Albita Rodríguez

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Albita Rodríguez (born in 1962 in Havana, Cuba), known in her music career simply as Albita, is a Grammy-winning Cuban singer and composer.

Her parents were well-known Cuban folk music singers, which ensured Albita's exposure to the world of Cuban country music from her early years.

Working professionally since her teen years, by the late eighties she had attained some level of recognition among national interpreters of Cuban folk music.

In 1988, her first album, Habrá Música Guajira (There Will Be Guajira Music), was released. In the early nineties, work commitments took her to Colombia and from there she traveled to the United States, making the southern city of Miami her place of permanent residence.

Albita spent some time performing at a Spanish food restaurant in Miami, where several established figures of the entertainment world had the opportunity to appreciate her work.

In 1994 she was signed by Emilio Estefan's Crescent Moon label and her first single in the U.S., "Qué Manera de Quererte" ("What a Way of Loving You"), was released. In 1995, her album No Se Parece a Nada (Unlike Anything Else) saw daylight.

Her career in the U.S. has produced success. She has traveled and keeps traveling extensively within and outside the country, but mainly around the Miami hub, where the core of her fan base resides.

Albita sings the theme song for MegaTV, "La Mega Se Pega".