Jump to content
Main menu
Main menu
move to sidebar
hide
Navigation
Main page
Recent changes
Random page
Help about MediaWiki
Special pages
Niidae Wiki
Search
Search
Appearance
Create account
Log in
Personal tools
Create account
Log in
Pages for logged out editors
learn more
Contributions
Talk
Editing
Ricky Martin
(section)
Page
Discussion
English
Read
Edit
View history
Tools
Tools
move to sidebar
hide
Actions
Read
Edit
View history
General
What links here
Related changes
Page information
Appearance
move to sidebar
hide
Warning:
You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you
log in
or
create an account
, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.
Anti-spam check. Do
not
fill this in!
=== Music videos === ''Billboard'' labeled Martin "a video icon", and ranked him as the 79th Greatest Music Video Artist of All Time in 2020, stating: "From the moment he sashayed up to the mic in 'Livin La Vida Loca' all dressed in black, and gave us that look, the Menudo alum became the most memorable and watchable drop-dead handsome guy in pop music."<ref name="BillboardGV">{{cite news|url=https://www.billboard.com/media/lists/100-best-music-video-artists-9440075/|title=The 100 Greatest Music Video Artists of All Time: Staff List|magazine=Billboard|access-date=May 24, 2021|date=August 27, 2020}}</ref> He has collaborated with various directors to produce his music videos, including Carlos Perez,<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.carlosperez.com/| title=Carlos Perez| publisher=Carlos Perez| access-date=January 18, 2022| archive-date=January 18, 2022| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220118085546/https://www.carlosperez.com/| url-status=live}}</ref> [[Wayne Isham]],<ref>{{cite news|url=https://los40.com/los40/2021/07/05/los40classic/1625494629_079015.html|title=Ricky Martin: La conexión de 'Livin' la vida loca' con Frank Sinatra, Madonna y James Bond|publisher=Los 40|last=Gomez|first=Alicia Sanchez|language=es|access-date=October 4, 2021|date=July 5, 2021|archive-date=October 4, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211004131925/https://los40.com/los40/2021/07/05/los40classic/1625494629_079015.html|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Jessy Terrero]],<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.univision.com/musica/wisin-decide-estrenar-tres-videos-musicales| title=Wisin decide estrenar tres videos musicales| publisher=[[Univision]]| access-date=June 26, 2021| date=November 2, 2015|language=Spanish| archive-date=November 7, 2015| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151107004902/https://www.univision.com/musica/wisin-decide-estrenar-tres-videos-musicales| url-status=live}}</ref> [[Simón Brand]],<ref>{{cite news|url=https://peopleenespanol.com/article/ricky-martin-estreno-el-video-de-sencillo-la-mordidita-grabado-cartagena-de-indias-colombia-video/|title=Ricky Martin estrenó el video de 'La mordidita' (Video)|work=[[People en Español]]|last=Castro|first=Nohelia|language=es|date=June 12, 2015|access-date=January 18, 2022|archive-date=January 18, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220118090129/https://peopleenespanol.com/article/ricky-martin-estreno-el-video-de-sencillo-la-mordidita-grabado-cartagena-de-indias-colombia-video/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Gustavo Garzón]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Ricky tomará vacaciones junto a Rebeca |url=https://www.elsiglodetorreon.com.mx/noticia/66026.ricky-tomara-vacaciones-junto-a-rebeca.html/ |website=El Siglo de Torreón |access-date=September 21, 2021 |language=es |date=December 21, 2003 |archive-date=September 21, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210921222145/https://www.elsiglodetorreon.com.mx/noticia/66026.ricky-tomara-vacaciones-junto-a-rebeca.html/ |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Nigel Dick]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nigeldick.com/films/productions-1999/|title=Productions 1999|publisher=[[Nigel Dick]]|access-date=October 23, 2021|archive-date=October 23, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211023131916/https://www.nigeldick.com/films/productions-1999/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Kacho López Mari|Kacho Lopez]],<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/latin/ricky-martin-tiburones-video-8548902/|title=Ricky Martin Proclaims Peace With Powerful Ballad 'Tiburones': Watch the Video|last=Fernandez|first=Suzette|magazine=Billboard|access-date=January 24, 2020|date=January 23, 2020}}</ref> and Memo del Bosque.