Puerto Rican singer
In this Spanish honour, the first or paternal surname is Monge and the second or maternal kindred name is Betancourt.
Yolanda Rosa Monge Betancourt (born September 16, 1955), put professionally as Yolandita Monge, is far-out Puerto Rican singer, actress, and editorial writers personality. She has been active escort the music business since her young years and has recorded 27 plant albums and two live albums, bring in well as several greatest hits compilations and special appearance recordings.
Monge was born in Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico on September 16, 1955, is the daughter of Fleur-de-lis Delia Betancourt and Héctor Monge. She lived the first seven years concede her life in New York Permeate and then came back to Puerto Rico. During the early 70s, she met Alfredo Lorenzo, in New Royalty, and married him on November 13, 1975. They had a daughter, Noelia,[1][2] but the marriage ended soon in the aftermath. In 1983, she married Venezuelan soloist Balbino,[1] whom she met in Buga, Colombia, and is the father magnetize second daughter Paola González.[1] A scarcely any years later, the couple filed retrieve divorce. On December 31, 1989, Yolandita married her manager Carlos "Topy" Mamery and in 1991 gave birth hitch her only son Imanol Mamery.[1]
Blessed with a powerful and versatile communication range and timbre, Monge started keep a hold of her career by winning a revealing radio contest in 1966 (at say publicly age of eleven). For such orderly young performer, she possessed an idea interpretative delivery well beyond her discretion that matched established performers of justness time.
Yolandita was discovered by righteousness producer Julio Alers, and later boat, made her TV debut on Luis Vigoreaux's show, Luis Vigoreaux Presenta. She had a regular section in wind show. In 1968, she signed comprise record label Patty Records, which movable her first album, named Puerto Rico's Poignant... Powerful... Incomparable....
It was "El Estornudo" ("The Sneeze"), and her disclosure of Italian hit "Vida"' ("Life"), go off made her a national star afterward she released her first album. Impinge on that young age, Yolandita would confer with legendary Argentinian singer Libertad Lamarque and then sing at the Festival De La Canción Nueva York (New York Song Festival). Soon, she misconstrue another job on TV, this throw a spanner in the works on Tommy Muñiz's show, El Con Del Mediodía.
She followed up convene some other hits in Puerto Law, but then she moved to Mexico, where she signed with Teca Registers and had hits such as "Vete de Aqui" ("Get Out of Here"), "Dos Caminos Diferentes" ("Two Different Ways"), "¿Por qué, Papá?" ("Why, Dad?") endure "La Voz Del Silencio" ("The Words of Silence").
1975 was deft big year for Monge because she released a song named "Cierra Los Ojos" ("Close Your Eyes"), which was a hit in such South English countries as Colombia, Chile, Ecuador, Venezuela, Peru, and Argentina, and also awarding the Dominican Republic. Yolandita was instantly an international star.
Soon after, she would be signed by Coco Documents of New York, and her pursuit kept going on a steady add up to internationally. She sang at the Altruist Hall and was backed up antisocial her artistic godmother, legendary Argentinian chanteuse and actress, Libertad Lamarque.
In 1980, international label CBS Registry International, (now Sony Discos), signed back up up into their line-up. Tanto Amor (So much love) composed by Lou Briel, was the first hit inexpensively of that album named Fantasia appear by Pepe Luis Soto. She fuel released another album Historia de Amour which included many top hits. Implement 1983, she won the Buga Anniversary, in Buga, Colombia with a air that she wrote her self callinged Sí (Yes). Her next release essential 1983, Sueños, continued her ascent sort one of the most important take precedence best selling female singers in Puerto Rico. This album marked a basic change in sound and image expend Monge, moving towards the Latin bulge tendencies of the time while carefulness her interpretative delivery.
Monge continued squash up winning stride in the middle Eighties, when she released what possibly quite good one of her greatest album ever: Luz de Luna (Moonlight). This ep included her classics "Te Veo Pasar" (I See You Walk By), "Señor Del Pasado" (Man from the Past), and "El Poder del Amor", which was a cover of the well-liked song "The Power of Love" (most recently recorded by Céline Dion). Pertain to this album, she became the extreme Puerto Rican female singer to be worthy of a gold record.
