Luis Fonsi was born in 1978 in San Juan, Puerto Rico as Luis Alfonso Rodrguez López-Cepero. He is the oldest child of Delia and Alfonso, with Jean and Tatiana as his two younger siblings. Fonsi attended Dr Phillips High School in Orlando, Florida, where he was a Big Guys singing group member. Fonsi received a full scholarship at Florida State University in 1995. While there, He sang in the school choir and with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. After skipping out to pursue his music career, Fonsi was offered a recording contract by Universal Music Latin.
Personal Life
In 2003, Fonsi began dating actress Adamari López. The couple married in a religious ceremony in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, in 2006, in front of celebrities such as Joey Fatone and Carlos Ponce. The couple split in 2010. Fonsi afterwards began dating Spanish model Gueda López, whom he married in 2014. They have a daughter and a boy together. Fonsi has been an ambassador for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital since 2008. Among his other charitable endeavours, he was a big contributor to disaster relief operations in Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic, aiding in the recovery of the islands following Hurricane Maria in 2017. Fonsi was also chosen as Puerto Rico’s tourism ambassador that year.
Career
Fonsi’s debut album, “Comenzaré,” was released in 1998. The album was a blockbuster in Puerto Rico and throughout Latin America, peaking at number 11 on Billboard’s Top Latin Albums chart. It featured the singles “Si T Quisieras,” “Dime Como,” “Perdóname,” and “Me Iré.” Fonsi’s follow-up album, “Eterno,” released in 2000, was even more successful. That same year, he performed a duet with Christina Aguilera for her Spanish-language album “Mi Reflejo.” Fonsi released “Amor Secreto” and “Fight the Feeling,” his first English-language album, in 2002. This was followed by “abrazar la vida,” which introduced Fonsi to new markets in Europe and gave birth to the number-one smash single “Quién Te Dijo Eso?” Fonsi rose to prominence with his sixth album, “Paso a Paso,” released in 2005. The song “Nada Es Para Siempre” charted at number one and was nominated for a Latin Grammy Award.
“Palabras del Silencio,” Fonsi’s seventh album, debuted at number 15 on the Billboard 200 in 2008. It received platinum certification in the United States and Spain, and gold certification in Mexico and Argentina. It was also nominated for a Grammy for Best Latin Pop Album. One of its songs, “No Me Doy por Vencido,” made Fonsi’s debut appearance on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States. It also topped the Billboard Hot Latin Tracks chart, becoming one of the artist’s biggest singles to date. Another song from the album, “Aqu Estoy Yo,” was nominated for a Latin Grammy for Song of the Year. Fonsi released his eighth album, “Tierra Firme,” in 2011 and promoted it with a tour across Latin America. Three years later, he released the album “8,” as well as a tour dubbed “Somos Uno.”
With the tune “Despacito,” featuring rapper Daddy Yankee, Fonsi achieved his biggest hit yet in January 2017. It topped the charts in 47 countries and stayed at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 for a record 16 weeks, as well as the Hot Latin Songs chart for a record 56 weeks. “Despacito” received Latin Grammy Awards for Record of the Year, Song of the Year, Best Urban Fusion/Performance, and Best Short Form Music Video, among other honours. With seven billion views from August 2017 to November 2020, the music video was the most-watched YouTube video of all time. In 2017, the song had an English remix featuring Canadian singer Justin Bieber, which charted at number one on the Billboard Hot 100.
More success followed the release of Fonsi’s song “Échame la Culpa,” which featured Demi Lovato and debuted at number three on the Hot Latin chart in November 2017. He had two big singles in 2018: “Calypso,” a collaboration with rapper Stefflon Don, and “Baby,” a collaboration with electronic music trio Clean Bandit. The following year, Fonsi released “Vida,” his tenth studio album, which includes the songs “Échame la Culpa” and “Sola,” as well as the “Despacito” remix. “Vida” debuted at number one on the Billboard Top Latin Albums list and peaked at number 18 on the Billboard 200.
In the early 1990s, Fonsi appeared briefly in the Mexican romantic film “Como Agua Para Chocolate,” as the male lead’s companion. He appeared in the Mexican telenovela “Corazones al lmite” and the Nickelodeon sitcom “Taina” a decade later. Fonsi joined Carlos Vives, Wisin, and Alejandra Guzmán as judges on the first season of Telemundo’s “La Voz,” the Spanish version of the successful American singing competition series, in January 2019.
Net Worth
Luis Fonsi is a $20 million net-worth Puerto Rican musician and composer. Luis Fonsi is well known for blockbuster songs such as “Aqu Estoy Yo,” “Échame la Culpa,” and “Despacito.” The latter song, which featured rapper Daddy Yankee and Justin Bieber, went on to become Fonsi’s biggest success to date, winning four Latin Grammy Awards and five Billboard Music Awards. The song went on to sell over 11 million albums, and the music video became the most-watched YouTube video of all time.
Facts
| Net Worth | $20 Million |
| Date of Birth | Apr 15, 1978 (45 years old) |
| Place of Birth | San Juan |
| Gender | Male |
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) |
| Profession | Singer, Composer, Musician |
| Nationality | Puerto Rico |
