{"artistName":"Ricky Martin","artistId":8870,"artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/75c/75cdf61494e43b095a17cd3712edf16e_xl.jpg","srcset":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/75c/75cdf61494e43b095a17cd3712edf16e_sm.jpg 50w,https://artist99.cdn107.com/75c/75cdf61494e43b095a17cd3712edf16e_md.jpg 80w,https://artist99.cdn107.com/75c/75cdf61494e43b095a17cd3712edf16e_lg.jpg 200w,https://artist99.cdn107.com/75c/75cdf61494e43b095a17cd3712edf16e_xl.jpg 340w","artistBio":"\u003cp\u003eRicky Martin (born Enrique Martín Morales on December 24, 1971) is a Puerto Rican pop singer and actor who achieved prominence, first as a member of the Latin boy band Menudo, then as a solo artist since 1991.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDuring his career he has sold more than 60 million albums worldwide. He is the founder of Ricky Martin Foundation (in Spanish Fundación Ricky Martin), a non-profit charity organization. Ricky Martin's exuberant 1999 single \"Livin' la Vida Loca\" made him a prominent figure of Latin dance-pop. Martin got his start with the all-boy pop group Menudo; after five years with the group, he released his Spanish-language solo album, Ricky Martin, in 1991. He also acted on stage and on TV in Mexico, becoming a modest star there. In 1994 he starred on the American TV soap opera General Hospital, playing a Puerto Rican singer. In 1999, after several albums in Spanish, he released his first English-language album (also titled Ricky Martin), which included the salsa-style \"Livin' la Vida Loca\". The album sold 17 million copies and brought Martin international fame. His other albums include A Medio Vivir (1995), Vuelve (1998), Sound Loaded (2000, with the hit \"She Bangs\"), Life (2005), and the compilation album Ricky Martin 17 (2008). In 2010 Martin announced that he was a \"fortunate homosexual man\", ending years of fan speculation on the topic.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn the edge of the new millennium, Martin—almost by himself—gave Latino music an international face. An acclaimed performance at the 1999 Grammy Awards launched Martin into worldwide super-stardom. As Entertainment Weekly's Andrew Essex reported, \"his leather-pants, electro-pelvis version of 'La Copa de la Vida' single-handedly goosed a very dull telecast, earning him a standing ovation.\"\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMartin's twin sons, Matteo and Valentino, were born via a surrogate mother in 2008. Martin also co-owns a Miami restaurant, Casa Salsa, and received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2007.\u003c/p\u003e","musicPath":"/music/Ricky+Martin","playStationPath":"/stations/113289595/play","stationId":113289595,"bioPath":"/music/Ricky+Martin/_full_bio","similars":[{"musicPath":"/music/MDO","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/aa0/aa0d2b6015bd9030bb4990b843a45ba2_md.jpg","artistName":"MDO","artistId":10686,"station_id":113543229},{"musicPath":"/music/Maluma","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/aa2/aa283d4000696c1e534f70d1e55195e5_md.jpg","artistName":"Maluma","artistId":280799,"station_id":373032942},{"musicPath":"/music/Yuridia","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/8c0/8c04b2cfbd8a5d3260cc00428943965b_md.jpg","artistName":"Yuridia","artistId":12844,"station_id":113450594},{"musicPath":"/music/Maria+Jose","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/f25/f25abbb9821fa1427d5b198a7d2a82d3_md.jpg","artistName":"Maria Jose","artistId":95720,"station_id":276275808},{"musicPath":"/music/Moenia","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/200/200c3d7790610eb57e3310863b50b5e2_md.jpg","artistName":"Moenia","artistId":5543,"station_id":113545692},{"musicPath":"/music/Marta+Sanchez","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/bfd/bfd7007aac4f3e3de128eb40e35b1f81_md.jpg","artistName":"Marta Sanchez","artistId":101761,"station_id":280763869},{"musicPath":"/music/Melanie+C","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/c70/c704bd7e95550976415749837aab9f55_md.jpg","artistName":"Melanie C","artistId":7634,"station_id":113263035},{"musicPath":"/music/Alvaro+Soler","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/ed0/ed040460c7cbd22873bf7372792ea171_md.jpg","artistName":"Alvaro Soler","artistId":289306,"station_id":375982811},{"musicPath":"/music/Emmanuel","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/0e5/0e574e3235407ee44cd738728cb3d0fa_md.jpg","artistName":"Emmanuel","artistId":80625,"station_id":267909177},{"musicPath":"/music/Rosana","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/f15/f152ef1c35328b24a9684757fb2ad1b1_md.jpg","artistName":"Rosana","artistId":280792,"station_id":373031697},{"musicPath":"/music/Fonseca","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/fba/fba5aa7fdded9d90fca5ed2dbf235d19_md.jpg","artistName":"Fonseca","artistId":11498,"station_id":113276232},{"musicPath":"/music/Rio+Roma","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/8ba/8ba5f7a2ca30273284a71cea2ac3da31_md.jpg","artistName":"Río Roma","artistId":208872,"station_id":338119872},{"musicPath":"/music/+NSYNC","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/6c8/6c825e49b9c60db71283f2395eb0e223_md.jpg","artistName":"*NSYNC","artistId":8595,"station_id":113263031},{"musicPath":"/music/Magneto","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/977/977ff8b7f494a328da778e135ffc2f96_md.jpg","artistName":"Magneto","artistId":87759,"station_id":270538435},{"musicPath":"/music/Christina+Aguilera","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/6f4/6f4ff7c03c0c1583011d1a8da69e8308_md.jpg","artistName":"Christina Aguilera","artistId":265,"station_id":113263409},{"musicPath":"/music/Son+by+Four","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/f59/f595e4d3b5f57c54610e20fd94bea348_md.jpg","artistName":"Son by Four","artistId":9778,"station_id":113262599},{"musicPath":"/music/Geri+Halliwell","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/f16/f163373a2d9777b1a327bc50251c08c7_md.jpg","artistName":"Geri Halliwell","artistId":8138,"station_id":113289665},{"musicPath":"/music/Five","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/05b/05bfc267895aedf0258ba03f8b84faa8_md.jpg","artistName":"Five","artistId":10110,"station_id":113264736}]}