María del Sol

Marisol de las Mercedes Echánove Rojas (born 24 September 1961), better known as María del Sol , is a Mexican singer. She is the daughter of lawyer Alonso Echánove and the actress/journalist Josefina Echánove and the younger sister of Peggy Echánove and actor Alonso Echánove.

In the 1970s, she auditioned with music producer Luis de Llano and got married at the age of 16 to Miguel Magaña, who was 14 years her senior. They divorced a year later. In 1979, she was named The Voice of Heraldo, starred in the musical La Pandilla and participated in the 8th Mexican national selection for the OTI Festival. In 1980, she recorded her first album and in 1981, she won the "Best Singer Award" at the Yamaha Festival in Japan. That same year, she married Raúl Canessa, the brother of Uruguayan football player, Julio Canessa. In 1984, she starred in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat and recorded her second album, María del Sol. was her third album, released in 1985. In 1986, she had one of her best hits, "" with her husband acting as manager.

In 1988, she won the 17th Mexican national selection for the OTI Festival with the song "", and thus represented Mexico in the OTI Festival 1988 where she placed fifth. In 1991, she starred in Cats. She later recorded the album .

Discography RCA Maria Del Sol, (1980) Quiero Tu Vida (1982) Maria Del Sol (1984) Magico (1985) Un Nuevo Amor (1986) Plenitud (1987) Maria (1989) Contigo Y Con El Mundo: Lo Mejor De Maria Del Sol (1990) Volver Al Amor (1991) Cats: Original Cast Recording (Mexico's Production) (1992) Llego El Amor (2002) Soy Mama (2005)

At the OTI Festival María del Sol participated seven times in the Mexican national selection for the OTI Festival as a singer; winning the 17th edition with the song "", and thus representing Mexico in the OTI Festival 1988, where she placed fifth.

+ Participations in the Mexican national selection for the OTI festival Year Song Performer Songwriter Result 1979 "" María del Sol Graciela González Eliminated in the qualifying rounds 1980 "" María del Sol 4th in the final 1981 "" María del Sol Joan Sebastian Eliminated in the qualifying rounds 1984 "" María del Sol Eliminated in the third qualifying round 1985 "" María del Sol Carlos Lara 5th in the final 1986 "" María del Sol and Jorge Muñiz Jorge Muñiz 2nd in the final 1988 "" María del Sol 1st in the final

+ Participations in the OTI festival Year Country Song Performer Songwriter Result 1988 Mexico "" María del Sol 5th