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Filipe Oliveira Born 27 May 1983 Commonly Known By His Stage Name "Lucenzo" Is A French/Portuguese Singer Songwriter And Producer Of Portuguese Origin. Lucenzo Is Signed To The Universal Music Record Label.
He Was A Huge Hit In France And Has Recently Began To Work With Other Reggaeton Artists Such As Don Omar. His Latest Hit "Danza Kuduro" Hit #1 On Billboards Latino Although Not Many Know He Was The Original Writer.
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Danza Kuduro
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This Article Is About The Song By Don Omar & Lucenzo. For The Song By Lucenzo Featuring Big Ali See Vem Dançar Kuduro. Music Video
"Danza Kuduro" On YouTube
"Danza Kuduro" Is A Spanish/Portuguese-Language Hit Song From Don Omar's Collaborative Album Meet The Orphans Released As The Lead Single From The Album On August 15 2010 Through Machete Music And VI Music. It Features Singer Lucenzo A France-Based Artist Of Portuguese Origin. 2 "Danza Kuduro" Was Number One On The Hot Latin Songs Giving Don Omar His Second US Billboard Hot Latin Songs Number-One Hit And Lucenzo His First. 3 A Remake Of The Song Is Also Featured In The 2011 Movie Fast Five As An Ending Song And Is On The Film's Soundtrack Album. Kuduro Is A Style Of Dancing And Singing From Angola. The Song Is Written By Lucenzo Who Is Also Producer Of The Song. It Features A Section In Portuguese Taken From The Lucenzo Dance Hit Entitled "Vem Dançar Kuduro" Featuring Big Ali. The Remainder Is Sung By Don Omar In Spanish. Kuduro Is An Angolan Type Of Music Also Very Popular In Portugal. Edit Critical Reception Amar Toor From Aol Radio Blog Said That The Song "showcases One Of Reggaeton's Brightest Stars At His Absolute Best. ... Don Omar's Song Is So Infectious It Will Likely Get Buried In Your Mind After Just One Listen -- And Trust Us That's A Very Good Thing". Although Many Don't Know That The Writer And Producer Of The Song Is Lucenzo. 4 Monica Herrera From Billboard Said "The Propulsive Beat Is Laced With Crowd-Pleasing Electric Accordion Runs Over Which Don Omar Sings And Raps About A Simple Yet Evergreen Concept Dancing Up A Storm. The Song Wisely Shifts Him Toward More Tropical-Leaning Material-A Move All Too Familiar In Reggaetón's Post-Boom Era-While Letting Him Continue To Explore New Sounds And Maintain His Hold Over Latin Dancefloors Around The World." 5 Allison Stewart From The Washington Post Said That The Song "exemplifies What Omar And Company Do Best It's A Sunny Up-Tempo Utterly Winning Variation On Latin Dance Pop. 'Orphans' Otherwise Contains Seemingly Infinite Variations On Reggaeton Though There's Nothing Else As Great As The Standard Genre Track 'Hasta Abajo' Which Appears Here In Un-Remixed Form". 6 Edit Chart Performance The Song Debuted At Number 48 On The Billboard Hot Latin Songs. One Week Later The Song Debuted At Number 34 On The Tropical Songs. 7 The Song Has Become Don Omar's Second Number-One Hit On The Billboard Latin Songs And Also Topped The Latin Rhythm Songs Latin Tropical Songs. On The Venezuelan Airplay Chart From The Record Report The Song Also Reached The Top Of The Latin Chart 8 And Peaked At Number 2 On The Main Top 100 Chart. 9 Due To Heavy Airplay And Strong Sales In The US On The Issue Of May 21 2011 The Song Debuted At Number 82 On The Billboard Hot 100 And Number 93 On The Canadian Hot 100. 10 It Has Sold Over A Million Digital Copies In The US By October 2012. 11 According To Universal Records The Single Became A Worldwide Hit Reaching No. 1 In Argentina Ecuador Venezuela Italy Netherlands Spain Romania Austria Switzerland Germany Sweden And On The US Hot Latin Songs Chart And Making The Top 5 In Serbia Bosnia And Herzegovina Colombia Chile Central America Denmark And Norway. 3 The Single Has Found Greater Success Especially In Italy Where It Topped The Charts For 10 Straight Weeks.
