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Lucenzo (born May 27, 1983 in Bordeaux , France ; actually Filipe Oliveira ) is a Portuguese rapper and singer .
Career
Lucenzo was born on May 27, 1983 to Portuguese parents in the western French city of Bordeaux . He started playing the piano at the age of six and five years later, at the age of eleven, he discovered singing . Lucenzo has been a musician since 1998. He started out as a rapper and later moved on to reggaeton . His first album went largely unnoticed. He had his breakthrough in 2007 with Emigrante del mundo , which was published by Scorpio Music . It became a huge radio hit in France and established Lucenzo on the Latin American music scene.
In 2010 he worked with Big Ali on the title Vem dançar kuduro . The song became a dance hit and a summer hit in France, reaching number 2 on the charts. The success spread to Switzerland. The Puerto Rican Don Omar recorded a Spanish-Portuguese language version with Lucenzo called Danza Kuduro and published it in the USA. It reached number 1 on the US Latin charts. They reached number 15 in Spain. It is also featured on the official soundtrack of the film Fast & Furious Five . In 2012, he released the single Wine It Up with the Jamaican dancehall - singer Sean Paul which, however, could not come close to the success of Danza Kuduro. He only sang it at a few concerts. In 2015 he released the single "Vida Louca"
style
Lucenzo's music is heavily influenced by Latin beats , Kuduro and Reggaeton . There are also influences from Angolan and Portuguese music. He sings in French , Portuguese , Spanish and English .
Discography
- 2007: Emigrante Del Mundo
- 2008: Reggaeton Fever
- 2009: Dame Reggaeton
- 2010: Vem Dançar Kuduro ( feat.Big Ali )
- 2010: Danza Kuduro (with Don Omar )
- 2010: Baila Morena
- 2011: Danza Kuduro (Throw Your Hands Up) (with Qwote & Pitbull )
- 2012: Wine It Up (feat. Sean Paul )
- 2013: Obsession ( feat.Kenza Farah )
- 2015: Vida Louca
Web links
- Official website (French and English)
- Official MySpace profile
- Music Sales Awards: DE CH FR UK
Individual evidence
- ↑ Chart discography Switzerland
- ^ Chart discography France
- ↑ a b c d The Lucenzo biography ( Memento of the original from July 21, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , lucenzo.fr, accessed July 1, 2011
- ↑ a b Biography Lucenzo ( Memento of the original from January 1, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , jukebo.fr, accessed July 1, 2011 (French)
- ↑ Danza kuduro ( Memento from September 30, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) (Don Omar) in the US charts
- ↑ Danza kuduro (Don Omar & Lucenzo) in the Spanish charts
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SURNAME | Lucenzo |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Oliviera, Filipe (real name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Portuguese pop singer |
DATE OF BIRTH | May 27, 1983 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Bordeaux , France |