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Spanish house music DJ Juan Magán has an active international following and also a successful career as a producer of club hits such as "Bora Bora," "Verano Azul," and "Mariah." Based in Barcelona, he began his production career in tandem with fellow producers César del Rio and his brother Victor Magán, and also released occasional solo productions. His early success came in tandem with Marcos Rodriguez. Billing themselves as Magán & Rodriguez, the production duo released the 2008 full-length album Suave, which spawned the club smashes "Suck My," a Top Five hit on the Spanish singles chart, and "Bora Bora," a Top 20 hit on the same chart. Following his collaboration with Rodriguez, Magán had a Top Five hit the next year with "Verano Azul." A second solo production, "Mariah," was released as a single in 2009 on the We Love Asere! label and also hit the Spanish singles chart.

Magán released a slew of singles over the next couple of years, including the Pitbull-featuring "Bailando por el Mundo," which reached the top spot on the Billboard Latin Singles chart. Arriving in 2012, Magán's debut album, The King of Dance, saw him nominated for a Latin Grammy, while the album propelled him to the number five spot in the Spanish album chart. That same year also saw a huge number of singles, including tracks with the late American Tejano artist Selena (a remix of her song "Is It the Beat?") and Puerto Rican singer and actor Don Omar. By 2015, Magán had worked with the likes of VASSY and Enrique Iglesias and become a regular on the South American charts, while also releasing his sophomore album, The King Is Back: #LatinIBIZAte. Magán continued to DJ and perform throughout 2016 as well as releasing an EP (Quiero Que Sepas) and a handful of singles including "Love Me," a collaboration with Mexican pop act Urband5 and British singer/songwriter Tara MacDonald. "Rápido, Brusco, Violento," a collaboration with BnK, was released in 2017. Over a half-dozen singles followed into 2018, including Spanish Top Ten singles "Dejate Llevar," "Usted," and "Ni la Hora." ~ Jason Birchmeier & Rich Wilson

After several false starts, electro pop-punk vocalist Luciana finally broke through to the mainstream, thanks to an array of guest appearances on some of the biggest dance singles of the mid-noughties. Born Luciana Caporoso in London, in 1977, she first came to attention in 1994 thanks to an appearance on TV crime drama Anna Lee, where she also provided the theme tune, "Sister Sister." Aged 18, she signed a deal with Chrysalis Records but after the disappointing sales of her first three singles, "Get It Up for Love," "One More River," and "If You Want," she was dropped. Replacing original member Jayni Hoy, she became one half of pop duo Crush with former co-star Donna Air, and the pair enjoyed brief success in the Far East with their self-titled album. After appearing on singles by Definitive and Tomoki Hirata, she fronted the bands Shooter, whose "Life's a Bitch" ended up on the Dawson's Creek soundtrack, and Portobella, who split after their debut single, "Covered in Punk," failed to chart. Finally achieving mainstream recognition, she provided vocals for Bodyrox on its breakthrough number two single "Yeah Yeah," and followed that up with guest vocals on hits by Super Mal ("Bigger Than Big"), Taio Cruz ("Come On Girl") and Lethal Bizzle ("Go Go Go"). In 2008, she released her debut album, Featuring Luciana, a compilation of her collaborations, which also included tracks with Michael Gray and Kurtis Mantronik. Luciana also co-penned "Cupid Boy" for Kylie Minogue's Aphrodite album, and is a keen photographer, artist, and fashion designer. ~ Jon O'Brien