Alondra
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The singer Alondra was born in Mexico City
. She is a multi-platinum Billboard award winner and Latin Grammy-nominated recording artist. She was also known as "La Madrina de Menudo" for having a group of teenagers open for her concerts. This group eventually became known as the world famous Menudo
. Alondra herself became a teenage idol in the early 1980s. She performed in 4 "OTI
" contests and was named Billboard's Best New Artist 1981.
Alondra then fully retired to take care of her two children, one of whom is now attending Princeton University
.
In 2001, Alondra came back with a grupero album, which awarded her with a Latin Grammy nomination for Best Grupero Album of the Year. This marked a complete shift from her early pop music
years. Since then, Alondra has recorded six new albums in various genres, including pop
, rock, trance
, cumbia
, and dance
. She was nominated two consecutive years to the IDMA, "International Dance Music Awards."
She currently lives in Europe
.
Mexico City
Mexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole...
. She is a multi-platinum Billboard award winner and Latin Grammy-nominated recording artist. She was also known as "La Madrina de Menudo" for having a group of teenagers open for her concerts. This group eventually became known as the world famous Menudo
Menudo (band)
Menudo was a Puerto Rican boy band that was formed in the 1970s by producer Edgardo Díaz, releasing their first album in 1977. The band achieved much success, especially during the 1980s, becoming the most popular Latin American teen musical group of the era....
. Alondra herself became a teenage idol in the early 1980s. She performed in 4 "OTI
OTI
As a three-letter acronym, OTI may refer to:* Office of Transition Initiatives, an office of United States Agency for International Development founded in 1994...
" contests and was named Billboard's Best New Artist 1981.
Career
Alondra's career spanned for six years and six albums, including Discos RAFF, Melody and Fonovisa. Some of her radio hits include Baila Vanidoso (Dance, Vain Guy), Pega la Vuelta (Turn Around and Go), Tango, "Tormentas," and many more.Alondra then fully retired to take care of her two children, one of whom is now attending Princeton University
Princeton University
Princeton University is a private research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, and is one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution....
.
In 2001, Alondra came back with a grupero album, which awarded her with a Latin Grammy nomination for Best Grupero Album of the Year. This marked a complete shift from her early pop music
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
years. Since then, Alondra has recorded six new albums in various genres, including pop
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
, rock, trance
Trance music
Trance is a genre of electronic dance music that developed in the 1990s.:251 It is generally characterized by a tempo of between 125 and 150 bpm,:252 repeating melodic synthesizer phrases, and a musical form that builds up and breaks down throughout a track...
, cumbia
Cumbia
Cumbia is a music genre popular across Latin America. The cumbia originated in the Caribbean coast of Colombia, where it is associated with an eponymous dance and has since spread as far as Mexico and Argentina...
, and dance
Dance music
Dance music is music composed specifically to facilitate or accompany dancing. It can be either a whole musical piece or part of a larger musical arrangement...
. She was nominated two consecutive years to the IDMA, "International Dance Music Awards."
She currently lives in Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
.