Soraya
Genre: Latin
Profile: Soraya
Soraya was born in 1969 in Point Pleasant NJ to Colombian parents. As a 26-year old, she made her singing debut in 1996 with two hit albums En Esta Noche and On Nights Like This. The second album was an English version of the first album. De Repente made it as an international hit and wherever Soraya went, this number followed her. Next came two albums: Torre de Marfil in 1977 and Cuerpo y Alma in 2000. Though these albums were good, yet they did nothing to promote her image and status. Soraya had raised the bar with De Repente, and these albums could not match up to those high standards although they had some hits. Soraya had to fight off breast-cancer, but she came up with the self-titled album Soraya in 2003 for EMI. Casi won her a Latin Grammy award. Next on line was El Otro Lado de Mi in 2005, which was a huge hit. Unfortunately, Soraya could not fight her cancer any longer and died in May 2006.