Don Omar

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Don Omar <tr style="text-align: center;"><td colspan="3"> </td></tr>
Background information <tr><td>Birth name</td><td colspan="2">William Omar Landrón</td></tr><tr><td>Born</td><td colspan="2">February 10, 1978</td></tr><tr><td>Origin</td><td colspan="2">Villa Palmeras, Puerto Rico</td></tr><tr><td>Genre(s)</td><td colspan="2">Reggaeton</td></tr><tr><td>Years active</td><td colspan="2">2003—present</td></tr><tr><td style="padding-right: 1em;">Label(s)</td><td colspan="2">VI Music , Universal Motown Records Group</td></tr><tr><td>Website</td><td colspan="2">Official web site</td></tr>

William Omar Landrón (born February 10, 1978 in Puerto Rico), is a reggaeton singer/rapper. He is best known as Don Omar.

1 Career
2 Controversy
3 Discography
4 Chart history
- 4.1 Albums
- 4.2 Singles
5 See also
6 External links
7 References

[edit] Career

He is one of the most well known reggaeton artists in Latin America. His cross over success in the U.S. has given him more exposure to English speaking Reggaeton fans, making him one of the more recognizable faces of Reggaeton along with Daddy Yankee and Tego Calderón. Don Omar's popularity is currently rising and he recently appeared on MTV. Omar is best known for his songs "Dile" and "Dale Don Dale" from his first album The Last Don and "Reggaeton Latino". His songs center around life and love; some examples of these would be "La Recompensa" (The Reward), "Pobre Diabla" (Poor Thing (fem.)) and "Aunque te Fuiste" (Even Though You Left).

His debut album, The Last Don, sold over 350,000 units in South America. Both "The Last Don" and the live edition of it have been certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America. Worldwide, The Last Don: Live [CD & DVD] sold over one million copies, according to the official website. His debut single, "Dale Don Dale", sold over 100,000 copies in South America. He received the awards for "Latin Pop Album of the Year" and "New Artist & Latin Rap/Hip-Hop Album of the Year" by the Billboard Latin Music Awards in 2003. The Last Don: Live [CD & DVD] was also nominated for "Urban Music Album" at the 2005 Latin Grammy Awards

Both a singer and composer, Don Omar has made a significant impact on the Spanish market, participating in three sold-out concerts which filled the Canary Island’s venues with more than 31,000 fans.

Founded in 2004, Treasure Kids Fund is an organization created by Don Omar, dedicated to autistic children. Proceeds from the sales of his second tennis shoe will be donated to the organization.

Don Omar continues to expand awareness for Reggaeton music, becoming one of the few artists in this music genre to embark on global tours through some of the largest cities in Europe, U.S. and Central and South America.

He started his career after facing many obstacles when Héctor Delgado (from the duo Héctor y Tito) gave him an opportunity to be a backup singer. After that, he sang in a live concert with Héctor and Tito in 2003, which was released later as a CD and DVD, which included the songs that became instant hits, Baila Morena and Amor de Colegio.

The first single released from Reggaeton Latino, "Dale Don Dale [Remix]" , which features rapper Fabolous, debuted at #1 on the crossover chart.

He is currently signed to VI Music and Machete Music through Universal Music Latino.

Don Omar's May 2006 album, "King of Kings", became history's highest ranking reggaeton LP in the top 10 US charts, with its debut at # 1 on the Latin sales charts and the #1 spot on the Billboard Latin Rhythm Radio Chart with his single "Angelito".<ref name="LR">Reggaeton News - "Don Omar On Top of Charts with "King of Kings" Debut"</ref>. Don Omar was also able to beat the in-store appearance sales record at Disneyworld's Virgin music store previously set by pop star Britney Spears.

With the highest charting debut by a reggaeton artist, Don Omar's "King of Kings" (VI) enters at No. 7 with 74,000, besting Daddy Yankee's No. 24(but it sold over 100,000 copies) entry with 2005's "Barrio Fino En Directo." "King of Kings" crowns the Top Latin Albums chart as well.

The songs Los Bandoleros and Conteo featured in the movie Fast & Furious : Tokyo Drift during the scene with the cameo appearance of Vin Diesel.

[edit] Controversy

In early 2006, the Governor of Puerto Rico, Aníbal Acevedo Vilá publicly mentioned interest in having Don Omar participate in a program against School Desertion. However, the Secretary of Education has rejected Don Omar sponsoring it due to his lyrics.^{[citation needed]} The local press has also mentioned that Omar himself did not finish High School.^{[citation needed]}

Don Omar's beef or "tiraera" war with Daddy Yankee has become one of the hottest topics in the reggaeton community. Both have released numerous songs aiming at one another.

