Rey Ruiz performed in the well known "Cabaret Tropicana" music group. During a Cabaret Tropicana tour in the Dominican Republic, Ruiz defected, leaving the group to join some friends in the United States. With the help of his aunt, Martina, he was able to reach Miami, FL. He owes his life in the US to his aunt and it is in Miami, where he found success. Once established there, Ruiz began to gain fame as a solo salsa singer.
It took Ruiz three years after he arrived in the United States for him to release his first CD. The self-titled "Rey Ruiz" was produced by Sony Records and it earned Ruiz celebrity in such places as Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, Panama and Venezuela. The album also earned Ruiz a number of billboard and Premios Lo Nuestro awards, and it was a platinum album. Rey Ruiz was named the "salsa singer of the year" for 1993 by a prestigious salsa music magazine.
Ruiz's initial success as a singer translated into small screen success as well, as he was hired by Pepsi, Miller beer and his studio company, Sony, to film commercials announcing their brand. Ruiz's second album was a various artists' compillation dedicated to salsa singers from the 1960s and 1970s. The tribute album was named "Los Soneros de Hoy". loosely translated into "Today's (salsa) performers".
Also in 1993, Ruiz released his second album. "Mi Media Mitad" ("My Other Half") was a large hit in the United States and in Europe, once again, making the Billboard hits list in the States, and topping the European charts. "Mi Media Mitad" became Ruiz's second consecutive platinum album, and it helped make Ruiz popular in Colombia as well, with a single, "Si te Preguntan" ("If They Ask You") becoming a major hit song. Soon after that album's release, Ruiz made his debut at New York's Madison Square Garden.
Ruiz's third album, "En Cuerpo y Alma" ("Body and Soul"), was released in 1995. This was Ruiz's third platinum album in a row; his songs "Estamos Solos" ("We Are Alone") and "Vuelve de Nuevo Conmigo" ("Return Once Again With Me") were international hits, and many salsa experts consider this album to be Ruiz's most important release.
In 1996, with the collaboration of famed Colombian songwriter Omar Estefano and of Ricardo Quijano, Ruiz released his fourth consecutive platinum album, named "Destino" ("Destiny"). One of the most publicly acclaimed songs in that album was "Miénteme Otra Vez" ("Lie to me Again").
His next album, 1997's "Porque es Amor' ("Because it is Love") failed to have the commercial success Ruiz's four previous releases had, ending Ruiz's streak of platinum albums at four. It did, however, contain three major hit songs, including the title song, as well as "Mi Angel" ("My Angel") and "Tú no Sabes" ("You Don't Know").
In 1998, Ruiz released a greatest hits CD, named "Exitos del Rey" ("Rey's Hits", a name which can also be interpreted as "The King's hits", since Rey means king in Spanish). By then, Ruiz owned a recording company; his next album, "Ya Ves Quien Soy" ("Now You See Who I Am"), becoming one of the first CD's to be released by Ruiz's Luna Negra ("Black Moon") record label. Years earlier, Ruiz incorporated his production company in Puerto Rico, by the same name, Luna Negra productions, with the help of his ex-fiance (former Sony Music A&R rep) and then business manager.
"Ya Ves Quien Soy" was another commercial success for Ruiz, particularly in Brazil. Ruiz collaborated with Brazilian singer José Augusto in this album, when the pair recorded a duet song, "Siempre Mía" ("Always Mine").
In 2000, Ruiz joined the Bohemia Records label, releasing "Fenomenal" ("Phenomenal") under that label. In 2004, he released Mi Tentacion.
Veinte Años
Rey Ruiz Lyrics
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Si tú no me quieres ya.
El amor que ya ha pasado
No se debe recordar.
Fui la ilusión de tu vida
Un día lejano ya.
Hoy represento el pasado,
Qué te importa que te ame
Si tú no me quieres ya.
El amor que ya ha pasado
No se debe recordar.
Fui la ilusión de tu vida
Un día lejano ya.
Hoy represento el pasado,
No me puedo conformar.
Si las cosas que uno quiere
Se pudieran alcanzar,
Tú me quisieras lo mismo
Que veinte años atrás.
