Luis Figueroa (singer)

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Luis Figueroa
Born	(1989-09-18) September 18, 1989 (age 32) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Occupation	Singer Songwriter
Years active	2017 – present
Website	www.iamluisfigueroa.com

Luis Figueroa (born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S., on September 18, 1989) is a singer and songwriter of Puerto Rican origin of the Latin pop music genre. He studied at the Berklee College of Music and in his teens he participated in shows such as Star Search, Sábado Gigante and American Idol.^[1]

He has gained international recognition after covering songs by artists like Elijah Blake, Trey Songz, and Omarion on YouTube. As a result of his version of "Flor Palida" he caught the attention of singer Marc Anthony, which led him to sign an agreement with Magnus, the salsa star’s record label.

In 2018 he accompanied Romeo Santos as a vocalist on three of his international tours, including the world tour "Golden Tour".

In 2019, he released his first single for Sony Music Latin, “La Especialista”, which reached number 27 on Billboard Latin Pop Airplay chart, remaining for 8 weeks, and the pre-release single from his debut album, “Te Deseo ”, peaked at number 24 on Latin Pop Airplay chart, spending 11 weeks on billboard.

He has received an award at the Premios Juventud (2016) for his version of “Flor Pálida”, performing with Marc Anothony live on the Univisión channel.

Early years[]

During his upbringing in his mother's Puerto Rican home, he was captivated by the music that surrounded him, based on its origins in Aibonito, Puerto Rico. He started playing the guitar, drums and piano at a young age, and his interest in singing, as well as his vocal performance, led him to have early recognition in the Puerto Rican musical community, collaborating with artists such as Johnny Rivera, La India, and Domingo Quiñones.

Musical career[]

As a teenager, he was a contestant on the talent shows Star Search, in 2003, and American Idol (Season Six), in 2007.

In 2007 he also entered the Berklee College of Music in Boston, and the following year began to upload versions of songs to the YouTube platform. His version of Luke James´ "I Want You" was seen by one of the song's co-authors, Nasri Atweh, lead singer of the Canadian group Magic! Atweh, who invites him to travel to Los Angeles and work with him on songwriting and music production.

In 2014 he uploaded his version of Flor pálida,^[2] by Marc Anthony.

In 2015, while in Malaga, Spain, he found out through Atweh that his YouTube videos had been viewed by singer Marc Anthony.^[3] The following year, Luis signed with Magnus Media, Marc Anthony's entertainment company. The night of the signing, he received an award from Premios Juventud for his version of Marc's “Flor Pálida”,^[4] which the two performed together live on Univisión television network.^[5]

In 2017 he appeared at the Billboard Latin Music Awards on Telemundo, televised internationally for all of Latin America. That same year he released his single, "Hopeless"^[6] under the Magnus Media label, and accompanied Romeo Santos as a vocalist on three of his international tours, including the Golden Tour in 2018.^[7]

Combining his musical career with acting, he spent six months in Mexico filming the musical-themed series Guerra De Ídolos (2017), playing the fictional urban artist Diego Santillán and singing the show's theme song.

In 2018 he collaborated with Norwegian EDM artist Matoma, on the single "Telepatía".

“La Especialista” and debut cover-album "Canciones del Alma"[]

In 2019, he released his first single with Sony Music Latin, “La Especialista”^[8] which peaked at number 27^[9] on Billboard Latin Pop Airplay chart and spent 8 weeks on the charts.

In February 2020, he released the cumbia fust single, “Te Deseo”,^[10] as an official pre-release to his debut album, which peaked at number 24 on Latin Pop Airplay chart and spent 11 weeks on the billboard.

In April 2021, he released the cover of “Hasta el Sol de Hoy”. The original song was written by Oscar Domingo Derudi. It became a hit in 1993 when it was recorded by Edgar Joel and his orchestra along with Luis's uncle Anthony Colón. Luis' cover was released in two versions: one acoustic and one salsa and that was the first single from his debut, full-length cover-album "Canciones del Alma" which was released in May 2021. In an interview he gave to SounDarts.gr he mentioned "I wanted to take the opportunity for people to get to know me a little bit through songs that they are familiar with. Also I wanted them to really see and hear me to the capacity that I can use my voice. I think, there was no better moment for this to be the first album and something that people would really get to listen to because the familiarity of the songs is what is gonna get their attention".^[11]

Contributions as a composer[]

As a songwriter, he has collaborated with artists such as Sebastián Yatra and Lary Over, on the urban pop hit "Por Perro",^[12] which has amassed more than 410 million views on YouTube and peaked at No. 16 on Billboard's Latin Pop Songs. “Por Perro” has also been certified Quadruple Platinum by the RIAA, and was nominated for Video of the Year at the 2019 HTV Heat Latin Music Awards.

He wrote the spanish version of “Cross Your Mind” for Sabrina Claudio featured on the Fifty Shades Freed Original Motion Picture Soundtrack.

Songs[]

• "Flor Palida" (2016)
• "Hopeless" (2017)
• "Por perro" (2019)
• "La Especialista" (2019)
• "Te Deseo" (2020)
• "Recuerda" (2021)
• "9PM" (2021)
• "PrimeraVez" (2021)
• "DimePorque" (2021)
• "Tírame" (2021)
• "Desigual" (2021)
• "Vuela - Remix" (2021)
• "Hasta El Sol de Hoy" (2021)

References[]

External links[]

• Official website