Jennifer Lopez says ‘music really does have power to heal’ in AMAs appearance
Jennifer Lopez said “music really does have the power to heal and to uplift and to connect us” while celebrating the 50th anniversary of the American Music Awards (AMAs).
The musical special featured pre-recorded interviews with previous AMA winners, including country star Carrie Underwood, Cuban singer Gloria Estefan and pop superstar and actress Lopez, as well as five-time host Jimmy Kimmel.
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Lopez reflected on her most memorable experiences at the AMAs during a taped interview shown during the ceremony, which was slated as “celebrating half a century of groundbreaking music and pop culture history”.
It comes almost two months after she filed divorce from actor Ben Affleck following two years of marriage.
Lopez said performing a tribute to late Cuban singer Celia Cruz during a performance at the AMAs in “was one of the most special nights of my life ever”.
“She’s such an icon, and not just in Latin music, but across the world,” she said.
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“Music really does have the power to heal and to uplift and to co
The Eternal Celia Cruz
By Ernesto Lechner | &#; Oct 01,
People talk about her multicolored wigs, her contagious smile and her catchphrase, “¡Azúcar!” (Sugar!), which made the whole world dance. But Celia Cruz, Cuba’s eternal guarachera, was also the creator of an extraordinary discography that to this day remains overshadowed by her own legend: more than 80 albums and songs and 23 gold records that earned her three Grammys and four Latin Grammys, among many other awards. A wide and lively catalog of tropical genres, accompanied by the best musicians and arrangers in Latin music, here’s the story behind the hits.
Cruz spent her adolescent years learning to sing the hits of the time, such as the tangos of Carlos Gardel. Photo Collage: AARP; (Source: SPECIAL/NOTIMEX/Newscom; Getty Images (3))
First musical influences
Úrsula Hilaria Celia Caridad Cruz Alfonso was born in the poorest section of the Santos Suárez neighborhood in Havana on Oct. 21, She shared a small house with 13 family members. She was shy as a girl and spent her adolescence learning to sing the hits of the time, such as the tangos of Carlos Gardel. She was fortunate enough to frequent the popular nigh
EARLY YEARS
Celia de la Caridad Cruz Alfonso – Celia Cruz – was born in in Barrio Santos Suarez in Havana, one of 4 children. In a career that spanned six decades, Celia became the “Queen of Salsa,” and was central to the genre’s rising popularity.
Celia was drawn to music from an early age. Legend has it that her first pair of shoes was actually a gift from a tourist for whom she sang. In addition to singing her siblings to sleep, Celia sang in school productions and community gatherings.
Her career began in earnest as a teenager, when her aunt and cousin took her to cabarets to perform. Although her father wanted her to become a teacher, she followed her heart and chose music instead, studying voice, theory and piano at Havana’s National Conservatory of Music. In the late ’s, she competed on an amateur radio show contest called “The Tea Hour.” As a result of her growing radio fame, she came to the attention of influential producers and musicians.
She was hired as the singer for Las Mulatas Del Fuego, a dance group that traveled throughout Latin America. In , she became the lead female singer for LaSonora Matancera, Cuba’s most popular orchestra. Over th
HISPANIC HERITAGE AWARDS “ Hispanic Heritage Lifetime Achievement Award “ Washington, D. C. &#;
Celia Cruz
Her voice, talent, and charisma have conspired to produce one of the most impressive track records in the music industry. Celia Cruz has received so many distinctions that if we had to list them, they would fill a large volume. It goes without saying that her more than 70 albums have garnered a healthy amount of gold and platinum records, plus more than a hundred awards from prestigious institutions worldwide. She has received Three GRAMMY Awards and Four LATIN GRAMMY Awards.
Celia Cruz has received three honorary degrees from the following US universities: Yale, Florida International University, and the University of Miami. She&#;s also appeared in about 10 movies, with The Mambo Kings and The Perez Family among the most recent.
Her first talent award was received in , in her native Havana. Shortly after, she enrolled in the National Music Conservatory, where she studied musical theory, voice, and piano. Soon her music was in demand from the worlds of radio, movies, and television.
In the early 50&#;s se joined the legendary group La Sonora Matancera, and together
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