Con qué tristeza miramos
Un amor que se nos va:
Es un pedazo del alma
Que se arranca sin piedad
Si las cosas que uno quiere
Se pudieran alcanzar,
Tú me quisieras lo mismo
Que veinte años atrás.
Con qué tristeza miramos
Un amor que se nos va:
Es un pedazo del alma
Que se arranca sin piedad.
In Rey Ruiz's song "Veinte Años," the main theme is unrequited love. The song is about a person who is still in love with someone who does not reciprocate the same level of feeling. The first verse talks about the singer's divided feelings for their lover. They are in love with someone who does not love them back. The second stanza discusses the singer's memories of being the love of their lover's life, albeit in a past that has already gone by. In spite of this, the singer feels conflicted and unable to move on from their past love.
The chorus repeats the same words, emphasizing the pain of loving someone who has already moved on. The third stanza is a wishful yearning, a hope that things could be the same as they were twenty years ago when their love was still strong and reciprocated. They acknowledge the sadness and pain that come with things that never quite work out. In the end, the song is a powerful statement of enduring love.
Line by Line Meaning
Qué te importa que te ame
What does it matter if I love you?
Si tú no me quieres ya.
If you no longer love me.
El amor que ya ha pasado
Love that has already gone by.
No se debe recordar.
Should not be remembered.
Fui la ilusión de tu vida
I was the illusion of your life.
Un día lejano ya.
A day far away now.
Hoy represento el pasado,
Today I represent the past,
No me puedo conformar.
I cannot be content.
Si las cosas que uno quiere
If the things one wants
Se pudieran alcanzar,
Were attainable,
Tú me quisieras lo mismo
You would love me the same
Que veinte años atrás.
As you did twenty years ago.
Con qué tristeza miramos
With what sadness we look
Un amor que se nos va:
At a love that is slipping away:
Es un pedazo del alma
It's a piece of the soul
Que se arranca sin piedad.
That is torn away without mercy.
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Unison Rights S.L.
Written by: Maria Teresa Vera
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
Alexander Gonzalez
AQUI TE ESCRIBO UNA CANCION .
PARA EL REY DE LA SALSA
REY RUIZ.
NO ME PREGUNTES
No me preguntes por nada
No me preguntes por que?
Si eres la llama encendida que
Sana mi hetida besando mi piel
No me preguntes por nada
No me preguntes por que?
Si eres la estrella que brilla
Que alumbra mi vida en mi
Atardecet.
No me preguntes por nada
No me preguntes por que?
Pero que suerte la mia ei verte dormida hasta amanecer.....
Codiscos
Cuéntanos como te pareció este nuevo tema de nuestro artista Rey Ruiz titulado Veinte Años.
Julio Alfredo Sorondo Rodriguez
Excelente versión de ese gran bolero escrito por María Teresa Vera. Para mi ese bolero quien lo mejor lo interpreta es Omara Portuondo junto a Ibrahim Ferrer
Arturo Augusto Lorenzo Bustos
Con sentimientooo bravo rey ruiz
Josh Josh
FENOMENAL!!!
g3er_stream
Me encanta, mucho mejor que la canción original
Angie Santiago
Me encantó ❤
Un palo y éxito rotundo. Esa canción es hermosa y Rey Ruiz hizo una magnífica interpretación de la misma.
Saludos desde Puerto Rico 🇵🇷
Rodolfo Medina
Si los salseros retomarán este estilo de los 80 y 90 con ese sabor y sentimo lo q seguirán grabando eran éxitos
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Franselys Araujo
Una de las canciones de salsa que mas me gusta es "Creo en el amor", de este señor. Agradezco que siga haciendo música
Codiscos
Hola Franselys, nos alegra saber que te gusta esta canción tanto como a nosotros, es un gran tema que nos encanta y que no dejamos de escuchar, sin duda, es un gran éxito que siempre llevaremos en el corazón y que jamás pasará de moda, por eso te invitamos a que le des like y la compartas con todos tus amigos para que ellos sigan disfrutando de éste gran éxito y suscribirte 👉 https://goo.gl/1z4y2D 👈 para no perderte de buenas canciones como ésta. Te invitamos a que escuches nuestra playlist de salsa que está genial y seguramente te va a encantar https://goo.gl/6B4466. Gracias Franselys por ser parte de la familia Codiscos.