Juan Fernando Velasco
(born 1972-01-17 in Quito, Ecuador) is an Ecuadorian musician.
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Biography
Juan Fernando Velasco was born
January 17,
1972 in
Quito,
Ecuador. He never planned to be a
musician, he was preparing to become an
economist like his father. After finalizing four semesters of Economics, he realized this was not what he wanted to do and decided to dedicate fully to music.
Initial works
Velasco's music career started when he, together with some school friends, created the band "Tercer Mundo" (Third World), which became very well known in Ecuador. After ten years with the band, he decided to continue his career alone. In
1999 he released his first solo
album,
Para que no me olvides
. The album became an instant success, qualified for the
Viña del Mar festival in
Chile and was later certified
gold. The song "Para que no me olvides" became a hit in
Colombia.
Second album
In
2002 Velasco released his second album,
Tanto amor
. The album reached
platinum in
Ecuador and
Colombia and also was a success in other countries. The songs "Chao Lola", "Dicen", "Hoy que no estás", "Si alguna vez te amé", and "Salud" were in the first places on the charts in Ecuador, Colombia,
Panama,
Guatemala and
Costa Rica.
In
2004 he received the “Orden Vicente Rocafuerte” - the highest award granted by the Ecuadorian government to an artist. He was also named "Peace Ambassador" by the
Interamerican Platform of Human Rights.
Present
Since 2005 Velasco is living in
Miami. In 2007 he released his third album called
A tu lado
. The album features contributions by
Jorge Villamizar (ex member of the group
Bacilos) and the rapper
Gerardo Mejía and the participation of well-known musicians and engineers like
Pichón Dal Mont,
Mario Breuer,
Xavier Garza,
Carlos Villavicencio and the Grammy award winning producer
Andrés Castro. The disc was nominated in 2007 for the MTV Latin Awards (Mexico, October 18, 2007) and also for the Latin Grammy Awards (Las Vegas, November 8, 2007).
Discography
Albums
Para que no me olvides
(1999, Union Music)
#"Lo que tu silencio otorga"
#"Dejame"
#"Me voy"
#"Son uno mismo"
#"A donde vas"
#"Se van"
#"Para que no me olvides"
#"Reina"
#"Galaxia azul"
#"Latinoamerica"
Tanto amor
(2002, Union Music)
#"Hoy que no estas"
#"Chao Lola"
#"Dicen"
#"Si alguna vez te ame"
#"De rodar y rodar"
#"Tarjetitas"
#"El aguacate"
#"Tanto amor"
#"A tajitos de caña"
#"Dame un instante"
#"Angel de luz"
#"Salud"
A tu lado
(2007, Union Music)
#"A tu lado"
#"Yo naci aqui"
#"Se que te iras"
#"Frente a frente"
#"Si te pierdo"
#"Cancion de las simples cosas"
#"El alma en los labios"
#"Sueños al hombro"
#"Nunca"
#"No te escuche"
#"Si no pudiera estar"
#"Frente a frente" (remix)