JUAN CARLOS PEREZ-SOTO
The prolific singer/songwriter has had more than 80 songs recorded by some of today’s most influential Latin artists.Born in Venezuela, Perez-Soto was raised in a music-filled environment. His father was an opera singer and at the age of 14, Juan Carlos began formal training in music. At 20, he met Fernando Osorio, another up-and-coming songwriter, and together they created the duo Fernando y Juan Carlos. Together they recorded two highly popular albums for the label Sonográfico and became icons in modern Venezuelan music.
In 1997, Juan Carlos signed with Warner-Chappell Music in the USA. Having written some of the most memorable songs of the 90’s, including “Yo Que te Amé” and “A Donde Va el Amor” – both recorded by RICARDO MONTANER. He also wrote numerous songs for the super-popular boy-band MENUDO.
Since then, some notable names who have recorded Perez-Soto songs are :
LUIS FONSI, ELVIS CRESPO, PAULINA RUBIO, ALEJANDRA GUZMÁN, MICHAEL STUART, BACHÁ, SORAYA, OLGA TAÑON AND GYPSILAND. His songs have been included in Latin Grammy Nominated albums such as ALEJANDRA GUZMAN’S “LIPSTICK,” SORAYA’S self-titled 2003 Latin Grammy winning album and PAULINA RUBIO’S “PAU-LATINA.”
In 2005 Perez Soto signed with Eman Publishing. He wrote and produced the Latin Grammy winning children’s album “LINA LUNA” and delivered in excess of 100 songs to Eman. He scored a top 10 hit with ‘Estoy Perdido’ recorded by Luis Fonsi on ‘paso a paso’ and secured cuts on platinum records by ‘ RICKY MARTIN (MTV UNPLUGGED – Sony Bmg Norte), REIK (secuencia -Sony BMG Norte) LOLA (erase una vez -Emi ) MARIANA OCHOA (luna llena -Warner mexico) EDNITA NAZARIO (Real –Sony bmg,) KEVIN CEBALLO (Renacer-J&N) LUIS ENRIQUE (Dentro Y Fuera /Respek Records).
2009 was a successful year for Perez Soto with songs on releases by JORGE WILAMIZAR, REIK, REY RUIZ, REBELDE (RBD) KARINA, PATY CANTU, NOEL SHAJARIS and YURIDIA and 2 songs on the #1 album by French superstar FLORENT PAGNY (Universal). Juan Carlos penned the current single and album title ‘amar y amar.’
He is currently enjoying a hit single in Mexico with sony’s new group Manitu and a hit single in Columbia with Nicolas Mayorca.
January 2009 – Perez Soto signed a new co-publishing deal for the world with EMI Music Publishing. Some of his recent collaborations have included international hit writers Matteo Saggese Epicenter, Pam Sheyne, Arno Elias, Claudia Brant, Pete Wallace, Julio Reyes, Toby Sandoval, Nito Miestre, Rafael Esparza Ruiz, Descemer Bueno, Mark Portman and Nashville based Robert Ellis Orall and Tia Sillers.
He also collaborated with Ricky Martin, producer Lester Mendez and David Cabrera for Martin’s upcoming release, with Argentinian artist Diego Torres for his first quarter 2010 release, with Spanish recording artist Carlos Baute and with newcomer Troy.
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