Lucenzo
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Filipe Oliveira commonly known by his stage name Lucenzo, is a Portuguese
-French
singer, songwriter, and producer. His parents emigrated to France from Bragança, north of Portugal. Lucenzo signed with the Universal Music record label.
He is best known for his recent dance hit "Vem dançar kuduro
" featuring Big Ali
. Puerto Rican
reggaeton
artist Don Omar
released a Spanish/Portuguese version of the song under the title "Danza Kuduro
" with Lucenzo.
reggae
/reggaeton
song entitled "Emigrante del mundo". Signed to Scopio Music, the song became a Portuguese radio hit. It reached #1 on Radio Latina and stayed in the Top Five on the station for 42 weeks. It was followed in 2009 by "Dame reggaeton", which also became a #1, as well on Radio Latina.
But it was with his bilingual English/Portuguese
dance hit "Vem dançar kuduro" in collaboration with Big Ali
produced by music producer Faouze Barkati
, a childhood friend and working for Yanis Records France, who had introduced him to the kuduro
dance music that he found big success in Europe, kuduro
being originally an Angola
n type of music popular in Portugal. The single reached #2 in the Portuguese Top 50 charts (based solely on actual sales of singles) and #1 on the Portuguese Club 40 charts (based on actual plays in 80 discos in Portugal). It was also a Top 40 hit in Switzerland
, reaching #31.
An alternative Spanish version by Don Omar
with Lucenzo was released on 15 August 2010, entitled "Danza Kuduro
". The accompanying music video was released on 17 August. It is also featured on Don Omar's compilation album Meet the Orphans
.
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
-French
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
singer, songwriter, and producer. His parents emigrated to France from Bragança, north of Portugal. Lucenzo signed with the Universal Music record label.
He is best known for his recent dance hit "Vem dançar kuduro
Vem dançar kuduro
"Vem dançar kuduro" is a multilingual Portuguese/English dance hit single by Lucenzo, a France-based artist of Portuguese origin featuring also France-based American artist Big Ali.Lucenzo sings in Portuguese and Big Ali in English....
" featuring Big Ali
Big Ali
Big Ali is an American singer-songwriter, DJ, and rapper born in Queens, New York and based in Paris, France since 2001. He is signed to Up Music, a Warner Music label, and has released his debut album Louder in May 2009 on the record label. The album featuring numerous French and international...
. 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...
reggaeton
Reggaeton
Reggaeton is a form of Puerto Rican and Latin American urban and Caribbean music. After its mainstream exposure in 2004, it spread to North American, European and Asian audiences. Reggaeton originated in Puerto Rico but is also has roots from Reggae en Español from Panama and Puerto Rico and...
artist Don Omar
Don Omar
Don Omar, also known as El Rey Don Omar, also known as El Rey Don Omar, also known as El Rey (born William Omar Landrón Rivera; February 10, 1978, is a Puerto Rican Reggaetón singer and actor.-Early life:...
released a Spanish/Portuguese version of the song under the title "Danza Kuduro
Danza Kuduro
"Danza Kuduro" is a hit song from Don Omar's collaborative album Meet the Orphans released as the lead single from the album on August 15, 2010 through Machete Music and VI Music. It features singer Lucenzo, a France-based artist of Portuguese origin...
" with Lucenzo.
Career
Lucenzo released his debut single in 2008, a Portuguese/multilingualMultilingualism
Multilingualism is the act of using, or promoting the use of, multiple languages, either by an individual speaker or by a community of speakers. Multilingual speakers outnumber monolingual speakers in the world's population. Multilingualism is becoming a social phenomenon governed by the needs of...
reggae
Reggae
Reggae is a music genre first developed in Jamaica in the late 1960s. While sometimes used in a broader sense to refer to most types of Jamaican music, the term reggae more properly denotes a particular music style that originated following on the development of ska and rocksteady.Reggae is based...
