Ilegales
Background information
Also known asLos Ilegales
OriginDominican Republic
GenresMerengue house
Years active1993 (1993) – present
LabelsBMG, EMI Music, Universal Music, Antena Music, Sony Music, La Oreja Media Group, Inc. , Dotel Productions
MembersVladimir Dotel
Junior Pimentel
David Diaz
Past membersÁlvaro Guzmán
Jason González
Lenny Medina
Rafael Rivera
Freddy De La Cruz (Anthony)
Juan Carlos Campos
Carlos Montaner "Monty"
Leny Pimentel
Danyllo Silveira
Websitelosilegales.com

Ilegales (also called Los Ilegales, "The Illegals") is a Grammy-nominated[1][2] Dominican merenhouse group, which is one of the main exponents that helped to introduce and establish the merenhouse to the mainstrean and get an international audience. The band is well known by hits such as "La Morena", "Taki Taki", "Tu Recuerdo", "La Otra" and "Chucucha". They were one of the first merenhouse acts to perform at Viña del Mar International Song Festival in 1998 and 2003.

Ilegales is one of the best selling Dominican acts, receiving gold and platinum certifications across Latin America, and winning Latin Billboard Music awards, Soberano Awards, and receiving nominations to the Grammy Awards and Latin Grammy Awards on several occasions.

The group is led by singer-songwriter Vladimir Dotel and also includes David Diaz and Junior Pimentel.

Band History

The group was founded in 1993.

In 1995, Ilegales released their debut album and was certified hit.In 1996, the single "La Morena" was a massive hit and Peaked at 6 on RPM Dance Charts in Canada.[3] It was certified Gold in Mexico selling over 100,000 unites, Gold in Venezuela and Platinum in the United States.[4]

In 1998, they won "Best Rap Artist" and "Best Rap Album" for Rebotando at the 1998 Latin Billboard Music Awards.[5][6] En la Mira, was nominated for "Best Rap Album of The Year" at the 1999 Latin Billboard Music Awards.[7] Also, in that year the performed Viña del Mar Festival. By the end of 1999, "Ilegales" and "Rebotando" had sold over 1.5 millions of copies worldwide.[8][9] and where certified four times platinum in Chile.[10]

in 1999, "Live" was nominated for Best Merengue Album at the 43rd Grammy Awards.[11]

in 2002, the band was nominated for the Lo Nuestro Award.[12] In addition to reaching the Billboard Tropical charts on their own, the group also had a hit with Alexandra Cabrera De La Cruz of Monchy y Alexandra. They were nominated for the Latin Grammy in 2003 for Best Pop Album.[2]

In 2013, Ilegales received the nomination of "Tropical Songs Artist of the Year, Duo or Group" at the 2013 Billboard Music Awards.[13]

In 2015, Ilegales was nominated as "Best Group or Band" to the Lo Nuestro Award.[14] In that same year, they performed at the Nuryn Sanlley amphitheater to celebrate 20th Anniversary of the band.[15] The Single "Pasarla Bien" with El Potro Alvarez, become their 8th Top 10 on Biilboard Tropical Airplay and peaked at number one on Venezuela airplay.[16]

In 2019, Ilegales 12th studio album Tropicalia was nominated for Best Contemporary/Tropical Fusion Album at the 20th Annual Latin Grammy Awards.

Discography

Studio albums

Title Year Charts[17] Sales
US
Latin
 US
Latin Pop
Ilegales199522[18]12
Rebotando1997158[19]
En la Mira 1998—
On Time2000—
Marca Registrada2002——
In the Room2004——
La República2006

Hecho en el Patio

 2009
Celebration 2011——
El Sonido2014——
Inagotable 2016 —
Tropicalia 2019 —
24/7 2020 —
Otra Atmósfera 2022 — Albums that did not chart are denoted with an "—".

