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Neymar to Launch Music Career This Week with the Release of His Debut Single

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Neymar is making sweet music…

The 24-year-old Brazilian soccer star, who has already shown the world his skills on the futbol field, is getting ready to show the world his musical abilities.

Neymar

Neymar, a forward for the Spanish club FC Barcelona and the Brazil national team, took to social media over the weekend to announce the launch of his music career, saying that his debut single will drop this week.

“This Wednesday I begin my music career and I’m going to release my first song on Facebook,” he tweeted to his more than 20 million followers.

On various occasions, the soccer sensation has shown great interest for music, from jamming to Nicky Jam‘s “El Perdón” with soccer mate Dani Alves to actually sharing the stage with Brazilian superstar Michel Teló, where they sang the chart-topping song “Ai Se Eu Te Pego“ together.

Rivera Wins Two Billboard Music Awards…

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The late Jenni Rivera has proven to be La Gran Señora at this year’s Billboard Music Awards…

The late Mexican American singer, who passed away in a Mexican plane crash last December, was named the winner in two categories in ceremonies held at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on Sunday.

Jenni Rivera

Rivera was named Top Latin Artist, while her album La Misma Gran Señora was named the Top Latin Album during the three-hour show, which was broadcast on ABC.

Meanwhile, Michel Teló’s highly successful single “Ai Se Eu Te Pego” was named Top Latin Song.

In all, awards were handed out in 45 categories, 10 of them on the ABC telecast that featured 16 performances, including the TV premiere of the new single from Jennifer Lopez and Pitbull, “Live It Up.” Bruno Mars and his band, decked out in matching crimson suits and black shirts, opened the show with his new single, “Treasure.”

Here’s a look at the complete winner’s list:

Top Artist
Taylor Swift

Top New Artist
One Direction

Top Male Artist
Justin Bieber

Top Female Artist
Taylor Swift

Top Duo/Group
One Direction

Top Billboard 200 Artist
Taylor Swift

Top Hot 100 Artist
Maroon 5

Top Rap Artist
Nicki Minaj

Top Digital Songs Artist (tie)

Carly Rae Jepsen
Taylor Swift

Top Radio Songs Artist
Rihanna

Top Touring Artist
Madonna

Top Social Artist

Justin Bieber

Top Streaming Artist
Nicki Minaj

Top Pop Artist
One Direction

Top R&B Artist
Rihanna

Top Country Artist
Taylor Swift

Top Rock Artist

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Top Latin Artist
Jenni Rivera

Top Dance Artist
Madonna

Top EDM Artist
David Guetta

Top Christian Artist

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Top Billboard 200 Album
Taylor Swift – “Red”

Top Pop Album
Adele – “21″

Top R&B Album
Rihanna – “Unapologetic”

Top Rap Album
Nicki Minaj – “Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded”

Top Country Album
Taylor Swift -”Red”

Top Rock Album
Mumford & Sons – “Babel”

Top Latin Album

Jenni Rivera – “La Misma Gran Senora”

Top Dance Album
Madonna – “MDNA”

Top EDM Album
Skrillex – “Bangarang”

Top Christian Album
tobyMac – “Eye On It”

Top Hot 100 Song
Gotye Featuring Kimbra – “Somebody That I Used To Know”

Top Digital Song
Carly Rae Jepsen – “Call Me Maybe”

Top Radio Song
Gotye Featuring Kimbra – “Somebody That I Used To Know”

Top Streaming Song (Audio)
Gotye Featuring Kimbra – “Somebody That I Used To Know”

Top Streaming Song (Video)

PSY – “Gangnam Style”

Top Pop Song
Carly Rae Jepsen – “Call Me Maybe”

Top R&B Song
Rihanna – “Diamonds”

Top Rap Song
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Featuring Wanz – “Thrift Shop”

Top Country Song
Taylor Swift – “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together”

Top Rock Song
Gotye Featuring Kimbra – “Somebody That I Used To Know” 

Top Latin Song
Michel Telo – “Ai Se Eu Te Pego”

Top Dance Song
Baauer – “Harlem Shake”

Top EDM Song
Baauer – “Harlem Shake”

Top Christian Song
Matt Redman – “10,000 Reasons (Bless The Lord)”

The Late Rivera Wins Six Trophies at the Billboard Latin Music Awards

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She may be gone… But Jenni Rivera has not been forgotten.

The late Mexican American singer, known as la Diva de la Banda, proved to be one of the big winners at the 2013 Billboard Latin Music Awards.

Jenni Rivera

Rivera, whose influence and sales rose in the wake of her tragic death last December in a plane crash in Mexico, won six awards, including Artist of the Year and Regional Mexican Album of the Year for La Gran Señora, which was coincidentally released the week after her death.

Edward James Olmos, Rivera’s Filly Brown co-star, introduced a tribute segment to the singer, pointing out that just a year before, she had herself performed live on the awards stage.

“We want to remember her a little bit differently — as the woman, the friend, the mother, the daughter,” he said, before a video montage focusing mainly on Rivera’s family life and humanitarian work.

