The best World Cup song of all time
In 2018, the sports website Sportskeeda ranked "The Cup of Life" as the best World Cup song of all time.
Meanwhile, Billboard magazine also included the song in the list of most favorite songs of the tournament voted by the audience, along with Shakira's Waka Waka (2012).
"The Cup of Life" is Spanish for "La Copa de la Vida", performed by Ricky Martin when he was 27 years old. At that time, the male singer was not a famous name in the world music market.
On July 12, 1998, Ricky Martin performed "The Cup Of Life" at the closing ceremony of the World Cup at France's Stade de France.
The song was performed in English and Spanish, in front of fans of the two teams France - Brazil and 1.4 billion followers from 178 countries around the world.
The theme song of the 2018 World Cup ended France's vibrant and emotional summer in king sports. At the same time, the success of "The Cup Of Life" also opened a major turning point ininger Martin's career.
On February 24, 1999, Ricky Martin was invited to perform "The Cup Of Life" at the prestigious Grammy Awards. The song also helped the Puerto Rican singer bring home many big and small awards, bringing his name in particular and Latin music in general to the world.
Career sublimates after the World Cup song, gay public
ingeringer Martin's career took off as quickly as a kite from the song. He is considered one of the pioneers of Latin music and is also among the most successful Latin singers of all time.
Throughout his music career, Ricky Martin has received dozens of Grammy nominations and won the Best Latin Song Performance category twice in 1999 with Vuelve and Best Pop Album in 2016 at Grammy with the album A Quien Quiera Escuchar.
In the past, Ricky Martin has not maintained his peak form as he has ever been. However, he is still diligent in his music career and releasing new products.
In his personal life, Martin is one of the few famous artists who dare to publicly announce that they are gay. The incident happened on March 29, 2010, stunning the world. His boyfriend is economist Carlos Gonzalez Abella, but the two only dated until January 2014.
Since April 2016, Ricky Martin has been dating his new boyfriend - Jwan Yosef, a Swedish painter. The two got engaged at the end of 2016 and officially announced their marriage in January 2018. After that, his family of five moved to a villa of more than 1,000 square meters on Beverly Hills Hill, USA.
In early July this year, Ricky Martin was suddenly sued by Dennis Yadi Sanchez (21 years old) for "perpetrating physical and psychological attacks" during their 7-month relationship. Notably, according to The Latin Post, this person is the son of Martin's younger sister who was fatherless.
The news exploded, shocking the world entertainment industry. Immediately afterwards, Ricky Martin quickly appeared in court and denied the accusations of disadvantage to him.
On July 21, Sanchez withdrew his allegations of harassment and sexual assault against the singer. Ricky Martin was found guilty.
The incident did not stop there, TMZ reported on September 7 that Ricky Martin filed a counter-suit against Sanchez in San Juan, Puerto Rico for threatening and blackmailing.
Specifically, Sanchez was accused of sending the male singer a series of messages via Instagram, threatening to "destroy his reputation and integrity" if he did not pay.
In addition, the male singer said that his nephew often showed off his family relationships and sent him dozens of messages every day for 4 months.
While his career is stagnant, the noise and lawsuits in his private life have somewhat affected Mr. Ricky Martin's reputation. However, his relationship with his same-sex husband Jwan Yu Yu did not seem to have broken down after the incident.