/reggaeton
Reggaeton
Reggaeton is a form of Puerto Rican and Latin American urban and Caribbean music. After its mainstream exposure in 2004, it spread to North American, European and Asian audiences. Reggaeton originated in Puerto Rico but is also has roots from Reggae en Español from Panama and Puerto Rico and...
song entitled "Emigrante del mundo". Signed to Scopio Music, the song became a Portuguese radio hit. It reached #1 on Radio Latina and stayed in the Top Five on the station for 42 weeks. It was followed in 2009 by "Dame reggaeton", which also became a #1, as well on Radio Latina.
But it was with his bilingual English/Portuguese
Portuguese language
Portuguese is a Romance language that arose in the medieval Kingdom of Galicia, nowadays Galicia and Northern Portugal. The southern part of the Kingdom of Galicia became independent as the County of Portugal in 1095...
dance hit "Vem dançar kuduro" in collaboration with Big Ali
Big Ali
Big Ali is an American singer-songwriter, DJ, and rapper born in Queens, New York and based in Paris, France since 2001. He is signed to Up Music, a Warner Music label, and has released his debut album Louder in May 2009 on the record label. The album featuring numerous French and international...
produced by music producer Faouze Barkati
Faouze Barkati
Faouze Barkati is a French music producer and songwriter working with Yanis Records France and credited for popularizing the kuduro music and dance in Europe worldwide...
, a childhood friend and working for Yanis Records France, who had introduced him to the kuduro
Kuduro
Kuduro is a type of music and dance originally born in Angola in the 1980s. It is characterized as uptempo, energetic, and danceable. Kuduro, which translates as "hard ass", began in Luanda, Angola in the late 80s...
dance music that he found big success in Europe, kuduro
Kuduro
Kuduro is a type of music and dance originally born in Angola in the 1980s. It is characterized as uptempo, energetic, and danceable. Kuduro, which translates as "hard ass", began in Luanda, Angola in the late 80s...
being originally an Angola
Angola
Angola, officially the Republic of Angola , is a country in south-central Africa bordered by Namibia on the south, the Democratic Republic of the Congo on the north, and Zambia on the east; its west coast is on the Atlantic Ocean with Luanda as its capital city...
n type of music popular in Portugal. The single reached #2 in the Portuguese Top 50 charts (based solely on actual sales of singles) and #1 on the Portuguese Club 40 charts (based on actual plays in 80 discos in Portugal). It was also a Top 40 hit in Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
, reaching #31.
An alternative Spanish version by Don Omar
Don Omar
Don Omar, also known as El Rey Don Omar, also known as El Rey Don Omar, also known as El Rey (born William Omar Landrón Rivera; February 10, 1978, is a Puerto Rican Reggaetón singer and actor.-Early life:...
with Lucenzo was released on 15 August 2010, entitled "Danza Kuduro
Danza Kuduro
"Danza Kuduro" is a hit song from Don Omar's collaborative album Meet the Orphans released as the lead single from the album on August 15, 2010 through Machete Music and VI Music. It features singer Lucenzo, a France-based artist of Portuguese origin...
". The accompanying music video was released on 17 August. It is also featured on Don Omar's compilation album Meet the Orphans
Meet The Orphans
David Jeffries from Allmusic gave the album 3.5 stars out of 5. Here is an extract of his review: "a mix of new and old music -- a must for Don Omar fans and worth considering if you’re curious, but unfamiliar, with what’s happening in the reggaeton genre 2010."...
