  Jon (Juan) Secada was born in
Cuba on October 4, 1962, and was raised in
Miami, FL. His first introduction to musical
success occurred when he co-wrote several
songs for Gloria
Estefan and toured
with her as a backing vocalist in 1991. Jon's
musical style of combining Latin appeal with
soothing vocals has allowed him to become one
of the biggest adult contemporary artists in
the 1990s.
 # 17
Singles Artist of the Year
 Secada released Jon
Secada and began hitting the pop
charts with "Just Another Day," "Do You
Believe In Us," and "Angel."
Secada hit the Top 40 with
"Just Another Day."
from
the LP Jon
Secada
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 Secada hit the Top 10 with "Just Another Day."
Secada topped the Billboard Hot
Latin Tracks chart for 5 weeks with
"Otro Dia Mas Sin Verte."
Secada released the Latin Album Otro
Dia Mas Sin Verte which topped the Latin
LP charts.
Jon
Secada was certified gold.
 Secada topped the Billboard Hot
Latin Tracks chart for 6 weeks with
"Angel."
Secada hit the Top 40 with
"Do You Believe In Love."
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Secada
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 Jon
Secada was certified platinum.
 # 31
Singles Artist of the Year
Secada was
nominated for an American Music
Award for Favorite New Adult Contemporary
Artist.
Secada won a Grammy
Award for Best Latin Pop Album (Otro
Dia Mas Sin Verte) and was nominated for
Best New Artist.
Secada hit the Top 40 with
"Angel."
Secada topped the Billboard Hot
Latin Tracks chart for 2 weeks with
"Cree En Nuestro Amor."
Secada was named the
Best-selling Latin-American Artist of the
Year at the World Music Awards.
Jon
Secada was certified 2x platinum.
Secada hit the Top 40 with
"I'm Free."
Secada topped the Billboard Hot
Latin Tracks chart for 2 weeks with
"Sentir."
Secada topped the Billboard
Year-End Charts as the Top Hot Adult
Contemporary Artist.
 # 27
Singles Artist of the Year
Secada hit the Top 40 with
"If You Go."
 from the LP Heart,
Soul And A Voice
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Secada hit the Top 10 with "If You Go."
Secada released Heart,
Soul And A Voice with the hits "If You Go," "Whipped," and "Mental Picture."
Heart,
Soul And A Voice was certified gold by
the end of the month.
 Secada topped the Billboard Hot
Latin Tracks chart for 2 weeks with "Si
Te Vas."
Secada hit the Top 40 with
"Whipped."
Secada hit the Top 40 with
"Mental Picture."
 # 84
Singles Artist of the Year
Heart,
Soul And A Voice was certified platinum
and Jon
Secada was certified 3x platinum.
Secada branched away from the
(slightly) from the music scene with a run at
Broadway in the Tommy Tune production of Grease
(he played Danny Zuko),
 Secada released Amor.
Secada won a Grammy
Award for Best Latin Pop Album (Amor).
 # 70
Singles Artist of the Year
 Secada released Secada with the hit "Too
Late Too Soon."
Secada hit the Top 40 "Too
Late, Too Soon."
Secada hit the Top 10 with "Too
Late, Too Soon."
 Secada released a hit
compilation - Greatest
Hits.
 # 119
Singles Artist of the Year
Secada released Better
Part Of Me.
Secada hit the Top 40 with
"Stop."
 Secada released The
Gift.
Secada released Amanecer.
# 134 on the Top Pop Artists
of the Past 25 Years chart.
Secada released Same
Dream.
Secada hit the Adult
Contemporary charts with "Free."
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