Celia Cruz
✓ Source-basedrisingCuban singer (1925-2003)
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 guarachas, earning the nickname La Guarachera de Cuba.
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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
Dexter Lehtinen, Celia Cruz, Alonso R. del Portillo, Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, and Pedro Knight in May 1992
Celia Cruz's mausoleum in Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, New York
Celia Cruz Plaza in Union City, New Jersey
Cruz featured on a 2024 American Women quarterListen
SpotifyAwards 15
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Manuel Summers RiveroAlso in Juegos de sociedad (1974)
Eva CzemerysAlso in Juegos de sociedad (1974)
José Luis MerinoAlso in Juegos de sociedad (1974)
Franco de VitaAlso won Billboard Latin Music Hall of Fame
Tony SuccarAlso won Grammy Award for Best Tropical Latin Album
Milly QuezadaAlso won ASCAP Latin Heritage AwardAbout this person
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 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.
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