Fonsi and his family moved to Orlando, Florida, during Fonsi's early childhood. Fonsi's childhood was relatively average for kids his age, beginning to dream about becoming a member of Menudo, arguably Latin America's most famous boy band in history, around the time he was ten years old.
Because of the air distance between his home in Orlando and Menudo's base back in Puerto Rico in particular, Fonsi was not able to achieve that particular childhood dream. He did, however, participate in many local boy bands, including one, Big Guys, where he met, and befriended, future *NSYNC member Joey Fatone. On April of that year, Fonsi had a brief return to the singing stage, when former Menudo Ray Reyes invited him and Lopez to a concert which was held at San Juan's Roberto Clemente coliseum. The press widely covered what El Vocero titled as Fonsi's moment as a Menudo, when he took the stage and joined the members of El Reencuentro to sing some of their old hits.
Fonsi's popularity has transcended ages and genres in Puerto Rico: industrialist Salvador Vassallo, for example, has told El Vocero that Fonsi is among his favorite singers.
Instead of choosing to keep a pattern of trying to find stardom in the United States with a boy band, Fonsi chose to better prepare himself for a future, stable career inside show business. He went to Florida State University to study vocal techniques. Meanwhile, he began to record demo tapes in Miami. While he was at FSU, he was overheard singing by a university music department president, who offered him a contract with a large recording company.
In 1999, Fonsi recorded his first CD, Comenzare (I Will Begin). Comenzare became an instant hit in Puerto Rico and across Latin America, with Fonsi conquering such markets as Colombia, the Dominican Republic,El Salvador, Mexico and Venezuela. His 2000 follow-up, Eterno, was equally successful. By then, Fonsi's fame had reached Europe, as he became a celebrity in Spain as well.
During 2001, a re-mix of Comenzare and Eterno was launched, while Fonsi worked on his next album, 2002's Amor Secreto. At about the same time, some media outlets such as newspapers and magazines began to comment about an allegued, adulterous romance between him and an also very famous married Puerto Rican singer, who had just happened to separate from her husband recently and bought a home near Fonsi's Orlando property. The scandal did not last too long, however, and Fonsi soon released an album in English, Fight the Feeling, also released in 2002.
Fight the Feeling did not sell well among Americans. It is expected, however, that Fonsi will sometime in the future make a second attempt at a crossover: because of the fact he has lived most of his life in Orlando, he is fluent in English as well as in Spanish.
His Fourth CD sold very well which opened new markets in Europe. "Quien te Dijo eso?" reached high positions on music charts. His fifth CD "Paso a Paso" could be said to be his disc that launched him into international markets. "Nada es Para Siempre" reached Number one on the music chart beating famous, Shakira.
By 2003, Fonsi began to fall in love with actress Adamari Lopez, who, as an Univision artist and fellow Puerto Rican, constantly found herself near Fonsi. That same year, Fonsi released the song Abrazar la Vida (Holding on to Life), of the album also named Abrazar la Vida. The song, perhaps ironically and because of a particular circumstance, would later become one of Lopez's favorite songs. While Fight the Feeling was released by the MCA label, Abrazar la Vida was released by Universal's Spanish music label. Fonsi also recorded Amazing in 2003, a duet with Emma Bunton for her 2004 album Free Me.
Fonsi took off 2004, a year when rumors were reported by magazines, television news shows and newspapers that he and Lopez had committed to marry each other. During 2005, Fonsi was in the middle of an international tour that would have had him away from home for many months; the tour was abruptly cancelled when Lopez was diagnosed with cancer. Fonsi promised her to stay by her side, and has travelled with her back and forth between Mexico, Miami and Puerto Rico for various treatment and work related trips.
On June 3, 2006, Fonsi and Adamari Lopez were married in a religious ceremony in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico attended by many celebrities including Joey Fatone, Charytin, Ednita Nazario, and Carlos Ponce and his brother, aspiring Spanish-language singer Jean Rodriguez, who goes simply by Jean as his professional name.
Noche de sexo
Luis Fonsi Lyrics
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en una noche cualquiera
luego abandono mi puerto,
como un barco de vela
ella me detuvo el alma,
fue un reloj sin manecillas
pero cuando estaba solo
cuando amanecia
Todo se cambio esa noche,
hasta el color de las estrellas
todo fue tan diferente por ella.
Por que te fuistes y no dejastes huella
me vuelvo triste, no encuentro tu silueta
desde la noche aquella.
Luz que se desaparece
amor que se va y no vuelve
pero que me sube al alma
como un fuego que creece
y yo te sigo soñando
procurando que aparezca
ese amor que me hace falta,
ese amor que me alimenta.
Todo se cambio esa noche,
hasta el color de las estrellas
todo fue tan diferente por ella.
Por que te fuistes y no dejastes huella
me vuelvo triste, no encuentro tu silueta...
Es como un sueño del
que no quiero escapar
y es que tu imagen no se vuelve a revelar.
Por que te fuistes y no dejastes huella
me vuelvo triste, no encuentro tu silueta
desde la noche aquella.
The lyrics in Luis Fonsi's song "Noche De Sexo" describe the aftermath of a one-night stand. He sings about how the woman he slept with "gave him her body on a random night" and then left him like a sailboat off to sea. Despite the fleeting nature of their encounter, she left a lasting impression on him, stopping his soul like a clock with no hands. He sings about how everything changed that night, even the color of the stars. However, he laments that she left no trace behind, and he cannot find her silhouette since that night. He compares their encounter to a dream that he never wants to escape because he cannot forget the woman who lit up his soul with a fiery passion.
Line by Line Meaning
Ella me entrego su cuerpo,
She gave me her body,
en una noche cualquiera
on a random night
luego abandono mi puerto,
then she left me
como un barco de vela
like a sailing ship
ella me detuvo el alma,
she captured my soul,
fue un reloj sin manecillas
it was a clock without hands
pero cuando estaba solo
but when I was alone,
cuando amanecia
when dawn came
Todo se cambio esa noche,
Everything changed that night,
hasta el color de las estrellas
even the color of the stars
todo fue tan diferente por ella.
everything was so different because of her.
Por que te fuistes y no dejastes huella
Why did you leave and not leave a trace
me vuelvo triste, no encuentro tu silueta
I become sad, I can't find your silhouette
desde la noche aquella.
since that night.
Luz que se desaparece
Light that disappears
amor que se va y no vuelve
love that goes away and never comes back
pero que me sube al alma
but that lifts my soul
como un fuego que creece
like a growing fire
y yo te sigo soñando
and I keep dreaming of you,
procurando que aparezca
trying to make you appear,
ese amor que me hace falta,
that love that I lack,
ese amor que me alimenta.
that love that nourishes me.
Es como un sueño del
It's like a dream that
que no quiero escapar
I don't want to escape from,
y es que tu imagen no se vuelve a revelar.
and your image never appears again.
Por que te fuistes y no dejastes huella
Why did you leave and not leave a trace
me vuelvo triste, no encuentro tu silueta
I become sad, I can't find your silhouette
desde la noche aquella.
since that night.
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