    Live albums

    • Live (1999)
    • El Sonido en Vivo (2014)

    Compilation Albums

    • Serie 2000 (2000)
    • Ilegales: Hits (2002)
    • La Historia (2003)
    • 10 de Coleccion (2007)

    Charted Singles

    Year Single Peak chart positions Album
    US Latin US Tropical US

    Latin Pop

    1995 La Morena 8[21] – Ilegales
    2000 La Ladrona 36 11[22] Live
    2001 "Tu Recuerdo" 4[23] 4[24] 3[25] On Time
    2002 Te Siento 20 29 [26] Marca Registrada
    "La Cosita" 41 11[27]
    "Mi Novia" 17[28]
    2007 "La Otra" (featuring Mochy & Alexandra) 17[29] 2[30] La Republica
    2012 "Ayantame" (featuring El Potro Alvarez) 49[31] 1[32] Celebration
    2013 "Chucucha" 25[33] 7[34] El Sonido
    "No me diga que no" (featuring Shelow Shaq) 10[35] Inagotable
    2014 "La Pastilla" 9[36]
    "Pasarala Bien" 1[37]

    Notes

    1. ↑ Ramiro Burr. "Latin Notes: Ilegales' signature sound clear on its danceable new CD," San Antonio Express-News (Texas), January 16, 2005, Culturas section, page 8J.
    2. 1 2 Jordan Levin. "Forget 'crossover': Latin music's a global culture," Miami Herald, August 31, 2003, page 1M.
    3. ↑ https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Archive-RPM-IDX/IDX/90s/RPM-1996-05-27-OCR-Page-0038.pdf#search=%22ilegales%20on%20time%22
    4. ↑ http://h.elsiglodetorreon.com.mx/Default/Scripting/ArticleWin.asp?From=Search&Key=EDT/1996/09/11/29/Ar02900.xml&CollName=EDT_1990_1999&DOCID=146585&PageLabelPrint=29&skin=%45%6c%53%69%67%6c%6f&AppName=%32&sLanguage=%45%6e%67%6c%69%73%68&Content=%41%4c%4c&selLanguage=&sPublication=%45%44%54&sQuery=%47%72%75%70%6f%2b%49%6c%65%67%61%6c%65%73%2b%64%69%73%63%6f%2b%64%65%2b%6f%72%6f&sScopeID=%44%52&sDateFrom=%30%31%25%32%46%30%31%25%32%46%31%39%39%35&sDateTo=%31%32%25%32%46%33%31%25%32%46%32%30%30%30&x=%33%33&y=%31%32&ViewMode=HTML
    5. ↑ https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Billboard-Index/IDX/1998/1998-04-11-Billboard-Page-0078.pdf#search=%22ilegales%22
    6. ↑ Billboard. Nielsen Business Media. April 18, 1998.
    7. ↑ https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Billboard-Index/IDX/1999/1999-04-24-Billboard-Page-0076.pdf#search=%22ilegales%20en%20la%20mira%22
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    13. ↑ Billboard Staff (April 26, 2013). "Billboard Latin Music Awards 2013: Winners List". Billboard. Retrieved February 10, 2022.
    14. ↑ Pintado, Juan Esteban (February 4, 2015). "Ilegales #1 En La Lista TROPICAL SONGS en Billboard | Ecuador En Todo". ecuadorentodo.com (in Spanish). Retrieved February 10, 2022.
    15. ↑ Rivera, Severo (September 20, 2015). ""Ilegales Inagotables" o 20 años de éxitos en el anfiteatro Nuryn Sanlley". Diario Libre (in Spanish). Retrieved February 10, 2022.
    16. ↑ Mendizabal, Amaya (January 2, 2015). "Dominican Trio Ilegales Earn Eighth Top 10 on Tropical Airplay". Billboard. Retrieved February 10, 2022.
    17. ↑ Billboard.com. "Juan Luis Guerra Album & Song Chart History". Retrieved December 5, 2009.
    18. ↑ https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Billboard-Index/IDX/1996/1996-07-20-Billboard-Page-0027.pdf#search=%22ilegales%22
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    20. ↑ https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Billboard-Index/IDX/1998/1998-11-28-Billboard-Page-0066.pdf#search=%22ilegales%22
    21. ↑ Billboard. Nielsen Business Media. May 4, 1996.
    22. ↑ https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Billboard-Index/IDX/2000/2000-04-01-Billboard-Page-0072.pdf#search=%22ilegales%22
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    31. ↑ Billboard Staff (September 24, 2012). "Chart Highlights: Prince Returns With 'RNR Affair'". Billboard. Retrieved February 10, 2022.
    32. ↑ "Tropical Airplay". Billboard. January 2, 2013. Retrieved February 10, 2022.
    33. ↑ https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Billboard-Index/IDX/2014/2014-02-01-25-Billboard-Page-0070.pdf#search=%22ilegales%202014%22
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