Roy Rossello

Early Years

Roy Stephan Rossello Diaz was born in Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico. At the age of 11, he enrolled in the country’s top music school and by age 13 had started his career with Menudo, one of the greatest pop phenomena of all time.

Rossello was a member of Menudo from mid-1983 to January 1987 and debuted on the album A Todo Rock. During his time, Menudo reached great popularity in Asia, more specifically in the Philippines and Japan. They had hits like "Indianapolis" and "Like A Cannonball," which was featured in the film Cannonball Run 2. It was also during his tenure in the Menudo lineup that the group scored their biggest hit in the United States, "Hold Me."

Menudo holds the Guinness record for largest audience in a concert, 200 thousand people at Morumbi Stadium, in Sao Paulo in 1984, while Rossello was a member of the group.

Post-Menudo

At age 17, he left Menudo to pursue a solo career. He spent an entire year touring the United States, starred in a movie called Star of the Jungle, and was the host of Frente Jovem, a Brazilian TV show.

In 1991, Roy Rossello studied TV production at the Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale in Florida.

More recently, through another TV show in Brazil, he met his long-lost daughter and decided to settle in the South American country. Roy fell in love with the people, the culture, the tropical weather and the hospitality he found in Brazil, his new home.

Since 2003, Roy has split his time between Puerto Rico and Brazil, spending more time in the latter country. When Roy is residing in the Caribbean, he works at his father's real estate company, Rossello Realty, selling million-dollar mansions.

Since 2006, Rossello has run a Caribbean-themed bar in the city of Campinas, located in the state of Sao Paulo, Brazil, where he also owns a jewelry store, Roy Rossello Fine Jewelry.

Return to Music

In 2009, Roy entered into the Brazilian music scene, when he formed a band of axe and Caribbean music.

In 2010, Roy Rossello teamed with Valeria Flor Cygana to launch a new CD, Parayzo. Produced by Victor Pozas and PH Castanheira, who have worked with many Latin stars, their first duet album brings a mixture of rhythms and styles. Rossello wrote or co-wrote six of the songs, including "Recuerdos," "Historia de Amor," and "Pais do Samba e do Futebol," which describe his passions: women, Brazil, and of course, soccer. The album also features three songs by Miami-based Brazilian husband and wife team of Cesar Lemos and Karla Aponte, who have worked with fellow former Menudos Ricky Martin and Robby Rosa, as well as Thalia: "Se Me Sube," "Me Agarra e Vem" and "De Onde Sou" (the last of which became a hit in Spanish performed by Thalia).

Tracks:

1. AMOR CIGANO - VENGA BAILAR (AMOR GITANO) (Alexandre Flores – Versao Roy Rossello)
2. SE ME SUBE (SOBE SOBE)(Cesar Lemos/ Karla Aponte)
3. MENINO EU ARRIEI (Emerson Mozart)
4. ME AGARRA E VEM (Cesar Lemos/ Karla Aponte)
5. HISTORIA DE AMOR (Roy Rossello/ Sapo)
6. SE VOCE QUISER (Emerson Mozart)
7. RECUERDOS (Roy Rossello)
8. ENTRE TOQUES E CARICIAS (Claudio Padilha/ Roy Rossello)
9. SO O AMOR (Betinho Muniz/ Claudio Padilha)
10. TOQUES E DELIRIOS (Claudio Padilha/ Roy Rossello) Ed. Lumi Art
11. REVANCHE (Dejobson Voxman)
12. AMO DEMAIS (Dejobson Voxman)
13. DE ONDE SOU (Cesar Lemos / Carla Aponte)
14. PAIS DO SAMBA E DO FUTEBOL (Roy Rossello/ Sapo/ Gui Musselli)

A Fazenda

On September 14, 2014, Roy joined as a contestant on the famous Brazilian reality show A Fazenda 7 on TV Record.

On October 21, 2014, Rossello alleged on the show that he and Ricky Martin had been victims of sexual abuse from Edgardo Diaz while a member of Menudo.