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Mercedes Sosa
Haydée Marta Mercedes Sosa Girón 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 the nuevo cancionero movement. 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 co…
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entertainment · Argentine singer (1935–2009) · singer · recording artist · musician · also Mercedes Sosa, Haydée Mercedes Sosa, Haydee Mercedes Sosa, La Negra, Sosa
Born 9 July 1935 · Died 4 October 2009 · Q216450
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2026· 25 entries
La Gaceta: Quién es Margui Ponce, la niña de 11 años a la que comparan con Mercedes Sosa
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La Nación: Del esfuerzo de su mamá por traerla a Buenos Aires al premio de $100.000.000 que recibió: la historia de Margui Ponce, la niña de 11 años que comparan con Mercedes Sosa
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Página|12: Milongas extremas: “Conviven Daft Punk, Caetano Veloso y Mercedes Sosa”
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Nueva Rioja: Nahuel Pennisi presentó su disco tributo a Mercedes Sosa con diez canciones
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La Jornada: “Mercedes Sosa convirtió el canto en forma de resistencia, memoria y esperanza”
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Diario La Opinión de Rafaela: Los riesgos y caídas del teatro Mercedes Sosa en Tucumán
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El Tribuno: De Panam a Lali Espósito: los riesgos y caídas del teatro Mercedes Sosa en Tucumán
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Diario El Norte - San Nicolás: Polémica por el teatro Mercedes Sosa tras el fallo por Sergio Denis - Diario El Norte
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Cadena 3 Argentina: Teatro Mercedes Sosa: caídas y riesgos que preocupan a artistas y público en Tucumán
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AGENCIAFE: Nahuel Pennisi presentó su disco tributo a Mercedes Sosa
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KCH FM: Pennisi tributa a Mercedes Sosa: ‘Es la madre de los cantores’
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Infobae: Nahuel Pennisi presentó su disco tributo a Mercedes Sosa: “Es la madre de todos los cantores”
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Infobae: Un homenaje contemporáneo y profundamente latinoamericano al legado de Mercedes Sosa
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radiotucuman.com.ar: Polémica en La Libertad Avanza, por los dichos sobre Mercedes Sosa: "Gorda comunista, un cáncer"
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Contexto Tucumán: Videos de la noche más trágica en el Teatro Mercedes Sosa: ¿Sergio Denis fue responsable de caerse en el foso?
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Cuestión Entrerriana: La Justicia tucumana rechazó la demanda de los hijos de Sergio Denis por su caída en el Teatro Mercedes Sosa
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lafolkargentina.com.ar: Mercedes Sosa y una pasión inesperada: los autos y la tecnología que marcaron su vida
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el tucumano | Noticias y actualidad de Tucumán: La Justicia de Tucumán exculpó al Teatro Mercedes Sosa y Raúl Armisén por la muerte de Sergio Denis
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La Gaceta: La Justicia desestimó la demanda de la familia de Sergio Denis por su caída en el Teatro Mercedes Sosa
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sergiolapegue.com: “CAMPO LOOP” GANADOR PREMIO MERCEDES SOSA 2026 AL MEJOR ÁLBUM FOLKLORE ALTERNATIVO POR GRITO GAUCHA / LA GUERRA DEL BARRO
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Contexto Tucumán: La justicia determinó que la caída de Sergio Denis en el foso del teatro Mercedes Sosa fue causada por su propia conducta
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El Marplatense: La Justicia rechazó la demanda de la familia de Sergio Denis por su caída en el Teatro Mercedes Sosa
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Diario Nuevo Día: Recomendado de Rock And Frío: Nahuel Pennisi homenajea a Mercedes Sosa con un nuevo disco
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Mundodehoy.com: Blues, flamenco y Mercedes Sosa
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2024· 2 entries
Released album “Mercedes Sosa en New York, 1974”.
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Released album “En vivo en el Gran Rex 2006”.
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2023· 1 entry
Rolling Stone ranked Sosa at number 160 on its list of the 200 Greatest Singers of All Time
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2021· 1 entry
Released album “Cantora éxitos”.
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2020· 3 entries
Released album “Hunting Down Good Tunes”.
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Released album “Sunday Car”.
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Released album “Great Hits”.
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2019· 1 entry
Sosa was celebrated by a Google Doodle
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2017· 1 entry
Released album “Live at RTSI”.
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2015· 2 entries
Released album “Lucerito”.
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Released album “Alfonsina y el mar”.
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2014· 3 entries
Released album “La Negra: The Definitive Collection”.
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Released album “Ángel”.
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Released album “Grandes éxitos”.
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2012· 1 entry
Released album “Coleção Folha Grandes Vozes, Volume 11: Mercedes Sosa”.
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2011· 1 entry
Released album “Y seguí cantando: Canciones censuradas e inéditas”.
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2010· 1 entry
Released album “Mercedes Sosa '76”.
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2009· 9 entries
Died 2009-10-04.
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Released album “Cantora 2”.
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Awarded Latin Grammy Award for Best Folk Album (2009).
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Released album “Cantora”.
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Released album “Cantora 1”.
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Released album “Musicalmente”.
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Released album “Siempre: Una vida en canciones”.
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Released album “Canción con Todos”.
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Released album “Sus Primeros Pasos”.
