- Democio Castellon’s career of over two decades has yielded a lot of positive results with hits from artists like Nelly Furtado’s Loose
- Despite his career success, his popularity was by marriage to the award-winning singer, Nelly Furtado
- Their marriage ended in divorce after 9 years, yet, Castellon is still pursuing his career
Demacio Castellon has done work as a sound engineer and producer on some of the most successful hit songs. Yet, his successful career is always shadowed by his ex-wife, Nelly Furtado’s success. Furtado gained wide success after her first big hit, I’m Like a Bird dropped in 2000. Demacio’s marriage lasted less than a decade with the successful Canadian singer before they parted ways.
Castellon’s career took off years before his marriage to Furtado. His most notable works include his collaboration work on Furtado’s Loose album and the Spanish Mi Plan by her as well as his work with Timbaland, Madonna, and others.
Let’s meet Castellon, the successful Cuban- American sound engineer and ex-husband of Nelly Furtado.
All The Interesting Facts About Demacio Castellon
1. He was born in Cuba
Demacio Castellon was born in Cuba on October 25th, 1978. He spent many years of his life early life before moving to the United States. Castello is currently 46 years old
2. Demacio Castellon Early Life and Education
The talented sound engineer apparently attended two universities before he could obtain his certificate.
In 2000, he started his studies in political science at the University of Florida before moving to Full Sail University in Winter Park, Florida. Despite attending two Universities, it is not clear if he ended up with the certificate or not.
3. He is A Successful Producer
Demacio launched his career in 2002 and for the past decades, he is now a household name in the industry. He has worked with big names like Timbaland, Madonna, Jay-Z, Justin Timberlake among many others.
Here are some of his successful collaborations:
- Miles Away– Madonna
- Voodoo -Alex Johnson
- The Spirit Indestructible– Nelly Furtado
- Promiscuous– Nelly Furtado ft Justin Timberlake
- Give it to Me– Timbaland ft Nelly Furtado and Justin Timberlake
- Gang Bang-Madonna
4. Democia Travels between two Countries to Keep Up with his work
Looking at his studio location in Ontario Canada, the engineer likely prefers working there. Some sources claim that his busy work schedule makes traveling an important aspect of his life.
He is attributed to having jokingly referred to the American Airlines seat A3 as his home base as a result of his constant traveling.
5. Democia Castellon avoids the Use of Auto-Tune
His work has gone far and beyond looking at the spot and awards that most of them earned. One of his enduring traits is the style of work he delivers.
Democia believes in the vocal ability of artists and prefers to promote the singing rather than depending on the use of autotune. He keeps the whole production process simple and relies on adapting to only a few studio gadgets.
6. He is a Part of ‘The Demolition Crew’
Apart from the success his career garnered over the years, the recording engineer is known to also have featured in other parts of making a song. Many refer to him as ‘Demo’ while others attach him to ‘The Demolition Crew’, a music persona.
As part of the crew, he released material under the Record Union Label. He released his first album titled EP01 in 2009. He followed this trend with the release of another EP titled In Fear of an Unlivable world in 2011
Democio reportedly worked as a performer on Madonna’s documentaries as well as on the programming and synthesizing her hit song 4 Minutes.
7. How He met and Married Nelly Furtado, his Ex-wife
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Demacio and Nelly Furtado met in the course of their work in 2006. At the time, Nelly was working on her third studio album Loose. Apart from having a professional relationship, the two started dating shortly after meeting.
They were together till July 2007 when they got engaged. They finally tied the nuptial knot on July 19th, 2008 in a secret ceremony that was not publicized.
8. Demacio Castellon Children
Though Demacio does not have any children of his own, he became a father figure to his ex-wife’s daughter, Nevis Chetan Gahunia from a previous relationship. His Grammy award-winning singer and songwriter ex-wife, Furtado was in a four-year relationship with Jasper Gahunia from 2001 to 2005 when they split up.
At the time, her 21 year old daughter was only 2 when Nelly parted ways fromJasper. She met Demacio when Nevis was about 4 years old.
At the time Demacio and Nelly divorced, Nevis was about 12 years old. In essence, Demacio had been in the young girl’s life for many years.
A few years after her split from Demacio, Nelly updated her Instagram bio to show that she has two more children. From our digging, it is clear that the two children who are 2 and 3 years old in 2022 came after the divorce.
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9. Demacio Castello Had a Quiet Divorce From Ex-Wife
While he and his ex-wife, Nelly kept their marriage quiet and away from media speculation, the news of their secret divorce was quite surprising. They went their separate ways in 2016 but it was only a year later that Nelly revealed their divorce in an interview on Loose Women.
The truth behind their divorce may never be known as they still keep the details quiet. Even more so, the once-power couple had their moments together looking at how good they worked together on Nelly Furtado’s Loose and the Spanish album, Mi Plan.
His ex-wife also revealed how she had to deal with the heartbreak by singing to herself and writing songs.
10. Democio Castellon Net Worth
He made his net worth from a career that spanned many decades, yet, he has not revealed his net worth. Democio is doing quite well for himself. It is unclear whether money changed hands after he and Nelly divorced.
However, his ex-wife’s career is also quite successful looking at the six albums she released in the course of her career. Nelly Furtado has a net worth of over $20 million.
