Luis Enrique is one of the most popular and richest World Music Singer who was born on September 28, 1962 in Nicaragua, Nicaragua. Known as “El Principe de la Salsa,” this popular Nicaraguan salsa romantica singer began his rise to fame in the last years of the 1980s. He won a Grammy Award for his 2009 Ciclos album and earned a Grammy nomination for his earlier recording, Luces del Alma.
He and Victor Noriega were both hosts of a Puerto Rican reality TV talent competition called Objetivo Fama.
The Lo Nuestro Awards are awarded annually by American network Univision. Luis Enrique received one award in 1989.
Luis Enrique hosted the first season of Objetivo Fama. He won two Latin Grammys and the Grammy for Best Tropical Latin Album in 2010. He is the son of Francisco Luis Mejia Godoy and nephew of famous Nicaraguan singers, Luis Enrique Mejia Godoy and Carlos Mejia Godoy. He mentioned in an interview with Billboard that his top five favorite salsa singers are Ruben Blades, Celia Cruz, Johnny Pacheco, Louie Ramirez, and Oscar D’Leon.
Born Luis Enrique Mejia Lopez, he grew up in Nicaragua.
