{{Short description|Puerto Rican musician (born 1971)}}{{Distinguish|text=Japanese singer Gero}}{{multiple issues| {{BLP sources|date=August 2010}} {{cleanup rewrite|date=June 2012}} {{confusing|date=June 2012}} {{update|Career|date=October 2024}} }}
'''Jorge Manuel Lopez ''', also known as '''Giro Lopez''' (born March 9, 1971), is a Puerto Rican salsa musician.
==Career== Giro began his career as part of the boy band of Puerto Rico called Los Chicos. Two singles by "Giro" Jorge López, "Si Tu Supieras" and "Mi Forma de Sentir", reached #1 on the Latin Tropical Airplay.<ref>[{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p142833|pure_url=yes}} Giro - Billboard Singles] Allmusic.com</ref> In 1995, Giro received a Lo Nuestro award for "New Tropical Singer of the Year" and in 1996 also was nominated for Best Male Tropical Singer of the Year.<ref>[http://www.univision.com/content/content.jhtml?cid=490957 Lo Nuestro 1995] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110805232615/http://www.univision.com/content/content.jhtml?cid=490957 |date=2011-08-05}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/UNIVISION+ANNOUNCES+THE+NOMINEES+FOR+SPANISH-LANGUAGE+MUSIC'S+HIGHEST...-a018135281|title=Univision Announces The Nominees For Spanish-Language Music's Highest Honors: Premio Lo Nuestro A La Musica Latina|work=PR Newswire|publisher=Free Online Library|date=March 27, 1996|access-date=June 11, 2013|archive-date=December 15, 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20131215234124/http://www.thefreelibrary.com/UNIVISION+ANNOUNCES+THE+NOMINEES+FOR+SPANISH-LANGUAGE+MUSIC'S+HIGHEST...-a018135281|url-status=dead}}</ref> He won a Gold Record at the New Jersey OTT Awards (National Songwriters Contest), presented by Billboard magazine.
He was signed to Sony Music (SDI - Sony Discos International) from 1988 until 2000.{{citation needed|date=November 2025}}
His 2002 album, ''Mi Nostalgia'', received a Latin Grammy nomination for "Best Salsa Album".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cbspressexpress.com/div.php/cbs_sports/release?id=1432|title = Viacom CBS Press Express}}</ref> His 2011 CD release under Giro Productions and Oriente Music Group "Todavia Hay Amor" was produced by Cuto Soto and Gunda Merced. It contains three compositions, "Se Que Perdi," "No Te Puedo Olvidar" and "Llegaste," by salsa songwriter and composer Pedro Azael and a re-recorded version of his early hit "Me he enamorado," written by Pepe Luis Soto. The song that received the most airplay on Latin music stations was a duet with La India of "Islas En El Mar," the Spanish version of "Islands in the Stream" first recorded by Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton.
As a solo artist Giro has performed and collaborated with Marc Anthony, Ruben Blades, Luis Enrique, Willie Colón, Frankie Ruiz, Rey Ruiz, Eddie Santiago, Gilberto Santa Rosa, Tito Rojas, Víctor Manuelle, and Jerry Rivera. On February 12, 2011, Giro appeared at the Best of the 1990s show at Trump Plaza in New York City, along with other salsa colleagues such as La India, Tito Nieves, Tony Vega, Jerry Rivera, Eddie Santiago, Lalo Rodriguez, and Tito Rojas. In May 2011 Giro appeared at the New Orleans Jazz Festival.{{citation needed|date=November 2025}}
In addition to large Latin music markets in the USA like Miami, Chicago, Los Angeles, Texas and New York City, Giro has penetrated into Europe and Asia and also the Caribbean and Central and South American tropical music markets, spending six months in Brazil alone between São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, and Recife, and touring heavily in 2011 throughout Colombia, Peru, Venezuela, Panama, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Canada and Puerto Rico.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.corrientelatina.com/artist/giro-lopez.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130930145917/http://www.corrientelatina.com/artist/giro-lopez.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-09-30 |title=Giro Lopez Bio |work=Corriente Latina |publisher=CorrienteLatina.com |date=2011 |access-date=September 30, 2013}}</ref> As of 2013, Giro was being managed by Chino Rodriguez.{{citation needed|date=November 2025}}
==Discography== In the 1990s, Giro started his individual career and has released albums such as: *''Simplemente Un Corazón'' (Sony U.S. Latin, 1993) *''Amor Lunático'' (Sony Latin, 1994) *''Loco Corazón'' (Sony U.S. Latin, 1995) *''Historias de Amor'' (Sony U.S. Latin, 1997) *''Giro'' (Sony Discos, 1999) *''Quinceañera'' (Sony Special, 1999) *''Mi Nostalgia'' (Musical Productions, 2002) *''Todavía Hay Amor'' (Oriente Music Group, 2010)
==See also== * List of Puerto Ricans
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{official website|www.GiroLopez.com}}
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