Rudy Pérez

Who is Rudy Pérez?

Rudy Pérez is a Cuban-born American musician, songwriter, composer, producer, arranger, sound engineer, musical director, singer, entrepreneur and philanthropist, whose area of specialty is ballads.

Pérez, having worked in a variety of genres, is considered to have achieved a high level of success with his musical themes. During the last 30 years, he has produced more than 70 albums, composed over 1,000 songs, and has written and produced music for popular international artists such as José Feliciano, Julio Iglesias, Luis Miguel, Raúl di Blasio, Jaci Velasquez, Cristian Castro, Christina Aguilera, Michael Bolton, Luis Fonsi, Marc Anthony, Jennifer Lopez, Beyoncé and Jon Secada. He is the first Latin producer to win Billboard's Producer of the Year award four years in a row. He also has been voted the most important Latin composer fourfold and won the title of Producer of the Decade in 2010, awarded by Billboard to the most successful producer which has held over ten years the public's preference lists.

As an entrepreneur, Pérez owns the record labels Rudy Pérez Enterprises, and Bullseye Productions, and is a founding partner and the Chief Creative Officer of DiGa Entertainment. He was instrumental in the production of the premiere of the inaugural Latin Grammy Awards of 2000 and was also one of the founders of the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers's Latin Council. In addition, Pérez created, in April 2013, the Pabellón de la Fama de los Compositores Latinos, in Miami Beach, to honor the most important Latino composers and to drive to continue creating Latin music.