Luciano Pereyra

Luciano Ariel Pereyra (born September 21, 1981) is an Argentine singer. Biography In 1984, when he was three years old, his parents noticed his talent for music and gave him a guitar for Christmas. The following year, he competed in a television program on ATC. At the age of 9, he participated in Festilindo, a program for children performing. When he was 10, he sang the song "Sólo le pido a Dios" by León Gieco in Xuxa's TV program. This song made him famous in 2000 when sang it for Pope John Paul II in the Vatican City, representing Latin America in the Jubilee Youth. Music Pereyra recorded his first album in 1998 called Amaneciendo (Dawning), an album containing 13 songs mixing zambas, carnavalitos, waltzes, ballads and chacareras. His first hit was called "Soy un inconsciente" (I'm reckless); this single eventually went quadruple platinum. In 1999, he performed a recital in Buenos Aires at the Teatro Opera. In March 2000, his second album was released: Recordándote (Remembering You), including the song "Sólo le pido a Dios" (I only ask of God) and songs written by himself. The record was at the top of the national ranking for three consecutive weeks. One year later, he was chosen to sing the Argentine National Anthem during the farewell match tribute to Diego Maradona.