[2] Porter translated and produced Janet Jackson's song, "Come Back to Me", when she recorded that Spanish version for an A&M release called "Vuelve a Mi".
The next year, when the band finished touring, he put together a 17-track greatest hits package with two bonus tracks, "Quinto Centenario" and "Matador" (which has become a classic song in Argentina, and something of a latinamerican popular hymn), eventually contributing to double-platinum sales.
[12] Late in 1993, Tejano singer Selena and New York Latin pop band the Barrio Boyzz, met in Porter's studio to record together the song "Donde Quiera Que Estés."
[17] Porter continued the work crossing over English-language artists into the Spanish market by translating Boyz II Men's "End of the Road" and producing the track for them in 1993.
[20] A year later, the band won the Latin Grammy Award for Best Rock Group for the album, La Marcha del Golazo Solitario, which he also produced.
[24] Porter then teamed up with Rami Yacoub and Andreas Carlsson, notably Swedish Songwriters from the hugely successful production site Cheiron from Stockholm.
[24] Just one month after the attacks on the World Trade Center in 2001, Porter joined Michael Jackson to work on the Spanish version benefit single, "What More Can I Give".
Porter oversaw the recording, which included Spanish-speaking artists Ricky Martin, Shakira, Alejandro Sanz, Luis Miguel, Christian Castro, Carlos Santana, and others.
He also coached the English-language artists to sing in Spanish—members of NSYNC (Justin Timberlake, JC Chasez, Joey Fatone, Lance Bass, Chris Kirkpatrick), Mariah Carey, Celine Dion, and Jackson as well.
[30] Throughout the decade, Porter continued to cross over mainstream artists to the Spanish-language markets with productions of songs by Jerry Rivera ("Primavera" with Santana), Bon Jovi ("Bed of Roses" and "This Ain't A Love Song"), Janet Jackson ("Come Back to Me"), Brian McKnight, ("Back at One"), Scorpions ("Winds of Change"),[31] Geri Halliwell ("Mi Chico Latino"), Sting ("Mad About You"), and others.
[37] In February 2006, Porter welcomed Latin rock band, Ozomatli to his Calabasas, California, studio to record Don't Mess with the Dragon, their March 2007 release.
[38] With Don't Mess with the Dragon, "Ozomatli and Porter baked up an album that reflects the band's diverse ethnic makeup and 'oppositional politics' (how it characterizes its brand of activism).
[40] The record, aka De Donde Nace El Alma has bilingual songs and features twelve tracks that are spiritually inspired in his belief in the oneness of humanity.
[citation needed] "La Pared," the first single from Porter's next solo album, Cruzanderos, was released August 2, 2019, and features singer Allison Iraheta and rapper Olmeca on the "pop, tropical and reggaeton" song.
Porter created and produced a short documentary film on Bahaʼi painter Hooper Dunbar's art and faith called The Forces of Light and Darkness in 2016.
[42] His other film contributions include voicing the role of Karl in the animated feature El Americano, and music productions for Mr. and Mrs. Smith, The Mexican, Hercules, Girlfight, Grosse Point Blank, Despicable Me 3, Get Him to the Greek, Cape of Good Hope, and the Spanish-version of The Flintstones.
King, Macy Gray Sarah McLachlan,[44] Chaka Khan, Jimmy Jam,[45] Ricky Martin, Brian McKnight,[15] Angelique Kidjo, Luther Vandross[44] and others.
[46] These projects include the Songwriters' Summit, in which songwriters/artists created music of healing, unity and justice,[47] and the Power of Oneness Awards, recognizing individuals for their commitment to fostering meaningful change in the area of race relations.