Celia Cruz

**Celia Cruz** (October 21, 1925 – July 16, 2003) was a Cuban-American salsa performer. She earned twenty-three gold albums. She was called the "Queen of Salsa" as well as "La Guarachera de Cuba."

She spent most of her career living in New Jersey. She worked in the United States and several Latin American countries. Leila Cobo of _Billboard Magazine_ once said "Cruz is indisputably the best known and most influential female figure in the history of Cuban music."

## Discography

- 2003 _Homenaje a Beny Moré_
- 2003 _Celia & Johnny_
- 2003 _Dios Disfrute a la Reina_
- 2003 _Son Boleros, Boleros Son_
- 2003 _Reina de la Música Cubana_
- 2003 _Regalo del Alma_
- 2003 _Más Grande Historia Jamás Cantada_
- 2003 _Estrellas de la Sonora Matancera_
- 2003 _Celia in the House: Classic Hits Remixed_
- 2003 _Carnaval de la Vida_
- 2003 _Candela Pura_
- 2002 _Unrepeatable_
- 2002 _Hits Mix_
- 2001 _La Negra Tiene Tumbao_
- 2000 _Siempre Viviré_
- 2000 _Salsa_
- 2000 _Habanera_
- 2000 _Celia Cruz and Friends: A Night of Salsa_
- 1999 _En Vivo Radio Progreso, Vol. 3_
- 1999 _En Vivo Radio Progreso, Vol. 2_
- 1999 _En Vivo Radio Progreso, Vol. 1_
- 1999 _En Vivo C.M.Q., Vol. 5_
- 1999 _En Vivo C.M.Q., Vol. 4_
- 1998 _Mi Vida Es Cantar_

- 1998 _Afro-Cubana_
- 1997 _También Boleros_
- 1997 _Duets_
- 1997 _Cambiando Ritmos_
- 1996 _Celia Cruz Delta_
- 1995 _Irresistible_
- 1995 _Festejando Navidad_
- 1995 _Double Dynamite_
- 1995 _Cuba's Queen of Rhythm_
- 1994 _Merengue Saludos Amigos_
- 1994 _Mambo del Amor_
- 1994 _Irrepetible_
- 1994 _Homenaje a Los Santos_
- 1994 _Guaracheras de La Guaracha_
- 1993 _Introducing_
- 1993 _Homenaje a Beny Moré, Vol. 3_
- 1993 _Boleros Polydor_
- 1993 _Azucar Negra_
- 1992 _Verdadera Historia_
- 1992 _Tributo a Ismael Rivera_
- 1991 _Reina del Ritmo Cubano_
- 1991 _Canta Celia Cruz_
- 1990 _Guarachera del Mundo_
- 1988 _Ritmo en el Corazón_
- 1987 _Winners_
- 1986 _De Nuevo_

- 1986 _Candela_
- 1983 _Tremendo Trío_
- 1982 _Feliz Encuentro_
- 1981 _Celia & Willie_
- 1980 _Celia/Johnny/Pete_
- 1977 _Only They Could Have Made This Album_
- 1976 _Recordando El Ayer_
- 1975 _Tremendo Caché_
- 1974 _Celia & Johnny_
- 1971 _Celia Y Tito Puente en España_
- 1970 _Etc. Etc. Etc._
- 1969 _Quimbo Quimbumbia_
- 1968 _Serenata Guajira_
- 1968 _Excitante_
- 1967 _A Ti México_
- 1967 _Bravo Celia Cruz_
- 1966 _Son con Guaguancó_
- 1966 _Cuba Y Puerto Rico Son_
- 1965 _Sabor y Ritmo de Pueblos_
- 1965 _Canciones Premiadas_
- 1959 _Mi Diario Musical_
- 1958 _Incomparable Celia_

## Grammy awards

|-
| align="center"|1989
| "Ritmo En El Corazon"
| Best Tropical Latin Performance
|
|-
| align="center"|2000
| _Celia Cruz and Friends: A Night of Salsa_
| Best Salsa Performance
|
|-
| align="center"|2001
| "Siempre Viviré"
| Best Tropical Traditional Album
|
|-
| align="center"|2002
| _La Negra Tiene Tumbao_
| Best Salsa Album
|
|-
| align="center"|2003
| _La Negra Tiene Tumbao_
| Best Salsa Album
|
|-
| align="center"|2003
| _Regalo del Alma_
| Best Salsa/Merengue Album
|
|-
| align="center"|2004
| _Regalo del Alma_
| Best Salsa Album
|

## Infobox (musical artist)

- **name**: Celia Cruz
- **img**: Celia_Cruz_1957_color.jpg
- **caption**: Celia Cruz in Havana, Cuba, 1957
- **background**: solo_singer
- **birth name**: Úrsula Hilaria Celia de la Caridad Cruz Alfonso
- **alias**: La Reina de la Salsa, La Guarachera de Cuba
- **birth place**: Havana, Cuba
- **death place**: Fort Lee, New Jersey, U.S.
- **genre**: Salsa music, Salsa, bolero
- **occupation**: Singer
- **years active**: 1948–2003
- **label**: Fania Records, RMM Records & Video, Sony Discos
- **associated acts**: Sonora Matancera, Fania All-Stars
- **website**: [http://www.celiacruzonline.com Official website]