Mercedes Sosa

Folk Singer

Birthday July 9, 1935

Birth Sign Cancer

Birthplace Argentina

DEATH DATE Oct 4, 2009 (74)

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About

Popular Argentine singer known for beloved albums like Sera Posible El Sur. She was a proponent of the nueva cancion movement.

Before Fame

She won a singing competition hosted by a local radio station in 1950 at the age of fifteen.

Trivia

She earned a posthumous Latin Grammy award for Best Folk Album with 2009's Cantora 1.

Family Life

She had a son with her first husband, Manuel Oscar Matus.

Associated With

She worked with a number of Spanish-language artists, such as Shakira.