Ricky Martin’s New Album, 'A Quién Quiera Escuchar', Now Streaming On ITunes Radio

A Quién Quiera Escuchar, the new album from Global superstar Ricky Martin, is now streaming in its entirety as an iTunes Radio “First Play” in the U.S. ahead of its Feb10th release. 

The album is available for pre-order now.

Ricky Martin Is Not Alone ...

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Oh, Ricky you're so fine

Pop superstar Ricky Martin, having settled down in New York with his partner and two children, has now found a constancy in life that seemed to be missing when he first became a superstar more than a dozen year ago. Despite a hectic life on a rigid schedule, the singer is in many ways liberated, certainly from the closet in which he hid his sexual orientation. Martin is now, as he described himself when accepting an award from GLAAD, free. In his first Advocate interview, the superstar opens up to the brand’s Arts & Entertainment editor, Jeremy Kinser, about his boyfriend, fatherhood, and the role he was born to play.

Martin wasn’t looking for a relationship when a mutual friend introduced him to Carlos Gonzalez Abella, a financial analyst-stockbroker in 2008. “It was just one of those things that just happened,” he recalls. “I was like, ‘You’re not supposed to be here right now. Would you please allow me to just go on my journey?’” Hesitant to talk about press-shy Abella in the past, Martin opens up a little bit further. “I think he’s so sexy. He’s very smart. That is such a turn-on. He laves the house every day in a suit and tie and that is so sexy. It’s two different worlds—his and mine. I know as much about his world as he knows about my world, which makes it really cool.”

Martin and Abella are also equally dedicated to providing stability for Martin’s twin sons, Matteo and Valentino. “There is a lot of love and a lot of communication. He’s guided by the approach I take with the kids, he imitates it perfectly,” Martin says. “Every decision I make and everything I do is based on their needs,” he continues. “I don’t want to sound cliché, but they teach me new things every day.”

Even with his chaotic schedule, Martin decided to return to acting. Martin had not acted in years before his appearance this season on Glee, in a role the show’s creator, Ryan Murphy, had written specifically for Martin. “He has such star power,” Murphy says. “Even the straight boys in the cast were just gob-smacked by his confidence and said if they ever turned, it would be for Ricky Martin.”

It took his Glee stint to realize how much he had missed acting. And now Martin will bring that passion to Broadway starring as Che, the rebellious voice of the people and antagonist to Argentinean first lady Even Peron, in the revival of Evita. Che is someone Martin feels he’s been preparing to play his entire life, and he relates to the character’s conflicting emotions. “I can go from anger to love to uncertainty within 30 minutes of the show,” Martin says. “That’s amazing because that’s what my life has been about for the last three years—feeling. Not sabotaging any kind of emotions. Letting everything just come through me a verbalize it. It’s a very spiritual exercise that I’ll do every night.”

Martin recognizes and identifies with Che’s struggle for human rights. And with his Ricky Martin Foundation, an organization committed to ending human trafficking and the exploitation of children, Martin too has been working for human rights. “And since I’ve come out, I’ve been verbal about the importance of equality and what needs to be said. That’s what Che is about too. That is going to be my inspiration, my motivation every night.”

Read the full Ricky Martin interview now at:

http://www.advocate.com/Print_Issue/Cover_Stories/The_Interview_Oh_Ricky/

Ricky Martin, Kristin Chenoweth honored at Media Awards

The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) today announced it will honor Grammy Award-winning singer Ricky Martin and Emmy and Tony Award-winning actress and singer Kristin Chenoweth at the 22nd Annual GLAAD Media Awards presented by RÖKK Vodka.

Martin will receive the Vito Russo Award at the New York award ceremony on Saturday, March, 19, 2011, presented locally by American Airlines and Prudential at the Marriott Marquis Times Square. Chenoweth, will receive the Vanguard Award at the Los Angeles event on Sunday, April 10, 2011 at the Westin Bonaventure.

GLAAD also announced that Andy Cohen, Bravo's Senior Vice President of Original Programming and host of Watch What Happens: Live will host the New York event. Additional honorees and special guests will be announced soon.

Nominees for the 22nd Annual GLAAD Media Awards were announced last month and are available here: www.glaad.org/mediaawards/22/nominees. The GLAAD Media Awards recognize and honor media for their fair, accurate and inclusive representations of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community and the issues that affect their lives.

In 2011, the GLAAD Media Awards will also celebrate GLAAD's 25th anniversary year, looking back at a quarter-century of work to build acceptance and advance equality through LGBT images in the media.

More information after the jump.


