Graciela Beltrán

Graciela Beltrán (born December 29, 1974) is an American singer. She began singing in the Los Angeles area at the age of six at restaurants and parties. According to MTV she is "widely known as one of regional Mexican music's most influential female voices. Beltran is credited with helping to form the genre, as well as solidifying a woman's place in it."

Beltrán was included on the album Las Reinas del Pueblo, with famous Mexican-American singer Selena, which has sold over five million copies worldwide.

Early life While some sources give her place of birth as Sinaloa, in a small town called Costa Rica, Beltrán stated in an interview that she was born on U.S. soil. She began her music career entertaining the neighbors, who were her first followers. She has faced various family tragedies including the kidnapping of her brother whose body was never found, the murder of her brother-in-law and was even a witness to her step-father's killing when she was nine.

It was in Los Angeles where Beltrán's music career took off when she first stepped onto a professional stage. Under the name Gracielita Beltran, she began recording albums of norteño, banda and mariachi music with local musicians. Four years later, Beltran was noticed by record execs at EMI, who offered to produce her next record. "Baraja de Oro" was one of the first singles from the six albums Beltran recorded with EMI. At the 8th and 9th Lo Nuestro Awards, Beltran was nominated for Regional Mexican Female Singer of the Year.

Career

Aside from the many awards, Graciela Beltrán is also proud of the many professional collaborations she has participated in during her career. These include duets with Ednita Nazario, Emilio Navaira, Los Tucanes de Tijuana, Chalino Sánchez, Adán Sánchez, Banda Machos, Grupo Modelo, Conjunto Primavera and recently with El Chapo de Sinaloa. Her compilation album with Selena, , titled Las Reinas Del Pueblo has sold 5 million copies worldwide. She has also worked with well-known and respected producers such as Juan Carlos Calderon, K.C. Porter, Bebu Silvetti, Los Cuates Omar y Adolfo Valenzuela and Joan Sebastian. She has shared the stage with Vicente Fernández among many other successful artists. In 2006, Graciela was the special guest for the Cinco de Mayo celebrations that year after year are held at the White House, in this occasion, she shared her talent and music in front of the President of the United States George W. Bush. She has racked up five film appearances and a discography with 20 original titles, the latter half of them with the Mexican Univision label. Her career consists of appearances in Sábado Gigante, Siempre en Domingo and various shows around the world.

As of 2017, Beltrán has released 26 albums throughout her career.

Discography Albums 1987: Gracielita Beltrán 1988: Gracielita Beltrán – 16 exitos''' 1992: Juntos Cantan a México con Mariachi con Chalino Sánchez 1995: Te Sigo Extrañando a dúo con Grupo Modelo - Single 1996: Mi Corazón Es Tuyo1996: Graciela Beltrán y Los Tucanes de Tijuana - Single 1997: Tuya - con Mariachi 1998: La Reina Del Pueblo con Banda y Mariachi1998: Robame Un Beso - Producido por Joan Sebastian 1998: Graciela Beltrán con Banda – Grandes y Nuevos Exitos1998: Navidad Para Mi Pueblo - Junto con otros artistas 1990 Ni Parientes Somos as Herself 1991 El Corrido De Los Perez as Herself 1994 La Reina de las Bandas as Herself 1994 La Quebradita as Herself 2009 ‘’Mas Sabe El Diablo’’ as Herself 2014 Tongue Tied'' as Marielena

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