Singer, songwriter, and actor Jencarlos Canela makes his Hispanic Radio Conference debut to discuss radio’s impact on today’s new multi-media performers. Canela, star of the new NBC comedy Telenovela, will be appearing just days after starring as Jesus Christ in Fox’s much talked-about original live musical The Passion.
Canela is known for hit songs including “I Love It,” “Amor Quedate” (“Love, Stay With Me”), and “Dime” (“Tell Me”). Both his debut album, Buscame, and second, Un Nuevo Dia (A New Day) entered the Latin album charts at No. 1. His music collaborators include Emilio Estefan, producer Rudy Perez, and Pitbull. As an actor, he’s appeared in Telemundo’s telenovela Pecados Ajenos and other Spanish-language TV and movies.
Born to Cuban parents and raised in Miami, Canela has been named one of People En Español’s “50 Most Beautiful People,” and his awards include Univision’s Breakout Artist of the Year, the Cassandra Award for New Artist of the Year, Premios Juventud “2013 Song of the Summer” for “I Love It,” and inclusion in Forbes magazine’s “30 under 30: Hollywood” feature. In 2015 he became the first Latino in history to push the button to drop the Times Square Ball in New York City on New Year’s, and he’s the only Hispanic-American figure to represent the IRC (International Rescue Committee). Canela is also very active with children’s charities including Puerto Rico’s adoption campaign and the Live Like Bella Childhood Cancer Foundation.
The Hispanic Radio Conference, March 22-23 in Fort Lauderdale, is the only conference dedicated solely to Hispanic radio. Now in its 7th year, the conference attracts the industry’s key leadership in management, sales, and programming, whose combined audience reaches approximately 95% of the 50+ million Hispanics in this country.
