Totó la Momposina explained

Totó la Momposina
Background:solo_singer
Birth Name:Sonia Bazanta Vides
Alias:Totó la Momposina
Birth Date:1940 8, df=yes
Birth Place:Talaigua Nuevo, Bolívar, Colombia
Instrument:Vocals
Genre:Cumbia, Bullerengue
Occupation:Musician, songwriter
Years Active:1964–present
Label:Real World Records

Sonia Bazanta Vides (born 1 August 1940), better known as Totó la Momposina, is a Colombian singer of Afro-Colombian and Indigenous descent.[1] She reached international attention with the release of her 1993 album La Candela Viva on Peter Gabriel's Real World Records label.[2] Totó accompanied Gabriel García Márquez to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1982 as part of a Colombian cultural delegation performing during the award ceremony.

Biography

Totó was born in the northern Colombian town of Talaigua Nuevo near Mompox in the Bolívar Department. She is from the fourth generation of her family to be involved with music. Her father was a drummer and her mother was a singer and dancer.[3]

She studied at the National University of Colombia. She then studied for a year at the Sorbonne in Paris.[4]

She received the Latin Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2013.[5]

In 2017, she was awarded an honorary doctorate from the National Pedagogic University in Colombia.

Discography

Notable usage

Awards and nominations

Grammy Awards

|-| 2015 || El Asunto || Best Tropical Latin Album || |-

Latin Grammy Awards

Totó la Momposina has two Latin Grammy awards from four nominations for her collaboration with the urban group Calle 13 on their song "Latinoamérica", receiving in 2013 the lifetime achievement award.|-| 2000 || Pacantó || Best Folk Album || |-| 2002 || Pacantó || Best Traditional Tropical Album || |-| 2009 || La Bodega || Best Traditional Tropical Album || |-| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"|2011 || "Latinoamérica" || Record of the Year || |-|"Latinoamérica" || Song of the Year || |-| 2013 || Special Awards || Lifetime Achievement Award || |-| 2014 || El Asunto || Best Folk Album || |-

Premios Nuestra Tierra

A Premio Nuestra Tierra is an accolade that recognize outstanding achievement in the Colombian music industry. Totó la Momposina has received a nomination.[7] |-| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="1"|2014 || "La Candela Viva" (with Jorge Celedón) || Best Folk Performance of the Year ||

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Enciso . Ana María . Totó La Momposina, A Powerful Voice Transformed into Heritage . BELatina . 16 February 2022 . 4 September 2020.
  2. https://realworldrecords.com/release/65/la-candela-viva/ Biography
  3. Web site: Totó la Momposina . Real World Records.
  4. Web site: Totó La Momposina - an icon of Colombian music . The Bogotá Post . 16 February 2022 . 31 July 2015.
  5. Web site: Meet Toto La Momposina: A Colombian Music Icon . Colombia Country Brand . 16 February 2022 . 19 August 2015.
  6. Web site: Wiser . Danny . 2021-04-29 . COLOMBIA: La Candela Viva - Totó La Momposina . 2023-10-11 . 200worldalbums.com . en.
  7. Web site: Nominados a los Premios Nuestra Tierra 2014. La Mega. Spanish. 2014-12-01. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304092312/http://www.lamega.com.co/noticia/nominados-los-premios-nuestra-tierra-2014-132040. 4 March 2016. dmy-all.

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