Música tropical
United States
Willie Colón
![Ascolta 'Guisando: Doing A Job (Remastered 2025) [feat. Héctor Lavoe]' di Willie Colón](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Music221/v4/c8/c5/b4/c8c5b4a5-0284-b2a8-8500-f6facdc2bb88/24CRGIM46654.rgb.jpg/1380x1380bb.webp "Ascolta 'Guisando: Doing A Job (Remastered 2025) [feat. Héctor Lavoe]' di Willie Colón")
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Chi è Willie Colón
Città natale
Bronx, NY, United States
Nato/a
April 28, 1950
Genere
Música tropical
Since the ’60s, salsa icon and political activist Willie Colón profoundly revolutionized the genre across more than 40 LPs and many high-profile accolades and awards.
∙ At age 17, Colón released his debut LP, 1967’s El Malo, and 40 years later the title track appeared in the popular 2017 video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories.
∙ Siembra—his best-selling 1978 salsa LP with Rubén Blades—was inducted into the Latin Grammy Hall of Fame in 2007.
∙ From 1980 to 1990, seven of his albums received Grammy nominations for either Best Tropical Latin Performance or Best Latin Recording.
∙ In 1993, Colón was invited to perform at the inauguration ceremonies for Bill Clinton’s first Presidential term.
∙ Cosa Nuestra—his 1970 LP with Héctor Lavoe—had a 50th anniversary reissue as part of Record Store Day 2020, and it re-entered the Billboard Tropical Albums chart at No. 3.
∙ A member of both the International Latin Music Hall of Fame and the Latin Songwriters Hall of Fame, Colón was also honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2004 Latin Grammys.
Willie Colón ha anche pubblicato musica come membro di Fania All-Stars.
Influenze MusicaliLe influenze musicali di Willie Colón includono Dámaso Pérez Prado, Mongo Santamaria, Rubén González e altro.
Influenzato da Willie ColónWillie Colón ha influenzato la musica di Juanes, Gilberto Santa Rosa, Anthony Cruz e altro ancora.
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