Jailene

The Many admirers of Jailene affirm that her style is distinct. She is a star who, thanks to her incredible appeal in Puerto Rico and Puerto Rico's incredible radio and media influence abroad, was quickly able to expand beyond Puerto Rico and into other markets like Miami, Chicago, Philadelphia, Washington D.C., Los Angeles and New York. But always, Puerto Rico serves as home.

With the release of the second album of her career, which began only a year and a half ago, Jailene says that her experience as a recording artist "...has been a marvelous time for me, because I have had the possibility of participating in important events in Puerto Rico and outside of the island."

In addition, Jailene performed at the '96 Radio & Musica Convention where she was "discovered" by many radio PD's announcers and journalists. "The people's sweetheart," as she is know in Puerto Rico , has a relationship with the public and the media that is very open and very friendly.

When she went to Santo Domingo to record her latest record she told many people she was going to look for her "second baby." The baby was baptized with the name "Como Toda Mujer," and its second single is called "Yo lo hago Mio"(I'll do it My Way). Among the other tracks are "Esos Hombres"(Those Men), "Reina y Cenicienta" (Queen and Cinderella), "No siro Para Nada Estar Sin Ti"(It's no use at all being with out You), "Como Te Extrano"(How I miss You), "Juguete De Noche" (Nightmare Toy), and "El Me Mintio" (He Lied to Me ), and others.

Sure that she's going to keep walking the path to success, thanks to her explosive, yet tender style of Meringue, Jailene is now making plans for a new promotional tour. Jailene says her name is "a combination of names of my older siblings, Jaime and Arlene. I am the third-born. In fact (my parents) were expecting a boy whom they were going to call Manuel. But when they realized that it was a girl they decided to invent a name by combining "Jai from Jaime with 'Lene' from Arlene."

And speaking of inventions, we ask Jailene if she is the one who suddenly invented her brand of Merengue or if Merengue had always been inside of her.

"Merengue had already been inside of me and inside of Puerto Rico," answers Jailene. "It's a ver tasty rhythm from our sister country the Dominican Republic. I am very thankful that they - the Dominicans - are proud of the work I have realized with my music. It is double satisfaction because they have let me know that they are very content with me. That is very touching."