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Archive for the ‘Cuban Grammy Winners’ Category


Willy Chirino

Willy Chirino Born April 5, 1947 in Pinar del Río, Cuba, Willy Chirino is salsa singer with numerous number 1 hits especially throughout the 90´s Combining the musical traditions of Cuba with American rock and jazz, Cuba-born and South Florida-based vocalist and bandleader Willie Chirino helped to create the “Miami Sound” of Salsa music. The […]

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Celia Cruz

Celia Cruz (October 21, 1925 – July 16, 2003) was a Cuban-American and was one of the most successful salsa performers of the 20th century, having earned twenty-three gold albums. She was renowned internationally as the “Queen of Salsa” as well as “La Guarachera de Cuba.” She spent much of her career living in New […]

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Gloria Estefan

Gloria María Milagrosa Fajardo García de Estefan, known professionally as Gloria Estefan (born September 1, 1957) is a Cuban-born American singer, songwriter, actress and entrepreneur. Known as the “Queen Of Latin Pop she is in the top 100 best selling music artists with over 100 million albums sold worldwide 31.5 million of those in the […]

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Chucho Valdes

Chucho Valdes Chucho Valdes (real name Jesús Dionisio Valdés in Quivicán, Cuba, October 9, 1941) is a Cuban pianist, bandleader, composer and arranger. In 1972 he created the group Irakere, one of Cuba’s best-known Latin jazz bands. With pianist Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Valdés is revered as one of Cuba’s greatest jazz pianists. His father is another […]

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Maria Conchita

María Conchita Alonso (born June 29, 1957) Cienfuegos, Cuba, better known as María Conchita, is a Venezuelan Grammy Award–nominated singer and actress. María Conchita Alonso was born María Concepción Alonso Bustillo in Cienfuegos, Cuba, the daughter of Ricardo Alonso and Maria Conchita Bustillo. Her family moved to Venezuela when she was five years old, in […]

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