Maria del Monte
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | María del Monte Tejado Algaba |
| Also known as | Reina de las Sevillanas (Sevillanas' Queen) |
| Born |
April 26, 1962 Seville, Andalusia, Spain |
| Genres |
Copla Sevillanas |
| Occupation(s) | Singer TV and Radio hostess |
| Instruments | Vocalist Castanets |
| Years active | 1982–present |
María del Monte Tejado Algaba (born on 26 April, 1962 in Seville, Andalusia) is a Spanish folk singer and TV and radio hostess. She's most known in Spain as "La Reina de las Sevillanas" (The Queen of the Sevillanas).
In 1982 won a TV contest show in Ceuta and thereafter released her first album. With the second one titled Cántame sevillanas being a hit in Spain and achieved triple Platinum disc (thirteen in her long career). In this album there's her most famous single: Cántame.
Also has worked in several TV and radio programs. In 1993 hosted Vamos juntos in Canal Sur Radio and three years later in Antena 3 in Al compás de la copla. In 1998 she appeared in TVE in a special TV-Show Esa copla me suena and Especial Feria de Abril.
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