Miguel Urrutia

Miami, FL (USA)
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Mikael Music INC

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Location: Miami
Industry: Entertainment
Year Founded: 1999
Number Employees: 1-10 people
Description: Mikael was raised in Philadelphia,Pennsylvania, since 1980. Mikaels interest and dedication to music and singing evolved from the early age of fourteen as he began his musical education in the gospel choir of Cardinal Dougherty High School. His experience in that choir led to his involvement with Ecstasy, a five-boy singing group. In 1994, he auditioned for an R&B talent search sponsored by Bet and Motown. He was selected among thousands of participants to be one of three finalists chosen for the show BET Motown Talent Search. At the age of sixteen, his first major show saw him singing alongside legendary Salsa singer Celia Cruz while performing in front of vast audience. He knew with certainty through his experience that he would pursue a career in music. In 1996, Mikael auditioned alongside hundreds of other talented young hopefuls for a group called the Rio Boyz. After numerous auditions he was chosen to become the lead singer for the Rio Boyz, later renamed 5th Vision a grouped owned by Granda Entertainment, Inc. With his parents blessings he left his hometown of Philadelphia at the age of seventeen and moved with the group to Miami, Florida. In Miami, his artistic opportunities grew with each passing day culminating in 1999 when 5th Vision was selected by Grammy winner Christina Aguilera to appear in her Disney channel special 2 Hour Tour. 2 Hour Tour paved the way for the group to record their album and allowed Mikael the opportunity to tour extensively throughout South America, Central America and Puerto Rico. After three years, the group members decided to pursue separate avenues thereby allowing Mikael to launch his solo career. Mikael put his experience to work and recorded his first salsa song Hotel California and was featured on Salsa en la Calle 8 2003. Three years later he recorded his solo album called El Momento working along side well known producers Dennis Nieves. El Momento was released through Loudes68/Universal Music Latino in June 2006. Now a rising solo artist, has shown great perseverance and dedication to his musical pursuits.