A compilation EP of his early singles called 6 Super Hits was also issued that year, and placed well inside the Top 40 on various charts. The subsequent album with the same title went gold in the United States and double platinum in Central America. Globally, the single sold over a million copies in digital downloads alone. While his first single for the label, "Si Tu Não Le Dices," hit only the bottom rungs of the charts, his subsequent track "Ti Amo" went to number one in 2009 on the Hot Latin Songs charts and won an award for remaining there for more than ten weeks. In 2007, he was signed by the major PanamaMusiCorp and Universal's Machete Music label. His independently released solo singles began getting radio play and hitting the charts in Panama. In 2004, he got his first real break, landing a track on the La Alianza: La Unión Hace La Fuerza Alianza compilation. He was hustling, writing, and recording dozens of songs with many publishers on small labels, but was discouraged by his father, who wanted him to pursue academic studies instead. He had issued a slew of singles by the time he was 16. He was encouraged by his bandmates to carry on the name when he cut his first solo record. Makano's name comes from "Los Makanos", a reggaeton group he was part of at age 12 - he was already writing his own songs. His videos have received hundreds of millions of views, and his singles have consistently placed in the Top Ten on the Hot Latin Songs and digital streaming charts. Makano is the stage name of charting, best-selling Panamanian singer and songwriter Hernán Enrique Jiménez, one of the foremost purveyors of the "romantic style" in reggaeton.
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