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Mercedes Sosa
She was born in San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina, in 1935 and died in Buenos Aires in 2009. Known as “La negra Sosa”, “La voz de América” (The voice of America) and the "voice of the voiceless ones", she was a very influential Argentine folk music singer and songwriter, widely known in Latin America and Europe, and she’s considered the most important Argentine singer of all times. The lyrics of her songs had a strong social content. She was the founder of the cultural movement “Movimiento del nuevo cancionero” and of the Latin and Spanish music movement “La nueva canción latinoamericana”. She won several Grammy Awards and she received other numerous international honors and awards. She was an ambassador for UNICEF. Some of her most representative songs are “Gracias a la vida”, “Canción con todos”, “Alfonsina y el mar”, “Todo cambia”, and more.
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