How much is Ricky Martin worth?
| Net Worth: | $120 Million |
|---|---|
| Profession: | Professional Singer |
| Date of Birth: | December 24, 1971 |
| Country: | Puerto Rico |
| Height: | 1.82 m |
About Ricky Martin
He began his career with the boy band Menudo and has been “Livin’la Vida Loca” ever since. Since his days with Menudo, pop sensation Ricky Martin has broken down borders and torn up dance floors all around the world, but this heartthrob just swapped in “La Vida Loca” for parenthood.
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On December 24, 1971, Enrique Jose Martin Morales IV was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico. He began acting in local commercials when he was six years old and tried out three times for the popular Latin American boy band Menudo before getting a role in 1984. As a young adult in Menudo, Martin had the opportunity to tour the globe, but he was forced to quit the organization when he turned 18.
After leaving his days with Menudo behind, Martin temporarily moved to New York City to pursue a solo singing career. However, after several months of being unemployed, the handsome singer changed his mind and decided to give acting a shot.
He relocated to Mexico City to portray a musician in the immensely popular telenovela Alcanzar una Estrella, which later inspired a feature film. Martin, whose on-screen persona happened to be a musician, went back to his origins when he issued his first self-titled solo album in 1991 and Me Amaras in 1993.
Martin was popular throughout Latin America, but he soon had bigger goals in mind and left for Los Angeles.
From The Soaps To The Grammys
Martin made his American television debut in the NBC series Getting By, which had a brief run, and then he appeared on General Hospital. Later, he appeared on Broadway in the musical Les Misérables, yet he still found time to schedule performances and further his singing career.
Up until the success of the song “La Copa de la Vida,” or “The Cup of Life,” from his fourth album, Vuelve, he was still a star in Latin America but was barely known in the United States.
Martin’s single opened up a whole new market for him, and as a result, he was invited to perform in front of thousands of people at the 1998 World Cup. Martin’s reputation was rising, and his 1999 Grammy performance astounded both crowds and critics. His first English-language song, “Livin La Vida Loca,” and English album of the same name were immediately published; the latter debuted at the top of the Billboard charts.
Martin immediately released his second English album, Sound Loaded, in 2000 after landing a Time magazine cover and receiving four Grammy nominations.
Although the album didn’t go as well as its predecessor, the song “She Bangs” received another Grammy nomination. As a result, Martin quickly vanished into obscurity and returned to his Latin American origins. Martin produced another English album in 2005 after five years of Latin American hits.
Although Martin’s album Life reached the Billboard top ten, he was unable to duplicate the amount of popularity he had during his Loca days. He returned to Broadway in Evita in 2012 after releasing the bilingual CD Musica + Alma + Sexo in February 2011.
Relationships and rumors
Martin has been the subject of gay allegations since since he performed in gyrating leather trousers at the 1999 Grammy Awards, but he first gained notoriety for his on-again, off-again relationship with Rebecca de Alba.
He allegedly had plans to propose to her and dated her for more than ten years, but after a notorious Barbara Walters interview in which she pushed him to come out, he remained openly unmarried for the most of the 2000s. Martin avoided the rumors and maintained the status quo despite the questions from his sizable gay audience.
When Martin used a surrogate to father twin boys in 2008, the LGBT rumor gained momentum, and in 2010, Martin bravely came out on his own website. The joyful parent later revealed to Oprah Winfrey that he is dating a man, but he has since managed to keep his personal life somewhat private.
“I am a fortunate homosexual man. I am very blessed to be who I am.”
