 After experimenting with salsa and merengue, then performing as a ballad crooner, he shifted his style and repertoire entirely to cuarteto.In 1996, he signed a contract with Magenta Records that gave him 1% of his total record sales.The songs from his first album release, "Lo Mejor del Amor", became major radio hits that propelled him to national fame and earned him an ACE Award for Best Musical Act from the Argentine Association of Entertainment Journalists.