Underground Artist of the Month for March 2018

Bio

El Conde, of Panamanian nationality, participates in 2000 in the Bachata and Merengue group called 911 Musical Emergency, which in the short time they were in the market had positions on the Latin Billboard and signed by the Prestigio (Prestige) record company under Sony’s distribution label.

Their first single called Que es lo que está Pasando reached the # 19 position on the Billboard in New York City, selling a total of more than 60,000 thousand copies of which 30,000 were sold in Puerto Rico where the group had a great acceptance.

The group disbanded in 2005 and Samy, whose stage name was not El Conde at that time, retired from music for a short time and then returned as El Conde.

In 2009 there was a reunion between El Conde and his old producer friend John Kano from Havana Funk, well known in House music, and they began to work on new projects that lead to a duet with the American singer Zelma Davis from the old music group. Pop-House C&C Music Factory under the Strictly Rhythm record label, one of the largest of its kind.

In the following years, El Conde meets the Spanish singer Judith Elvar (2011) with whom he is currently working on a new production not yet finished but which leads him to meet the Dominican Promoter John Sherman of ServiMusic Latino with whom they decide to start. to promote his first single Don’t stop (No Pares) in the Dominican Republic.

Don't stop
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