Nydia Rojas
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Nydia Rojas (born 1981, Whittier, California), daughter of Arturo and Olivia Rojas, is an American singer of Mexican heritage. She performs in a wide range of musical styles but makes a particular speciality of mariachi.
Nydia spent several years of her early childhood in Guadalajara, Mexico, where she was exposed to local musical styles which much influenced her later career. When she was 4 years old she watched the movie Nosotros Los Pobres, starring Pedro Infante. She was so captivated by the movie that she learned the lyrics to its theme song, "Amorcito Corazon", and her interest in music and singing was further stimulated.
At age 7, on a visit to the city of her birth, she sang in the East Los Angeles restaurant El Mercadito, which marked the albeit small beginning of her public performing career. Two years later she performed at a retirement home in Guadalajara, and the following year, at age 10, she embarked on a semi-regular gig at another Los Angeles restaurant, El Taco Loco in Hawaiian Gardens. Initially she sang with a mariachi group which already performed there, but soon she was in demand in her own right. In this context she accepted requests for songs from restaurant patrons, arranging to learn them for the following week if songs were requested with which she was unfamiliar.
Nydia attended Orange County High School of the Arts where she studied guitar and other instruments, singing and dance. She was also involved with the Mariachi Heritage Society Program. One of her tutors at both Orange County High School and in the Mariachi Heritage Society Program was José Hernàndez, who also produced her debut album. She also studied with Heriberto Molina ("El Cura"), one of the original members of the great Mariachi Verges de Tecalitlen.
In her early teens Nydia became the primary vocalist with the all-female Mariachi Reyna de Los Angeles, which provided a spring-board for her to gain a solo contract with the Arista Latin recording label. Her debut solo album, self-titled, was released when she was just 16 years of age, and in the next five years another three solo albums followed. During this time her performances played to packed audiences of up to 18,000 fans.
Nydia's third album, Si Me Conocieras, was nominated for a Latin Grammy award alongside such established artists as Vicente Fernández and Alejandro Fernández, and Antonio and Pepe Aguilar. Although she did not win the award, it further established her as an outstanding performer in her field, and soon after this she went on national tour with the great Juan Gabriel. This tour in turn, giving her opportunity to work closely with Gabriel who expressed much admiration for her talent, led to her recording her fourth solo album, Nydia, which for the first time took more of a mainstream Latin pop direction while still displaying all of Nydia's fine musical skills. Juan Gabriel sang two duets with Nydia on this album. Nydia's father Arturo died during the recording of this album, and she dedicated it to his memory upon its release.
Nydia has a rich voice with a wonderful tone and a great vocal range.
After releasing her fourth solo album, Nydia slipped for a time from public view, but in 2005 she announced that she was changing her stage name to Jaidyn Izel, and embarking on a new musical direction. She has not yet produced any significant work under this persona.
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[edit] Discography
[edit] Albums
| Year | Album | Label | Tracklist | Chart | Position |
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| 1996 | Nydia Rojas
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Arista Latin |
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US Top Latin Albums | 50 |
| 1997 | Florecer
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Arista Latin |
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| 1999 | Si Me Conocieras
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Hollywood Records |
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| 2001 | Nydia
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Hollywood Records |
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[edit] Singles
- Incomplete single discography.
- La Número Uno.
- No Vale la Pena (2001) — #9 (US Hot Latin Tracks), #15 (Latin Pop Airplay), #23 (Latin Tropical/Salsa Airplay), #28 (Latin Regional Mexican Airplay).
