Luis Alfonso Rodríguez López-Cepero, more commonly known as Luis Fonsi, (bo… Read Full Bio ↴Luis Alfonso Rodríguez López-Cepero, more commonly known as Luis Fonsi, (born April 15, 1978 in San Juan, Puerto Rico) is a Latin Grammy winning Puerto Rican singer, composer and soap opera actor.

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.

Yo Frente Al Amor
Luis Fonsi Lyrics

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Conte del uno
Hasta el diez para saber
Si estaban mi pies en la tierra
Si esto era un sueno fatal fuera real
Que me temblaban las piernas,
Hasta que el mundo en
Dos partes se abrio,
Cuando clavastes tu ojos en mi

Why comprendi que era cierto.

Coro:
Yo frente al amor sin controlar mis
Sentimientos, no supe que hablar why el
Corazon dio contra el suelo,
Quedandome preso de ti
De la cabeza a los pies.

Un huracan en la piel
Me sacudio cuando mire tu sonrisa
Tanta belleza ante mi como si Dios se
Me cruzara en la vida
Era mi angel diciendo ahi esta
Has encontrado la otra
Mitad why no podia creerlo.....

CORO

Overall Meaning

In Luis Fonsi's song "Yo Frente Al Amor," he vividly describes the overwhelming feeling of falling in love. The song begins with Fonsi counting to ten, trying to make sure that he is not dreaming and that he is firmly rooted in reality. He then describes the feeling of his legs shaking and the world splitting in two when he sees the person he is falling for looking back at him. The chorus highlights the main theme of the song, where Fonsi confesses that he cannot control his feelings and is completely taken by the person he loves, leaving him feeling helpless and unable to find the right words to express himself.

Fonsi's description of falling in love is intense and passionate, portraying a whirlwind of emotions that come with the experience. The lines "Un huracan en la piel me sacudio" (A hurricane on my skin shook me) and "Tanta belleza ante mi" (So much beauty in front of me) are incredibly powerful, emphasizing the forceful and awe-inspiring nature of falling in love. The lyrics also suggest a sense of destiny as Fonsi believes that his lover is his other half, someone he has been searching for and finally found.

Overall, "Yo Frente Al Amor" is a beautiful ode to the experience of falling head over heels in love, portraying both the ecstasy and the vulnerability that comes with it.

Line by Line Meaning

Conte del uno
I counted from one

Hasta el diez para saber
Up until ten to know

Si estaban mi pies en la tierra
If my feet were on the ground

Si esto era un sueno fatal fuera real
If this was a fatal dream come true

Que me temblaban las piernas
That my legs were shaking

Hasta que el mundo en
Until the world

Dos partes se abrio
Opened in two parts

Cuando clavastes tu ojos en mi
When you fixed your eyes on me

Why comprendi que era cierto.
And I understood it was true

Yo frente al amor sin controlar mis
Me facing love without controlling my

Sentimientos, no supe que hablar why el
Feelings, I didn't know what to say and the