Kike Santander
Kike Santander ( born May 11, 1960 in Cali, Colombia), actually Flavio Enrique Santander Lora, is a Colombian salsa musician, composer, producer and music entrepreneur. Kike Santander is one of the most important Latin American music composer, he has among others, with David Bisbal, Christian Castro, Thalía, Chayanne, Diego Torres, Alejandro Fernández, Olga Tañón, the Colombian group Bacilos, José Luis " El Puma " Rodríguez and Gloria Estefan worked. More than 25 of his songs reached the Top Ten chart positions in the Latin Billboard charts. More than 15 of his titles belong in the category of " Top 100 Most Played Songs" of the Association of Authors and Composers BMI. His songs and compositions have sold 25 million copies worldwide.
Career
Kike Santander was born in Cali, in the middle -class residential district of La Flora in the north of the city. He is the son of Judith and Flavio Santander and his father as a dentist, poet and guitarist raised in Kike early his enthusiasm for music. His brother Gustavo Santander became an architect and also a well-known composer. In Cali, he attended the Colegio San Juan Berchmans, which he completed in 1977. Kike Santander played instruments such as accordion, guitar, piano, and electric bass. He studied music at the Conservatory Cali and later medicine at the Universidad Central del Valle del Cauca, the latter he graduated with a diploma. For a year he worked as a practicing physician until he decided to devote himself entirely to the musical career. 1987 moved Kike Santander to Bogota and played as a bass guitarist in a band. In Bogotá he first learned Bernardo Ossa know, for whom he produced advertising jingles. In 1993, he began his career as a composer and producer. For Marcelo Cezanne he wrote his hit " Una en un Millón " and " Hierba Mojada ." For the song " Boca Dulce Boca " by José Luis " El Puma " Rodríguez, he received his first BMI award. In 1995 he produced for Emilio and Gloria Estefan, a Christmas album, which became her biggest success for the Cuban singer. Thus, Kike Santander made a name as a songwriter, producer and businessman in Miami, Florida. In 1997 he founded his own production company Santander Music Group. Kike Santander won a variety of awards such as the Grammy Awards, the Billboard Lo Nuestro Awards, Premio TV y Novelas ", El Heraldo, and awards of BMI with Gloria Estefan's album" he received the title Latin Grammy for Best Tropical Abriendo Puertas " album in 1997. for the song "Me Estoy Enamorando " by Alejandro Fernández, who was sold worldwide three million times, he was nominated for the Grammy. , a width product of the Latin pop was from the niche market of Mexican Rancheramusik. with "Mi Verdad " also Fernández received Santander his second Grammy Nominations and " Si tú supieras " the award for " Best Latin song." for the songs " Perdido En La Noche ", " Por Ti Yo Iré ", " Que No Me Pierda ", " Quisiera " " Si Tu Te Vas " and "Soy De La Gente " by Diego Torres received Kike Santander except for the Latin Grammy Award, the Award Producer of the Year. Kike Santander worked with other artists such as Giselle, Chayanne, Amaury Gutierrez, illegal, Jaime Camil and Cristian Castro together, which also reached high in the charts. Kike Santander was Chairman of the Board of the Latin Grammy Academy, the Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences and involved in the talent show Operación Triunfo. 2001 sued Kike Santander Emilio Estefan on breach of contract, specific performance because payments are not made . For the six years of successful business relationship ended with Emilio and his wife, the famous singer Gloria Estefan. 2002 produced Santander album " Corazón Latino ", which made David Bisbal one of the most successful singers of Spain. Together with the salsa musician Gilberto Santa Rosa, he produced "Por mas que intento " and with Olga Tañón " Tú no Podras ", which were very successful in the Billboard Magazine. 2005 drew Santander to Barcelona, Spain, and founded Batuka, a fitness method, combined from dance and food. within 16 months selling Santander 1.5 million Batuka CDs. The Batuka philosophy expanded from Spain to Italy, Germany and France. 2007 Kike Santander was again " Best songwriter often he Year." with Mark Portmann he founded a company for the production of music for film and television, and in 2008 he published his autobiography, " Por amor a la música " in 2010 founded Santander the record label Santander Records, which focused on focused on Mexican music. Among his most famous songs he wrote and has produced include "Let's Get Loud" by Jennifer Lopez, " Abriendo Puertas " by Gloria Estefan, "Me Estoy Enamorando " by Alejandro Fernández, "Mi Vida Sin Tu Amor " by Cristian Castro and " Premonición " by David Bisbal, as well as numerous other titles by Thalía, Natalia Oreiro, Giselle, Edith Márquez, Luis Miguel and Soledad Pastorutti. In 2004 he wrote the song for the Spanish contribution to the Euro Vision Song Contest.
Private
Kike Santander practiced in his life from a variety of jobs and activities. Even in medical school, he opened with his brother, a business for the sale of food fish and seafood. There were other things to do with the sale of toothpaste, sausage and plastic dolls, all of which failed. Gustavo and Kike lost a considerable amount of money they had received from their parents, and their first home. Kike Santander is married for the second time. With his Paraguayan wife Adriana López, whose daughter Andrea is from another marriage, he has two sons, Sebastian and Alejandro. 2004 Kike Santander received U.S. citizenship. Since 2010 he lives with his family in Huntington Park, California.