Frankie Negrón

Name:  Frankie Negrón
Date of birth: January 21, 1977
Place of birth: Newark, New Jersey, United States

Frankie Negron is a salsa singer of Puerto Rican descent. Negrón was born to Puerto Rican immigrants, Francisco Negrón Santos and Zaida Gonzalez. His Siblings include a younger sister, Jackie Negrón, who is also a gifted up-coming singer and dancer, and a brother, David Negrón. Frankie was raised in New Jersey primarily as an English speaker, but developed his initial love for salsa from his father's record collection. Though he is fluent both in English and Spanish he sings almost exclusively in Spanish, but converses and jokes with his audiences in both languages.

He belonged to a group of notable young Latin singers and soneros who have woven a blend of pop, rock, gospel music, R&B, hip-hop, and reggaeton elements into their salsa.

Frankie attended Newark Arts High School in the early 90s and gained popularity as part of an R&B group called Base Harmony, singing for audiences in the NJ State Senate, Newark City Hall, The United in Group Harmony Association, and various clubs and venues around the tri-state area. The first of his seven studio albums to date, Con Amor Se Gana was released in May 1997, the most recent, being Mejor Que Nunca released in August 2006.

Trivia:
Frankie Negrón tried his hand at acting in the ill fated broadway musical ‘the Capeman’ in a supporting role and also participated in the recording of the play’s soundtrack and in 2000 starred in Val Lik's independent film, Boricua's Bond.
He has received two Gold Album awards, for Con Amor Se Gana and No Me Compares and nine Billboard Top 40 Hot Latin Tracks to date.

Discography:
1997 Con Amor Se Gana
1998 No Me Compares 
1999 Lo Que Llevo Por Dentro 
2001 Por Tu Placer
2003 Inesperado
2005 Amanecer Contigo
2006 Mejor Que Nunca 
2003 Siempre Frankie
 

By Lourd Vijay
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About the Author: Lourd Vijay is the principal Promoter of Latin culture, music and dance in the Asian Region. He recently stood 10th at the “most Popular Entrepreneur of the year 2009” amongst 180 nominees from across the country. An innovative choreographer and a very able instructor, he is the director of the Lourd Vijay’s Dance Studios (www.lvds.in) in India.