Filipe Oliveira commonly known by his stage name
Lucenzo, is a
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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" 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 AliBig 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...
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reggaetonReggaeton 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 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:...
released a Spanish/Portuguese version of the song under the title "
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/
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reggaeReggae 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...
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reggaetonReggaeton 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/
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dance hit "Vem dançar kuduro" in collaboration with
Big AliBig 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 BarkatiFaouze 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
kuduroKuduro 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,
kuduroKuduro 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
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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
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, reaching #31.
An alternative Spanish version by
Don 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:...
with Lucenzo was released on 15 August 2010, entitled "
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 OrphansDavid 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
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| 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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- Released: September 15, 2011
- Label: B1 Records
- Formats: CD, MD
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Singles
Remixes
- Official Remix: "Danza Kuduro" feat. 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:...
, Daddy 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,...
& ArcángelAustin 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 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:...
, El 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:...
& PitbullArmando 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. Pitbull
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
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