Olga Tanon

Name: Olga Tanon
Date of birth: April 13th 1967
Place of birth: Santurce, Puerto Rico

Olga Teresa Tañón Ortíz (born April 13, 1967 in Santurce, Puerto Rico) is a two-time Grammy Award and three-time Latin Grammy-winning Merengue and Latin Pop artist. Tañón has earned 5 Latin Grammy Awards and 19 Premios Lo Nuestro awards during her career.

Music Career:
Tañón's singing career started when she joined a group called Las Nenas de Ringo y Jossie (Ringo and Jossie's Girls) in the 1980s. A short time later a very popular group in Puerto Rico called Chantelle noticed her mezzo soprano voice and recruited her. They saw that she had what it for their merengue style of music. When Tañón was a member of Chantelle, they scored their biggest hit, "Aunque Tú no Quieras" (Even If You Don't Want It), which became  popular throughout Latin America.

Trivia:
On February 22, 2007, Tañón won three awards at the 19th edition of Premio Lo Nuestro.[2] During the 2006 show, she won in the categories: "Album of the Year", "Female Artist" and "Song of the Year". She holds the record as the artist who has won the most "Premio Lo Nuestro Awards", with a grand total of 24.

In June 2009, Tañón released a new hit single called "Amor Entre Tres" which is the theme song for the new heavily promoted and watched soap opera in Venezuela called "La Vida Entera." That same month, WEA Latina will be releasing "25 Exitos de Fuego Vol. 1 & Vol. 2." Each CD has a set of greatest hits spanning throughout her entire career of merengue and Latin pop.

In September 2009, Tañón participated next to Juanes and other internationally acclaimed artists, in "Concierto por la Paz" at Plaza de la Revolucion in La Habana, Cuba.

Discography:
1992 Sola
1993 Mujer de Fuego
1994 Siente el Amor...
1996 Nuevos Senderos
1997 Llévame Contigo
1998 Te Acordarás de Mí
2001 Yo por Ti
2002  Sobrevivir
2005 Una Nueva Mujer
2006 Soy Como Tú
2007 Exitos en 2 Tiempos
2009 4/13

 
By Lourd Vijay
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About the Author: Lourd Vijay is the principal Promoter of Latin culture, music and dance in the Asian Region. He recently stood 10th at the “most Popular Entrepreneur of the year 2009” amongst 180 nominees from across the country. An innovative choreographer and a very able instructor, he is the director of the Lourd Vijay’s Dance Studios (www.lvds.in) in India.