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2008· 2 entries
Awarded Order of Cultural Merit (Brazil) (2008).
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Career landmark: UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador (2008).
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2006· 2 entries
Released album “Para cantar he nacido”.
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Released album “La historia del folklore: segunda parte”.
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2005· 2 entries
Released album “Corazón libre”.
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Released album “La más completa coleccion”.
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2004· 3 entries
Awarded Latin Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award (2004).
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And two posthumous Latin Grammy Award for Best Folk Album in 2009 and 2011
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Released album “O melhor de Mercedes Sosa”.
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2003· 2 entries
Released album “Voz y sentimiento”.
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Released album “Argentina quiere cantar”.
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2002· 4 entries
Released album “Grandes éxitos, vol. 1”.
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Released album “Acústico en vivo”.
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Sold out both Carnegie Hall in New York and the Colosseum in Rome in the same year
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Released album “La historia”.
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2001· 1 entry
Released album “Universo latino 6”.
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2000· 1 entry
(Misa Criolla), 2003 (Acústico), 2006 (Corazón Libre), 2009 (Cantora 1, which also won Best Recording Package and was nominated for Album of the Year), and 2011 (Deja La Vida Volar), as well as several international awar
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1999· 3 entries
Released album “Millenium”.
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Released album “Colección "Sentir el Folclore": Balderrama”.
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Released album “Misa criolla”.
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1998· 1 entry
Released album “Al despertar”.
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1997· 3 entries
Released album “Colección mi historia”.
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Released album “Mercedes Sosa canta Charly García: Alta fidelidad”.
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Released album “The Best of Mercedes Sosa”.
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1996· 1 entry
Released album “Escondido en mi país”.
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1995· 4 entries
Awarded diamond Konex award (1995).
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Released album “Gracias a la vida”.
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Konex Foundation from Argentina granted her the Diamond Konex Award, one of the most prestigious awards in Argentina, as the most important personality in the popular music of her country in the last decade
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Released album “Oro”.
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1994· 2 entries
Released album “Gestos de amor”.
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Played in the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City
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1993· 1 entry
Released album “30 años”.
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1992· 1 entry
Released album “Sino”.
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1991· 1 entry
Released album “De mí”.
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1989· 1 entry
Released album “Live in Europe”.
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1988· 1 entry
Released album “Amigos míos”.
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1987· 2 entries
Released album “Mercedes Sosa '87”.
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Released album “Vivir”.
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1986· 2 entries
Released album “Mercedes Sosa '86”.
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Released album “Todavía cantamos”.
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1985· 2 entries
Released album “Vengo a ofrecer mi corazón”.
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Released album “Corazón americano”.
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1984· 2 entries
Released album “¿Será posible el sur?”.
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Released album “Radio Deutsche Welle”.
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1983· 3 entries
Released album “Recital”.
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Released album “Mercedes Sosa”.
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Released album “Homenagem a Picasso”.
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1982· 2 entries
Released album “Mercedes Sosa en Argentina”.
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Released album “Como un pájaro libre”.
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1980· 2 entries
Released album “A quien doy”.
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Released album “Gravado ao vivo no Brasil”.
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1979· 2 entries
Released album “Serenata para la tierra de uno”.
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Sosa was searched and arrested on stage, along with all those attending the concert
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1977· 3 entries
Released album “Mercedes Sosa interpreta a Atahualpa Yupanqui”.
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Released album “La mamancy”.
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Released album “A arte de Mercedes Sosa”.
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1976· 3 entries
Released album “Marrón / Mercedes Sosa Live”.
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The atmosphere in Argentina grew increasingly oppressive
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Released album “En dirección del viento”.
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1975· 2 entries
Released album “A que florezca mi pueblo”.
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Released album “Disco de oro”.
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1973· 3 entries
Released album “Traigo un pueblo en mi voz”.
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Released album “Canciones para mi América”.
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Released album “Si se calla el cantor”.
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1972· 3 entries
Released album “Mujeres de América Latina”.
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Released album “Cantata sudamericana”.
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Released album “Hasta la victoria”.
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1971· 3 entries
Released album “Güemes”.
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Released album “Homenaje a Violeta Parra”.
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Including what was to become one of Sosa's signature songs, "Gracias a la vida"
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1970· 3 entries
Released album “Navidad con Mercedes Sosa”.
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Released album “El grito de la tierra”.
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And Güemes, la tierra en armas in 1971, in which she portrayed Juana Azurduy de Padilla, the guerrilla military leader who fought for Argentine independence
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1969· 1 entry
Released album “Mujeres argentinas”.
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1968· 1 entry
Released album “Con sabor a Mercedes Sosa”.
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1967· 3 entries
Released album “Para cantarle a mi gente”.
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Released ep “Juanito Laguna remonta un barrilete”.
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Sosa toured the United States and Europe with great success
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1966· 2 entries
Released album “Yo no canto por cantar”.
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Released album “Hermano”.
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1963· 1 entry
Released album “Canciones con fundamento”.
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1962· 1 entry
Released album “La voz de la zafra”.
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1950· 1 entry
At age fifteen, she won a singing competition organized by a local radio station and was given a contract to perform for two months
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1935· 1 entry
Born 1935-07-09.
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