

She then received the first Premio Juventud Diva Award, which honored Queen for her musical career. She later appeared on the Spanish-language recording of the Star-Spangled Banner, Nuestro Himno. The following year, Ivy Queen, and Gran Omar presented the reggaeton and hip hop compilation album Cosa Nostra: Hip Hop. On October 29, 2005, she released Flashback, which contained the singles Cuntale, Libertad, and Te He Querido, Te He Llorado.Īt the 2006 Billboard Latin Music Awards, Flashback was nominated for Reggaeton Album of the Year for a second consecutive year. Queens first compilation album The Best of Ivy Queen, consisting of tracks from Diva and Real, was released the same year. This ensured that the album was positioned in Latin and mainstream accounts that would normally not carry Latin product. The album was released on November 16, 2004, and spawneed the Top 10 single Dile which was nominated for Tropical Airplay Track of the Year, Female. Sonys offer to record an English-language album came after they noticed that her previous Sony albums were being heard in London, thanks to the success of Diva.Īmerican hip-hop producer Swizz Beatz produced the track Soldados. Queen said that it was a good opportunity to reach other markets, and in particular the competitive market of English rap. Quiero Bailar, the albums lead single, became the first Spanish-language track to reach number one on the Rhythmic Top 40 chart of Miamis WPOW an American radio station that does not usually play Spanish music. The platinum edition was nominated for Reggaeton Album of the Year at the 2005 Billboard Latin Music Awards.

Queen frequently appeared and performed on the reggaeton television show The Roof, which featured urban music and lifestyle, and was produced by Prez.Īfter the success of the albumwhich was certified platinum by the RIAA, Ivy Queen released a platinum edition of Diva in 2004. They appeared on the labels first album Jams Vol. In 2003, Queen and her then-husband Gran Omar signed with independent, Miami-based label Real Music, established by Jorge Guadalupe and Anthony Prez. Her anthem Quiero Baliar warned her dance partner not to misinterpret those moves.).

Ivy Queen established herself as reggaetons no-nonsense female conscience. With songs like Quire Bailar, Ivy Queen represented women In a movement that took off commercially and dominantly was led by men with aggressively lyrics and a doggiestyle perreo dance. The Original Rude Girl was commercially unsuccessful but In The Zone charted at number 38 on the Billboard Rhythmic Top 40. The album is bilingual and features hip hop music, a departure from the reggaeton featured on her debut album. In 1998, Queen launched her second album, The Original Rude Girl which featured Don Chezina, Alex DCastro, and Domingo Quiones and worked with Wyclef Jean on her debut single In the Zone.
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Ivy Queen made her first appearance on the fifth installment of the CD series on a track called Somos Raperos Pero No Delincuentes.
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Ivy Queen Diva Platinum Edition Zip Series Of CDsĭJ Negro began producing a series of CDs centered around the Noise. She did not finish high school, reaching eleventh grade in the United States, 4 and studied music at the New Jersey School of Performing Arts.

In February 2012, she made her acting debut in Eve Ensler s play The Vagina Monologues. Queens recordings often include themes of female empowerment, infidelity, and relationships, and she is often referred to as the Queen of Reggaeton. Queens albums Diva, Flashback, and Sentimiento have all been awarded Gold and Platinum record status by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). However, Ivy Queen did not rise to fame until she moved to an independent record label to release her third studio album, Diva in 2003. Queen went solo in 1996, and released her debut studio album En Mi Imperio (In My Empire) which was quickly picked up by Sony Discos for distribution in 1997. There, she performed her first song Somos Raperos Pero No Delincuentes (We are Rappers, Not Delinquents).
