Nando Boom
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Nando Boom is a 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...

 and Reggae en Español
Reggae en Español
Reggae en Español is reggae and dancehall music recorded in the Spanish language by artists of Latin American origin. It originated in the mid-1970s in Panama and 1980s in Puerto Rico, but today reggae en Español is well dominated by Puerto Rican reggae bands...

 group from Panamá led by Fernando Brown.

Brown began singing in 1977, and Nando Boom started in 1985. Nando Boom's new and speedy music style has influenced heavily the evolution of Latin music over the past few years as one of the fathers of 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...

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His vm grinding dance moves have also changed the way people dance since the middle 90s. These backwards dancing style is now the representative dancing of reggaeton listeners.
His most representative and popular songs are "A Danzar" and "Esa Chica Me Vacila", still one of the main songs played in night clubs all over Latin America
Latin America
Latin America is a region of the Americas where Romance languages  – particularly Spanish and Portuguese, and variably French – are primarily spoken. Latin America has an area of approximately 21,069,500 km² , almost 3.9% of the Earth's surface or 14.1% of its land surface area...

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For many fans and critics he is considered to be a pioneer of 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...

 and one of the most important figures in Reggae en Español
Reggae en Español
Reggae en Español is reggae and dancehall music recorded in the Spanish language by artists of Latin American origin. It originated in the mid-1970s in Panama and 1980s in Puerto Rico, but today reggae en Español is well dominated by Puerto Rican reggae bands...

. He received the key to the city in Panama. http://www.elcorillord.com/noticias-de-reggaeton/nando-boom-considerado-padre-del-reggaetonrecibira-homenaje/

The band received the Caracol of the Caribbean award from Colombia in 1992 and a Stefano award in Miami in 1994.

Partial discography

  • Nando Boom (1988)
  • Spanish Reggae (1991)
  • Nando Boom & The Explotion Band (1992)
  • Imperial China and the State Cult of Confucius (1994)
  • Back to Work (1996)
  • Boom City (1997)
  • All Aboard the Boom Express (1998)
  • All Aboard the Boom Express (Millennium Edition) (1999)
  • Talkin' 'Bout Jesus (2000)
  • Hymie Myths (2002)
  • Hitler Blues (2005)
  • Walkin' With Spike (est. release date January 23, 2008)

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