World famous Spanish singer Raphael Billboard Lifetime Achievement Award and will sing at the 2022 Billboard Latin Music Awards premiere in Miami on September 29.
“Raphael will be honored,” said Billboard organization and Spanish channel Telemundo, which will broadcast the gala live this Thursday. for his outstanding professional career and artistic and personal contributions influenced the development of Latin music around the world.
With his artistic career spanning over 60 years, Sold over 60 albums and over 70 million copiesRaphael is the pioneer of the Spanish romantic ballad, which crosses cultural and geographical boundaries with his unique voice and interpretive style.
His name will be added to Andrea Bocelli, Armando Manzanero, Carlos Santana, Conjunto Primavera, Emmanuel, Flaco Jiménez, Intocable, Jorge Pinos, José José, Juan Luis Guerra, Los Lobos, Los Temerarios, Maná, Marco Antonio Solís, Miguel. Bosé, Paquita la del Barrio, Ricardo Arjona and Roberto Carlos, who previously received the Billboard Artistic Career Award.
Born in Linares (Spain) in 1943, Miguel Rafael Martos Sánchez, better known as Raphael, was taken to Madrid by his family and was already part of the San Antonio Church Choir choir at the age of four.
At the age of nine, she won her first international award for best children’s voice. He was at Europe’s Salzburg Festival (Austria), but the start of his professional career didn’t come until 1962.
Winner of several awards, including the winner at the Benidorm International Song Festival (Spain), she participated in the Eurovision Song Contest two years in a row as the representative of Spain and acted in several films.
A superstar with a career of 60 years
Spanish singer conquered audiences on the world’s most important stages Like Madison Square Garden, Radio City Music Hall and Carnegie Hall in New York, L’Olympia in Paris, Palladium in London and Fine Arts in Mexico, and countless venue listings in the Americas, Asia, Australia and Europe.
Invoice With 335 Gold Records and 50 Platinum RecordsApart from the Uranium Disc for selling over fifty million copies, it’s an award that only Queen, AC/DC and Michael Jackson have received apart from that.
‘I am that person’, ‘Raw’ Y ‘My big night’ Here are some of his biggest hits accumulating millionaire sales and streams.
He is currently celebrating the 60th anniversary of his world tour with the Raphael 6.0 tour, which bears the same name as his last album.
End of the year will introduce new An album written and produced by Pablo López.
The Latin Billboard Awards premiere will take place on September 29 at the Watsco Center in Miami and will be broadcast live on Telemundo and simultaneously on the Spanish entertainment cable channel Universo, the Peacock streaming service and the Telemundo app.
It can also be seen on Telemundo Internacional in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Billboard Latin Music Week will take place in Miami from September 26 to October 1.with exclusive presentations, talks, workshops, events and special experiences for fans.
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Colombian singer Karol G with 15 of them; Puerto Rican reggaeton player Farruko with 11; also Puerto Rican Rauw Alejandro with 10 and Dominican-American bachata music group Aventura with 7.