Frankie J Bio

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Frankie J (born Francisco Javier Bautista, Jr. on December 7, 1978) is a Mexican-American Latin pop and adult contemporary singer. A native speaker of the Spanish language, he has had several hits in the United States, including "Don't Wanna Try" in 2003 and "Obsession" in 2005. His album The One debuted at #3 on the Billboard album charts in April 2005 & later was classified platinum by RIAA. For some time, he had also been a member of the musical group Kumbia Kings.

Frankie J: Early career

He was born Francisco Javier Bautista in Tijuana, Mexico and raised in San Diego, California, from the age of 2, after his uncle brought him and his siblings in the United States, but never returned to Mexico again. His father being the lead singer of a traditional band and his grandfather Feliciano Bautista being a violinist, Frankie J grew up listening to both traditional Latin music as well as American urban music. He attended Southwest Senior High School in San Diego. He later began to develop more interest in singing, with the encouragement of his family. At high school age, he began participating in talent shows and performing at school functions.

In 1997, Frankie J signed with the now defunct Hola Recordings, the brainchild of dance music legend and producer Jellybean Benitez. He, in 1999, became a member of the Kumbia Kings. The group toured all throughout Latin America.

Frankie J: Solo career

Frankie J signed as a solo artist with Columbia Records and released his first album What's A Man To Do in 2003. His self-titled first Spanish-language album was released later in the same year. The single "Don't Wanna Try" peaked in the top 10 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles Chart, while "Ya No Es Igual" was top 10 on the World Latin charts.

He was featured in the single "Suga Suga" by rapper Baby Bash. Frankie J worked with a number of well known producers on his next album The One including Irv Gotti of Murder Inc. on the title track, as well as Bryan-Michael Cox and Mario Winans. The album was released in March 2005. Its hit singles included "Obsession (No Es Amor)" featuring rapper Baby Bash a cover of the 2002 hit single "Obsesion" by latin bachata group Aventura, followed by the solo singles "How To Deal" and "More Than Words", a cover song of a 1990 hit by the band Extreme. Frankie J's cover of "More Than Words" was released on the DualDisc bonus track version of The One in October 2005. By April 2005, the album had sold 300,000 copies. His second Spanish-language album Un Nuevo Dia was released on June 13, 2006. It spawned the single "Pensado En Ti".

Frankie's third English-language CD, Priceless, was released in stores and online on October 17, 2006. It debuted at #30 on the Billboard 200. The video for "That Girl" was shot in Miami in July featured Chamillionaire.

Columbia quickly released the second single "Daddy's Little Girl" to radio in early November 2006. The album's third single "If He Can't Be" was released in February 2007.

On February 2007, Frankie J together with Latino celebrities, including Don Omar, Paola Turbay, Edgar Lopez, Miguel Varoni, Leti Coo, and Mary GamarraTazón played in the National Football League (NFL) Latino I, or Latin Bowl I. Frankie J appeared a celebrity guest in the third season of MTV's reality game show Yo Momma in 2007.

On a recent episode of the MTV Tr3s show Karlifornia that aired in early 2008, which Frankie J guest starred in, he admitted that he was working on a new studio album and that is collaborating with multiple producers like Three 6 Mafia.

In a radio station interview with San Diego, CA based station Channel 93.3 on December 7th, 2007, he announced that his fourth English studio album is titled "Time" and will be released either Q1 or Q2 of 2008. He's has been working heavily with the Avlia Brothers (with whom he has said he just "clicked with"), as well as writing songs with late-90s R&B singer Sam Salter. On June 5th 2008 a video single was released on youtube entitled "Pictures."

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