Shaila Dúrcal

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Not to be confused with the Argentine punk-rock band Shaila.

Shaila Dúrcal

Background information
Birth name	Shaila de los Ángeles Morales de las Heras
Also known as	Shaila Dúrcal
Born	August 28, 1979 (1979-08-28) (age 28) in Madrid, Spain
Genre(s)	Latin, pop
Instrument(s)	Vocals
Years active	2004– present

Shaila Dúrcal (born Shaila de los Ángeles Morales de las Heras on 28 August 1979) is a Spanish singer-songwriter best known for being the daughter of singing legend Rocío Dúrcal and 1960s pop idol Antonio Morales Barreto "Junior".

She was born in Madrid and made her artistic debut at the age of 12 on TVE singing for Nikka Costa. She later studied singing under the tutelage of Robert Jeantal before touring extensively with her mother Rocio as a backing singer throughout Spain, Mexico and the United States of America. While continuing her studies in Miami, she was courted by several major record labels, recording a series of demos including a session of songs by English songwriter Richard Daniel Roman. In 2001 she moved to Mexico and signed to BMG who later released her eponymous debut album which was largely ignored by both critics and public alike. This album was followed by Recordando in 2006 on EMI, an album dedicated to her late mother and which went straight to number one in Spain, going platinum in its second week after selling over 80,000 copies.She has sold more of 200.000 in Spain,30.000 in México...etc. She has performed in Latin Grammy Show singing "Amor eterno".