El Cata

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El Cata
El Cata in 2013
El Cata in 2013
Background information
Birth nameEdward E. Bello Pou
Also known as
  • El Tigre
  • El Malo
  • El Patrón
  • El Padrino[1]
BornBarahona, Dominican Republic
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Singer
  • songwriter
InstrumentsVocals
Years active1999–present[2]
Labels
  • Independent-Los Dueños Del Negocio[2]
  • Live Music
  • Rincón Musical
  • Planet (Sony)
Associated acts
Websiteelcatamusic.com

Edward E. Bello Pou, better known by his stage name El Cata,[1] is a Dominican singer and songwriter, who emerged in the music scene in 1999,[2] born and raised in Barahona, Dominican Republic.

Early life[]

Bello is the second son of Maria Luisa Pou. He has four sisters. At age five, he emigrated from the Dominican Republic to Puerto Rico and a year later from PR to Miami, Florida where he lived until he graduated from Miami Beach Senior High School. While at school, Bello spent most of his time in class writing and composing songs. He would walk down the hallways singing the songs he would write during class.

After high school, Bello moved with his family to New York, where he studied music at the Bronx Community College. While in New York he also worked at a furniture store, in the department of Medicare, and for a bank.[3]

After living in the United States for over 20 years, he returned to the Dominican Republic.

Career[]

He has recorded several promotional albums, since 1999 when he started his career but are not considered official albums from El Cata's discography and are no longer available. In 2009 he released his official debut studio album El Malo through Allegro/Planet Records, which includes the singles "Loca Con Su Tiguere", "Pa' la Esquinita" and "El Que Brilla Brilla".[4] This year he also recorded a remix of "Loca Con Su Tiguere", featuring Voltio and Ñejo & Dalmata, also the remix of "Ella Quiere Coro Conmigo" featuring Yenz and shared credits on Pitbull's smash single "I Know You Want Me (Calle Ocho)" as co-writer of the song.[5] As of 2010, he collaborated again on Pitbull's track "Watagatapitusberry" from Pitbull's album Armando.[6] The song also featured Rapper record-producer Lil Jon, Sensato and Black Point. Also collaborated with Gloria Estefan, Yuri-Mexico, Wyclef J; Kat de Luna, Vakero, Ñejo y Dalmata, Julio Voltio, Secreto E.F.V; Elvis Crespo, Osmani Garcia, Dylan & Lenny, Chacal, Gente De Zona, Juan Magan, among others.. (Soundcloud and YouTube for ElCata) This young talent has brought out to market his own line of watches name brand "El Cata" and not only that he also appears as an actor in some movies filmed in the Dominican Republic.

In 2010, Colombian singer-songwriter Shakira covered his single as "Loca", in which he also raps.[7] He is also featured on the Spanish version of the track "Rabiosa" from Shakira's album Sale el Sol.[8]

Discography[]

Studio albums[]

List of albums, with selected details
Title Album details
El Malo
  • Released: October 20, 2009[4]
  • Label: Allegro/Planet Records
  • Format: Digital download
El Representante Del Género
  • Released: To be released
  • Label: Mr. 305 Inc
  • Format: Digital download, CD
El Tigre/Chillin-Singles by Singles
  • Released: To be released
  • Label: Los Duenos Del Negocio Inc

Singles[]

List of singles, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing year released and album name
Year Single Peak chart positions Album
US US
LATIN
2008 "Loca Con Su Tiguere" El Malo
2009 "Pa' la Esquinita"
"El Que Brilla Brilla"
2011 "Colesterol de Amor" El Representante Del Género
2012-13-14-15 and 16 "No Me Duele" "Como Te Olvido" "Ella Quiere" "Burlao-Rap" "El Que Tiene Calle" "Bucandome To" El Tigre

Featured singles[]

List of featured singles, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing year released and album name
Year Single Peak chart positions Certifications Album
US US
LATIN
SPA SWI
2009 "Loca Con Su Tigre" (originl version)
"Rabiosa" "I know you want me (toy pa' ti) among others by El Cata
30 Non-album single
2010 "Watagatapitusberry"
(Pitbull featuring Lil Jon, Sensato del Patio, Black Point and El Cata)
Armando
"Loca"
(Shakira featuring El Cata)
32
[9]
1
[9]
1
[10]
1
[11]
Sale el Sol
2011 "Rabiosa"
(Shakira featuring El Cata)
110
[14]
8
[9]
1 3
"Wanna be Yours"
(PW featuring El Cata)
Non-album single
2012 "Sobredosis"
(Kat DeLuna featuring El Cata)
Viva Out Loud

| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="1"|2013 |align="left"|"Sobredosis"
( "Con La Ropa Puesta" | style="text-align:center;"|— | style="text-align:center;"|— | style="text-align:center;"|— | style="text-align:center;"|— | style="text-align:center;"|— | style="text-align:left;| |- | style="text-align:center;" rowspan="1"|2013-14 |align="left"|"Sobredosis"
( "Bailando Por El Mundo" | style="text-align:center;"|— | style="text-align:center;"|— | style="text-align:center;"|— | style="text-align:center;"|— | style="text-align:center;"|— | style="text-align:left;| |-

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "El Cata – Biografia" (in Spanish). Retrieved September 30, 2010.[dead link]
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c "El Cata: "El merengue necesita evolucionar y cruzar fronteras"" [El Cata: "Merengue needs to evolve and cross borders"]. Los Nocturnos (in Spanish). October 23, 2008. Archived from the original on July 13, 2011. Retrieved September 30, 2010.
  3. ^ "El Cata trabajando a pasos de gigante" (in Spanish). Hoy.com. April 20, 2010. Archived from the original on September 5, 2010. Retrieved 2010-09-10.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b "El Malo – Album by El Cata". iTunes. Retrieved February 11, 2011.
  5. ^ "Pitbull's "I Know You Want Me" Got A Hand From A Dominican Duo". MTV.com. August 18, 2009. Retrieved September 11, 2010.
  6. ^ "Pitbull con El Cata, Sensato, Lil Jon y Black Point "Watagatapitusberry" Music video" (in Spanish). MSN.com. July 4, 2010. Archived from the original on July 14, 2011. Retrieved September 11, 2010.
  7. ^ "Single and Album Announcement!". Shakira.com. Archived from the original on September 4, 2010. Retrieved 2010-09-10.
  8. ^ "Shakira presenta su nuevo disco, Sale el Sol, cargado de ritmos latinos" (in Spanish). Google.com (Noticias). September 24, 2010. Retrieved September 30, 2010.
  9. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Shakira Chart History". Billboard charts. Retrieved February 11, 2011.
  10. ^ "Shakira discography – Spain Charts". Spanish Charts. Hung Medien. Archived from the original on December 23, 2010. Retrieved 2011-02-11.
  11. ^ "Shakira's discography in Hitparade.ch". Swiss Music Charts. Archived from the original on March 23, 2010. Retrieved 2011-02-11.
  12. ^ "Promusicae SEMANA 43: del 25.10.2010 al 31.10.2010 (In Spanish)" (PDF). Retrieved November 3, 2010.[permanent dead link]
  13. ^ "The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community". Hung Medien. Retrieved November 6, 2010.
  14. ^ "Bubbling Under and other charts". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 123 (23). June 25, 2011. ISSN 0006-2510.

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