Elvis Martínez

Elvis Martínez, aka Un Camarón, is a favorite bachata performer whose profession got off to an easy begin in the late ’90s. Blessed in SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA de Macorís, Dominican Republic, Martínez isn’t only a vocalist but also a songwriter and guitarist. In the middle-’90s he became a member of the steady of Superior Latin Music, a bachata label also house to Aventura, and produced his full-length single debut in 1998 with Todo Se Paga. The record proved popular aswell as critically effective, earning an ACE Award in the group of Revelacion del Año (awarded by La Asociación de Cronistas de Espectáculos de Nueva York — in British, the Association of Latin Entertainment Critics). Martínez released four extra albums on Superior Latin Music — Directo al Corazón (1999), Tres Palabras (2002), Así Te Amo (2003), and Descontrolado (2004) — and appreciated further success; for instance, “Así Te Amo” gained a Casandra Award in 2004 for Greatest Song of the entire year while Martínez himself was nominated for the Premio Lo Nuestro prize in 2004 for Greatest Traditional Tropical Musician. Martínez subsequently still left Superior Latin Music (which therefore released the greatest-hits record La Historia de Elvis Martínez in 2005) and turned to Univision Information for Yo Soy Más Grande Que Un (2005). His best-selling recording to day, Yo Soy Más Grande Que Un featured the strike singles “Tu Traicion” and “Yo No Naci Em virtude de Amar.” The collaboration with Univision was short-lived, nevertheless, as Martínez turned labels once more, moving to Common GROUP for La Luz de Mis Ojos (2007), which spawned the strike solitary “Lento y Suave.”