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.rzg.pl/audycja/ricky-martin-maria/|title=Ricky Martin - Maria|last=Jankowska|first=Katarzyna|publisher=Radio Zielona Góra|access-date=August 27, 2021|date=September 10, 2018|language=Polish|archive-date=August 27, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210827193133/https://www.rzg.pl/audycja/ricky-martin-maria/|url-status=live}}</ref> "Livin' la Vida Loca" was nominated for [[MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year|Video of the Year]] at the [[1999 MTV Video Music Awards]], making Martin the first Latin artist in history to receive a nomination in this category.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.iheart.com/content/2021-09-09-5-best-hip-hop-moments-from-the-1999-mtv-video-music-awards/|title=5 Best Hip Hop Moments From The 1999 MTV Video Music Awards|last=Anthony|first=Kiyonna|publisher=[[iHeartRadio]]|access-date=September 11, 2021|date=September 10, 2021}}</ref> It won a total of five awards at the ceremony,<ref name="BillboardGV"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.eonline.com/news/38702/livin-la-vida-flashback|title=Livin' La Vida Flashback|last=Marti|first=Diana|publisher=[[E!]]|date=September 14, 1999|access-date=May 24, 2021}}</ref> making it rank among [[MTV Video Music Awards#Most wins for a single video|the videos with most wins in the history of the MTV Video Music Awards]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.goldderby.com/gallery/mtv-video-music-awards-most-wins-of-all-time/vma-most-wins-ricky-martin-livin-la-vida-loca/|title=MTV Video Music Awards: Most Wins Of All Time|publisher=[[Gold Derby]]|date=August 6, 2018|access-date=May 24, 2021}}</ref> The explicit sexual scenes of the music video for "She Bangs" were met with criticism from the audience; several [[American television]] stations cut the scenes when airing the video. According to the ''[[Daily Record (Scotland)|Daily Record]]'''s John Dingwall, with the visual, Martin ditched his teen idol image by transforming to a more mature one.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-65721794.html|title=Off the Record: Risque Martin, Latin Star's New Video is Sizler|work=[[Daily Record (Scotland)|Daily Record]]|last=Dingwall|first=John|date=October 4, 2000|access-date=December 15, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160413163642/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-65721794.html|archive-date=April 13, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> It was consequently banned in several Latin American countries, such as the Dominican Republic.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://h.elsiglodetorreon.com.mx/Repository/getFiles.asp?Style=OliveXLib:LowLevelEntityToSaveGifMSIE_ELSIGLO&Type=text/html&Locale=spanish-skin-custom&Path=EDT/2000/11/20&ChunkNum=-1&ID=Ar04517&PageLabel=45|title=¿Chismosa yo? ...¡para nada!|language=es|newspaper=El Siglo de Torreón|page=45|date=November 20, 2000|access-date=January 11, 2015}}</ref> Martin told [[MTV News]] that the video represented freedom rather than his sexuality.<ref>{{cite news|title=Ricky Martin, un canto a la ambigüedad sexual|url=http://archivo.lavoz.com.ar/2000/1206/nota3635_1.htm|access-date=December 15, 2014|work=[[La Voz del Interior]]|date=December 6, 2000|language=es|archive-date=March 3, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303230731/http://archivo.lavoz.com.ar/2000/1206/nota3635_1.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> The video was awarded Best Music Video at the 2nd Annual Latin Grammy Awards, Best Clip of the Year – Latin at the 2001 ''Billboard'' Music Video Awards, and [[Lo Nuestro Award for Video of the Year|Video of the Year]] at the [[Premio Lo Nuestro 2001|13th Lo Nuestro Awards]].<ref name="billboard.com"/><ref name="Billboard MV Award">{{cite magazine|year=2001|title=Gorillaz, Fatboy Slim Top Video Awards|magazine=Billboard|page=10|last=Hay|first=Carla|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ExIEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA10|access-date=February 9, 2022|issn=0006-2510|volume=104}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://i.univision.com/contentuvn/rinconlatino/plnuestro/images/index_historia.swf|title=Lo Nuestro – Historia|language=es|publisher=Univision|access-date=March 8, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150626102925/http://i.univision.com/contentuvn/rinconlatino/plnuestro/images/index_historia.swf|archive-date=June 26, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>
Summary:
Please note that all contributions to Niidae Wiki may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here.
You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see
Encyclopedia:Copyrights
for details).
Do not submit copyrighted work without permission!
Cancel
Editing help
(opens in new window)
Search
Search
Editing
Ricky Martin
(section)
Add topic