2009: THE YEAR OF THE PITBULL

Pitbull made his primetime television debut on ABC’s 4th Annual ALMA Awards back on September 18th, where he performed and was honored with a Special Achievement in Music — Hot Track award for “I Know You Want Me (Calle Ocho).”   Pitbull’s major label debut, Rebelution debuted at number eight on the Billboard album chart and number ten on the digital album chart, making it Pitbull’s highest U-S debut to date.   Earlier this year, Pitbull won the first ever Latin Digital Download Artist of the Year award at the Billboard Latin Music Awards.   His Rebelution album has spawned two hits “I Know You Want Me (Calle Ocho),” which peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot 100, and “Hotel Room Service,” which is at number seven on the chart.   Pitbull kicked-off his worldwide Rebelution Tour at Harrah’s Casino in Valley Center, California September 19th and will wrap the outing on October 25th at Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida.

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