1. Yolandita Monge has been active in the music business since her teen years and has recorded 27 studio albums and two live albums, as well as several greatest hits compilations and special appearance recordings.
43 Facts About Yolandita Monge
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Yolandita Monge lived the first seven years of her life in New York City and then came back to Puerto Rico.
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On December 31,1989, Yolandita Monge married her manager Carlos "Topy" Mamery and in 1991 gave birth to her only son Imanol Mamery.
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Yolandita Monge was discovered by the producer Julio Alers, and later on, made her TV debut on Luis Vigoreaux's show, Luis Vigoreaux Presenta.
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At that young age, Yolandita Monge would perform with legendary Argentinian singer Libertad Lamarque and then sing at the Festival De La Cancion Nueva York.
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Yolandita Monge sang at the Carnegie Hall and was backed up by her artistic godmother, legendary Argentinian singer and actress, Libertad Lamarque.
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Yolandita Monge then released another album Historia de Amour which included many top hits.
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Yolandita Monge continued her winning stride in the middle 1980s, when she released what possibly is one of her greatest album ever: Luz de Luna.
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Yolandita Monge followed up that album with the equally successful Laberinto de Amor, which earned her another gold album and later went platinum.
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Yolandita Monge considers this album the best and most important album of her career.
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Yolandita Monge became the first Puerto Rican singer to win a gold album record, a platinum record and a double platinum.
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Yolandita Monge was claimed by the America's music magazine Billboard in 1988 as "The best-selling Latin artist of the year" due to being the first Puerto Rican female artist to sell millions of records.
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Yolandita Monge was claimed by the international music press as "The most important Latin singer of the decade".
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In May 1992, for the "Cara de Angel Tour", Yolandita Monge established a new record at the Performing Arts Center of Puerto Rico, becoming the biggest singer selling out all the concerts, without courtesy tickets, up to 12 concerts of the same tour, breaking her own record.
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Also in 1992, Yolandita Monge was invited by Spanish Tenor, Placido Domingo, to be part of a Special Tribute to the artist Goya, the tribute was a special-release album.
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Yolandita Monge released her first Christmas album in 1992 titled Mi Mejor Regalo.
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In 1995, Yolandita Monge released the self-titled Yolandita Monge, along with another change in image with long hair and a belly ring.
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Right after, Yolandita Monge relocated to Colombia to act in telenovela alongside Puerto Rican actor Osvaldo Rios.
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Yolandita Monge was honored in 1996 by the Puerto Rican Senate for her long career as a singer and actress.
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Yolandita Monge earned two of the most prestigious awards of the Latin music industry, Premios Lo Nuestro and Premios Tu Musica.
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In 1997, Yolandita Monge released Mi Encuentro, which included bomba and plena, a Puerto Rican rhythm.
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In late 2000, Yolandita Monge released her second live album Yolandita Monge En Vivo recorded at Centro de Bellas Artes of Puerto Rico.
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Yolandita Monge sang with Julieta Venegas, Luis Fonsi, Lucecita Benitez, Victor Manuelle, Chucho Avellanet, Gilberto Santa Rosa, La India, Gisselle, Lissette, Tito Nieves, Dagmar, Andy Montanez, Danny Rivera, and many more.
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In November 2007, Yolandita Monge returned to Centro de Bellas Artes with five sold-out concerts in support of the Demasiado Fuerte album.
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Immediately, on November 22,2008, Yolandita Monge released the album Mala, produced by Jose Luis Pagan and following the same musical and lyrical style as her previous Demasiado Fuerte.
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On September 11,2010, Yolandita Monge debuted at Coliseo de Puerto Rico in the concert 20 Anos de Vivencias, celebrating the twenty year anniversary of the release of her iconic album Vivencias.
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Yolandita Monge performed the vast majority of her hits of the 70's, 80's, and 90's, as well as her current repertoire.
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On November 13,2012, Yolandita Monge released her new album Mas Para Dar, with lyrics written by herself and Jose Luis Pagan.
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Yolandita Monge returned to Coliseo de Puerto Rico for the "Mas Para Dar Tour" on March 16,2013.
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On September 20,2015, Yolandita Monge returned to the concert stage after nine months of mourning at Coliseo de Puerto Rico for "Latidos de mi Corazon", a tribute to her late husband Carlos 'Topy' Mamery.
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Yolandita Monge performed some of her hits and her new digital single Sin Ti, a song written by Las Diego, as well as other love songs from other artists.
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Yolandita Monge recorded a jazz version of the Latin American standard Cuando Vuelva A Tu Lado for Humberto Ramirez's new album Bohemia Jazz, released on January 27,2016.
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Yolandita Monge sang her most beloved hits along with duets with Lissette Alvarez.
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Yolandita Monge performed all her greatest hits including a new version of the 1989 club hit Por Ti and several other songs in an a cappella sing-along with the audience.
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Yolandita Monge has had a very distinguished acting career, she's acted in more than ten Spanish soap operas, as well as various theatre plays and TV shows.
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Yolandita Monge acted in the original version of the Colombian mega-hit soap opera, La Viuda de Blanco along with Osvaldo Rios, Maria Helena Doehring, Jorge Enrique Abello and Danilo Santos.
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Yolandita Monge's theatrical debut was in La Visita de la Bestia, which is a Spanish version of Extremities, and she got good reviews from the press by playing the very dramatic main role.
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Yolandita Monge earned international recognition playing the Greek-soprano, Maria Callas, in the Spanish version of the Tony Award winner play Master Class in 2003, for the Latin community in the United States and Latin America.
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Yolandita Monge made all the critics bow when they saw her rendition of the late-diva.
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In 1999, Yolandita Monge headlined the TV movie Ocho anos de Dolor, where she played a woman kidnapped by the famous Puerto Rican serial killer and fugitive of the law Tono Bicicleta.
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Yolandita Monge joined Sully Diaz and Claribel Medina in this story about 3 women and the revenge of men.
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The reviews of Yolandita Monge's acting role were good in this dramatic role.
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When it comes to acting, Yolandita Monge can be intense and excellent as she is as a singer.