Lila Downs
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Biography
Like many Mexican singers, Lila Downs started out her singing career performing rancheras, the traditional form of Mexican folk singing. Her Mexican roots define Downs' music and image - she often records in Mixtec, her native tongue and a language spoken by half a million people. She also records in other native Mexican languages such as Mayan, Zapotec and Nahuati.
Downs is a versatile singer who is able to effortlessly cross genres and in her music the listener will detect a wide variety of musical flavours including rock, rap, hip-hop, flamenco and even reggae as well as the dominant traditional Mexican influence. In 2011 her album 'Pecados y Milagros (Sins and Miracles)' went to the top of Billboard's Latin Charts and sold well across the globe earning the singer a Grammy Award for the Best Regional Mexican Music Album as well as a Latin Grammy for Best Folk Album.
As well as being one of Mexico's most popular performing artists Downs is also a prominent activist and frequently features in campaigns highlighting the social injustices which are found throughout Mexico.
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Albums
Top Tracks
- Track Popularity
- La Cumbia Del Mole
- Justicia by Bunbury
- Urge
- La Iguana featuring The Chieftains
- Viborita
- Dignificada
- Malinche
- Cielo Rojo
- La Bamba
- Mother Jones
- Paloma Negra
- Tiringini Tsitsiki
- La Cucaracha
- Yanahuari Nin
- Brown Paper People
- Una Sangre
- Perro Negro by Sizu Yantra
- Tierra De Luz by Mercedes Sosa
- Los Pollos
- Yunu Yucu Ninu
- Canción Mixteca
- Un Poco Más
- El Venadito
- Soles Y Flores featuring Leon Gieco
