Chichí Peralta Receives Latin Recording Academy Lifetime Achievement Award
Dominican musician Chichí Peralta has been honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Latin Recording Academy, the organisation behind the Latin Grammys. The award recognises performers whose work has made contributions of great artistic significance to Latin music. It honours a whole career rather than a single record.
Peralta works as a singer-songwriter, composer, arranger and producer. His public profile began behind other artists. He first gained recognition as a percussionist for Juan Luis Guerra y 4.40, the Dominican band led by Guerra.
His own solo work has also earned industry recognition. He won the 2001 Latin Grammy for best merengue album for De Vuelta al Barrio. Merengue is a fast, bouncing dance rhythm from the Dominican Republic. In 2006 he was nominated in the best contemporary tropical album category for Más Que Suficiente.
His songs have also done well on the charts. He has placed several releases on Billboard's Hot Latin Songs, Top Latin Albums, Tropical Airplay and Latin Airplay charts. Hot Latin Songs ranks the most popular Latin tracks in the United States each week. La Zalamera, featuring Joe Vasconcellos, reached No. 1.
Peralta's next project is a new studio album, Endorfina, with 16 tracks. He plans to release it in 2027, according to Billboard, which interviewed him. It will be his first studio album since De Aquel La'o del Río in 2009.
The album's release is planned to coincide with the 30th anniversary of Pa' Otro La'o, the second album by Peralta and his band Son Familia. That record produced hits including Procura, Amor Narcótico and La Ciguapa. Two songs from Endorfina are already out: El Meneíto and El Cofrecito. Releasing a song ahead of an album, as a single, lets listeners hear new material before the full record arrives.
Peralta's career spans three decades of recording, and the new album will be his first full studio release in nearly 20 years. Fans and listeners can follow the rollout as the 2027 release date approaches.
