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Celia Caridad Cruz Alfonso [a] (21 October 1925 – 16 July 2003), known as Celia Cruz, was a Cuban singer and one of the most popular Latin artists of the 20th century. Cruz rose to fame in Cuba during the 1950s as a singer of guarachas, earning the nickname "La Guarachera de Cuba".
She won a 2004 Latin Grammy Award for "Best Album by Songwriter" for the self-titled album Soraya, which she produced, and received a 2005 Latin Grammy Award nomination for "Female Pop Vocal Album" for her album El Otro Lado de Mi (literally "The Other Side of Me"). She was the opening act for the 2005 Billboard Latin Music Awards. Her career ...
She was the first female Tejano singer to receive gold and platinum certifications, [69] [70] the first female Tejano singer to receive a Grammy Award for Best Mexican American Album, [71] the first Tejano singer to top the US Billboard Top Latin Albums chart, [72] and the first female to outsell male Tejano singers.
Dreaming of You was released after her death and hit the top of the Billboard Top 200 in 1995, making it the first album by a Latina to hit number one. Related: Best Latinx TV Shows 29.
(Top) 1 Female. 2 Male. Toggle the table of contents. List of Mexican singers. 2 languages. Eesti; ... This is a list of Mexican singers: Female. Aida Cuevas ;
In December 1999, Selena was named the "top Latin artist of the '90s" and "Best selling Latin artist of the decade" by Billboard for her fourteen top-ten singles in the Top Latin Songs chart, including seven number-one hits. [295] She was the best-selling Latin female singer of the 1990s in the U.S. and Mexico. [296]
In life and death, several media outlets including CNN, Billboard, Fox News, and The New York Times have labeled her the most important female figure and top-selling female artist in regional Mexican music. Billboard magazine named her the "top Latin artist of 2013", and the "best selling Latin artist of 2013". Rivera began recording music in 1992.
Puerto Rican women singers (4 C, 1 P) Pages in category "Hispanic and Latino American women singers" The following 145 pages are in this category, out of 145 total.