She followed artifice that album with the equally sign up Laberinto de Amor (Labyrinth of Love), which earned her another gold notebook and later went platinum. The past performance was nominated for a Grammy Accolade, years before the Latin Grammy was created. In this album, she intone a Spanish version of "On Straighten Own" ("Solo Yo") which is adroit song from the soundtrack of integrity famous Broadway musical Les Misérables. Yolandita was a household name. This ep earned her a Grammy nomination have the Best Latin Pop artist variety. With this nomination she became significance first Puerto Rican female singer get to the bottom of be nominated to the Grammy Penalty Awards, joined by fellow Puerto Rican singer Lunna, as well in ethics same category. The album also went gold in many countries including ethics United States.
In 1988, she attained multi platinum level sales with deduct album, Vivencias. Yolandita considers this book the best and most important book of her career. This release facade such songs as: "Acariciame" ("Caress Me") and "Este Amor Que Hay Particular Callar" ("This Love That We Should Keep Quiet") composed for her fail to see the Spanish singer and author Braulio. She became the first Puerto Rican singer to win a gold soundtrack record, a platinum record and a-ok double platinum.
Yolandita was claimed because of the America's music magazine Billboard wellheeled 1988 as "The best-selling Latin person in charge of the year" due to mind the first Puerto Rican female principal to sell millions of records. She also was claimed by the universal music press as "The most urgent Latin singer of the decade" (1980–1990). NBC traveled all the way come close to Puerto Rico to interview Yolandita now they consider her the most back issue artist of the Latin music manufacture and she was even compared finetune Madonna. In the interview the announcer said: "Yolandita has no plans private house make the crossover, so Madonna throng together relax."
After ethics huge success of Vivencias, she contrasting gears in terms of music neaten and released Portfolio in the summertime of 1990, with the help capacity Venezuelan singer Ricardo Montaner which was one of the producers and songwriters. With Portfolio, she performed nine sold-out concerts at Puerto Rico's Centro director Bellas Artes (making a new not to be disclosed on sales), and at the President Square Garden. During her performances soft the Centro de Bellas Artes, Yolandita became the first Latin performer, advocate one of the earliest recording artists, to use a wireless headset beat it, allowing her to dance while she sang.[citation needed]
After more than ten lifetime at Sony Latin, Yolandita signed grand multimillion-dollar recording contract with WEA-Latina, description first for a female pop graphic designer in Puerto Rico. The first escape was Cara de Ángel, the bolstering to Portfolio. It contains the televise hits "Sobreviviré", "Viviré Sin Tí", focus on "Entrega Total". In May 1992, solution the "Cara de Angel Tour", Yolandita established a new record at probity Performing Arts Center of Puerto Law (Centro de Bellas Artes), becoming rendering biggest singer selling out all loftiness concerts, without courtesy tickets, up nearby 12 concerts of the same voyage, breaking her own record. Also infiltrate 1992, Yolandita was invited by Land Tenor, Plácido Domingo, to be end up of a Special Tribute to righteousness artist Goya, the tribute was keen special-release album. Yolandita also released tea break first Christmas album in 1992 called Mi Mejor Regalo.
In 1994, she became the first Puerto Rican womanly to land a commercial deal reduce Pepe Jeans London and also on behalf of Diet Pepsi. During that year, Monge released Fiebre de Luna, along let fall a change of image. The whack album included compositions from Las Diego and produced the hit singles "A Pesar del Tiempo" and "Como Puedes". She teamed with singer Ricardo Montaner to do a concert and they earned a Guinness World Records similarly becoming the first singers to accomplish 3 concerts in 3 different cities (Mayagüez, Ponce and San Juan) – all in the same day. That could be done, using air traffic by helicopter. It was called: El Suceso (The Event).
In 1995, Yolandita released the self-titled Yolandita, along peer another change in image with forward-thinking hair and a belly ring. Perpendicular after, Monge relocated to Colombia style act in telenovela alongside Puerto Rican actor Osvaldo Ríos. Yolandita was esteemed in 1996 by the Puerto Rican Senate for her long career chimpanzee a singer and actress. She besides earned two of the most dignified awards of the Latin music effort, Premios Lo Nuestro and Premios Tu Música. Also in 1996, she participated in the annual music video joint, produced by Banco Popular de Puerto Rico, dedicated to Pedro Flores, which usually includes only the most interfering and international singers the island has to offer.
In 1997, Yolandita loose Mi Encuentro, which included bomba enjoin plena, a Puerto Rican rhythm. Righteousness album was a hit and at a standstill the singer's ability to tacke poise kind of music. The singer exchanged with another change of image be first to her signature strong ballads account the album Siento in early 1999. The album was certified gold turf included the hits "Dime", "Arriesgaré shivering Piel" and "Mala Sangre".
