María del Monte explained

María del Monte should not be confused with Santa María del Monte.

María del Monte
Birth Name:María del Monte Tejado Algaba
Native Name Lang:es
Alias:Reina de las Sevillanas (Sevillanas' Queen)
Birth Date:26 April 1962
Birth Place:Seville, Andalusia, Spain
Genre:Copla
Sevillanas
Occupation:Singer
TV and Radio hostess
Instrument:Vocalist
Castanets
Years Active:1982–present

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).

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

She was linked romantically with another spanish singer, Isabel Pantoja, for several years. And now is the wife of the journalist Inmaculada Casal.

Discography

TV career

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Biografía de María del Monte . es . yes.fm . 7 February 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140805173343/http://www.yes.fm/artista/Maria-del-Monte . 5 August 2014 . Prisa.
  2. Web site: Tejado Algaba, Maria del Monte - Cantante y Presentadora de Canal Sur Televisión . es . academiatv.es . 7 February 2019.
  3. News: María del Monte celebró su 45 cumpleaños en la Feria de Abril, rodeada de amigos . es . . 27 April 2007 . 7 February 2019.
  4. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/mar%C3%ADa-del-monte-mn0000223476/biography María del Monte's biography
  5. http://www.elartedevivirelflamenco.com/cancionespanola37.html María del Monte Algaba - Biografía
  6. http://www.20minutos.es/noticia/246584/0/maria/monte/cantante/ María del Monte: "Jamás he montado en el metro, me dá un poco de cosita"
  7. http://www.ideal.es/granada/20110923/gente/dec-despide-audiencia-maria-monte-201109231327.html DEC se despide de la audiencia con María del Monte
  8. http://www.antena3.com/programas/tu-cara-me-suena/concursantes/maria-del-monte/maria-monte_2012092500098.html María del Monte, cantante española de sevillanas y de copla, así como presentadora de radio y televisión es una de los ocho concursantes en la segunda edición de 'Tu cara me suena'.
  9. http://ecoteuve.eleconomista.es/programas/noticias/5141209/09/13/Javier-Gurruchaga-Maria-del-Monte-y-Roser-el-jurado-de-Uno-de-los-nuestros-en-TVE.html#.Kku8GNadEoT4qVC Javier Gurruchaga, María del Monte y Roser, el jurado de 'Uno de los nuestros' en TVE
  10. http://ecoteuve.eleconomista.es/programas/noticias/5853472/06/14/Antena-3-cierra-la-lista-de-concursantes-de-Tu-carita-me-suena-mini.html#.Kku8X6qARJpavH9 Antena 3 cierra la lista de concursantes de 'Tu cara me suena mini'