Miguelito (artist)
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Miguel A. Valenzuela Morales (born January 5, 1999), known as Miguelito, is a Puerto Rican
Puerto Rico
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 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
Artist
An artist is a person engaged in one or more of any of a broad spectrum of activities related to creating art, practicing the arts and/or demonstrating an art. The common usage in both everyday speech and academic discourse is a practitioner in the visual arts only...

. He has released four albums.

Personal life

Miguelito is the youngest son of a Dominican
Dominican Republic
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 father and a Puerto Rican
Puerto Rican people
A Puerto Rican is a person who was born in Puerto Rico.Puerto Ricans born and raised in the continental United States are also sometimes referred to as Puerto Ricans, although they were not born in Puerto Rico...

 mother. His family has insisted that he lives a normal life, keeping him enrolled in a private school in Dorado, Puerto Rico
Dorado, Puerto Rico
Dorado is a small tourist town in the northern coast of Puerto Rico, west of San Juan and is located in the northern region of the island, bordering the Atlantic Ocean, north of Toa Alta, east of Vega Alta, and west of Toa Baja. Dorado is spread over five barrios and Dorado Pueblo...

and had a 2-year affair with a girl named Eva

Professional career

Starting his career in Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico
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, he has already performed in Latin America
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, including a 2007 tour in Ecuador
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, Colombia
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 and the Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic
The Dominican Republic is a nation on the island of La Hispaniola, part of the Greater Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean region. The western third of the island is occupied by the nation of Haiti, making Hispaniola one of two Caribbean islands that are shared by two countries...

, as well as the mainland United States
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. He has released three successful albums. In October, he headlined "El coquí
Coquí
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 que quiso ser sapo" a children's musical written by Sunshine Logroño
Sunshine Logroño
Emmanuel Logroño , better known as Sunshine Logroño is a Puerto Rican actor, radio announcer, television show host, singer, comedy writer, entrepreneur and comedian...

, his first serious incursion in acting.

Miguelito is the youngest person to win a Latin Grammy Award. He won the award for Best Latin Children's Album on November 13, 2008. He was nine years and 313 days old.

Advocacy

Miguelito has been a strong advocate against social violence. On May 29, 2011, he organized and led a march in San Juan against violence that attracted thousands of attendees, then Puerto Rico State Police Superintendent José Figueroa Sancha
José Figueroa Sancha
José Figueroa Sancha is a former Superintendent of the Puerto Rico Police Department and former Deputy Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigations in Puerto Rico...

, former boxer Tito Trinidad and other local celebrities.

Discography

  • Más Grande Que Tú
    Más Grande Que Tú
    Más Grande Que Tú is the debut album by Puerto Rican reggaeton artist Miguelito.-Track listing:-Deluxe Edition:-Charts:-External links:* * * *...

    (2006)
  • El Heredero
    El Heredero
    El Heredero is the second studio album by Puerto Rican reggaeton artist Miguelito. On November 13, 2008 El Heredero won a Latin Grammy Award for Best Latin Children Album.-Track listing:-External links:* *...

    (2007)
  • Los Pitchers
    Los Pitchers
    Los Pitchers is the third studio album by Puerto Rican reggaeton artist Miguelito. It was released on August 4, 2009.-Track list:-References: [www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=7932889] [www.amazon.com/Los-Pitchers/dp/B002C91DNA]...

    (2009)
  • Todo El Mundo
    Todo El Mundo
    Todo El Mundo is the fourth studio album of Puerto Rican reggaeton artist Miguelito. It was released on June 22, 2010.- Track list :...

    (2010)

Singles

  • "Boom Boom (2006)
  • "Móntala (2006)
  • "La Escuela (2007)
  • "Móntala (Remix)" (featuring Arcangel
    Arcangel (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...

    , Lennox, Aldo & Dandy, Tingui, & Gold2) (2007)
  • "Mochila de Amor" (featuring Divino
    Divino
    Divino is a Puerto Rican reggaeton artist, whose real name is Daniel Velazquez.-Early career:Divino began his career at the age of fifteen, when his family moved from The Bronx, New York, to Ponce, Puerto Rico, Divino decided to concentrate his energies on his day job as an assistant in a juvenile...

    ) (2008)
  • "Al Son del Boom (Remix)" (featuring Daddy Yankee
    Daddy Yankee
    Ramón 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,...

    ) (2008)
  • "Mochila de Amor (Remix)" (featuring Divino
    Divino
    Divino is a Puerto Rican reggaeton artist, whose real name is Daniel Velazquez.-Early career:Divino began his career at the age of fifteen, when his family moved from The Bronx, New York, to Ponce, Puerto Rico, Divino decided to concentrate his energies on his day job as an assistant in a juvenile...

     & Tito "El Bambino") (2008)
  • "Mi Generacion" (2008)
  • "Toma Toma (featuring Falo & Andy Boy) (2008)
  • "Si Fueramos Adultos" (2009)
  • "No Lo Se ft Lorenzo" (2010)
  • "Maquinando" (2010)
  • "Luces, Camara, Accion" (2010)
  • "Maquinando (Remix)" (2011)
  • "Me lusco (featuring (jbrito)

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