William Omar Landron Rivera was born February10, 1978 in Puerto Rico, and was later known worldwide as Don Omar. The son of William Landron and Luz Antonia Rivera was always a fan of music, leaving the chance to be a pastor at a young age to pursue a career in the field. Omar started hitting the right scenes at the right time, working as a backup singer for duo Hector & Tito among others. Hector Delgado would later produced his first album. \u2028\u2028\u00a0\u00bbThe Last Don\u00a0\u00bb marked the beginning of his professional career as a solo artist. Released in 2003, the album contains his collaborations with Daddy Yankee, Hector & Tito, Trebol Clan and Glory among others. It moved 300,000 units in South America and was later certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America. Billboard Latin Music Awards in 2003 recognized him as New Artist, Latin Pop Album of the Year and Latin Rap\/Hip-Hop Album of the Year. \u2028\u2028Second album \u00ab\u00a0King of Kings\u00a0\u00bb came in May 2006 and debuted straight at number one on the Latin Billboard charts and peaked the Billboard 200 at No. 7, the highest rank in reggaeton history, thanks to his single \u00ab\u00a0Angelito\u00a0\u00bb. Omar received the Latin Billboard award for Reggaeton Album of the Year for \u00ab\u00a0King of Kings\u00a0\u00bb in 2007. The album also marked the beginning of his association to \u00ab\u00a0The Fast and the Furious\u00a0\u00bb franchise. Two of his songs from the album were featured in \u00ab\u00a0The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift\u00a0\u00bb. \u2028\u2028There was a slight trouble in 2007 when Omar was detained by police in Santa Cruz, Bolivia for not fulfilling a concert duty. The reggaeton argued that the company that sued him did not give him airline tickets in time for him to conduct the gig. A judge later dismissed the case when both parties reached an agreement. \u2028\u2028Omar married forecaster\/journalist Jackie Guerrido on April 18, 2008. They have four children together but sadly their marriage ended in 2011. Omar made his entry to movie industry as Omar Santos in \u00ab\u00a0Fast & Furious\u00a0\u00bb which was released in U.S. theaters in 2009. For someone new in the industry, Omar was entrusted with quite a big role as the main character's new crew. \u2028\u2028Omar's third studio album was named \u00ab\u00a0iDon\u00a0\u00bb and released in April 2009 with \u00ab\u00a0Virtual Diva\u00a0\u00bb as the first single. Having electro-dance vibe, mixed with the typical Latin-Urban style of Don Omar, the album again secured the first spot on Latin Billboard charts. \u00ab\u00a0Virtual Diva\u00a0\u00bb was one of the songs featured as a soundtrack to \u00ab\u00a0Fast & Furious\u00a0\u00bb.<\/p>\n
\u00ab\u00a0iDon\u00a0\u00bb was quickly followed by \u00ab\u00a0Meet the Orphans\u00a0\u00bb in November 2010. It features even more extended collaborations withs such artists as Lucenzo, Kendo Kapponi, Danny Fornaris, Syko, Plan B, Zion & Lennox, and Yaga & Mackie. Most of these artists hail from his Orfanato Music Group. At the same time he was promoting the album, Omar shot \u00ab\u00a0Fast & Furious\u00a0\u00bb sequel \u00ab\u00a0Fast Five\u00a0\u00bb which was released in 2011. Omars single \u00ab\u00a0Danza Kuduro\u00a0\u00bb from \u00ab\u00a0Meet the Orphans\u00a0\u00bb was made one of the soundtracks.<\/p>\n
Omar was back with the sequel of \u00ab\u00a0Meet the Oprhans\u00a0\u00bb, releasing \u00ab\u00a0Mto 2 (New Generation) : Don Omar\u00a0\u00bb on May 1, 2012. In the same year, Omar was one of the two biggest winners at Billboard Latin Awards, taking home eight categories for best Latin rhythm of the year, best songs of the year, best Latin rhythm artist of the year, best album of the year, best song of the year, best song of the year for airplay, and best Latin pop song of the year for his single \u00ab\u00a0Taboo\u00a0\u00bb.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Don Omar Biography: William Omar Landron Rivera was born February10, 1978 in Puerto Rico, and was later known worldwide as Don Omar. The son of William Landron and Luz Antonia Rivera was always a fan of music, leaving the chance to be a pastor at a young age to pursue a career in the field. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2286,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,504],"tags":[508],"class_list":["post-2284","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artists","category-latin-reggaeton","tag-don-omar"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n