Her parents, Pedro Rivera and Rosa Saavedra, and two eldest  daughters, Janney “Chiquis” Marín and Jacqueline Marín, accepted her posthumous awards.

Meanwhile, Don Omar – who performed his current hit, “Zumba” at the show – had garnered 18 finalist nods — a record tied only by Tito El Bambino in 2010 — and took home 10. They include Songs Artist of the Year, Male and Airplay Song of the year for “Dutty Love,” featuring Natty Natasha.  Don Omar also won Streaming Artist of the Year and Streaming Song of the Year for “Danza Kuduro,” featuring Lucenzo.

Prince Royce, the young urban/bachata singer and soon-to-be La Voz Kids coach who has dominated the charts since his debut in 2011, won four awards, including Albums Artist of the Year, Male.

Romeo Santos, Shakira and La Arrolladora Banda el Limón de René Camacho won three awards each, as did Natty Natasha, who is featured in Don Omar’s “Dutty Love.” Teary-eyed, she dedicated her last win to “all Latinos — those who leave their homelands to pursue their dreams.”

This year’s awards featured a series of premiere performances, including Carlos Vives with Michel Teló (who won Song of the Year for his global hit  “Ai Se Eu Te Pego“).

Mexican rockers Maná, who won Albums Artist of the Year, duo or Group and Latin Pop Albums Artist of the Year, Duo or Group, also received the Billboard Spirit of Hope Award for the philanthropic work of their Selva Negra Foundation, which has worked in environmental causes for nearly 20 years.

The Billboard Latin Music Awards honors the most popular albums, songs, and performers in Latin music, as determined by the actual sales, radio airplay, streaming and social data that informs Billboard’s weekly charts.

The awards were broadcast live on Telemundo from the BankUnited Center in Miami.

Click here to see the full list of winners.

Lucero to Perform at the Billboard Latin Music Awards

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Lucero is preparing to make sweet music for Billboard…

The 43-year-old Mexican singer/actress has been added to the list of performers at next month’s 2013 Billboard Latin Music Awards.

Lucero

Lucero, the star of Univision’s recent hit telenovela Por ella soy Eva, is known as “Mexico’s Sweetheart.” She’s been in the entertainment business for more than three decades and has sold more than 27 million albums worldwide.

But Lucero isn’t the only night’s big performer…

Don Omar, Gerardo Ortiz, Michel Telo and Carlos Vives have also been named as performers at the awards show, which will telecast live from Miami’s BankUnited Center on April 25 on Telemundo at 7:00 pm ET.

Don Omar, the “king of reggaeton,” leads the pack of nominees with 18 nods, including Artist of the Year.

Ortiz, who was discovered on YouTube just a few years ago, has created a musical revolution with his innovative compositions. The host of mun2’s DUB Latino is up for six awards.

Telo, who hails from Brazil, became a global musical sensation last year with his hit “Ai Se Eu Te Pego.” Up for seven awards, Telo made his U.S. debut last year’s Billboard Latin Music Awards.

Click here for the full list of nominees.

Telo’s International Hit “Ai Se Eu Te Pego” Tops Billboard Latin Charts

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It may have been released more than four months ago, but Michel Teló’s international hit “Ai Se Eu Te Pego” has finally catapulted its way to the top of the Billboard charts.

The 31-year-old Brazilian country singer and songwriter’s song, which has reached No. 1 in 15 countries across Europe, Eastern Europe and Latin America since its release last November, has reached the peak on the Billboard Latin Songs chart and the Billboard Latin Pop Songs chart.

Michel Telo

The single—which has been covered by Pitbull, praised by Perez Hilton and danced to by soccer stars like Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo after scoring goals has a catchy repetitive chorus, accordion hook and lyrics about a guy trying to seduce a girl.

The song was officially written in 2008 by Sharin Acioly, who first heard the phrase from a group of girls in Port Seguro who were singing and dancing to a song they’d come up with as a joke.

Teló heard the song in Salvador during a forro concert last year and decided he wanted to perform the song to a Sertanejo (Brazilian country music) rhythm. So he reached out to Acioly and they worked out a deal.

In no time, the soccer community helped bring “Ai Se Eu Te Pego” to millions around the globe. Teló has publicly thanked soccer star Neymar who plays for Brazil’s Santos club for popularizing the song with choreography he created in the team locker room.

Ronaldo and his teammate Marcelo followed in Neymar’s footsteps by celebrating goals by dancing to the song. Later a video was released of AC Milan‘s Robinho, Thiago Silva and Pato performing the choreography on a bus and suddenly the song was a global phenomenon.

“Ai Se Eu Te Pego” even made its way to the NBA thanks to Rudy Fernandez and a video of him and his Denver Nuggets teammates dancing to the track.

The official music video has been viewed more than 280 million times on YouTube, and has been translated and subtitled in multiple languages including English, Polish and Italian. And, Telo’s record label, Som Livre, estimates that the single has been downloaded two million times around the world.