Luis Fonsi Biography

Fonsi is in a marital relationship with Spanish model, Águeda López since 2014 and the duo is proud parents of two children, a daughter, and a son.

Early Life of Luis Fonsi

Luis Fonsi was born Luis Alfonso Rodríguez López-Cepero on April 15, 1978, in San Juan, Puerto Rico. He is the eldest child of Alfonso Rodríguez and Delia "Tata" López-Cepero. Fonsi was raised along with his two younger siblings: Jean Rodríguez, a singer, and Tatiana Rodríguez.

Fonsi went to the Dr. Phillips High School in Orlando, Florida, and participated in a group called Big Guys. He has a keen interest in singing from his early days and used to perform at school parties and local festivals. In 1995, he went to Florida State University to study music. He joined the school's choir where he got a chance to sang with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. 

Later Fonsi gets a full scholarship at Florida State University School of Music with major in Vocal Performance but soon he dropped out of the college in order to pursue his musical career. 

Louis Fonsi's Career 

Louis Fonsi released his debut album, Comenzaré (I Will Begin) in 1998. The album reached #11 on Billboard's Top Latin Albums chart and was a huge hit in Puerto Rico and across Latin America.

In 2000, he launched his second album, Eterno which was even more successful than his first album. He composed a song for the Puerto Rican singer, Ednita Nazario for which he earned Latin Grammy Award.

Fonsi appeared in Britney Spears' "Dream Within a Dream" Tour in 2002. The same year he made his English album debut Fight The Feeling and its first single Secret featured Joey Fatone. After a year, he performed at Miss World 2003 in China. In 2007, he was offered to be the part of the jury for the new version of the Latino boy band Menudo. 

He became the huge singing sensation by the end of 2008 as his song No Me Doy por Vencido reached at number 92 on the US Billboard Hot 100 for the first time. In November 2009, he was awarded a Latin Grammy Award in the category of Song of the Year for his composition Aquí Estoy Yo.

Fonsi has enrolled in acting as well, he made his brief cameo in the romance film, Como Agua Para Chocolate where he played the role of a friend of the male lead. Then he appeared in Mexican telenovela named Corazones al límite, Nickelodeon television series Taina. In December 2011, he performed at the Nobel Peace Prize Concert where former president Barack Obama was honored. 

In January 2017, Fonsi released, Despacito along with Daddy Yankee which reached over 5.1 billion views on YouTube by May 2018 and became the most viewed video in the world. 

After the success of Despacito, Justin Bieber offer a contract for remixing the song, and he jumped at the offer. The remix version of Bieber reached at number 1 on the US Billboard Hot 100 at the end of May 2017.  Later, he released his next song, Échame la Culpa, featuring Demi Lovato.

Fonsi received two iHeartRadio Music Awards and four BMI Awards for Despacito. 

Louis Fonsi's Net Worth

Puerto Rican singer and composer, Louis Fonsi has an estimated net worth of $16 million. His 2017 hit, Despacito made $0.008 per stream from YouTube and $0.0013 from Spotify and Apple Music. By the end of 2017, he earned $36.8 million as royalties from the song.

Fonsi purchased a luxurious house in Miami, the USA which costs millions of dollars. He believes “Standing in front of a grill is a powerful feeling" and he owns a gas grill of $1099. He has a Land Rover of $141,995. Fonsi is a huge fan of Air Jordan shoes which price starts from $305 in the market.

Fonsi prefers to enjoy his leisure time by playing golf as he uses the golf iron set of $2400. He has a “Unico Perpetual Calendar Sapphire” watch which market value is $111,000. He owns a luxurious boat of $485,000.

Louis Fonsi's Personal Life

Luis Fonsi is married to Spanish model Águeda López on September 10, 2014. The duo exchanged a vow after three years of living together. They welcomed their first child, Mikaela in December 2011 in Miami. On December 2016, they had their second child, a son, Rocco. 

In an interview, Fonsi share, he didn't talk about his work at home and said,

“I am a dad, a husband and I try to enjoy the small and simple things in life.”

Fonsi added,

“We agreed that despite the positive craziness that is my profession, we wanted to have a very close, very normal family”.

Prior to marrying Agueda, Fonsi was in a marital relationship with actress, Adamari López. The duo tied the knot in a religious ceremony in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico on June 3, 2006, attended by celebrities like Joey Fatone, Charytín Goyco, Ednita Nazario and others.

In 2005, Fonsi canceled his international tour in the middle when López was diagnosed with cancer in order to stay by her side during her treatment. 

However, the couple failed to handle their married life and citing some irreconcilable differences, the couple divorced on November 8, 2010. 

Below, we present the interview of Louis Fonsi