Luis Fonsi
Luis Fonsi is a Puerto Rican singer. Born April 15, 1978, in San Juan. Educated at Florida State University and Dr. Phillips High School. Awards include Latin Grammy Award for Song of the Year (2 times), Latin Grammy Award for Record of the Year and Latin Grammy Award for Best Urban Fusion/Performance.
Facts
35 facts · 1 confirmed by two sources · 6 cited · 28 from one source
Where this comes from
Papalocal keeps its own record. It started from these sources; what each one said is kept here as it was copied, so a change on their side never changes this page by itself. Tap one to read its version.
What Wikidata says · copied November 13, 2026 · revision 2568448392
- Described as
- Puerto Rican singer
- Other names
- Luis Alfonso Rodríguez López-Cepero, Luis Rodríguez
- Born
- April 15, 1978 · 1 reference
- Born in
- San Juan · 1 reference
- Citizen of
- United States
- Occupation
- guitarist; singer · 1 reference; composer · 1 reference; lyricist · 1 reference; television actor; actor · 1 reference; musician · 1 reference
- Education
- Florida State University; Dr. Phillips High School
- Genre
- pop music; Latin pop; ballad; reggaeton
- Instrument
- guitar; piano; voice
- Record label
- Universal Music Latin Entertainment
- Awards
- Latin Grammy Award for Song of the Year (2 times) (2009, 2017); Latin Grammy Award for Record of the Year (2017); Latin Grammy Award for Best Urban Fusion/Performance (2017); Billboard Music Award for Top Hot 100 Song (2018); Billboard Music Award for Top Latin Song (2018); Billboard Latin Music Award for Hot Latin Song of the Year (2018); Billboard Latin Music Award for Latin Pop Song of the Year (2 times) (2010, 2018); Lo Nuestro Award for Collaboration of the Year (2010); Billboard Spirit of Hope Award (2017); NRJ Music Award for International Song of the Year (2017)
- Field
- music · 1 reference
- Spouse
- Adamari López (2006–2010)
- Lived in
- Popo
- Height
- 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
- Website
- http://www.luisfonsi.com/
- Wikipedias with a page
- 56
Wikidata item Q1387726 (wikidata.org/wiki/Q1387726), public domain (CC0). Copied November 13, 2026.
What Wikipedia says · copied November 13, 2026 · revision 1383025450
Luis Alfonso Rodríguez López-Cepero (born April 15, 1978), known by his stage name Luis Fonsi (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈlwis ˈfonsi]), is a Puerto Rican singer. He is known for his soulful and dance oriented songs, most notably 2017's "Despacito".
Fonsi received his first Latin Grammy Award nominations in the Record of the Year category and won Song of the Year thanks to the song "Aquí Estoy Yo". The song also won three Billboard Latin Music Awards. "Despacito" became Fonsi's biggest success, winning four Latin Grammy Awards, seven Billboard Latin Music Awards, five Billboard Music Awards and three Grammy Awards nominations. He also won one Latin American Music Award for "Échame la Culpa" with Demi Lovato.
As of 2018, Fonsi has broken six Guinness World Records and sold more than 11 million records with "Despacito", whose music video was the most-watched YouTube video of all time until November 2020, with over 8 billion views.
- Born, in its opening lines
- April 15, 1978
From the Wikipedia article “Luis Fonsi” (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luis_Fonsi), by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Copied November 13, 2026; not changed.
Confirmed Two sources agree. Cited One source, and it names where it got it. One source One source, without a reference of its own. Sources disagree The sources disagree. We show the best-supported value and keep theirs below.
