Color Esperanza 2020Diego Torres, Nicky Jam, Reik, Camilo, Pedro Capó, Manuel Turizo, Kany García, Leonel García, Río Roma, Lali, Camila, Farruko, Ruben Blades, Carlos Vives, Diego El Cigala, Prince Royce, Jorge Villamizar, Gente de Zona, Fonseca, Thalia, Leslie Grace, Rauw Alejandro, Angela Torres, Dilsinho, Mau y Ricky, Ivete Sangalo, Coti, Carlos Rivera, Dani Martín & Ara Malikian
At age 12, Colombian pop singer Fonseca sold all 500 copies of his self-released debut album, Bomba de Tiempo, door to door.
∙ His Grammy Award-winning 2005 single, “Te Mando Flores,” spent 22 weeks on Billboard’s Hot Latin Songs chart.
∙ Fonseca spearheaded the 2008 national talent search Canta Conmigo, which provided music training for 12 ex-FARC guerrillas, who later recorded an album overseen by the singer.
∙ His 2011 LP, Ilusión, was certified Diamond in Colombia and won the Latin Grammy Award for Best Tropical Fusion Album.
∙ Colombian model/dancer Laura Calderón costarred with the singer in the video for 2015’s “Y No Me Faltas,” which received more than 1 million views in its first five days.
∙ Ringo Starr recorded a bilingual version of the peace anthem “Now the Time Has Come” with Fonseca in 2017 to mark the Colombian peace deal with the FARC insurgent group.
∙ In 2018, he received one of Colombia’s highest honors, the Order of Boyacá in the Degree of Officer, in recognition of his work to promote peace.