U-Chaiyan uthathwa njengomunye wabaculi abadume kakhulu ohlotsheni lwe-Latin pop. Wazalwa ngoJuni 29, 1968 edolobheni laseRio Pedras (Puerto Rico).
Igama lakhe langempela nesibongo ngu-Elmer Figueroa Ars. Ngaphezu komsebenzi wakhe womculo, uthuthukisa ukulingisa, alingise kuma-telenovelas. Ushade noMarilisa Marones futhi unendodana, uLorenzo Valentino.
Ubuntwana nobusha bukaChayanne
U-Elmer wathola igama lakhe lesiteji kumama wakhe esemncane. Uqambe indodana yakhe uChaiyan, ngemuva kochungechunge aluthandayo. Umfana wayekuthanda kakhulu ukucula futhi wenza ama-skits ahlukahlukene.
Ubuciko bakhe bubonakale ebuntwaneni. Futhi ngenxa yethalente lemvelo, ukusebenza kanzima nokuzithiba, umsebenzi wakhe waqala ukukhula ngokushesha okukhulu.
U-Elmer wayehlala emkhayeni omkhulu onobungane. Ngaphandle kwakhe, abazali babenamadodana amathathu nendodakazi eyodwa. Lo mculi ubize iminyaka eyisikhombisa yokuqala yempilo yakhe ngokuthi iyona kuphela lapho engasebenzi. Wafunda kahle futhi wangena kwezemidlalo.
Ukujwayelana kokuqala kwenkanyezi nomculo kwenzeka esontweni. Lapha insizwa icula ekhwayeni yesonto. Udadewabo wayedlala isiginci umfowabo edlala i-accordion.
Umfana wakwazi ngokushesha lezi zinsimbi zomculo. Ithalenta lezwi laphawulwa yinhloko yekhwaya, eyanikeza umfana izingxenye eziyinhloko.
Ukuqala komsebenzi ka-Elmer Figueroa Arca
Uma sikhuluma ngomsebenzi wochwepheshe womculi, kwaqala ngo-Chayan lapho ephelezela udadewabo ekuhlolweni kweqembu lomculo elikhulayo.
Abaholi beqembu lesikhathi esizayo, ngaphandle kukadade, nabo balalela u-Elmer.
Umfana wayebhaliswe eqenjini lase-Los Chicos. Ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, leli qembu liye lathandwa kakhulu hhayi ePuerto Rico kuphela, kodwa nakwamanye amazwe ase-Central America.
Isipiliyoni sokusebenza eqenjini lase-Los Chicos sisize umculi ukuthi afunde yonke into mayelana nokuvakasha, ukuzilolonga nokuqopha izingoma ezintsha. Ingcebo yolwazi eqenjini elidumile entsheni yasiza ekuthuthukiseni umsebenzi owenziwayodwa.
U-Elmer wayedumile lapho esemusha. Emakhonsathini leli qembu belihambisana nothisha. Ukuthola ulwazi lwesikole kwenzeka emabhasini okuvakasha.
Ngo-1983 leli qembu lahlakazwa. Lokhu kwenzeka ngenxa yokuthi ilungu ngalinye leqembu lanquma ukuqala umsebenzi wedwa. U-Chayann wayengakhathazeki ngalokhu, njengoba wayesevele eqiniseka ngethalente lakhe.
Wayazi ukuthi umculo nesiteji yikona okwakuzomenza adume. Njengoba ehlanganyela emculweni kusukela ebuntwaneni, u-Elmer wayengakwazi ngisho nokuzibona ekwenye insimu.
Ngesikhathi esifanayo nomsebenzi wakhe womculo, u-Chaiyan waqala ukuzinikela kakhulu kumabonakude. Ngokuhlanganyela kwakhe, kwakhululwa ama-soap opera amaningi, okwenza lo mculi abe negama lokulingisa ePuerto Rico. Kodwa le nsizwa yayifuna ukwakha umsebenzi wayo oyinhloko ebhizinisini lomculo.
Wayeqiniseka ngamakhono akhe ezwi, ngakho wagxila ekwakhiweni kwesitayela esikhethekile esasimhlukanisa nabanye abaculi abanezwi elimnandi, ababecebe kakhulu emazweni aseNingizimu naseMelika Ephakathi.
Kungaleso sikhathi lapho u-Chayanne athuthukisa khona isitayela kanye nokubukeka okuhlukile okwasiza ukwenza umsebenzi wakhe ube yilokhu oyikho namuhla.
Chaiyan namuhla
Kuze kube manje, u-Chaiyan uqophe ama-albhamu omculo we-14 (ama-5 nge-Los Chicos). Inkontileka yokuqala enelebula lomculo yasayinwa ngo-1987. I-albhamu yokuqala yalo mculi ikhishwe ngosizo lweSony Music International.
I-albhamu yesibili nayo iqoshwe kule lebula umculi ayiqambe ngendlela efanayo neyokuqala. Kwakukuyo lapho kwavela khona izingoma ezinjalo ezikhazimulisa umculi: Fiestaen America, Violet, Te Deseo, njll.
I-albhamu ayibhalwanga kuphela ngeSpanishi, kodwa futhi ngesiPutukezi. Yini evumele umculi ukuthi adume eBrazil. Ngemva kokukhululwa kwerekhodi, umculi waklonyeliswa ngemiklomelo ye-Grammy ekuqokweni kwegama elithi "Best Latin Pop Singer".
Izingoma ezidume kakhulu zomculi
Ngesikhathi esifanayo, uChayann usayine inkontileka nePepsi-Cola. Ividiyo yokukhangisa eyaqoshwa ukusebenzisana okunjalo yaduma kakhulu emazweni akhuluma iSpanishi, okwakhulisa udumo lomculi.
Ividiyo yesibili kaPepsi yaqoshwa ngesiNgisi. Umculi waqala ukuqashelwa e-United States. Izingoma ezinjengo-Sangre Latina kanye ne-Tiempo de Vals zaduma futhi zangena emashadi omculo aseLatin America. U-Chayann waqala ukuthuthukisa ukuqashelwa kwamanye amazwe.
I-albhamu ethi Atado a Tu Amor, ekhishwe ngo-1998, iphinde yaletha umculi indondo ye-Grammy ye-Best Latin Pop Singer.
Kuze kube manje, inani eliphelele lamakhophi ama-disc omculi ayizigidi ezingu-4,5. Amarekhodi angu-20 abe yi-platinum, futhi angu-50 - igolide. Ngo-1993, umculi waqashelwa njengomunye wabantu abangu-50 abahle kakhulu emhlabeni.
Namuhla, u-Chaiyan uthola njalo izimemo zokubamba iqhaza ekuqophelweni kochungechunge lwethelevishini. Enye yama-soap opera edume kakhulu eyakhazimulisa u-Elmer njengomlingisi kwakuwuchungechunge oluthi "Poor Boy", olwaqoshwa yinkampani yaseMexico iTelevisa.
Iciko liphinde libe nezindima kumamuvi amakhulu. Ifilimu ethi "Pretty Sarah", lapho u-Elmer edlala khona enye yezindima eziyinhloko, yaphumelela nezilaleli.
Kodwa lo mculi ngeke aqedele umsebenzi womculo. Ngaphezu kwalokho, i-albhamu ngayinye ekhishiwe ithengisa kangcono kunangaphambili.
