Angel y Khriz confirmed for Costa Maya 2010!!

Their latest album, called “Da’ Take Over” contains the new single Ayer La Vi, and is set to hit with their listeners as well.

In other festival related news, the committee has also been working hard to organize the other nights, and as is, Pageant night, another big draw for the crowd, is coming along with all countries confirming their participation. Last year’s winner was Nicaragua’s Maritza Rivas. Which of the seven countries will take the coveted crown this year? From the bevy of beauties who will be participating from Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua and Panama, only one will emerge victorious. Be there on August 5th and witness the crowning of the new Reina de la Costa Maya 2010!
As in previous years, Costa Maya committee members are all gearing up to provide the expectant public with top notch performances and entertainment. Watch for more news and updates as they become available. Mark your calendar, the confirmed dates for Costa Maya 2010 are August 5th – 8th.

The Puerto Rican international duet Angel (Angel Rivera Guzmán ) and Khriz (Christian Colón), worked tirelessly to conquer to the world and to be positioned as one of the most popular urban groups of this generation. Their next step – to take over the International Costa Maya Festival in San Pedro.

The Costa Maya Festival announced this week that it has confirmed international Puerto Rican reggaeton/urban music duo Angel y Khriz to highlight this year’s festival on Saturday, August 7, 2010. In keeping up with the times and providing entertainment with mass appeal, The Costa Maya Festival committee is putting together a modern festival that has a little bit of everything for everyone, setting a goal to top last year’s festival.

So once again Belize will be hosting the 19th Annual International Costa Maya Festival from August 5th - 8th, 2010, on the beautiful Island of San Pedro, Ambergris Caye. The Costa Maya Festival stage lights up as local and international artists from all over the Americas merge to puts on a multicultural spectacle in Ambergris Caye for a celebratory week of dance, music, pageants, food and drink – celebrating our ancestral Mayan culture.

This year’s pageant, which opens the festival, La Reina de la Costa Maya Pageant seeks the participation of Panama. With this it will complete the participation of all the Central American countries in the pageant. All other eight countries (including Mexico) have confirmed their participation for this year. More Costa Maya Festival updates coming soon!

More on Angel y Khriz

They have been compared to artists like Daddy Yankee, Don Omar, and Wisin y Yandel in terms of fame and Angel y Khriz are recognized for their mega successes as "Ven Bailalo" and "Na de na", songs that became extremely popular in countries like Mexico, Colombia, Chile, Venezuela, Spain, United States, to mention a few. This year, Angel and Khriz united a third time to create a sensational production titled "Da’ 'Takeover. "

The first single to the album is called "Ayer La Vi". “We can say it’s our favorite album. We worked very hard, striving for perfection and we are very happy with the results," expressed Angel. Khriz also mentioned, "From the very beginning we knew what we wanted with this album, everything flows naturally and Da’ Take Over has a great vibe!"

In the beginning of their career, Angel Y Kriz had the fans but lacked the most important thing: a musical production. From there they produced the disk 'Los MVP' s”, with their first single “Ven Bailalo” which skyrocketed and was heard on all radios from Chile to United States and Spain.

This single was nominated to multiple awards such as the Latin Billboard, Furia Musical, among others. Angel and Khriz later signed an exclusive contract with Machete Music and recorded the famous 'Showtime' Album, in which the duo acclaimed international fame and included the production of Mambo Kingz, Santana, Eliel, Barbosa, Naldo, Diesel, and others.

Their great popularity has carried Angel and Khriz to obtain great achievements that very few artists have been able to get, the duet to have participated in large historic events such as the Super Bowl in 2008, Premios Juventud (2008), their performance along with Tito el Bambino and Wisin & Yandel at the Latin Billboard Awards in 2006 was considered as one of the best performances ever. Their single “Ven Bailalo” was included in the popular video game Grand Theft Auto IV and "Muevello" was included in the movie The Fast and the Furious 4.

Ambergris Today

    With only two months left before Costa Maya 2010, the question on everyone’s minds is: “Who will perform onstage for International Night?” Many have expressed their desire for a modern, reggaeton act, and finally, the Costa Maya Committee has delivered. For Saturday, August 7th, San Pedro can get ready to welcome dos boricuas: Angel y Khriz!

    Their meteoric rise to fame began in 2002, when Angel Rivera Guzmán and Christian Colón were introduced in the CD MVP by Hector “El Father” with the song Casando Voy. Their album Los MVP’s introduced their listeners to hits like Ven Bailalo and Te Quiero Ver Hoy. They are signed with Machete Music, and with a mix of bachata, meringue, reggaeton, urban reggaeton, and with other hits like Na de Na and La Vecina, it’s no wonder Angel y Khriz have been compared to huge artists such as Daddy Yankee, Don Omar and Wisin y Yandel.

    They have performed on grand Latino stages, such as Superbowl 2009, and even a couple of their hit singles (Ven Bailalo and Muevelo) have made it to video games (Grand Theft Auto) and movies (The Fast and the Furious 4). Their popularity has earned them fans worldwide, and their album collaborators have included such heavy hitters as Santana, Flo Rida and Mambo Kingz. These two long-time friends have become one of the hottest acts in the reggaeton world, and now, Costa Maya welcomes them to the 2010 festival stage.

    Their latest album, called “Da’ Take Over” contains the new single Ayer La Vi, and is set to hit with their listeners as well.

    In other festival related news, the committee has also been working hard to organize the other nights, and as is, Pageant night, another big draw for the crowd, is coming along with all countries confirming their participation. Last year’s winner was Nicaragua’s Maritza Rivas. Which of the seven countries will take the coveted crown this year? From the bevy of beauties who will be participating from Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua and Panama, only one will emerge victorious. Be there on August 5th and witness the crowning of the new Reina de la Costa Maya 2010!

    As in previous years, Costa Maya committee members are all gearing up to provide the expectant public with top notch performances and entertainment. Watch for more news and updates as they become available. Mark your calendar, the confirmed dates for Costa Maya 2010 are August 5th – 8th.

San Pedro Sun