Biography
Haydée Marta Mercedes Sosa Girón (9 July 1935 – 4 October 2009) was an Argentine singer who was popular throughout Latin America and many countries outside the region. With her roots in Argentine folk music, Sosa became one of the preeminent exponents of El nuevo cancionero. She gave voice to songs written by many Latin American songwriters. She was hailed as the "voice of the voiceless ones", and often called "the conscience of Latin America". Sosa performed in venues such as the Lincoln Center in New York City, the Théâtre Mogador in Paris, the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City, as well as sold-out shows in New York's Carnegie Hall and the Roman Colosseum during her final decade of life. Her career spanned four decades and she was the recipient of six Latin Grammy awards (2000, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2009, 2011), including a Latin Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2004 and two posthumous Latin Grammy Award for Best Folk Album in 2009 and 2011. She won the Premio Gardel in 2000, the main musical award in Argentina. She served as an ambassador for UNICEF.
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Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Credited work
453 releases · 87 albums · active 1965–2025
- Performance · 378
- Other credits · 97
- Production · 44
Studios: Teatro Opera · Estudios ION · Estudios El Pie · Bass Hit Studios
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Charly Garcia
- Milton Nascimento
- Raimundo Fagner
- Raul Ellwanger
- Holly Near
- Francis Cabrel
- Ismael Serrano