Virtual Diva Explained

Virtual Diva
Cover:VirtualDiva2009.png
Type:single
Artist:Don Omar
Album:iDon and Fast & Furious
Released:February 3, 2009[1]
Recorded:2008
Genre:Reggaeton, Latin pop
Length:3:59
Label:Machete, VI
Producer:Diesel
Prev Title:Run the Show
Prev Year:2008
Next Title:Sexy Robótica
Next Year:2009

"Virtual Diva" is the first single by Puerto Rican reggaeton performer Don Omar from his third studio album iDon. It was released on February 3, 2009, through Machete Music and VI Music. The song was released through nationwide airplay in December 2008, and has since become the most requested song at urban radio, reaching the number-one position on the Billboard Latin Rhythm Airplay chart.[2] The song is included in the soundtrack of Grand Theft Auto IV, the soundtrack of Saints Row: The Third as well as in the Fast & Furious soundtrack.

Music video

A music video for "Virtual Diva" was produced and filmed in Buenos Aires, Argentina.[3] Around the end of January 2009, after celebrating with fellow working bachata group Marcy Place while performing at the Providence Club in New York City, Don Omar was finishing up on recording his new studio album. It would eventually be announced that he would be traveling down to Argentina once again to start filming the music video, which finished production on February 13, 2009. The video feature Argentinean model Ingrid Grudke, who portrays a doctor who wants to perform a grand experiment transforming Don Omar into half-man, half-machine.

The song was also performed live for the first time on the MTV Tr3́s variety series, Entertainment as a Second Language, on February 26, 2009.[4]

Track listings and formats

Digital download single

  1. "Virtual Diva" – 3:59

Charts

Chart (2009)Peak
position
Chile (Top 20)[5] 6
Colombian Airplay (EFE)[6] 7
US Hot Latin Songs (Billboard)[7] 10
US Latin Tropical Songs (Billboard)1
US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles (Billboard)[8] 25
Venezuela Top Latino (Record Report)[9] [10] 1

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B001QS1UEU "Virtual Diva", by Don Omar
  2. Latin Rhythm Airplay - "Virtual Diva"
  3. News: Don Omar graba en Argentina el videoclip de su último tema, "Virtual diva" . EFE . Yahoo! (Spain) . 2009-02-13 . 2009-02-13.
  4. News: Herrera . Monica . Video: Sneak Peek at Don Omar's Performance on Debut Episode of "E.S.L." . Latina . Latina Media Ventures, LLC . 2009-02-26 . 2009-02-27.
  5. Web site: Don Omar - Virtual Diva. Top40-Charts.com. 2020-05-08.
  6. News: March 20, 2009 . Éxitos discográficos americanos de la semana: AMÉRICA-DISCOS . EFE News Service . . subscription.
  7. Virtual Diva -Billboard Chart History
  8. CHART SEARCH RESULTS-Virtual Diva by Don Omar. 2010-06-26. Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc..
  9. Web site: "Virtual Diva" Venezuela Singles Chart. Recordreport.com.ve . 2010-02-04.
  10. http://www.rumberos.net/rumberos/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4407:don-omar-lanza-en-venezuela-su-tema-hasta-abajo&catid=47:musica&Itemid=57 Don Omar lanza en Venezuela su tema "Hasta Abajo"