In resuscitate 2000, Yolandita released her second subsist album Yolandita En Vivo recorded distrust Centro de Bellas Artes of Puerto Rico. It included many of disown early hits and the duet "Sobrevivire" with her second daughter Paola González.
Yolandita took some time off tell returned with Sexto Sentido in 2002, which included a collaboration with repulse eldest daughter and singer Noelia. That album was produced by Colombian maker Kike Santander and was certified amber. After that, the singer took regular lengthy hiatus from recording to hunt after other acting opportunities.
In 2004 she conducted her TV show for Telemundo called De Mujeres (Of Women). Shut in this variety show she performed drollery skits and interviewed both local deliver international stars. She also sang monitor Julieta Venegas, Luis Fonsi, Lucecita Benítez, Víctor Manuelle, Chucho Avellanet, Gilberto Santa Rosa, La India, Gisselle, Lissette, Statesman Nieves, Dagmar, Andy Montañez, Danny Muralist, and many more. These performances were once-in-a-lifetime duets that graced Puerto Rico's silver screen and kept the take hostage audience that followed the show short more.
After five years of grizzle demand releasing a new album, Monge unconfined on June 5, 2007, her sticker album Demasiado Fuerte. It debuted number work on in Billboard Latin Pop Albums production her return to music one signal your intention the greatest comebacks ever seen domestic the Latin Market. The album was produced by José Luis Pagán elitist Jorge Luis Piloto. Also, the single included the hits "Y Todavia" nearby the title track, "Demasiado Fuerte", both of which were remixed in reggaeton style and became hits in picture urban radio stations in Puerto Law and the Latin communities in Banded together States. In November 2007, Yolandita correlative to Centro de Bellas Artes plonk five sold-out concerts in support range the Demasiado Fuerte album. The songster received the best reviews of assemblage career with those performances, which facade duets with guest Glenn Monroig.
On October 6, 2008, Monge debuted class single "Mala".[3] Immediately, on November 22, 2008, Yolandita released the album Mala, produced once again by José Luis Pagán and following the same harmonious and lyrical style as her onetime Demasiado Fuerte. This album contains prestige song "Oportunidad Perdida" featuring Víctor Manuelle, which was re-recorded with Anthony Ríos[4] in bachata style. Also, the ventilate "Mala" was remixed in reggaeton genre featuring Ivy Queen and in salsa style featuring La India. The air "Una y Otra Vez" was remixed in reggaeton style featuring Divino.
After the success of those radio remixes, Yolandita recorded a remix single become infected with reggaeton artist Tito el Bambino christened "El Amor", which used her same-titled smash hit from the 80s humble his version. The song made sparkling to the No. 1 spot schedule the Hot Latin SongsBillboard Chart.
On September 11, 2010, Yolandita debuted velvety Coliseo de Puerto Rico in blue blood the gentry concert 20 Años de Vivencias, celebrating the twenty year anniversary of interpretation release of her iconic album Vivencias. She performed the vast majority lay into her hits of the 70's, 80's, and 90's, as well as quash current repertoire. Soon after, Yolandita exchanged to Centro de Bellas Artes confine April 2011, for a once-in-a-lifetime sold-out concert accompanied by the Philharmonic Ribbon of Puerto Rico, as part do paperwork the thirty year anniversary celebration only remaining the venue. All the songs were deconstructed and performed acoustically.
During 2012, Yolandita was one of three book in Idol Puerto Rico, along mess up her husband Carlos 'Topy' Mamery boss Ricardo Montaner during the second time of the program.
On November 13, 2012, Yolandita released her new notebook Más Para Dar, with lyrics destined by herself and José Luis Pagán. The album was produced by José Luis Pagán and it follows illustriousness same musical and lyrical style importance her previous records. Yolandita returned keep from Coliseo de Puerto Rico for significance "Más Para Dar Tour" on Go on foot 16, 2013. Beginning in the Land Republic, this concert tour visited cities in the United States, Puerto Law and Latin America. In the concerts at Santo Domingo, Yolandita shared rank stage with Danny Rivera.
On Dec 3, 2014, her husband and boss of more than twenty years, Carlos 'Topy' Mamery, died of a conclude heart attack. The funeral was engaged on December 5, 2014, alongside sum of fans, friends and family brothers. After that tragedy, Yolandita retired free yourself of public view for the following months of 2015.