The Song Was Released In The UK In October 2011 And Entered The UK Singles Chart At #13 On 6 November. Edit Music Video Don Omar In The Music Video. Edit Development
A Music Video Was Filmed On The Caribbean Island Of St. Martin 12 And Was Directed By Music Video Director Vincent Egret Canada Who Has Directed Most Of Lucenzo Recent Videos. Edit Synopsis
The Video Shows The Singers Boasting Of The Wealth Of Millionaires. It Portrays Don Omar Inviting Lucenzo To A Boat Ride And Picking Him Up In A BMW Z4 E89 . Also There Are Scenes Of Girls Dancing Around The Two Artists On The Beach. Before The Video Premiere A Preview Of The Video Was Released On July 30 2010 Through Omar's Facebook Account. 13 The Full Music Video Was Premiered On August 17 2010 Through Vevo. There Were More Than 1 Million Views Within The First Few Days Of Its Release Making “Danza Kuduro” The #3 Most Seen Video In The World. 3 14 It Is A Certified "YouTube Phenomenon". 15 According To Universal As January 2012 The Music Video Had Received Over 300 Million Views. 16 Edit Remixes Official Remix Featuring Lucenzo Daddy Yankee & Arcangel Worldwide Remix Featuring Lucenzo Pitbull & El Cata Dançar Coturo By Lika Featuring Lucenzo & Don Omar Remix Featuring Lucenzo & Shakira Remix Featuring Lucenzo & Erick Right Raaban Remix
Miami Power96 Remix Lucenzo Pitbull DJ Laz Remix Featuring Lucenzo & Omari Ferrai Throw Your Hands Up Lucenzo & Qwote Featuring Pitbull - See Below
English Remix Featuring Lucenzo & Dabbs Merengue Remix Featuring Lucenzo & El Cata Remix Lucenzo & Don Miguelo Miki Hernandez Remix "Mammat Riivaa" Ruudolf & Karri Koira Danza Kunduro Sexy Ladies - Don Omar And Akon Edit Charts And Certifications Edit Weekly Charts
Chart 2010–11 Peak
position
Austria Ö3 Austria Top 40 17 1
Belgium Ultratop 50 Flanders 18 7
Belgium Ultratop 40 Wallonia 19 14
Brazil Billboard Hot 100 Airplay 20 27
Canada Canadian Hot 100 21 88
Czech Republic IFPI 22 1
Denmark Tracklisten 23 3
Finland Suomen Virallinen Lista 24 5
France SNEP 25 6
Germany Media Control AG 26 1
Hungary Dance Top 40 27 2
Hungary Rádiós Top 40 28 9
Israel Media Forest 29 3
Italy FIMI 30 1
Mexico Airplay Chart Billboard International 31 20
Netherlands Dutch Top 40 32 1
Norway VG-Lista 33 2
Poland Dance Top 50 34 5
Spain PROMUSICAE 35 1
Sweden Sverigetopplistan 36 3
Switzerland Schweizer Hitparade 37 1
US Billboard Hot 100 21 82
US Latin Songs Billboard 38 1
US Latin Pop Songs Billboard 39 1
US Latin Tropical Airplay Billboard 40 1
US Latin Rhythm Songs Billboard 41 1
Venezuelan Top 100 Record Report 9 2
Venezuelan Top Latino Record Report 8 1 Edit Year-End Charts
Chart 2010 Position
US Latin Songs Year End 2010 42 40
US Latin Tropical Songs Year End 2010 42 20
Chart 2011 Position
Danish Singles Chart 43 40
German Singles Chart 44 12
Hungarian Airplay Chart 45 43
Italian Singles Chart FIMI 46 3
Romanian Top 100 47 8
Polish Dance Singles Chart 48 31
Swedish Singles Chart 49 2
Swiss Singles Chart 50 4
Year-End Chart 2012 Peak
position
Spain PROMUSICAE 51 38 Edit Certifications
CountryProviderCertification
BelgiumBEAGold 52 GermanyBVMIPlatinum 53 ItalyFIMI2× Platinum 54 SpainPROMUSICAE2× Platinum 55 SwedenSverigetopplistan4x Platinum 56 SwitzerlandIFPIPlatinum 57 United States RIAA 58 PlatinumPlatinum 11 Edit Chart Precession And Succession Show Order Of Precedence Edit Versions Brazilian Singer Latino Made In 2011 A Full-Portuguese Version Of The Song. Edit Throw Your Hands Up Dancar Kuduro "Throw Your Hands Up Dancar Kuduro "
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Filipe Oliveira Born 27 May 1983 Commonly Known By His Stage Name "Lucenzo" Is A French/Portuguese Singer Songwriter And Producer Of Portuguese Origin. Lucenzo Is Signed To The Universal Music Record Label.
