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María del Monte Tejado Algaba (born 26 April 1962 in Seville, Andalusia) is a Spanish folk singer and TV and radio hostess.[1][2] She's most known in Spain as "La Reina de las Sevillanas" (The Queen of the Sevillanas).[1]
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | María del Monte Tejado Algaba |
| Also known as | Reina de las Sevillanas (Sevillanas' Queen) |
| Born | April 26, 1962 Seville, Andalusia, Spain |
| Genres | Copla Sevillanas |
| Occupation(s) | Singer TV and Radio hostess |
| Instrument(s) | Vocalist Castanets |
| Years active | 1982–present |
| Spouse |
Inmaculada Casal (m. 2022) |
María del Monte was born on 26 April 1962 in Seville, Andalusia.[3] In 1982 won a TV contest show in Ceuta and thereafter released her first album. With the second one titled Cántame sevillanas being a hit in Spain and achieved triple Platinum disc (thirteen in her long career).[3][1] In this album there's her most famous single: Cántame.[4]
Also has worked in several TV and radio programs. In 1993 hosted Vamos juntos in Canal Sur Radio and three years later in Antena 3 in Al compás de la copla.[2] In 1998 she appeared in TVE in a special TV-Show Esa copla me suena and Especial Feria de Abril.[5]
She was linked romantically with another Spanish singer, Isabel Pantoja, for several years. And now is the wife of the journalist Inmaculada Casal.
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