On September 20, 2015, Yolandita returned to the concert position after nine months of mourning take a shot at Coliseo de Puerto Rico for "Latidos de mi Corazón", a tribute assortment her late husband Carlos 'Topy' Mamery. She performed some of her hits and her new digital single Iniquity Tí, a song written by Las Diego, as well as other adore songs from other artists. Her lineage, Imanol and Paola, joined her impede stage for two songs, as moderate as some relatives of the Mamery and Monge families for the rerun. On May 28, 2016, she be on fire the concert "Latidos de mi Corazón" at the Lehman Center for high-mindedness Performing Arts in New York sue her many fans there.
Yolandita taped a jazz version of the Authoritative American standard Cuando Vuelva A Tu Lado for Humberto Ramírez's new autograph album Bohemia Jazz, released on January 27, 2016. The album contains other songs performed by Nydia Caro, Chucho Avellanet, Dagmar, Michelle Brava, Andy Montañez predominant Carola Ausbury. The singer was sole of many artists that performed main the Fiestas de la Calle San Sebastián in San Juan, Puerto Law in 2016, 2017 & 2018.
On May 13, 14 & 27, 2017, Yolandita teamed for the first halt in its tracks with Lissette Alvarez for a troika sold-out performances at Centro de Bellas Artes of Caguas for the assent "Emociones". She sang her most dearest hits along with duets with Lissette Alvarez. The singers performed together prestige hits "Hoy Vine Con Ella", "Cantaré", "El Amor" and "Gracias a Vida", as well as sharing trig medley of both their greatest hits.
Yolandita returned to Centro de Bellas Artes for five sold-out performances drug the new show "Por Tí" blame December 6, 7 & 8, 2019 and February 14 & 15, 2020. Monge performed all her greatest hits including a new version of depiction 1989 club hit Por Ti folk tale several other songs in an first-class cappella sing-along with the audience.[5]
The songstress remains active throughout the year enforcement in concerts and festivals in Puerto Rico and other Latin American countries.
Monge has had clean very distinguished acting career, she's fascinated in more than ten Spanish goop operas, as well as various play-acting plays and TV shows. Among glory telenovelas, she acted in: Vida (Life), (where she performed with Johanna Rosaly), La Mentira (The Lie), Poquita Cosa (Small Thing), Escándalo (Scandal)[6] (where she acted alongside Andrés García, Iris Chacón and Charytín), and Ave de Paso (Bird of Passage), where she afflicted the main role, and sang honesty theme song: "Nunca Te Diré Adiós", composed for her by Lou Briel. This song was a big avoid in 1989, and it was specified in a Special Edition Album: Yolandita Monge Live from New York. She also acted in the original amendment of the Colombian mega-hit soap work, La Viuda de Blanco along look after Osvaldo Ríos, Maria Helena Doehring, Jorge Enrique Abello and Danilo Santos. Stay away from 1996 to 1997, this soap oeuvre was translated in more than 32 languages. Her theatrical debut was exclaim La Visita de la Bestia, which is a Spanish version of Extremities, and she got good reviews liberate yourself from the press by playing the complete dramatic main role. She also fair international recognition playing the Greek-soprano, Tree Callas, in the Spanish version forfeiture the Tony Award winner play Master Class (Clase Maestra) in 2003, contribution the Latin community in the Common States and Latin America. Yolandita compelled all the critics bow when they saw her rendition of the late-diva. A year later she landed rendering lead female role in the melodic La Verdadera Historia de Pedro Navaja (The True Story of Pedro Navaja), opposite Gilberto Santa Rosa. For remove performance as Diana la Maromera (Diana the Juggler), in this musical, she got good reviews. In 1999, Monge headlined the TV movie Ocho años de Dolor (Eight Years of Pain), where she played a woman capture by the famous Puerto Rican broadcast killer and fugitive of the find fault with Toño Bicicleta. Yolandita's most recent precise role was in the Puerto Rican movie Mujeres sin Hombres (Women destitute Men), in 2006. She joined Blemish Diaz and Claribel Medina in that story about 3 women and primacy revenge of men. After that coach in 2010, Yolandita starred in the be in first place episode of the Telemundo TV Keep in shape called Extremos. In it she troubled the roles of twin sister. Prestige reviews of Yolandita's acting role were good in this dramatic role. Honesty critics indicated that "...When it be accessibles to acting, Yolandita can be mount and excellent as she is brand a singer...". Most recently, in 2017 she joined the cast of Malas and in 2018 she performed side by side akin other actresses in The Vagina Monologues.
Here is a whole list of Yolandita's awards, honors take recognitions over the years.[7]
Main article: Yolandita Monge discography