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Soraya

1969 - 2006

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Soraya Raquel Lamilla Cuevas (March 11, 1969 – May 10, 2006) was a Colombian-American singer-songwriter, guitarist, arranger and record producer. A successful Colombian music star, she had two number-one songs on Billboard's Latin Pop Airplay charts. She won a 2004 Latin Grammy Award for "Best Album by Songwriter" for the self-titled album Soraya, which she produced, and received a 2005 Latin Grammy Award nomination for "Female Pop Vocal Album" for her album El Otro Lado de Mí (literally "The Other Side of Me"). She was the opening act for the 2005 Billboard Latin Music Awards. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2024). Soraya is the 2,177th most popular singer (down from 2,068th in 2024), the 11,956th most popular biography from United States (down from 11,073rd in 2019) and the 606th most popular American Singer.

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Soraya ranks 2,177 out of 4,381. Before her are C. J. Ramone, Harry Chapin, Tommy Steele, Macklemore, Sigrid, and Johnnie Ray. After her are R. L. Burnside, Cássia Eller, Fermín IV, Candi Staton, Juice Newton, and Rockwell.

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Among people born in 1969, Soraya ranks 480. Before her are MC Solaar, Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue, Sergei Fedorov, Kimberly Guilfoyle, Anies Baswedan, and Brett Favre. After her are David Trueba, Katrin Krabbe, Francesco Antonioli, Katerina Maleeva, Susanna Mälkki, and Chuck Liddell. Among people deceased in 2006, Soraya ranks 371. Before her are Bernie Geoffrion, Surinder Kaur, Kasey Rogers, Pierre Amine Gemayel, Mihály Fülöp, and Lamar Hunt. After her are Geir Ivarsøy, Payao Poontarat, Al Harker, Jack Wild, Val Guest, and Gernot Jurtin.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Soraya ranks 11,958 out of 20,380. Before her are Richard Cushing (1895), Blair Underwood (1964), Johnnie Ray (1927), John C. Stennis (1901), Kim Turner (1961), and Catherine Coleman (1960). After her are Marcella Detroit (1952), R. L. Burnside (1926), John Smith (1965), Sara Josephine Baker (1873), Robert Toombs (1810), and Chris Christie (1962).

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Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, Soraya ranks 606. Before her are Bobbie Gentry (1942), Mississippi Fred McDowell (1906), C. J. Ramone (1965), Harry Chapin (1942), Macklemore (1983), and Johnnie Ray (1927). After her are R. L. Burnside (1926), Candi Staton (1940), Juice Newton (1952), Rockwell (1964), Trick-Trick (1973), and David Draiman (1973).

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