Mamajuana (band)
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Mamajuana is a Dominican band assembled by the Dominican composer and producer Eddy González
.
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 Hotel and Casino; Mamajuana was nominated to Premios Lo Nuestro (Univision) as best tropical group or duo in the 2002 awards, 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.
In the year 2017, Eddy Gonzalez reformed the band and start performing with a new music style and concept that he describe as "Electronica Tropical"
, which combines the electronic music with latin and tropical beats.
Sources[]
- ^ Bonacich, Drago. Biography of Mamajuana at AllMusic. Retrieved 2007-02-18.
External links[]
- Dominican Republic musical groups
- Merengue music groups
- Caribbean musical group stubs