The gala of the Billboard Latin Music Awards will be a great night for Raphael.
The Spanish star will be awarded the Billboard Artistic Career Award at the gala on September 29 and will also have a live performance from Watsco Center in Miami.
Raphael, who has an outstanding musical career spanning more than 60 years, is a pioneer of the romantic ballad and has sold more than 70 million records. He was born in Linares, Spain, in 1943, and grew up in Madrid. As a child he stood out in singing competitions, obtaining the international award for the best children’s voice in Europe at the Salzburg Festival at the age of nine.
In 1962, he began his professional career obtaining first place at the Benidorm International Song Festival. In addition to developing as a singer, Raphael has acted in movies and has been the host of programs such as “The Raphael Show”, “El Mundo de Raphael”.
With more than 60 recorded albums, Raphael has conquered the most important world stages such as Madison Square Garden, Radio City Music Hall and Carnegie Hall in New York, L’Olympia in Paris, the Palladium in London and Fine Arts in Mexico.
Interpreter of hits such as “Yo soy qué”, “En carne viva” and “Mi gran noche”, his stellar career has 335 Gold Records and 50 Platinum Records, as well as a Uranium Record for selling more than fifty million records. copies, an award that apart from him, only have Queen, AC / DC and Michael Jackson.
With the Billboard Artistic Career Award, Raphael joins a list of great artists who have received this award that includes Armando Manzanero, Carlos Santana, José José, Juan Luis Guerra, Maná, Marco Antonio Solís, Paquita la del Barrio and Roberto Carlos.
Raphael is currently celebrating his 60th anniversary with the ‘Raphael 6.0’ project, which includes an album and an international tour. In October and November, he will visit Mexico and the United States. By the end of the year he plans to release a new album, written and produced by Pablo López.
The Billboard Latin Music Awards will be broadcast live on September 29 on Telemundo, the Universo cable channel, the Peacock streaming service, the Telemundo app, by Telemundo Internacional for Latin America and the Caribbean.
The award ceremony coincides with Billboard Latin Music Week, which returns to Miami from September 26 to October 1, 2022 with exclusive performances, one-of-a-kind conversations, workshops, events and exclusive fan experiences.
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Raphael will receive a special award at the Billboard Latin Music Awards