[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums

2003 – The Last Don
2004 – The Last Don: Live, Vol. 1
2005 – Da Hit Man Presents Reggaeton Latino
2006 – King Of Kings

[edit] Singles

Beginning (2002)-----

Suena la Music (The Cream)
Desde que llegó (DJ Eric-La Industria)
Tú te estas Calentando Conmigo (Grayskull)
Suelta (Guatauba XXX)
Déjala (The Godfather)
Leona (Babilonia)
Amor de Colegio w/. Hector y Tito (A la Reconquista)
Gata Ganster w/. Daddy Yankee (Los Homerunes)
Loba (Time to Kill)
Baila Morena w/.Hector y Tito ft. Glorie (La Historia Live)
Les demostré que puedo con todos (Blin Blin)

The Last Don (2003)-----

Dale Don Dale (MVP)
Intocable
Dile
Aunque te Fuiste

Glory/Glou (2005)-----

La traicionera (w/.Glory)

The Last Don Live (2004)-----

Pobre Diabla
Luna
Entre tu y yo (Mas Flow)
La Batidora (Mirame)(live)

Los Bacatranes (2004)-----

Agarrala w/. Trebol Clan ft. Hecotr El Bambino

Los Bandoleros (2004)-----

Bandolero ft. Tego Calderón
Donqueo
Si la ves w/. Rakim y Ken-Y

Da Hitman Presents:Reggaeton Latino (2005)-----

Reggaeton Latino
Raggaeton Latino (Chosen Few Remix) ft. N.O.R.E, Fat Joe, LDA
Ella y yo w/. Aventura
Ronca ft. Hector El Bambino, Zion
Scandalous w/. Cuban Link
Mayor que yo (pt.2) ft. Zion, Alexis y Fido (Mas Flow 2)
Hold you down (Eliel Remix) w/. Jennifer Lopez
Noche de Adrenalina w/. Pilar Montenegro
Dale Don Dale (Hip Hop Remix) ft. Fabolous
Sácala w/. Hecotr El Father, Wisin y Yandel (Sangre Nueva)

King of Kings (2006)-----

El Señor de la Noche (Millenium)
Angelito
Conteo
Salió el Sol

Other-----

Ella y yo featuring Aventura
Chillin featuring Tego Calderon

[edit] Compilations

2005 – Los Bandoleros (A various-artist CD produced by Don Omar and released by his own record label, All-Star Enterprises)
2005 – Da Hit Man Presents Reggaeton Latino (A remix CD that has many guest stars)

Used to work along with Daddy Yankee and Glory.

[edit] DVDs

"The Don Omar All Star Video Collection" (November 8, 2005)
"The Last Don: Live" (September 14, 2004)

[edit] Chart history

[edit] Albums

Year	Album	Chart	Peak position	RIAA Certification
2003	The Last Don	Billboard 200	#165	Gold
2003	The Last Don	Latin Pop	#2
2003	The Last Don	Top Heatseekers	#11
2004	The Last Don	Top Latin Albums	#2
2004	The Last Don	Top Reggae Albums	#3
2004	The Last Don	Top Tropical Albums	#4
2004	The Last Don: Live [CD & DVD]	Billboard 200	#84	Oro
2004	The Last Don: Live [CD & DVD]	Reggae Albums	#1
2004	The Last Don: Live [CD & DVD]	Tropical Albums	#1
2004	The Last Don: Live [CD & DVD]	Top Latin Albums	#2
2006	Da Hitman Presents: Reggaeton Latino	Billboard 200	#61	Oro
2006	Da Hitman Presents: Reggaeton Latino	Top Latin Albums	#1
2006	King Of Kings	Billboard 200	#7	Gold
2006	King Of Kings	Top Latin Albums	#1

[edit] Singles

Year	Single	Chart	Peak position
2003	Dale Don Dale	Latin Tropical Airplay	#21
2003	Dale Don Dale	Latin Tropical/Salsa Airplay	#31
2004	Dile (Otra Noche)	Latin Tropical Airplay	#8
2005	Dile (Otra Noche)	Latin Pop Airplay	#37
2004	Dile (Otra Noche)	Hot Latin Tracks	#47
2004	Intocable	Latin Tropical Airplay	#38
2004	Pobre Diabla	Latin Tropical Airplay	#2
2004	Pobre Diabla	Hot Latin Tracks	#17
2004	Pobre Diabla	Billboard Hot 100	#93
2004	Aunque Te Fuiste	Latin Tropical Airplay	#21
2005	Pobre Diabla	Latin Pop Airplay	#16
2005	Bandoleros	Latin Tropical Airplay	#12
2005	Bandoleros	Hot Latin Tracks	#18
2005	Hold You Down (Eliel Remix)	Hot Latin Tracks	#20
2005	Donqueo	Latin Tropical Airplay	#3
2005	Donqueo	Latin Pop Airplay	#16
2005	Donqueo	Hot Latin Tracks	#23
2005	Reggaeton Latino	Latin Tropical Airplay	#1
2005	Reggaeton Latino	Hot Latin Tracks	#4
2005	Reggaeton Latino	Latin Pop Airplay	#20
2005	Reggaeton Latino	Rhythmic Top 40	#31
2006	Dale Don Dale [Remix]	Hot Latin Tracks	#39
2006	Dale Don Dale [Remix]	Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks	#89
2006	Angelito	Billboard Hot 100	#93
2006	Angelito	Hot Latin Songs	#1
2006	Salio El Sol	Hot Latin Songs	#13