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Danza Kuduro
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the song by Don Omar & Lucenzo. For the song by Lucenzo featuring Big Ali, see Vem Dançar Kuduro.
Music video
"Danza Kuduro" on YouTube
"Danza Kuduro" is a Spanish/Portuguese-language hit song from Don Omar's collaborative album Meet the Orphans released as the lead single from the album on August 15, 2010 through Machete Music and VI Music. It features singer Lucenzo, a France-based artist of Portuguese origin.[2] "Danza Kuduro" was number one on the Hot Latin Songs, giving Don Omar his second US Billboard Hot Latin Songs number-one hit and Lucenzo his first.[3] A remake of the song is also featured in the 2011 movie Fast Five as an ending song and is on the film's soundtrack album. Kuduro is a style of dancing and singing from Angola.
The song is written by Lucenzo who is also producer of the song. It features a section in Portuguese taken from the Lucenzo dance hit entitled "Vem dançar kuduro" featuring Big Ali. The remainder is sung by Don Omar in Spanish. Kuduro is an Angolan type of music also very popular in Portugal.
[edit]Critical reception
Amar Toor from Aol Radio Blog said that the song "showcases one of reggaeton's brightest stars at his absolute best. [...] Don Omar's song is so infectious, it will likely get buried in your mind after just one listen -- and trust us, that's a very good thing". Although many don't know that the writer and producer of the song is Lucenzo.[4]
Monica Herrera from Billboard said "The propulsive beat is laced with crowd-pleasing electric accordion runs, over which Don Omar sings and raps about a simple yet evergreen concept: dancing up a storm. The song wisely shifts him toward more tropical-leaning material-a move all too familiar in reggaetón's post-boom era-while letting him continue to explore new sounds and maintain his hold over Latin dancefloors around the world."[5] Allison Stewart from The Washington Post said that the song "exemplifies what Omar and company do best: It's a sunny, up-tempo, utterly winning variation on Latin dance pop. 'Orphans' otherwise contains seemingly infinite variations on reggaeton, though there's nothing else as great as the standard genre track 'Hasta Abajo', which appears here in un-remixed form".[6]
[edit]Chart performance
The song debuted at number 48 on the Billboard Hot Latin Songs. One week later, the song debuted at number 34 on the Tropical Songs.[7] The song has become Don Omar's second number-one hit on the Billboard Latin Songs, and also topped the Latin Rhythm Songs, Latin Tropical Songs. On the Venezuelan Airplay Chart from the Record Report, the song also reached the top of the Latin Chart,[8] and peaked at number 2 on the main Top 100 Chart.[9] Due to heavy airplay and strong sales in the US, on the issue of May 21, 2011 the song debuted at number 82 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 93 on the Canadian Hot 100.[10] It has sold over a million digital copies in the US by October 2012.[11]
According to Universal Records, the single became a worldwide hit, reaching No. 1 in Argentina, Ecuador, Venezuela, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, Romania, Austria, Switzerland, Germany, Sweden and on the US Hot Latin Songs chart, and making the top 5 in Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Colombia, Chile, Central America, Denmark, and Norway.[3] The single has found greater success especially in Italy where it topped the charts for 10 straight weeks.
The song was released in the UK in October 2011 and entered the UK Singles Chart at #13 on 6 November.
