Celia Cruz
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Celia Caridad Cruz Alfonso, known as Celia Cruz, was a Cuban-American 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 gu
Cruz in 1957
Celia Cruz in the 1950s with the members of the Sonora Matancera in Havana
Cruz with her husband Pedro Knight, c. 1962
Celia Cruz performing in Paris at the Olympia in 1980
Honorific nicknames are used when describing popular music artists, most often in the media or by fans, to indicate their significance, and are often religious, familial, or most frequently royal and
Celia Cruz
…the 1950s as a singer of guarachas, earning the nickname La Guarachera de Cuba. In the following decades, she became known internationally as the "Queen of Salsa" due to her contributions to Latin music. She sold over 30 million records, making her one of the best-selling Latin music artists. The artist began…
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