Ricky Martin Birthday, Real Name, Age, Weight, Height, Family, Facts, Contact Details, Girlfriend(s), Bio & More
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PERSONAL INFORMATION
REAL NAME
Enrique Martín Morales
NICK NAMES
Kiki, Ricky
BIRTHDAY
BORN ON DAY
Friday
NEXT BIRTHDAY ON
Wednesday
BIRTHPLACE
San Juan, Puerto Rico
AGE
53 Years 0 Months 20 Days
NATIONALITY
PROFESSION
ZODIAC
CAPRICORN
ALSO NOTED FOR
Actor, Author
FEATURES
Dark brown eyes and black hair
Physical Stats
CHEST
44 ''
BICEPS
15.5 ''
WAIST
33 ''
HEIGHT
5'11''(feet & inches)
1.8034 meters
180.34 cm
WEIGHT
82 kg
180.4 lbs
Ricky Martin Family Members
Parents
FATHER
Enrique Martín Negroni
BROTHER(S) NAME
SISTER(S) NAME
CHILDHOOD IMAGE
Ricky Martin Marriage, Affairs and Children
AFFAIR
Rebecca de Alba
AFFAIR
Lilly Melgar
AFFAIR
Gugu Liberato
AFFAIR
Alessandra Ambrosio (Rumor)
AFFAIR
Nathan Lane
AFFAIR
Carlos Gonzalez
AFFAIR
Jwan Yosef
AFFAIR
Gabriela Sabatini (1992- )
Fame & Address
SIGNATURE
DEBUT
Ricky Martin (Album 1991)
FAMOUS FROM/AS
Ricky Martin (Album 1991)
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Official Website
www.rickymartinmusic.com
Education, Net Worth & More
RELIGION
Christian
FAVOURITE ACTOR
Robert De Niro
FAVOURITE MOVIE
The Godfather (1972)
NET WORTH
$60 Million
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Career of Ricky Martin
Ricky Martin' professional singing career started with the group Menudo, his first album with the band was Evolución in 1984, the singer left the band in 1989. The singer released his first solo self titled album in 1991. 'Maria' (from his third album, A Medio Vivir) released on November 21, 1995, as a single gained worldwide recognition for his career.
Some Lesser Known Facts About Ricky Martin
- Is Ricky Martin in the habit of Smoking? Yes.
- Ricky Martin is vegetarian.
- The singer is also an author and his first book was published in November 2013 titled Santiago the Dreamer in Land Among the Stars (children's book), the Spanish version of the book was published at the same time.
- He holds dual American and Spanish citizenship.
- The singer began to show his singing talent at age 6, according to him he used to grab a wooden kitchen spoon and sing pretending it to be a microphone.
- At the age of 9, the studmuffin began appearing in Puerto Rican television advertisements. He was featured in 11 ads in a year and a half, including various commercials such as toothpaste, soft drinks, and fast-food restaurants. He initially discovered the opportunity through a newspaper advertisement about auditions for commercials with his father.
- The hunk auditioned for the pop group Menudo when he was 12. Not many people know that he was rejected for the band in the first two auditions, not because of his singing but on the basis of his height as he was too short, his third audition paid him off as executives were overwhelmed by his determination and in 1984 he became a member of the group.
- He recorded his first song at the age of thirteen titled "Rayo de Luna", from the album, Evolución by Menudo.
- The singer also possesses the talent of acting and has appeared in numerous television series including The Love Boat as Ricky, General Hospital as a Puerto Rican singer, Idle Hands as Man in Car Park.
- He was an altar boy (a priest's assistant during a service) all through his childhood.
- He became the father of twin boys, Matteo, and Valentino, born by a gestational surrogate mother in August 2008.
- He began to grow interested in writing songs as his maternal side of the family was favorable towards music, and his maternal grandfather was a poet.
- On March 29, 2010, the singer openly came out as gay. He posted a statement on his official website quoting "I am proud to say that I am a fortunate homosexual man. I am very blessed to be who I am."
- Further, in a talk show in 2010, he told Oprah Winfrey that for a long period of time he thought he was bisexual as he was fascinated by both women and men. In 2016, he acknowledged that although he is attracted to both, he is only interested in romantic relationships with men, and thus he cannot be classified as bisexual.
- None of his fans are unaware of his philanthropy work, but not many know that he started to take interest in helping others after his group Menudo became UNICEF ambassadors.
- The singer started practicing yoga in 1997 after visiting Thailand.
- His dream of acting on Broadway was fulfilled when in a 1996 interview with The Miami Herald, he expressed keen interest of acting on the platform. Within a few days after the interview, he got the role of Marius Pontmercy in the play Les Misérables.
- The humanitarian heart established the Fundación Ricky Martin (Ricky Martin Foundation) in 2002. The foundation is a not-for-profit organization, having the main aim of advocating the well-being of children around the Globe.
- He involved with International Organization for Migration campaign, to assist deterrence of human trafficking, he continued working with other organization for the same cause and his work against human trafficking earned him being named in the list of Heroes in Ending Modern-Day Slavery by United States Department of State in 2005.
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