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Ricky Martin and the Latin-fused sound he represents [SHOW BUSINESS, May 24] are a welcome breath of fresh air on the otherwise dreary pop-music scene. It's time to dance again, and not a moment too soon. !Viva la vida loca! JAVIER SAN MIGUEL Los Angeles...
...only one who has really listened to Martin's song Livin' la Vida Loca? I thought it was the worst and most pointless piece ever. The only thing keeping that song on the charts is MTV. Sure, Ricky's cute, but does that make him a good singer? I think not. SHENA FINCH Cottondale...
Ricky Martin is what's going on. The hip-shaking Latin pop star has the No. 1 song in America, Livin' la Vida Loca. His self-titled new CD is setting sales records at stores across the U.S. And Martin is at the center of something bigger than himself. A host of other Hispanic performers, including vocalist Marc Anthony and actress turned pop diva Jennifer Lopez, are poised to release highly anticipated Latin-tinged CDs soon. Martin, in an interview with TIME, was so euphoric over his success he bordered on being Roberto Benigni-esque. "What are you kidding...
Martin was immediately caught up in Menudo's vida loca. He visited Italy, Japan, Guam and Spain before he was old enough to shave. During one stretch, he and his young bandmates played for a month in Brazil (singing in Portuguese), then flew to the Philippines (singing in English) before returning to Latin America for a series of shows in Spanish. Life became a blur...
...Martin has plenty of both. His performance of the soccer anthem La Copa de la Vida at the 1998 World Cup confirmed his superstar status internationally; his pelvic-swiveling rendition of the song at the Grammys earlier this year proved a breakthrough as well. He had done the impossible: he had sung about soccer in Spanish and got Americans to care. What could be harder? A French-language ode to cricket? At the Grammys, Beck stood and clapped. Madonna signed on for a duet. Martin's stateside career was launched. Several publishers, including HarperCollins and St. Martin's, are already...