Chayanne News and Information
Posted 6/18/2009
With more than 25 Gold and 30 Platinum recordings, MTV Latino, Cemí, Paoli, and Bravo awards, two Grammy nominations, three films, five television series, and more than 500 weeks on Billboard's list, and more than five million records sold around the world, Chayanne is one of the leading figures in contemporary pop music.
In the year 2000, Chayanne released his Simplemente album with a collection of songs that included Candela. His international tour brought Chayanne laurels in Spain, where he performed concerts in many bullrings, and debuted in France. Meanwhile in the Americas, Chile again opened its doors as the birthplace of his international fame, and awarded him for a second time the honors of the Viña del Mar Festival.