María del Monte

María del Monte Tejado Algaba (born 26 April 1962 in Seville, Andalusia) is a Spanish folk singer and TV and radio hostess.[1][2] She's most known in Spain as "La Reina de las Sevillanas" (The Queen of the Sevillanas).[1]

María del Monte
Background information
Birth nameMaría del Monte Tejado Algaba
Also known asReina de las Sevillanas (Sevillanas' Queen)
Born (1962-04-26) April 26, 1962
Seville, Andalusia, Spain
GenresCopla
Sevillanas
Occupation(s)Singer
TV and Radio hostess
InstrumentsVocalist
Castanets
Years active1982–present

Biography

María del Monte was born on 26 April 1962 in Seville, Andalusia.[3] 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).[3][1] In this album there's her most famous single: Cántame.[4]

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.[2] In 1998 she appeared in TVE in a special TV-Show Esa copla me suena and Especial Feria de Abril.[5]

Discography[3]

  • 1988 Cántame Sevillanas
  • 1989 Besos de luna
  • 1989 Acompañame
  • 1991 Al Alba
  • 1991 Ahora
  • 1992 Con el Alma
  • 1993 Reina de las sevillanas
  • 1996 He Intentado Imaginar
  • 1998 Cartas de Amor
  • 1998 Digan lo que digan
  • 1999 De Siempre: Antología de las Sevillanas volumen I
  • 2000 El dolor del amor: Antología de las Sevillanas volumen II
  • 2002 Con otro aire
  • 2003 Cosas de la vida: Antología de las sevillanas Volumen III
  • 2004 Olé, Olé
  • 2005 Un Chaparrón
  • 2011 Cómo te echo de menos

TV career

  • Gente joven (1982), (TVE) - Contestant.[6]
  • Al compás de la copla (1996), (Antena 3)
  • Esa copla me suena (1998), (TVE)
  • Los debates de Hermida (2000), (Antena 3) - Talk show guest.[7]
  • La canción de mi querer (2000), (TVE)
  • Cántame (2000), (Canal Sur) - Hostess
  • Contigo (2000-2002), (Canal Sur) - Hostess
  • Shalakabula (2005), (Canal Sur).[7]
  • El club de Flo (2006), (La Sexta) - Talk show guest
  • La tarde con María (2007-2009), (Canal Sur) - Hostess
  • ¿Dónde estás corazón? DEC (2011), (Antena 3), - Hostess.[8]
  • Tu cara me suena (2012-2013), (Antena 3), - Contestant.[7]
  • Uno de Los Nuestros (2013), (TVE), - Judgess.[9]
  • Tu cara me suena - Mini (2014), (Antena 3), - Tutor.[10]
  • Yo Soy del Sur (2016–Present), (Canal Sur) - Hostess

References

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