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Artist Biography - Albita
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 Albita Rodríguez, mostly known with the name Albita, is a Grammy-winning Cuban singer who also happens to be a composer. Born in Havana, Cuba in 1962, she breathes music as her parents as well were renowned Cuban folk music singers. This is how Albita was exposed to the world of Cuban country music from her early years.
What made Albita gain immense fame and brought out her talent to the world was her album Albita Llego released in the year 2004 with the label Angels Down.
As she was exposed to the Cuban music from the very childhood, she started working with extreme professionalism from her very teen years. However, by the late eighties, she was being recognised in the field of Cuban Folk Music by the national interpreters of the country. Her stars clicked in the year 1988 when her first album Habra Musica Guajira (There Will Be Guajira Music) was released in 1988. This brought her immense popularity. As we all know, talent can never be restricted to one place, this budding talent also shifted her base. In the early nineties, she switched Colombia taking her work commitments seriously. Again this place seemed far away from her dream goals. And again she packed her bags and baggage and travelled to the United States. Here, she started exploiting her talent and made the southern city of Miami as her permanent residence.
Her journey here was not too simple. She did not get some big offer at her initial days and had to struggle hard. She performed at a Spanish food restaurant in Miami for some time. Many renowned figures of the entertainment world used to mark their presence here. Eventually, Albita's talent was brought to fore in front of them and even they have had the opportunity to appreciate her work.
After rendering her performances in restaurants, her destiny took some quick turns as she was signed by Emilio Estefan's Crescent Moon label in 1994.
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