Servando & Florentino is a Venezuela music duo consisting of brothers Servando Primera (born 27 August 1980) and Florentino Primera (born 31 August 1981).[1] They are sons of Venezuelan musician and activist Alí Primera, who died in 1985.[2] They began their music career as part of the salsa band Salserín and left the group in 1997.[3] In the same year, they released their debut album, Los Primera, which contained the lead single, "Una Fan Enamorada". The song topped the Hot Latin Songs and Tropical Airplay charts in the United States.[1] The duo received three Lo Nuestro nominations for "Tropical/Salsa Duo or Group of the Year", "New Tropical/Salsa Artist of the Year", and "Tropical/Salsa Song of the Year" for "Una Fan Enamorada" in 1999.[4] Their album, Los Primera, was nominated at the 1999 Latin Billboard Music Awards for "Tropical/salsa album of the year, duo or group" and "Tropical/salsa album of the year, new artist".[5]

Servando & Florentino
Servando & Florentino in 2015
Background information
OriginCaracas, Venezuela
GenresSalsa, Latin pop
Years active1997 (1997)–present
LabelsWEA Latina(1997-1999)
Sony (2000–2004)
Universal (2004-actualidad)
MembersServando Primera
Florentino Primera

Discography

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Discography taken from AllMusic:[6]

  • Los Primera (1997)
  • Muchacho Solitario (1999)
  • Paso a Paso (2000)
  • Servando y Florentino (2006)

References

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  1. ^ a b Birchmeier, Jason. "Servando y Florentino Biography, Songs, & Albums". AllMusic. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
  2. ^ "Servando Primera: "Nací y de la misma forma me iré de este mundo, siendo un Revolucionario" | El Estímulo". elestimulo.com (in Spanish). 31 October 2015. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
  3. ^ "Así lucen hoy Servando y Florentino, los vocalistas del grupo Salserín". El Universo (in Spanish). 16 April 2021. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
  4. ^ "¿Quiénes se llevarán esta noche el Premio Lo Nuestro "99?". Panamá América (in Spanish). Grupo Epasa. 6 May 1999. Archived from the original on 15 June 2013. Retrieved 15 June 2013.
  5. ^ Lannert, John (24 April 1999). "10th Annual Latin Music Conference". Billboard. Vol. 111, no. 17. pp. LM-3. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
  6. ^ "Servando y Florentino Albums and Discography". AllMusic. Retrieved 17 June 2022.