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Victor Manuelle was a leading voice among the generation of New York salsa performers who rose to prominence in the mid-'90s, along with Marc Anthony and India, who were his only rivals in terms of success and popularity. Mentored by Gilberto Santa Rosa and produced by Sergio George, Manuelle regularly topped the tropical charts during his mid-'90s peak, as his albums Victor Manuelle (1996) and A Pesar de Todo (1997) spun off a nonstop parade of number one hits. The esteemed sonero continued his hitmaking in the years that followed, as every single one of his studio albums in the successive decade spun off at least one tropical chart-topper of its own. However, his impact on the Latin scene seemed to dim a touch as tropical music, including the salsa romßntica style championed by Manuelle, lost some of its popularity with the rise of Latin pop and reggaeton. Manuelle responded to the changing times most notably with Decisi=n Unßmine (2006), which he executive-produced himself, his firs...