During a pivotal moment in the ’90s, one electric night on stage became the moment one music icon realized everything in his life was about to change.
Ricky Martin took to the stage at the 41st annual Grammy Awards, making his debut with an electrifying performance of "La Copa De Vida." The Shrine Auditorium erupted as viewers around the world witnessed a star-making moment.
Martin recalled this defining career turn in an interview for "My Grammy Performance." The clip was shared on the official Grammy Instagram page.
"You walk on stage, and you know what you wanted, what you needed to do," the entertainer reflected. "You want to make that audience vibrate."
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View this post on Instagram"When you walk out on the stage, you take notice of who's sitting in the first row," he continued. "There are musicians you have always respected and admired, like Madonna and Sting, and Jennifer Lopez."
"Still, you don't expect the reaction from such an intense audience. People that have seen it all."
"They gave me a standing ovation," Martin laughed. "I think it hit me 48 hours later, on another continent. The magnitude of that performance, what it did to my career."
Not only did Martin electrify the Grammy audience, but he also scored his first statuette that evening. He took home a gramophone in the category of Best Latin Pop Performance for the song "Vuelve."
Before debuting the song on the Grammy stage, "La Copa De La Vida" was already an international hit and the official song of the 1998 FIFA World Cup. Following his Grammy performance,
Martin's fifth album, and his first English-speaking release, Ricky Martin, debuted at the top of the Billboard 200. Previously, Martin was a member of the wildly popular Latin teen band, Menudo.
The LP spawned the hits "Livin' La Vida Loca" (No. 1), "She's All I Ever Had" (No. 2), and "Shake Your Bon-Bon" (No. 22). Martin would go on to have another Top 20 Billboard hit, "Nobody Wants to Be Lonely," a duet with Christina Aguilera, in 2001. Martin continued to have success on the Billboard Latin Music charts and was honored by MTV as a Latin Music Icon in 2025.
With his Grammy performance, Martin ushered in a new era of Latin artists poised to dominate the charts. Performers such as Shakira, Marc Anthony, and Enrique Iglesias became pop mainstays with their Latin-influenced music, according to the Grammy website.
Ricky Martin continues to tour. He remains a major figure in Latin entertainment and LGBTQ+ rights, and a devoted father to his four children, 17-year-old twins Matteo and Valentino, daughter Lucia, 7, and sonRenn, 6.
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