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She has an Irish mother and an Ecuadorian father. In less than a year from the day that she burst onto the world musical landscape, Christina Aguilera has scored two #1 hit singles, watched sales of her chart-topping RCA debut album surpass the eight million mark worldwide, headlined the Super Bowl Half-Time Show, performed for the President, and to top it all off, took home the Grammy for Best New Artist. |
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His mother is Filipina and his father is Spanish. With the November 1999 release of Enrique, his fourth album he became one of pop music's biggest stars. The platinum-certified Enrique spun off his first two #1 pop smashes: "Bailamos," which hit #1 in late summer 1999, and "Be With You", which topped the pop chart in summer 2000 for three weeks and was also #1 on Billboard’s Dance Club chart. As evidence of Iglesias’ worldwide appeal, Enrique has also sold more than three million copies outside the U.S. |
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Her mother is Cherokee and her father is Armenian. Spanning 3 decades in the music industry, hippies listened to Sonny and Cher sing "I've Got You, Babe", while club-goers danced to "Believe" in the '90s. Also a talented actress she won a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress in Silkwood. At the Cannes Film Festival she won Best Actress for Mask and won an Oscar for Best Actress in Moonstruck. |
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Her mother is Colombian and her father is Lebanese. Shakira's female rocker style garnered her the World Music Award for Latin Female Artist of the Year, while the phenomenal success of Donde Estan Los Ladrones? catapulted her to fame. |
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His mother is White his father is Chicano. Since singing for Rage Against the Machine, Zack has used the band's worldwide fame to educate the public about the political issues that concern him - through his music and lyrics, to his actions on a grassroots level. Their albums include: Rage Against the Machine, Evil Empire, The Battle of Los Angeles, and Renegades. He has since left the band and is working on a solo project. |
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Her mother is Puerto Rican and father is White (Jewish). She started off singing in English. Soon, she received numerous awards. Among them, the "New York Award" for best female artist and best R&B single, "I Still Believe." She was also awarded at the National Dance Music Awards for "Best Single of the Year" with her song "What You See Is What You Get." Now she is one of the new voices of Salsa and has been able to establish herself in this market, after having great success singing in English. Her recent Spanish language albums include Te Sigo Esperando and Petalos de Fuego. |
| His mother is Puerto Rican and his father is Irish. A member of the popular boy band the Backstreet Boys which has released the multi-platinum albums Millennium and Black and Blue. | |
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Her mother is White (Scottish)and her father is Mexican. Often called the "Queen of the Folksingers," Joan Baez has earned fame as much for her political activism as for her singing. During the 1960s, she often made headlines by using her musical talent to campaign against America's involvement in the Vietnam War and against social injustice. |
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His mother is Black, Native American and Jewish and his father is Puerto Rican. Underground Hip Hop artists know for his lyricism. His first album was entitled Here to Save You All and features a track called What Am I? in which he talks about being Mixed. His second album entitled "I Told You So" came out in September of 2001. His third album "Poison Pen" should be coming out soon. Also look for Chino in the movie Alex and Emma. |
