Ilegales Explained

Ilegales
Alias:Los Ilegales
Origin:Dominican Republic
Genre:Merengue house
Years Active: – present
Label:BMG, EMI Music, Universal Music, Antena Music, Sony Music, La Oreja Media Group, Inc., Dotel Productions
Associated Acts:Monchy & Alexandra
Current Members:Vladimir Dotel
Junior Pimentel
David Diaz
Past Members:Álvaro Guzmán
Jason González + [1]
Url:https://www.nacion.com/el-pais/murio-cantante-de-los-ilegales/FBYGB2WZZNADHFTWOYJYXRYIPQ/story/
Lenny Medina
Rafael Rivera
Freddy De La Cruz (Anthony)
Juan Carlos Campos
Carlos Montaner "Monty"
Leny Pimentel
Danyllo Silveira

Ilegales (also called Los Ilegales, "The Illegals") is a Grammy-nominated[2] [3] Dominican merenhouse group, which is one of the main exponents that helped to introduce and establish the merenhouse to the mainstrean and get an international audience. The band is well known by hits such as "La Morena", "Taki Taki", "Tu Recuerdo", "La Otra" and "Chucucha". They were one of the first merenhouse acts to perform at Viña del Mar International Song Festival in 1998 and 2003.

Ilegales is one of the best selling Dominican acts, receiving gold and platinum certifications across Latin America, and winning Latin Billboard Music awards, Soberano Awards, and receiving nominations to the Grammy Awards and Latin Grammy Awards on several occasions.

The group is led by singer-songwriter Vladimir Dotel and also includes David Diaz and Junior Pimentel.

Band History

The group was founded in 1993.

In 1995, Ilegales released their debut album and was certified hit. In 1996, the single "La Morena" was a massive hit and Peaked at 6 on RPM Dance Charts in Canada.[4] It was certified Gold in Mexico selling over 100,000 unites, Gold in Venezuela and Platinum in the United States.[5]

In 1998, they won "Best Rap Artist" and "Best Rap Album" for Rebotando at the 1998 Latin Billboard Music Awards.[6] [7] En la Mira, was nominated for "Best Rap Album of The Year" at the 1999 Latin Billboard Music Awards.[8] Also, in that year they performed at Viña del Mar Festival. By the end of 1999, "Ilegales" and "Rebotando" had sold over 1.5 millions of copies worldwide.[9] [10] and where certified four times platinum in Chile.[11]

In 1998 came a terrible loss for the group as one of their members, Jason Gonzalez, passed away in an automobile accident. Their performances at the 1998 Viña del Mar International Song Festival in Chile were in remembrance of him. [12]

In 1999, "Live" was nominated for Best Merengue Album at the 43rd Grammy Awards.[13]

In 2002, the band was nominated for the Lo Nuestro Award.[14] In addition to reaching the Billboard Tropical charts on their own, the group also had a hit with Alexandra Cabrera De La Cruz of Monchy y Alexandra. They were nominated for the Latin Grammy in 2003 for Best Pop Album.

In 2013, Ilegales received the nomination of "Tropical Songs Artist of the Year, Duo or Group" at the 2013 Billboard Music Awards.[15]

In 2015, Ilegales was nominated as "Best Group or Band" to the Lo Nuestro Award.[16] In that same year, they performed at the Nuryn Sanlley amphitheater to celebrate 20th Anniversary of the band.[17] The Single "Pasarla Bien" with El Potro Alvarez, become their 8th Top 10 on Biilboard Tropical Airplay and peaked at number one on Venezuela airplay.[18]

In 2019, Ilegales’ 12th studio album Tropicalia was nominated for Best Contemporary/Tropical Fusion Album at the 20th Annual Latin Grammy Awards.

Discography

Studio albums

TitleYearCharts[19] Sales
US
Latin
US
Latin Pop
Ilegales199522[20] 12
Rebotando1997158[21]
En la Mira1998——
On Time2000——
Marca Registrada2002——
In the Room2004——
La República2006——
Hecho en el Patio2009——
Celebration2011——
El Sonido2014——
Inagotable2016——
Tropicalia2019——
24/72020——
Otra Atmósfera2022——
Albums that did not chart are denoted with an "—".

Live albums

Compilation Albums

Charted Singles

YearSinglePeak chart positionsAlbum
US LatinUS TropicalUSLatin Pop
1995La Morena— 8[23] —Ilegales
2000La Ladrona3611[24] —Live
2001"Tu Recuerdo"4[25] 4[26] 3[27] On Time
2002Te Siento2029—[28] Marca Registrada
"La Cosita"4111[29] —
"Mi Novia"— 17[30] —
2007"La Otra" (featuring Monchy & Alexandra)17[31] 2[32] —La Republica
2012"Ayantame" (featuring El Potro Álvarez)49[33] 1[34] — Celebration
2013"Chucucha"25[35] 7[36] —El Sonido
"No me diga que no" (featuring Shelow Shaq)—10[37] —Inagotable
2014"La Pastilla"— 9[38] —
"Pasarla Bien"—1[39] —

