Puerto Rican singer, songwriter and actor Ricky Martin has released four video albums and appeared in sixty-two music videos, twelve films, thirteen television programs, and several television commercials. He ranks among the greatest music video artists of all time and is regarded as a video icon. In 1991, Martin released his debut single "Fuego Contra Fuego", as the lead single for his first solo album, Ricky Martin alongside the accompanying music video. The music video for "Te Extraño, Te Olvido, Te Amo", the lead single from his third studio album A Medio Vivir (1995), was directed by Gustavo Garzón and won Lo Nuestro Award for Video of the Year. He filmed a remake video for the song in August 1997 in France which was directed by Christophe Gstalder. Four separate videos were released for "María", the second single from the album. The first uses the original track from the A Medio Vivir album and shows Martin performing the song on a stage at a concert, with some shots of him singing and dancing to the song in the colorful barrio of La Boca in Buenos Aires with the local people. The second version is set to the Pablo Flores Remix of the song and uses scenes and shots of the original video plus added takes of Martin performing in concert or at the barrio, close shots of locals dancing, etc. Both the original and the remix video were released in 1995. A third version, the least known, was filmed to the Pablo Flores Spanglish Remix in 1997. The last version was shot in France and directed by Memo del Bosque in 1997. Also set to the Pablo Flores Remix of the song, this version of the video is considered to be the official version, and is also the most popular. In 1997, Ricky Martin recorded the music video for the song "No Importa La Distancia", the official Spanish version of "Go the Distance" by Michael Bolton, for the movie Hercules. It was the first time that Disney adapted one of its promotional themes for Latin America and it was a great international success. The music video for "Vuelve", the lead single from his fourth studio album Vuelve (1998), was shot by Wayne Isham in December 1997 at the interior of the Ennis House in Los Angeles and released in January 1998. Three separate videos were released for "The Cup of