{"id":2285612,"date":"2026-02-17T13:17:20","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T13:17:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2285612"},"modified":"2026-02-17T13:17:20","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T13:17:20","slug":"adrienne-bailon-houghton-explains-how-ricky-martin-made-her-first-madison-square-garden-performance-possible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/adrienne-bailon-houghton-explains-how-ricky-martin-made-her-first-madison-square-garden-performance-possible\/","title":{"rendered":"Adrienne Bailon-Houghton Explains How Ricky Martin Made Her First Madison Square Garden Performance Possible"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<h3 class=\"mb-4 text-lg font-bold\">NEED TO KNOW<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"mb-4\">\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Adrienne Bailon-Houghton appeared on SiriusXM\u2019s Page Six Radio on the Feb. 12 episode<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Bailon-Houghton, 42, told hosts Danny Murphy and Evan Real about her connection to Ricky Martin<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The singer explains how Martin helped her experience a moment that cemented singing was in her future<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/adrienne-bailon\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Adrienne Bailon-Houghton;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Adrienne Bailon-Houghton<\/a> is thankful to <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/ricky-martin\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Ricky Martin;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Ricky Martin<\/a> for playing a pivotal role in her music career.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Appearing on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.siriusxm.com\/player\/channel-linear\/entity\/813d656c-9af5-7f51-bb48-d724327d9289\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:SiriusXM\u2019s Page Six Radio;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">SiriusXM\u2019s Page Six Radio<\/a>, the entertainer, 42, talked about her connection to Martin, 54, as she celebrated his guest appearance during\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/super-bowl-2026-bad-bunny-halftime-show-lady-gaga-ricky-martin-11898677\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Bad Bunny\u2019s Apple Music Super Bowl LX Halftime Show;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Bad Bunny\u2019s Apple Music Super Bowl LX Halftime Show<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Bailon-Houghton explained how Martin, 54, helped snag her a huge opportunity at a young age.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;I always loved music. I grew up singing in church. I actually was the only like young kid in my church&#8217;s mass choir. Like they let me sneak in. I sang in children&#8217;s choir and I also sang in the mass choir,&#8221; she began.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>Never miss a story \u2014 sign up for <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/people-news-daily-newsletter-sign-up-8692701\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:PEOPLE's free daily newsletter;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">PEOPLE&#8217;s free daily newsletter<\/a> to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer\u200b\u200b, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;I got to do a church conference at Madison Square Garden. It was maybe like the day or two before Ricky Martin was doing his concert at MSG for his Vuelve tour. And I guess he was just like there, or maybe one of his people were there and they were like, &#8216;Oh my gosh, whoever that choir is, we should have them join us at the end of the concert. They do the song &#8220;Vuelve&#8221; and we could have a choir behind us.&#8217; &#8220;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The hundred-plus-person choir was narrowed down to around 30 people, one of whom was Bailon-Houghton.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;Because I was the shortest, they had us in like size order. I was the first one that had to walk out. We were, you know, when you come out like this, like from both sides and you meet in the middle,&#8221; she recalled.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;So I was coming out on this side and guys, Heineken was the sponsor. And I remember the little blue, they had on green buttons and all you could see was just this sea of flickering green. And I was like, &#8216;Oh my gosh, this is such a rush. This is a high, do I wanna be a singer? Is this something I wanna do?&#8217; And that was my first moment.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Bailon-Houghton laughed that the moment was &#8220;not too shabby, as a New Yorker.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Whenever she runs into Martin, she makes sure to share her gratitude for that introduction to performing on stage.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>&#8220;<\/strong>I&#8217;ve seen him many places and just been like, &#8216;Oh my gosh, thank you for that opportunity.&#8217; Because he handpicked who he wanted.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Read the original article on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/adrienne-bailon-houghton-ricky-martin-first-madison-square-garden-performance-11905977\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:People;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">People<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEED TO KNOW Adrienne Bailon-Houghton appeared on SiriusXM\u2019s Page Six Radio on the Feb. 12 episode Bailon-Houghton, 42, told hosts Danny Murphy and Evan Real about her connection to Ricky Martin The singer explains how Martin helped her experience a moment that cemented singing was in her future Adrienne Bailon-Houghton is thankful to Ricky Martin [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2285613,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25177],"tags":[388532,388533,375801,340699],"class_list":["post-2285612","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-adrienne-bailon-houghton","tag-bailon-houghton","tag-danny-murphy","tag-ricky-martin"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Adrienne-Bailon-Houghton-Explains-How-Ricky-Martin-Made-Her-First-Madison.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2285612","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2285612"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2285612\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2285614,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2285612\/revisions\/2285614"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2285613"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2285612"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2285612"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2285612"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}