Nydia Caro
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Nydia Caro (born c. 1950 in New York, New York to Puerto Rican parents), is an internationally famous Puerto Rican singer.
Caro made her debut in show business acting at an NBC television show. In 1967, shortly after her father's passing, she moved to Puerto Rico and released her first album. She has released 20 internationally acclaimed albums and CDs since.
Caro had poor Spanish skills when she moved to Puerto Rico. Nevertheless, she was hired immediately to co-host a popular teen show by channel 2 ("Show Coca Cola") and she enlisted at the University of Puerto Rico to improve her Spanish skills.
The decade of the 1970s was very successful for Nydia Caro. In 1970, she won the "Festival de Bogotá" with her song "Hermano tengo frío", composed by Karmen Mercado. In 1972, she went to Tokyo, Japan, where she sang La Borinqueña before the world Heavyweight boxing championship fight between George Foreman and Jose Roman. The Ring En Espanol remarked that her singing of the Puerto Rican national anthem probably lasted longer than the fight itself. In 1973, she won the prestigious "Festival de Benidorm" in Spain, and in 1974, she won the equally prestigious Festival OTI with the song "Hoy canto por cantar". The song, composed by Caro and Riccardo Cerratto, caused some controversy in Puerto Rico for being the "anti-protest" song in that decade. Despite that, the song helped Caro further extend her popularity built on prior hit songs such as "Cuéntale", "Duerme", "Charly", "Copos de nieve" and "Y Entonces".
Nydia Caro retired to a more private life during the 1980s, marrying producer Gabriel Suau. She had two children by Suau. The couple was divorced after a few years of marriage, but remains on good terms. During her marriage, she continued her professional singing career, releasing over 20 albums to date, but reduced touring. Moreover, her reputation was helped by strong concert performances in prestigious venues such as Club Caribe and Club Tropicoro in San Juan, Carnegie Hall, and the Lincoln Center in Nueva York and many others around the world in countries throughout South America, in Spain, Australia and Japan.
In 1998, Caro released her album "De amores luminosos" to critical acclaim. The album featured musical themes such as the song "Buscando Mis Amores", from distant Tibet and India; utilizing musical instruments native to those countries, together with instruments from Puerto Rico and South America. The effort sets her apart from other artists in Puerto Rico, as the first exponent of "alternative" or "new age" music, and was named as one of the 20 best recordings in 1999 by Fundación Nacional para la Cultura Popular in Puerto Rico.
In 2000, she made her Hollywood debut by participating as "Isabelle" in Guilty by Suspicion.