Singer Ricky Martin will receive the Vito Russo Award, which is named after one of GLAAD's founders, and is presented to an openly LGBT media professional who has made a significant difference in promoting equal rights for our community. Martin's 2010 appearance on The Oprah Winfrey Show is a nominee this year for the GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Talk Show Episode. He was also featured in Spanish-Language media nominees for Outstanding TV Journalism – Newsmagazine, Outstanding Newspaper Article and two for Outstanding Magazine Article. After coming out via Twitter in March 2010, Martin spoke out for LGBT equality in English and Spanish-language media, sending messages of support to LGBT youth.

Through the music of his new album Musica+Alma+Sexo, the video for "The Best Thing About Me Is You," and his best-selling autobiography, Me, Martin has encouraged acceptance and understanding of all people. His humanitarian work extends beyond LGBT issues, having founded the Ricky Martin Foundation, a nonprofit foundation that advocates children's rights. Previous Vito Russo Award honorees include Cynthia Nixon, Suze Orman, Rosie O'Donnell, Alan Cumming, Nathan Lane, Elton John, Liz Smith, k.d. lang, David LaChapelle, Brian Graden, and Tom Ford.

"Ricky coming out was a game changer for many gay and transgender Latino children, who for too long, did not have many out gay people to look up to," said GLAAD President Jarrett Barrios. "Through his music, videos and interviews, Ricky has sent an important message that our community wants the same things all people do: an equal chance to raise our families and take care of our loved ones."

Emmy and Tony Award-winning actress and singer Kristin Chenoweth will receive the Vanguard Award which is presented to media professionals who have increased the visibility and understanding of the LGBT community. Chenoweth was nominated for an Emmy Award for her role in Glee, which was named Outstanding Comedy Series at the 21st Annual GLAAD Media Awards, and co-starred in Running With Scissors, nominated for Outstanding Film – Wide Release at the 18th Annual GLAAD Media Awards. In May 2010, Chenoweth responded to a controversial Newsweek article which incorrectly asserted that gay actors 'cannot play straight roles.' She defended gay actors including Sean Hayes, her co-star in Promises, Promises, and called on Newsweek to "embrace stories which promote acceptance, love and unity." Chenoweth has demonstrated her devotion to LGBT equality by participating in the National Equality March in October 2009, speaking at the LGBT Community Center of New York as well as supporting Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS and GLSEN. She has also been honored with the Point Courage Award by the Point Foundation. Past recipients of the Vanguard Award include Drew Barrymore, Charlize Theron, Antonio Banderas, Sharon Stone, Eric McCormack, Elizabeth Taylor, Liza Minnelli, Kathy Griffin and Whoopi Goldberg.

"When allies like Kristin take such powerful stands against anti-gay sentiments in the media, it sends an important message of equality," said GLAAD President Jarrett Barrios. "It is a privilege to honor such a talented and conscientious advocate for fairness towards the LGBT community."

The GLAAD Media Awards ceremonies will be held in New York on March 19, 2011 at the Marriott Marquis Times Square; in Los Angeles on April 10 at the Westin Bonaventure; and in San Francisco on May 14 at San Francisco Marriott Marquis.

To receive the latest updates on the GLAAD Media Awards, follow @glaad and use the hashtag #glaadawards.

The GLAAD Media Awards fund GLAAD's work to bring stories of LGBT people and issues to Americans. Each year, the GLAAD Media Awards in New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco bring together more than 5,000 supporters to raise nearly $3.5 million for the organization's work.

More than 100 corporate partners are showing their support, including National Presenting corporate partner RÖKK Vodka, New York Presenting corporate partners American Airlines and Prudential and San Francisco Presenting corporate partner Southwest Airlines. GLAAD is also grateful to the 22nd Annual GLAAD Media Awards Platinum Underwriter corporate partners: Anheuser-Busch, Inc., NBC Universal, Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP and Time Warner, as well as Underwriter corporate partners: Allstate Insurance Company, Barefoot Wine & Bubbly, Bunim-Murray Productions, Comcast, Delta Air Lines, DLA Piper, Harrah's Foundation, Hyatt, MillerCoors, New York City Marriott & Renaissance Hotels, PricewaterhouseCoopers, UBS and VPI Pet Insurance. For a full list of corporate partners and information on how to become a corporate partner, or to become a table host, purchase tickets or place a tribute in the tribute book, please visit http://www.glaad.org/mediaawards or call (877) 519-7904. 


Ricky Martin - The Best Thing About Me Is You

Gawker calls Ricky Martin's 'The Best Thing About Me Is You' "atrocious." 

I wouldn't go that far.

Ricky Martin tells all to Oprah

On coming out, Ricky Martin tells Oprah in a new interview, "If I knew how incredible it was going to make me feel, trust me I would've done it 10 years ago. It felt amazing, I felt a sense of peace that I never thought that I was ever going to feel so good. But again, everyone goes through their own process, now it was my time." - via Celestrellas