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- Albita Rodríguez (born
in 1962 in
Havana,
Cuba), known in her
music career simply as Albita, is a
Grammy-winning
Cuban singer and
composer.
- Her parents were well-known
Cuban folk music singers, which ensured Albita's
exposure to the world of Cuban country music from
her early years.
- Working professionally since
her teen years, by the late eighties she had
attained some level of recognition among national
interpreters of Cuban folk music.
- In
1988, her first
album, Habrá Música Guajira (There Will Be
Guajira Music),
was released. In the early nineties, work
commitments took her to
Colombia and from
there she traveled to the
United States,
making the southern city of
Miami her place of
permanent residence.
- Albita spent some time
performing at a
Spanish food
restaurant in Miami, where several established
figures of the
entertainment world
had the opportunity to appreciate her work.
- In
1994 she was signed
by
Emilio Estefan's
Crescent Moon label and her first single in the
U.S., "Qué Manera de Quererte" ("What a Way of
Loving You"), was released. In 1995, her album No
Se Parece a Nada (Unlike Anything Else)
saw daylight.
- Her career in the U.S. has
produced success. She has traveled and keeps
traveling extensively within and outside the
country, but mainly around the Miami hub, where the
core of her fan base resides.
- Albita sings the theme song
for
MegaTV, "La Mega Se
Pega".
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Albums
- Habrá Música Guajira
(There Will Be Guajira Music) (1988)
- Cantare (1992)
- Si se da la siembra
(1991)
- No Se Parece a Nada
(Unlike Anything Else) (1995)
- Dicen Que (They
Say That) (1996)
- Una Mujer Como Yo
(A Woman Like Me) (1997)
- Son (Son)
(2000)
- Hecho a Mano (Handmade)
(2002)
- Albita Llegó (Albita
Is Here) (2004)
- Albita Live (2006)
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