennifer Lopez , "Abriendo Puertas" by Gloria Estefan, "Me Estoy Enamorando" by Alejand ro Fernández, "Mi Vida Sin Tu Amor" by Cristian Castro and "Premonición" by David Bisbal, as well as numerous other titles by Thalía, Natalia Oreiro, Giselle, Edith Márquez, Luis Miguel and Soledad Pastorutti . In 2004 he wrote the song for the Spanish contribution to the Eurovision Song Contest .

Private

Kike Santander has had a variety of jobs and activities in his life. While still studying medicine, he and his brother opened a business selling fish and seafood. Other ventures followed with the sale of toothpaste, sausage and plastic dolls, all of which failed. Gustavo and Kike lost a substantial amount of money received from their parents and lost their first home. Kike Santander is married for the second time. With his Paraguayan wife Adriana López, whose daughter Andrea comes from another marriage, he has two sons: Sebastián and Alejandro. In 2004, Kike Santander received US citizenship. Since 2010 he has lived with his family in Huntington Park , California .

Web links

Notes and individual references

  1. ↑ Constanza Morales Arias: "Diners Journal: The Magazine of the Month. Mi primer millón (Diners Journal: Journal of Mes. The first million) on archived copy ( Memento of the original from January 7, 2004 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.revistadiners.com.co
  2. ^ Association of Authors and Composers
  3. ↑ en. Producer of the Year
  4. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original dated May 3, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.rankhispano.com
  5. ↑ http://us.batuka.com/
  6. ↑ http://us.batuka.com/kike-santander.html?lang=
  7. ↑ span. For the love of music
personal data
SURNAME Santander, Kike
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Santander Lora, Flavio Enrique (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Colombian musician, composer and record producer
DATE OF BIRTH May 11, 1960
PLACE OF BIRTH Cali , Colombia