Notes and References

  1. cite page
  2. Ramiro Burr. "Latin Notes: Ilegales' signature sound clear on its danceable new CD," San Antonio Express-News (Texas), January 16, 2005, Culturas section, page 8J.
  3. Jordan Levin. "Forget 'crossover': Latin music's a global culture," Miami Herald, August 31, 2003, page 1M.
  4. https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Archive-RPM-IDX/IDX/90s/RPM-1996-05-27-OCR-Page-0038.pdf#search=%22ilegales%20on%20time%22 World Radio History
  5. Web site: Ventana de articulo. h.elsiglodetorreon.com.mx. January 23, 2024.
  6. https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Billboard-Index/IDX/1998/1998-04-11-Billboard-Page-0078.pdf#search=%22ilegales%22 Billboard Index 1998
  7. Book: Billboard. 1998-04-18. Nielsen Business Media. en.
  8. https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Billboard-Index/IDX/1999/1999-04-24-Billboard-Page-0076.pdf#search=%22ilegales%20en%20la%20mira%22 Billboard Index 1999
  9. Web site: Ventana de articulo. 2022-02-10. h.elsiglodetorreon.com.mx.
  10. Web site: Ventana de articulo. 2022-02-10. h.elsiglodetorreon.com.mx.
  11. Web site: Ventana de articulo. 2022-02-10. h.elsiglodetorreon.com.mx.
  12. cite page|url=https://www.nacion.com/el-pais/murio-cantante-de-los-ilegales/FBYGB2WZZNADHFTWOYJYXRYIPQ/story/
  13. https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/00s/2001/BB-2001-01-13.pdf Billboard Index 2001
  14. https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Billboard-Index/IDX/2002/2002-01-19-Billboard-Page-0035.pdf#search=%22ilegales%22 Billboard Index 2002
  15. Billboard Staff. 2013-04-26. Billboard Latin Music Awards 2013: Winners List. 2022-02-10. Billboard. en-US.
  16. Web site: Pintado. Juan Esteban. 2015-02-04. Ilegales #1 En La Lista TROPICAL SONGS en Billboard Ecuador En Todo. 2022-02-10. ecuadorentodo.com. es.
  17. Web site: Rivera. Severo. "Ilegales Inagotables" o 20 años de éxitos en el anfiteatro Nuryn Sanlley. 2022-02-10. Diario Libre. September 20, 2015 . es.
  18. Mendizabal. Amaya. 2015-01-02. Dominican Trio Ilegales Earn Eighth Top 10 on Tropical Airplay. 2022-02-10. Billboard. en-US.
  19. Web site: [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=juan luis guerra|chart=all}} Juan Luis Guerra Album & Song Chart History ]. Billboard.com . December 5, 2009.
  20. https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Billboard-Index/IDX/1996/1996-07-20-Billboard-Page-0027.pdf#search=%22ilegales%22 Billboard Index 1996
  21. https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Billboard-Index/IDX/1997/1997-08-02-Billboard-Page-0040.pdf#search=%22ilegales%22 Billboard Index 1997
  22. https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Billboard-Index/IDX/1998/1998-11-28-Billboard-Page-0066.pdf#search=%22ilegales%22 Billboard Index 1998
  23. Book: Billboard. 1996-05-04. Nielsen Business Media. en.
  24. https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Billboard-Index/IDX/2000/2000-04-01-Billboard-Page-0072.pdf#search=%22ilegales%22 Billboard Index 2000
  25. https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Billboard-Index/IDX/2001/2001-04-28-Billboard-Page-0040.pdf#search=%22ilegales%22 Billboard Index 2001
  26. https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Billboard-Index/IDX/2001/2001-06-02-Billboard-Page-0059.pdf#search=%22ilegales%22 Billboard Index 2001
  27. https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Billboard-Index/IDX/2001/2001-05-19-Billboard-Page-0055.pdf#search=%22ilegales%22 Billboard Index 2001
  28. https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Billboard-Index/IDX/2003/2003-02-22-Billboard-Page-0031.pdf#search=%22ilegales%22 Billboard Index 2003
  29. https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Billboard-Index/IDX/2002/2002-09-28-Billboard-Page-0030.pdf#search=%22ilegales%22 Billboard Index 2002
  30. https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Billboard-Index/IDX/2002/2002-12-21-Billboard-Page-0027.pdf#search=%22ilegales%22 Billboard Index 2002
  31. https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Billboard-Index/IDX/2007/2007-05-05-Billboard-Page-0044.pdf#search=%22ilegales%22 Billboard Index 2007
  32. https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Billboard-Index/IDX/2007/2007-03-31-Billboard-Page-0055.pdf#search=%22ilegales%22 Billboard Index 2007
  33. Billboard Staff. 2012-09-24. Chart Highlights: Prince Returns With 'RNR Affair'. 2022-02-10. Billboard. en-US.
  34. 2013-01-02. Tropical Airplay. 2022-02-10. Billboard. en-US.
  35. https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Billboard-Index/IDX/2014/2014-02-01-25-Billboard-Page-0070.pdf#search=%22ilegales%202014%22 Billboard Index 2014
  36. https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Billboard-Index/IDX/2013/2013-11-23-Billboard-Page-0067.pdf#search=%22ilegales%20on%20time%22 Billboard Index 2013
  37. Web site: 2015-09-02. 20 años de los ILegales . 2022-02-10. ensegundos.do. es.
  38. https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Billboard-Index/IDX/2015/2015-31-09-19-Issue-27-Billboard-Page-0082.pdf#search=%22ilegales%202014%22 Billboard Index 2015
  39. https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Billboard-Index/IDX/2015/2015-02-03-01-24--Double-Issue-Billboard-Page-0081.pdf#search=%22ilegales%202014%22 Billboard Index 2015

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