[edit]Music video
Don Omar in the music video.
[edit]Development
A music video was filmed on the Caribbean island of St. Martin,[12] and was directed by music video director Vincent Egret ( Canada ), who has directed most of Lucenzo recent videos.
[edit]Synopsis
The video shows the singers boasting of the wealth of millionaires. It portrays Don Omar inviting Lucenzo to a boat ride, and picking him up in a BMW Z4 (E89). Also there are scenes of girls dancing around the two artists on the beach. Before the video premiere, a preview of the video was released on July 30, 2010 through Omar's Facebook account.[13] The full music video was premiered on August 17, 2010 through Vevo. There were more than 1 million views within the first few days of its release, making “Danza Kuduro” the #3 Most Seen Video in the World.[3][14] It is a certified "YouTube Phenomenon".[15] According to Universal, as January 2012, the music video had received over 300 million views.[16]
[edit]Remixes
Official Remix (featuring Lucenzo, Daddy Yankee & Arcangel)
Worldwide Remix (featuring Lucenzo, Pitbull & El Cata)
Dançar Coturo by Lika (featuring Lucenzo & Don Omar)
Remix (featuring Lucenzo & Shakira)
Remix (featuring Lucenzo & Erick Right)
Raaban Remix
Miami Power96 remix (Lucenzo, Pitbull, DJ Laz)
Remix (featuring Lucenzo, & Omari Ferrai)
Throw Your Hands Up (Lucenzo & Qwote featuring Pitbull) - See below
English remix (featuring Lucenzo, & Dabbs)
Merengue remix (featuring Lucenzo & El Cata)
Remix (Lucenzo & Don Miguelo)
(Miki Hernandez Remix)
"Mammat riivaa" (Ruudolf & Karri Koira)
Danza Kunduro (Sexy Ladies) - Don Omar and Akon
[edit]Charts and certifications
[edit]Weekly charts
Chart (2010–11)Peak
position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[17]1
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[18]7
Belgium (Ultratop 40 Wallonia)[19]14
Brazil Billboard Hot 100 Airplay[20]27
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[21]88
Czech Republic (IFPI)[22]1
Denmark (Tracklisten)[23]3
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[24]5
France (SNEP)[25]6
Germany (Media Control AG)[26]1
Hungary (Dance Top 40)[27]2
Hungary (Rádiós Top 40)[28]9
Israel (Media Forest)[29]3
Italy (FIMI)[30]1
Mexico Airplay Chart (Billboard International)[31]20
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[32]1
Norway (VG-lista)[33]2
Poland (Dance Top 50)[34]5
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[35]1
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[36]3
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[37]1
US Billboard Hot 100[21]82
US Latin Songs (Billboard)[38]1
US Latin Pop Songs (Billboard)[39]1
US Latin Tropical Airplay (Billboard)[40]1
US Latin Rhythm Songs (Billboard)[41]1
Venezuelan Top 100 (Record Report)[9]2
Venezuelan Top Latino (Record Report)[8]1
[edit]Year-end charts
Chart (2010)Position
US Latin Songs Year End 2010[42]40
US Latin Tropical Songs Year End 2010[42]20
Chart (2011)Position
Danish Singles Chart[43]40
German Singles Chart[44]12
Hungarian Airplay Chart[45]43
Italian Singles Chart FIMI[46]3
Romanian Top 100[47]8
Polish Dance Singles Chart[48]31
Swedish Singles Chart[49]2
Swiss Singles Chart[50]4
Year-End Chart (2012)Peak
position
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[51]38
[edit]Certifications
CountryProviderCertification
BelgiumBEAGold[52]
GermanyBVMIPlatinum[53]
ItalyFIMI2× Platinum[54]
SpainPROMUSICAE2× Platinum[55]
SwedenSverigetopplistan4x Platinum[56]
SwitzerlandIFPIPlatinum[57]
United States (RIAA)[58]PlatinumPlatinum[11]
[edit]Chart precession and succession
[show]Order of precedence
[edit]Versions
Brazilian singer Latino made in 2011 a full-Portuguese version of the song.
[edit]Throw Your Hands Up (Dancar Kuduro)
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