Mamajuana (band)
Mamajuana is a Dominican band assembled by the Dominican composer and producer Eddy González.
AllMusic wrote: "Mamajuana combines Afro-Caribbean and contemporary rhythms with romantic lyrics. Their self-titled debut album, released by Sony International, featured the hit singles "Mamasota" and "Sin Un Beso Suyo". After two weeks in the U.S. market, Mamajuana sold 20,000 copies."[1]
Mamajuana was the first Dominican merengue band to ever perform in China, they had a season at the Venetian Macau casino and Sands Macao hotel;[citation needed] Mamajuana was nominated to Premios Lo Nuestro (Univision) as best tropical group or duo in the 2002 awards,[2] also was Revelacion del 2002 in Casandra Awards (Dominican Republic) and pre-nominated to the 2004 Grammy Awards for the best Urban Album for For Sale.[citation needed]
In the year 2017, Eddy Gonzalez reformed the band and started performing with a new music style and concept that he described as "Electronica Tropical", which combines electronic music with latin and tropical beats.[citation needed]
Sources[edit]
- ↑ Bonacich, Drago. Biography of Mamajuana at AllMusic. Retrieved 2007-02-18.
- ↑ Fajardo, José Carlos (11 December 2001). "Nominan a Ricardo y Alberto en Premios Lo Nuestro". Panamá América (in español). Retrieved 2 March 2024.
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