Soraya
Pop rock, Musical Artist
1969 – 2006
Who was Soraya?
Soraya was a Colombian-American singer/songwriter, guitarist, arranger and record producer.
A successful Colombian music star, she had two number-one songs on Billboard's Latin Pop Airplay charts. She won a 2004 Latin Grammy Award for the self-titled album "Soraya" as "Best Album by Songwriter", which she produced, and a 2005 Latin Grammy Awards nomination for "Female Pop Vocal Album" for her album El Otro Lado de Mí. She was the opening act for the 2005 Billboard Latin Music Awards. Her career spanned ten years, and she recorded five albums. Soraya died on May 10, 2006 following a long struggle against breast cancer.
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- Born
- Mar 11, 1969
Point Pleasant - Also known as
- Soraya Raquel Lamilla Cuevas
- Ethnicity
- Colombian American
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Point Pleasant Borough High School
- Rutgers University
- Died
- May 10, 2006
Miami
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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