Fabio Alonso Salgado, better known as Estéfano (born 19 August 1966 in Manizales, Colombia) is a Colombian musician, singer-songwriter and record producer. Along with Donato Poveda formed the duo Donato y Estefano, releasing three studio albums through 1995–1999. After the duo disbanded he went on to pursue a solo career with his album Código Personal: A Media Vida released in 2005.
Following this remarkable success right out of the gate, Estéfano teamed with Cuban singer-songwriter Donato Póveda for a pair of albums and a couple of hits for Sony Discos, released as Donato & Estéfano. But the duo broke up soon thereafter, and Estéfano returned to his hitmaking ways as a songwriter and now as a producer also. First came some work for Chayanne, who hadn't recorded an original album in years and the result was "Dejaría Todo", Chayanne's first number one single in over six years. Estéfano continued to write more chart-toppers for him in the years to come. Two other Latin pop artists who greatly benefited from Estéfano's work around this time were Paulina Rubio with her best selling album ever, Paulina, and Thalía with her number-one album on the Billboard Top Latin Albums chart, Thalía.
In 2005, by which time he had been awarded BMI's Latin Songwriter of the Year honor (7) seven times and scored 39 Top 40, 22 Top Ten, and seven number one hits, Estéfano made his solo debut with Código Personal: A Media Vida, a collection of especially personal songs that he'd written for himself to sing. However, this album was not as successful as his previous work for other artists.[1][2]
^Birchmeier, Jason. "Estéfano – Biography". Allmusic (in Spanish). Macromedia Corporation. Retrieved 21 January 2009.
^Notimex (26 May 2007). . El Universal (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 15 September 2008. Retrieved 21 January 2009.
January 01, 1970
estéfano, fabio, alonso, salgado, better, known, born, august, 1966, manizales, colombia, colombian, musician, singer, songwriter, record, producer, along, with, donato, poveda, formed, donato, estefano, releasing, three, studio, albums, through, 1995, 1999, a. Fabio Alonso Salgado better known as Estefano born 19 August 1966 in Manizales Colombia is a Colombian musician singer songwriter and record producer Along with Donato Poveda formed the duo Donato y Estefano releasing three studio albums through 1995 1999 After the duo disbanded he went on to pursue a solo career with his album Codigo Personal A Media Vida released in 2005 Estefano has worked with Ricky Martin Julio Iglesias Jennifer Lopez Marc Anthony Shakira Malu Alexandre Pires Enrique Iglesias Gloria Estefan Jon Secada Paulina Rubio Anahi Noelia Chayanne Jerry Rivera and Thalia among others Contents 1 Background 2 Discography 2 1 With Donato amp Estefano 2 2 As a solo artist 3 ReferencesBackground editEstefano left his home in Manizales Colombia for the United States in 1989 arriving as an aspiring songwriter He signed his first publishing deal in 1992 with Foreign Imported Productions a Miami based company owned by Emilio Estefan Jr His songwriting debut came later that year on Jon Secada s Otro Dia Mas Sin Verte namely the number one hits Cree en Nuestro Amor and Sentir A year later he penned songs for Estefan s wife Gloria writing the bulk of her Grammy Award winner Mi Tierra including a pair of number one singles on the Billboard Hot Latin Tracks chart the title track and Mi Buen Amor Following this remarkable success right out of the gate Estefano teamed with Cuban singer songwriter Donato Poveda for a pair of albums and a couple of hits for Sony Discos released as Donato amp Estefano But the duo broke up soon thereafter and Estefano returned to his hitmaking ways as a songwriter and now as a producer also First came some work for Chayanne who hadn t recorded an original album in years and the result was Dejaria Todo Chayanne s first number one single in over six years Estefano continued to write more chart toppers for him in the years to come Two other Latin pop artists who greatly benefited from Estefano s work around this time were Paulina Rubio with her best selling album ever Paulina and Thalia with her number one album on the Billboard Top Latin Albums chart Thalia In 2005 by which time he had been awarded BMI s Latin Songwriter of the Year honor 7 seven times and scored 39 Top 40 22 Top Ten and seven number one hits Estefano made his solo debut with Codigo Personal A Media Vida a collection of especially personal songs that he d written for himself to sing However this album was not as successful as his previous work for other artists 1 2 For his work on Amar Sin Mentiras by Marc Anthony the producer won a Grammy Award Discography editWith Donato amp Estefano edit Mar Adentro 1995 Entre la Linea del Bien y la Linea del Mal 1997 De Hombre a Mujer 1999 Lo Mejor de Donato amp Estefano 2000 As a solo artist edit Codigo Personal A Media Vida 2005 References edit Birchmeier Jason Estefano Biography Allmusic in Spanish Macromedia Corporation Retrieved 21 January 2009 Notimex 26 May 2007 Balean al compositor Estefano detienen al responsable El Universal in Spanish Archived from the original on 15 September 2008 Retrieved 21 January 2009 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Estefano amp oldid 1214096208, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
