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November 22, 2000
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Ricky Martin.. Again
em barked on one o f the best-selling
tours in m odem concert history,
selling out m ore than 250 concerts
in som e 25 countries.
W hen dates fo r R ick y M a rtin ’s
an x io u sly -aw aited A m erican tour
w ere an n o u n ced , each o f th e v e n
ues so ld -o u t w ith in an h o u r (in
som e cases, w ith in m in u tes!) o f
g o in g on sale. D u e to an u n p re c
ed e n te d d em an d fo r tic k ets, 11
new d ates w ere ad d ed to R ic k y ”
SR O tour itinerary. By to u r’s end,
R icky M artin had p erfo rm ed to
m o re than 5 0 0 ,0 0 0 p eo p le acro ss
the co u n try and so ld so m e $ 22.6
m illio n d o llars w o rth o f tick ets. A
R ic k y M a rtin p e rfo rm a n c e at
L o n d o n ’s H y d e P ark d rew m ore
th an 100,000 fans.
T h ro u g h o u t his ca reer, R ick y
S U P P L E M E N T
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C harles H. W ashington
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L a rry J. Ja ck so n , Sr.
M artin has rem a in ed tru e to his
P u erto R ick an ro o ts an d the H is-
p an ic /L a tin o fa n b a se th a t first
m ade h im a star.
A p ee rless m u sical am b assa
d o r (w h o ’s also flu en t in five la n
g u ag es!), R icky h as in tro d u ced
Latin Pop m usic to m arkets around
the w o rld in c lu d in g th e U n ited
S tates, E n g lan d , Ja p an , C h in a,
G erm an y , and m a n y others. He
co n tin u es to p e rfo rm an d reco rd
in S p an ish and o fte n v isits his
n ativ e P u erto R ico.
A t his ap p e aran c e at the first
an n u al L atin G ra m m y A w ards,
R icky a c k n o w led g e d the en o r
m ous cu ltu ral and m u sical c o n tri
b u tio n s o f th e le g e n d a ry T ito
P uente, the m aster o f m am bo w ho
p assed aw ay th is year.
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HW H r Portland OiMiTKi-
R icky M artin, the tireless inter
national superstar w ho detonated
the Latin Pop Explosion, is back
w ith “ Sound Loaded,” the eagerly-
aw aited follow -up to his phenom
enal English language debut album,
w hch has sold 20 m illion copies
w orldw ide and has been certified
seven tim es RIA A -platinum in the
U nited States since its release in
1999. W ith “Sound Loaded,” Ricky
further charts his path o f artistic
growth, continuing to find new ways
o f blending el ritm o w ith elem ents
o f Pop, Rock, and Funk. R ick y ’s
w o rld w id e fan b ase, w h ich has
grow n exponentially w ith each o f
his releases, will not be disappointed
w ith “Sound Loaded.” W hile re
maining true to his Latin music roots,
R icky extends the possibilities o f
his m usic w ith 15 brand-new tracks
ranging from heart-stopping ballads
to booty-stom ping party anthem s.
B om in Puerto Rico, Ricky M ar
tin first cam e to the attention o f
A m eric an au d ien ces for actin g
stints including the role ofM arius in
“ Les M iserables” on Broadway.
F or m ore than a decade, Ricky
M artin w atched his popularity es
calate around the w orld, even as he
rem ained under the radar o f state
side audiences. A nd then. .
M ore than a billion television
view ers in 187 countries across the
globe felt the full force ofRickymama
w hen he perform ed “The Cup o f
L ife” at the 41s' A nnual G ram m y
A w ards cerem onies in February
1999. R icky’s single, “La C opade la
V ida,” w as the official song o f
the W orld Cup France ’98 and
has been a # 1 single in m ore than
30 countries. T hat sam e night,
Ricky’s full-length Latin record
ing “V uelve” w on the G ram m y
for Best Latin Pop Perform ance.
In A pril 1999, w hen the true
first w eek’s sales (280,000) were
tallied on Ricky’s “Livin’ La Vida
Loca,” the b lo c k b u ste r single
shot to # 1 on the B illb o ard H ot
100 and becam e the sin g le w ith
the h ig h est #1 sales fig u res in
C o lu m b ia R ecords h isto ry and
the h ig h est single w e e k ’s sales
fig u res in 1999. R icky M artin
becam e the first solo Latin m ale
artist o f th e S o u n d S can e ra to
h it #1 on th e H ot 100 an d the
first m ale artist to have the # 1
sin g le on the H ot 100 in m ore
th an a year. “ L iv in ’ L a V id a
L o c a ’ h ad th e h ig h e st sin g le
w e e k ’s sales fig u res o f any
single released in 1999. “ L ivin
L a V ida L o ca” b ec am e th e #1
sin g le in fiv e in te rn a tio n a l
m arkets in clu d in g the U n ited
S tates, th e U nited K ingdom ,
C anada, N ew Z ealand, an d Ire
land.
R ick y M artin has k ep t e x
trem ely bu sy since the release o f
the album ’ s E nglish language de
but. As his“Livin’ LaV ida Loca”
became the party anthem o f the
new m illennium (w inning two
M TV V ideo M usic A w ards -
Best D ance V ideo & Best Pop
V ideo in the process), M artin
“CARNAVAL 2 0 0 0 ”
with the Balé Folclórico da Bahia
Wednesday, December 6, 2 0 0 0 at 7:30 pm
Oregon Symphony does not perform.
Spice up your holidays with “Carnaval 2000," a non-stop extravaganza
of Afro-Brazilian music, song and dance by the 32 member
troupe Balé Folclórico da Bahia.
Tickets start at $ 1 5
“Exuberant, indefatigable and virtuosic, the dancers, singers and drummers...
exploded with the Afro-Brazilian rhythms that are its special heritage."
— The New York Times
"...a medley of carnaval songs spilled over across the floodlights and got the
audience up and dancing in the aisles. It was a big, loud, sweaty and
rambunctious finale...!" — The San Francisco Chronicle
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