Ricky Martin, whose full name is Enrique Martin Morales, hits stores with the new album Sound Loaded Nov. 14.
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Ricky visited the White House to protest Navy bombing exercises over the Puerto Rican island of Vieques earlier this year.
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Martin and Britney Spears were the best-publicized stars of 1999, according to trade magazine PR Week. He was also one of People magazine`s Most Beautiful People. His self-titled English debut album went platinum six times.
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Martin performs in downtown New York for the Today show.
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Martin joined the ranks of the Spice Girls, Madonna and Michael Jackson when he became a spokesman for the cola in 1999. In Europe, the company ran ads featuring Martin and Janet Jackson singing together.
Martin won a Grammy for Best Latin Pop Performance in 1999 for Vuelve, his fourth Spanish-language album.
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Television audiences worldwide were mesmerized by Martin`s performance of The Cup of Life at the 1999 Grammy Awards. The Spanish version, La Copa de la Vida, was the official song of the World Cup France in 1998.
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Martin played Marius in Broadway`s Les Miserables in 1996. He was a member of the pop group Menudo from 1984 to 1989.
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Julio Iglesias joins Ricky Martin on the set of General Hospital in 1994. Before he moved to the USA, Martin was a regular on the Mexican soap Alcanzar una Estrella II.
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