Ricky Martin Biography

Fast Facts

• Received the iHeartRadio Premio Corazon Latino Award in 2017
• Collaborated with the International Organization for Migration on "Call and Live," a campaign to prevent human and child trafficking
• Founded the non-profit Ricky Martin Foundation
• Before his music career, he starred in commercials as a child actor
• His career began when he was 12 after joining the pop group Menudo
• Though born in Puerto Rico, he also acquired Spanish citizenship in 2011
• Was an altar boy during his childhood
• Has performed in the Broadway plays "Evita" and "Les Miserables․"