The pair's first hit, in fact, was recorded without the two having ever met in person Rijo recorded his vocal while the search for a female duet partner was still in progress. Monchy & Alexandra released the album Hoja en Blanco in 1999. Promotion of the album was slowed by visa problems and unauthorized cover versions. Even so, slowly, requests for the song began to flood into Miami, leading tropical radio stations WXDJ and WRTO to launch Sunday-afternoon bachata programs and to incorporate the music style into their regular programming. Miami station WXDJ even added the word "bachata" to its slogan.
They were the first bachata act to perform on the show Sabado Gigante in April 2001, after their single "Hoja en Blanco" began to finally climb the Billboard charts in the US. Cabrera credited their success in part to their early singles' roots in the vallenato genre, noting that vallenato lyrics traditionally are "sweeter more romantic" in contrast to the traditionally bitter lyrics favored in the male-dominated bachata scene. Īccording to Monchy, the duo waited two years before releasing their next album in order to "put out something superior to Hoja en Blanco". MONCHY Y ALEXANDRA PERDIDOS KARAOKE SERIES.
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