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Don Omar
Birth name	William Omar Landrón
Born	February 10, 1978
Origin	Carolina, Puerto Rico
Genre(s)	Reggaetón
Occupation(s)	singer-song writer, composer, CEO
Years active	2000—present
Label(s)	All Star Records (His Label) VI Music Universal Music Latino Machete Music
Associated acts	Wisin & Yandel, Eliel, Nely "El Arma Secreta"
Website	Official web site

William Omar Landrón (born February 10, 1978) ¹ , also known as Don Omar, El Rey, King of Kings, is a Puerto Rican-Latin Grammy Award-nominated Reggaetón singer/rapper.

Contents 1 Musical career 1.1 Third studio album - present 2 Personal life 3 Discography 3.1 Studio albums 3.2 Other albums 4 Filmography 5 References 6 External links

Musical career

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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 500,000 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.

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”.². 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" entered at No. 7 with 74,000, besting Daddy Yankee's No. 24 entry with 2005's "Barrio Fino En Directo". In April 2007, Don Omar received the Latin Billboard award for "Reggaeton Album Of The Year" for King of Kings.³

The songs "Los Bandoleros" and "Conteo" were featured in the movie The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift in the ending credits.

On September 18, 2007, Landrón was briefly under police custody in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, when a local company sued him after he canceled a concert scheluded for that week as part of an international tour titled "Up Close".⁴ The organization claimed that he had theft $70,000 due to the cancellation.⁴ Landrón responded that he canceled the concert because the company didn't provide air tickets in time.⁴ After the case was presented before a local judge, both parts reached an economic agreement.⁴

Landrón participated as in Gilberto Santa Rosa's presentation in an event titled "Concierto del Amor", presented in the Madison Square Garden on February 9, 2008. Where he closed the event and performed reggaeton themes.⁵.

Third studio album - present

Don Omar's third studio album titled iDon is being recorded by the artist expected to be release in 2009. Rumored guests are Sean Paul, Kat DeLuna, Aventura, Wisin & Yandel, Tito "El Bambino", Arcángel among others, the lyrics of the songs will deal with sex, drugs, homosexuality and religion, said Don Omar. The first single from this album titled "Diva Virtual" has already been released to radio stations. Other track from the album called "Comenzó el Bayu" has been leaked to the internet. It will be in stores April 21, 2009 according to Don Omar on his official MySpace. Don Omar Official MySpace iDon official website

Don Omar has been over the last few yearsOrfanato Music Group, in which Marcy Place, Cynthia, and Rell will take part of⁶.

Don Omar's song "Salió El Sol" from the album * King of Kings: Armageddon Edition is in the game Grand Theft Auto IV by Rockstar Games.

Personal life

William Omar Landrón is the father of three children. On April 19, 2008 he married Jackie Guerrido.⁷ Don Omar is also the owner of All Star Records. On September 2004, Landrón and two companions were detained by police personnel in Puerto Rico.⁸ He was subsecuently charged with drug and weapon possession, after being supposedly found by policemen Arnaldo Hernández and Neftalí Molina consuming cannabis in a white Hummer.⁸ On June 30, 2008, Landron attended the first court hearing in the drug case against him, accompanied by Guerrido, his brother Luis Landrón and his mother Toñita Rivera. Here the charges were reviewed by the judge and several persons were interviewed as potential members of the jury.⁸ The jury was selected on July 8, 2008.⁹ Two days later Angel Ramírez Ramírez denied permission to extract a DNA sample from a Marijuana cigarette, after noting that if a previous test done in June brings back negative results the charges against Landrón may be dropped.¹⁰ The hearings had to be posponed on July 10, 2008, because one of the prosecution's witnesses was unable to attend due to pregnancy.¹¹ The DNA tests were "inconclusive".¹² On July 22, 2008, the charges against Landron were dropped by the prosecution, after incongruencies appeared in the witness accounts.¹³

Discography

Main article: Don Omar discography

Studio albums

• 2003: The Last Don
• 2006: King of Kings
• 2009: iDON (Release Date 4-21-09)

Other albums

• 2004: The Last Don Live (Live album)
• 2005: Don Omar Presenta: Los Bandoleros (Compilation album)
• 2005: Da Hitman Presents Reggaetón Latino (Compilation album)
• 2006: Don Omar Presenta: Los Bandoleros Reloaded (Compilation album)
• 2006: King Of Kings: Armageddon Edition (Re-edition album)
• 2007: Don Omar Presenta: El Pentágono (Compilation album)
• 2007: King Of Kings: Live (Live album)
• 2009: Don Omar Presenta: El Orfanato (Compilation album)

Filmography

• 2009 Fast and Furious.¹⁴¹⁵

References

www.idon.com

External links

• Official Album Website
• Official website
• Boricua Space Puerto Rican Alliance - Puerto Rican Social Network

v • d • e Don Omar Studio albums The Last Don · King of Kings · iDON · El Orfanato Compilation albums Los Bandoleros · Da Hitman Presents Reggaetón Latino · Los Bandoleros Reloaded · El Pentágono · El Pentágono Reloaded Live albums The Last Don Live · King of Kings: Live Singles "Dale Don Dale" · "Dile (Otra Noche)" · "Intocable" · "Pobre Diabla" · "Aunque Te Fuiste" · "Gata Gangsta" · "Bandoleros" · "Donqueo" · "Reggaetón Latino" · "Dale Don Dale (Remix)" · "Angelito" · "Conteo" · "Salió El Sol" · "No Se de Ella 'MySpace'" · "Calm My Nerves" · "Ayer La Vi" · "El Rey de Los Curanderos" · "El Pantalón" · "Canción de Amor" Films "The Fast and the Furious 4" Related Articles "All Star Records"

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