Jorge Manuel López, also known as Giro, is a Puerto Rican

Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.Puerto Rico comprises an...

 salsa

Salsa music

Salsa music is a genre of music, generally defined as a modern style of playing Cuban Son, Son Montuno, and Guaracha with touches from other genres of music...

 musician. Giro began his career as part of Los Chicos

Los Chicos

Los Chicos was a popular boy band in Puerto Rico, created to rival Menudo's success.The band was created by Eric Laboy in 1978 to 1985, with the name Encuentro. Due to a political campaign slogan, the name was changed to Los Chicos, which translates to The Kids. They enjoyed huge success during the...

. Two singles by Jorge López, "Si Tu Supieras" and "Mi Forma de Sentir", reached #1 on the Latin Tropical Airplay

Latin Tropical Airplay

The Tropical Songs is a record chart published on Billboard magazine established in 1994 with the first number-one song to be published was "En Las Nubes" by Edgar Joel. It features Latin music information from tropical music such as salsa, merengue, bachata, cumbia, and vallenato...

. In 1995, Giro received a Lo Nuestro

Lo Nuestro Awards

Lo Nuestro is an awards show honoring the best of Latin music, presented by television network Univision. The awards began in 1989. Notable recipients include Selena, Gloria Estefan, Juan Gabriel, Olga Tañón, Marc Anthony, Ricky Martin, Juanes, Laura Pausini, Luis Miguel, Maná, Juan Luis Guerra, ...

 award for "New Tropical Singer of the Year". His 2002 album, Mi Nostalgia, received a Latin Grammy nomination for "Best Salsa Album

Latin Grammy Award for Best Salsa Album

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Discography

In the 1990s Giro started his individual career and has released albums such as:

• Simplemente Un Corazon (1993)
• Amor Lunático (1994)
• Loco Corazon (1995)
• Historias De Amor (1997)
• Giro (1999)
• Mi Nostagia (2002)

Giro Lopez - Si Tu Supieras (2003)