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Gisselle Ortiz Cáceres (born March 28, 1969 in New York City, U.S.), known mononymously as Gisselle, is an American Merengue music singer.
It was then that she started to incline towards a career in music. She joined Kaviar, a merengue music group composed of females, with whom she performed for almost two years. From 1991 to 1993, she performed with the group Punto G. After that, she decided to pursue a solo career and was signed by the BMG label.
In 1995, Bonny Cepeda produced her first album that produced several hit singles like "Perfume de mujer en tu camisa" and "Pesadilla". It was also awarded gold and platinum albums, and several awards.
In 1996, her second album - A Que Vuelve - was released to much praise. The album reached 200,000 units sold. Her third album, Quiero Estar Contigo, was equally successful reaching the top places on the Billboard charts. The album featured a version of Juan Gabriel's song Perdóname, olvídalo in a duet with Dominican Sergio Vargas which was very successful. After, they released an album together titled Juntos.
In the late 90s, Gisselle released the album Atada which garnered her a Grammy nomination. Her follow-up, Voy a Enamorarte, released in 2000, featured Gisselle singing ballads and bachatas. In 2002, she received another Grammy nomination for her album titled simply 8.
Gisselle's next album, En alma, cuerpo y corazón, featured the singer venturing into pop music. However, in 2004 she returned to merengue with her new album Contra la Marea.
In 2001, she starred in the play El bombón de Elena.
Recently, she appeared in the play La Verdadera Historia de Pedro Navaja, with Gilberto Santa Rosa and Yolandita Monge.
In 2009, she married minor league baseball player Miguel "Mickey" Negron. They divorced in 2021. No children were conceived from their union.
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