Mamajuana (band)

Mamajuana is a Dominican band assembled by the Dominican composer/arranger Eddi González.

Mamajuana combines Afro-Caribbean and contemporary rhythms with romantic lyrics. Their self-titled debut album, released by Sony International, featured the hit singles "Mamasota" and "Sin Un Beso Suyo". After two weeks in the U.S. market, Mamajuana sold 20,000 copies.[1]

Mamajuana is the first Dominican band to ever perform in China, they had a season at the Venetian Macaua Casino; Mamajuana was nominated to Premios Lo Nuestro (Univision) as best tropical group or duo in the 2002 awards, also was Revelacion del 2002 in Casandra Awards (Dominican Republic) and pre-nominated to the 2004 Grammy Awards for the best Urban Album for For Sale.

Sources

  1. ↑ Bonacich, Drago. Biography of Mamajuana at AllMusic. Retrieved 2007-02-18.


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