Rudy Pérez | |
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Pérez at the 2014 Miami International Film Festival
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Background information | |
Birth name | Rudy Amado Pérez |
Born |
Pinar del Río, Cuba |
May 17, 1958
Genres | |
Occupation(s) | Composer and producer |
Instruments | |
Years active | 1983–present |
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Website | Rudy Perez Office Website. |
Rudy Amado Pérez (born May 17, 1958) is a Cuban-born American musician, songwriter, composer, producer, arranger, sound engineer, musical director (leading, per example, the voice of the singers on some songs) and singer, so well as entertainment entrepreneur and philanthropist, whose area of specialty is ballads (although he also worked in a variety of genres).
During the last 30 years, he has produced more than 70 albums, composed over 1,000 songs (over 300 of which have been #1 or have reached to the Top 10 Charts), and has written and produced music for popular international artists such as José Feliciano, Julio Iglesias, Luis Miguel, Raúl di Blasio, Jaci Velasquez, Cristian Castro, Christina Aguilera, Michael Bolton, Luis Fonsi, Marc Anthony, Jennifer Lopez, Il Divo, and Beyoncé, among others. Having won many music awards throughout his career (Gold and Platinum records, billboard, etc.), he has been voted the most important Latin composer four times (four years) and won the title of Producer of the Decade in 2010, awarded by Billboard to the most successful producer which has held over ten years the public's preference lists. Also, he is the first Latin producer to win Billboard's Producer of the Year award four years consecutively.