Juan Vélez

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Juan Velez
Birth name	Juan Antonio Velez Rivera
Born	August 2, 1983 (1983-08-02) (age 24)
Origin	Puerto Rico
Genre(s)	Latin Pop
Occupation(s)	Singer Songwriter
Years active	2007 – present
Label(s)	Univision Records

Juan Antonio Vélez (born August 2, 1983 in Ponce, Puerto Rico and raised in Coamo, Puerto Rico) is a Puerto Rican singer, musician and songwriter, better known for being the winner of the fourth season of Objetivo Fama, a Puerto Rican television singing talent contest in the form of a reality show, broadcast by Telefutura in USA and by Univision in Puerto Rico.

During the auditions of Objetivo Fama in Los Angeles, Juan met fellow contestant Erika Gonzaba, from San Antonio, Texas. Since they were both selected, they started a friendship which later developed into a formal relationship. This was announced at the sixth Gala (March 17, 2007) when Vélez and Gonzaba confessed they had fallen in love with each other. In September, 2007, however, they announced that they had ended their relationship.

1 Artistic career
2 See also
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Artistic career

In 2007 he held four successful concerts at the Centro de Bellas Artes. Juan recentley released his first single. His debut album Con Mi Soledad, was released on December 11, 2007. It was nominated for Billboard Award for Best Pop Album from New Generation.^[1] On April 25, 2008, he presented his first concert at the José Miguel Agrelot Coliseum in Puerto Rico. On June 3, 2008, Velez received an homage as part of a celebration organized by the Office of Youth Matters of Puerto Rico.^[2]