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- In addition to the adoration of a wide fan base, Celia Cruz's achievements have been recognized with many honors and awards, including twenty-three gold albums, three Grammy Awards, four Latin Grammy Awards, and the President's National Medal of Arts.
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In 1990, Cruz won her first Grammy Award (Best Tropical Latin Performance) for her album Ritmo en el corazón, recorded with Ray Barretto. She was also invited to celebrate the 65th anniversary of the Sonora Matancera in Central Park in New York.
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Aug 19, 2024 · Celia Cruz (born October 21, 1925, Havana, Cuba—died July 16, 2003, Fort Lee, New Jersey, U.S.) was a Cuban American singer who reigned for decades as the “Queen of Salsa Music,” electrifying audiences with her wide-ranging soulful voice and rhythmically compelling style.
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- Celia Cruz had a successful career in Cuba as a nightclub singer before moving to the United States, where from the 1970s she was known as the “Que...
- After the Cuban Revolution of 1959, Havana’s nightlife all but disappeared. Along with the other members of her band, La Sonora Matancera, in 1960...
- Cruz grew up in Santos Suárez, a district of Havana, in an extended family of 14. After high school she attended the Normal School for Teachers in...
Oct 4, 2019 · In the year 2000, at the first-ever Latin GRAMMY Awards, Cuban salsa icon Celia Cruz accepted a golden gramophone for Best Salsa Performance for her famed live album A Night Of Salsa. Dancing up to the stage to accept her award, the blue-haired performer exclaimed in Spanish, "This is really a surprise!
Cruz's 1986 album, Ritmo En El Corazon, brought home her first career GRAMMY for Best Tropical Latin Performance at the 32nd GRAMMY Awards. She won Salsa Performance for Celia Cruz And Friends: A Night Of Salsa at the inaugural Latin GRAMMY Awards in 2000.
Watch the Queen of Salsa, Celia Cruz, accept the Best Salsa Performance Latin GRAMMY at the first-ever Latin GRAMMY Awards in 2000. Cruz won her award for the famed live album 'A Night...
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In the year 2000, at the first-ever Latin GRAMMY Awards, Cuban salsa icon Celia Cruz accepted a golden gramophone for Best Salsa Performance for her famed live album A Night Of Salsa.