Producer
Between 1998 and 1999, he wrote and recorded Ricky Martin's highly celebrated first English album, which includes the now legendary single "Livin' la Vida Loca". The album debuted at #1 on the Billboard album charts, skyrocketing afterwards to an astounding 20 million albums sold worldwide. For Martin's album Sound Loaded (2000), Rosa produced four tracks, including the hit single She Bangs". The album was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album at the 42nd Grammy Awards. It won the American Music Award for Favorite Latin Artist and was nominated for the Favorite Pop/Rock Male Artist. It was also nominated for the Juno Award for International Album of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2000. The album has sold over 22 million copies, worldwide.
Rosa also produced Corazón (1999), the platinum album of Ednita Nazario, for which he also wrote and produced the song “Más Grande Que Grande” under the name Dolores del Infante, which reached a spot in the Top 10 Latin Billboards for 10 weeks. Corazón was nominated for the 2000 Billboard Latin Music Award for Female Pop Album Of The Year.; he wrote and produced three songs for world- renowned singer Julio Iglesias' album, Noche De Cuatro Lunas (2000). Rosa was one of three singer/songwriters honored in Banco Popular's Chritmas Special Encuentro (2002) alongside Juan Luis Guerra and Rubén Blades.
After many successful projects as a music producer, Draco decided to take a hiatus in 2001 and focus on other endeavors.
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