Marcos Yaroide Mejia Rambalde (born October 7, 1975) better known as Marcos Yaroide,[1] is a Christian music singer and composer from the Dominican Republic and former member of the Christian music group Tercer Cielo.[2][3]
He has been nominated three times at the Soberano Awards (previously, the Casandra Awards), where he was recognized in 2012 and 2018 as a "Contemporary Religious Music" artist.[4][5][6]
Career
In 2000, Marcos Yaroide and Juan Carlos Rodríguez formed the musical duo Tercer Cielo and recorded the Christian music hits like ”El rapto”, ”Ella y el”, ”Cuando el primer amor se va”, ”Dios no te olvida, Algún día”, ”Ahora tengo más”, ”Hoy te permito odiar”, among others.[7] After three albums as a member of Tercer Cielo, where he received a double gold disc, multiple nominations for several music awards and participated in sold-out tours in much of Latin America, Marcos Yaroide decided to pursue a solo career.[8]
Yaroide made his solo debut in 2006 with the album ”Cielos Abiertos”, in which the single "Todo se lo debo a él" appears.[9] The single was a moderate success in the Latino community in the United States and in parts of Central and South America.[10] His second album ”Mi Mejor Alabanza” was launched in November 2008 with distribution from Machete Music, a subsidiary of Universal Music Latino, and the singles "Mi mejor alabanza", "Estoy de pie", among others.[11]
In 2010, Yaroide released his third album titled "Del Cielo a la Tierra", in which the singles "Mi trabajo es creer", "Que se abran los cielos" and "Como nunca imaginé" were released.[12] Two years later in 2012, Yaroide launched the "Todavía Hay Esperanza" album with two charting singles on the radio: "Bendice tu pueblo" and "Por una como ella", song that was remixed in merengue with the participation of Grupo Manía in 2013.[13]
In 2014, he celebrated 15 years of musical career with the album "15 Años Después Live", where he performed some hits and previously unreleased songs,[14] and later in 2017, "La Vida Es", his latest record material.
In 2020, he held a concert for transmission through social networks, which had the participation of Tito El Bambino, Robert Green from the group Barak and Ema.[15] Currently, she is part of the cast of Alofoke Radio, where she occasionally participates and has been a participant in interviews and biblical debates.[16]