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Studio albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Sales | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SWI | AUT | PT | ||||
| Emigrante del Mundo Emigrante del Mundo "Emigrante del Mundo" is the debut single of Lucenzo. It was released in France initially in 2007 and a second time in 2010 after the success of the kuduro music promoted by Lucenzo's new hits.-Tracklist:#"Emigrante del Mundo"... |
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60 | 15 | 24 | ||
Singles
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| FRA Syndicat National de l'Edition Phonographique The Syndicat national de l'édition phonographique is the inter-professional organization which protects the interests of the French record industry... |
SPA |
POR Portugal Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the... |
ITA Italy Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and... |
GER Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate... |
ARG Argentina Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires... |
SWE Sweden Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund.... |
UK UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ... |
US Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday... |
US L Hot Latin Songs Hot Latin Songs is a record chart published by Billboard magazine. It is often recognized as the most important music chart for Spanish language Latin music in the American music market. It was established by the magazine on September 6, 1986 with La Guirnalda by Rocío Dúrcal being the first song... |
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| "Emigrante del mundo" | 2008 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Emigrante Del Mundo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "Dame reggaeton" | 2009 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "Vem dançar kuduro Vem dançar kuduro "Vem dançar kuduro" is a multilingual Portuguese/English dance hit single by Lucenzo, a France-based artist of Portuguese origin featuring also France-based American artist Big Ali.Lucenzo sings in Portuguese and Big Ali in English.... " (featuring Big Ali Big Ali Big Ali is an American singer-songwriter, DJ, and rapper born in Queens, New York and based in Paris, France since 2001. He is signed to Up Music, a Warner Music label, and has released his debut album Louder in May 2009 on the record label. The album featuring numerous French and international... ) |
2010 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "Danza Kuduro Danza Kuduro "Danza Kuduro" is a hit song from Don Omar's collaborative album Meet the Orphans released as the lead single from the album on August 15, 2010 through Machete Music and VI Music. It features singer Lucenzo, a France-based artist of Portuguese origin... " (with Don Omar Don Omar Don Omar, also known as El Rey Don Omar, also known as El Rey Don Omar, also known as El Rey (born William Omar Landrón Rivera; February 10, 1978, is a Puerto Rican Reggaetón singer and actor.-Early life:... ) |
4 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 82 | 1 | Meet the Orphans | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "Baila Morena Baila Morena "Baila Morena" is a Portuguese-language song by Lucenzo written by Alexander Scander, Cyril Covic and Lucenzo himself. It is a follow up release to "Vem Dançar Kuduro" and "Danza Kuduro" from his upcoming album.-Music video:... " |
9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Emigrante Del Mundo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "—" denotes the single failed to chart or not released | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Remixes
- Official Remix: "Danza Kuduro" feat. Don OmarDon OmarDon Omar, also known as El Rey Don Omar, also known as El Rey Don Omar, also known as El Rey (born William Omar Landrón Rivera; February 10, 1978, is a Puerto Rican Reggaetón singer and actor.-Early life:...
, Daddy YankeeDaddy YankeeRamón Luis Ayala Rodríguez , known artistically as Daddy Yankee, is a Latin Grammy Award winning Puerto Rican Reggaeton recording artist. Ayala was born in Río Piedras, the largest district of San Juan, where he became interested in music at a young age. In his youth he was interested in baseball,...
& ArcángelArcangel (singer)Austin Santos , better known by his stage name Arcángel, is a singer-songwriter, rapper and actor. He was born in New York City, and eventually moved to Puerto Rico in 2002, interested in becoming a performer of reggaeton, a contemporary Latin American urban music genre... - Worldwide Remix: "Danza Kuduro" feat. Don OmarDon OmarDon Omar, also known as El Rey Don Omar, also known as El Rey Don Omar, also known as El Rey (born William Omar Landrón Rivera; February 10, 1978, is a Puerto Rican Reggaetón singer and actor.-Early life:...
, El CataEl CataEdward Bello Pou, better known by his stage name El Cata, is a Dominican rapper, songwriter, record producer, who emerged in the music scene in 1999, born and raised in Barahona, Dominican Republic.-Early life:...
& PitbullPitbull (rapper)Armando Christian Pérez , better known by his stage name Pitbull, is an American rapper, singer-songwriter and record producer. His first recorded performance was from the Lil Jon album Kings of Crunk in 2002, after which he released his debut album in 2004 titled M.I.A.M.I. under TVT Records... - Worldwide Remix: "Throw Your Hands Up (Dancar Kuduro)" Qwote feat. PitbullPitbull (rapper)Armando Christian Pérez , better known by his stage name Pitbull, is an American rapper, singer-songwriter and record producer. His first recorded performance was from the Lil Jon album Kings of Crunk in 2002, after which he released his debut album in 2004 titled M.I.A.M.I. under TVT Records...
& Lucenzo