These years in silence and reflection made me stronger and reminded me that acceptance has to come from within and that this kind of truth gives me the power to conquer emotions I didn't even know existed.

Música + Alma + Sexo also represents the highest ever chart debut on the Billboard 200 for a Sony Music Latin release. In 2008 Puerto Rico declared August 31 to be International Ricky Martin Day. Acting and first two solo albums: 1991–1994
While he was performing in onstage in Mama Ama el Rock a producer in the audience took notice of Martin's acting and offered him a role in the Mexican telenovela Alcanzar una estrella after the show.

In 1994 he starred on the American TV soap opera General Hospital playing a Puerto Rican singer. Enrique "Ricky" Martín Morales (born December 24 1971) is a Puerto Rican pop singer musician songwriter actor and author who achieved prominence first as a member of the Puerto Rican boy band Menudo and as a solo artist since 1991. He also acted on stage and on TV in Mexico becoming a modest star in the country.