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  • Celia Cruz Honored By Jennifer Lopez At AMAs

    The American Music Awards were full of entertainment this year, with one of the main highlights of the night being when Jennifer Lopez did a tribute performance to the “Queen of Salsa”, Celia Cruz.

    Cruz was a Cuban singer and would have celebrated her 88th birthday on Monday. She recorded over 78 albums throughout her lifetime, and was honored with countless awards. She stole the hearts of millions and was loved by Latin music fans all over the world. With her elaborate costumes and style, she developed an easily recognizable image.


    [Image via Wikimedia Commons]

    During an interview, Lopez talked about her special performance for the Salsa legend. “I felt very honored and a little scared, I don’t think there is anything better for this year’s AMA,” Lopez said. “I know that a lot of fans who will watch the show will know who she was, but we will also educate a lot of people reminding them of the impact she had in the music scene, not just in Latin American countries, but also in the United States.”

    Lopez incorporated many of Cruz’ songs including “Quimbara,” “La vida es un carnaval” and “Bemba Colorá.” As the crowd started cheering wildly, Lopez yelled, “Que viva Celia!” (Long live Celia!).

    [Image via Wikimedia Commons]

  • Celia Cruz, ‘Queen of Salsa,’ Gets a Google Doodle

    Celia Cruz, ‘Queen of Salsa,’ Gets a Google Doodle

    Today, Google is honoring the Queen of Salsa with a homepage doodle that her estate is calling “important and far-reaching.”

    Celia Cruz, La Guarachera de Cuba, would have turned 88 today. The Havana-born singer died on July 16th, 2003 of brain cancer. Today’s Google Doodle is celebrating the day of her birth.

    Cruz is known as one of the most influential musicians in the history of Cuban music. Over the course of her career, Cruz was awarded 23 gold albums, 7 total Grammys, the Smithsonian’s Lifetime Achievement Award, and the National Medal of Arts.

    Her recording career spanned from 1958 to the year of her death, and in that time she put out over 75 albums. She also had parts in a handful of films, including 1992’s The Mambo Kings.

    Celia Cruz Google Doodle

    “There have been many posthumous tributes to Celia in these last ten years, but this one by Google is certainly one of the most important and far-reaching. The creation of her very own Google Doodle, an honor bestowed on a select few who have made special contributions to mankind, is a testament of her significance, not just musically, but culturally,” said Omer Pardillo-Cid, sole executor of the Celia Cruz Estate. “She would have loved it!”

    Images via Wikimedia Commons, Google