Biography
Mélida Yará Yaguma, better known as La India Meliyará, is a Colombian cumbia singer, born in Natagaima, Tolima, Colombia, on June 16, 1956.
She was part of the musical group La Sonora Dinamita and is currently part of La India Meliyará y su Explosiva Sonora. Her music has crossed borders, making her one of the representative voices of the cumbia genre in Latin America.
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From a young age, she showed her talent for singing. With the support of her father Antonio Yará and her mother Marina Yanguma, at the age of 13 she represented her region in various amateur contests sponsored by radio stations. In 1972, she began musical studies at the Conservatory of Tolima, where she stood out among the singing students and was chosen as soloist of the Tolima Choir, which gave greater structure to her artistic and musical training. That same year, she won the contest Singer of the Year – Voz del Tolima.
In 1974, she triumphed in the National Contest La Nueva Estrella de las Canciones, organized by the television programmer Jorge Barón Televisión, which gave her the right to record her first album as a professional singer.
ALBUMS
- La Sonora de Macondo y La India Meliyará – Sin Alma y Sin Corazón (CD, Álbum) (2001)
- La Única (Cass, Álbum) (1994)
- La Sonora Meliyara (1991)
- Las Cosquillas (LP, Álbum) (1991)
- Con Todo (LP) (1984)
- Meliyara (LP, Álbum) (1982)
- La Reina De La Cumbia (LP) (1980)
- Cumbias Solo Cumbias (LP, Blu) (1978)
- Homenaje Al Maestro (1977)
SINGLES & EPs
- Las Cosquillitas (Por Aquí, Por Acá) / La Ley Del Embudo (1992)
- El Maíz / La Cumbia Enamorada (1988)
- Los Desengaños (1983)
- El Moño / A Mí Me Quieren (1983)
- La Sonora Dinamita & La India Meliyara – Las Velas Encendidas (1982)
- Tengo Celos / Nochebuena (1977)
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