Greatest Hits

Celia Cruz | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 22, 2008)
• Original Release Date: 2008
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: FANIA RECORDS
• ASIN: B0015RAGJM
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #256,226 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

About the Artist

Celia Cruz had a brilliant and successful music career in her native Cuba, where her extraordinary vocal talent and enormous popularity earned her the nickname "The Guarechera of Cuba." Her transcendence, however, masked an even greater ambition upon her arrival to the United States. Beginning a new phase of her career, joining the Fania Family, and linking her name to the great artists of the label, she made her mark and earned herself a new title: "The Queen of Salsa." She was also known as the "Gran Señora" for her integrity, human condition, and solid morals.

Her success took the form of 80 recordings that prove her magnetism, as well as her ability to communicate through music: a rhythm and sound that made its way to many generations who have given her their applause and gratitude during sold-out concerts in five continents. These would give her music a wide audience. Celia was not only known for her vocal prowess, but for her dramatic talents as well. She appeared in nine movies, including "Los reyes del mambo." She also appeared in the soap operas "Valentina" and "El alma no tiene color," both of which were filmed in Mexico.

Celia left behind a rich musical legacy, and will always reign as "La Guarachera de Cuba," the "Gran Señora," and the undisputed "Queen of Salsa." Celia Cruz, con una brillante y exitosa carrera musical en su Cuba natal, donde por sus extraordinarias dotes interpretativas y gran popularidad se ganó el apelativo de "La Guarachera de Cuba".

Pero su trascendencia le tenía reservada aún, una más ambiciosa proyección tras su llegada a Estados Unidos, e iniciar una nueva etapa en su carrera al integrarse y formar parte de la gran Familia Fania, y unir su nombre al de grandes figuras del sello con los que logró imponerse y afianzarse una vez más en el ámbito musical al extremo de ostentar un nuevo título: "Reina de la Salsa", sumado al que siempre la identificó como "Gran Señora", por su integridad, condición humana y sólidos principios. Sus éxitos se traducen en ochenta grabaciones editadas que dejaron constancia de su magnetismo, de su poder para comunicar y transmitir a través de la música, un ritmo y un sonido que ha trascendido a varias generaciones que la han respaldado con el aplauso y el reconocimiento en sus multitudinarios conciertos en los cinco continentes, que le dieran una más amplia proyección y divulgación de su música.

Pero no solamente Celia se destacó como cantante, también puso a prueba su talento histriónico en el campo de la actuación como hubo de demostrarlo participando en nueve películas entre ellas: "Los reyes del mambo". En la televisión se destacó como intérprete en las telenovelas: "Valentina" y "El alma no tiene color" filmadas en México.

Celia dejó un rico legado musical y reinará por siempre como "La Guarachera de Cuba", "Gran Señora" y "Reina" indiscutible de la Salsa.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Celia the Great, May 26, 2009

By 

Deborah K. Paz (San Francisco, Ca) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Greatest Hits (Audio CD)

It's a good CD. Has some songs I never heard of but I was able to groove to them none the less. If you love Celia, you can't go wrong.