| Name |
Ednita Nazario |
| Height |
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| Naionality |
Puerto Rican |
| Date of Birth |
11-April-1955 |
| Place of Birth |
Ponce, Puerto Rico |
| Famous for |
Singing |
Ednita Nazario is a Puerto Rican singer and songwriter who has achieved stardom both at home and abroad. She has been in the music business from a young age, and has released over twenty albums throughout her career. When she was 6 she attended a baseball game in Ponce with her brothers. While she was playing with her brother's glove, the batter hit the ball toward her.
She held the glove up for protection, and the ball landed squarely in it. The crowd went wild, including Alfred D. Herger, one of Puerto Rico's top record producers, who was seated near the family. When he asked her if she wanted to be a baseball player, she replied "No, I'm going to be a singer." He asked her to sing something for him, and she responded with an impressive rendition of a local salsa hit that left both the producer and the crowd astonished. The crowd applauded her. Two months later, Herger visited the Nazario household with a recording contract, which the family, reluctantly at first, signed. In the late 1970s Nazario participated in the OTI Festival as a singer with the song "Cadenas de Fuego", and in 1980 as a songwriter with the song: Contigo, Mujer (With you, Woman), co-written by her husband at the time, Laureano Brizuela, an Argentine singer and songwriter. The latter song, performed by Rafael José, won top prize of the festival. She also gained notoriety for her performance in a duet with Brizuela, of the theme song of the successful Puerto Rican telenovela, Coralito: Mi Pequeno Amor (Coralito: My Little Love), which Brizuela had written. During this time Nazario signed subsequent record deals, first with local label Borinquen, then Ariola, and finally Padosa. During this time, she matured her style to one that was more pop/rock oriented.
She also cemented her place as a touring force in Latin-America. In December 2007 Nazario released her album "Real" produced by renowned producer Armando Avila (La 5ª Estacion) and Graeme Pleeth (Sonique). The album was recorded in London, Nashville, Mexico City and Miami, and debuted at #1 in Billboard's Top Latin Albums and Top Latin Pop Albums, selling over 18,000 copies the first week. On July 2, 2008, Nazario filmed a music video for "No" along Natalia Jiménez of La 5ª Estacion. Nazario was one of several artists selected to perform in "KQ Live Concert" on September 27, 2008. Organized by KQ 105 FM, the event included several renowned artists from Puerto Rico and other Latin American countries.
Nazario began recording the upcoming production on July 30, 2009, in Miami, Nashville and Los Angeles. The process was chronicled on her personal blog where she posted daily pictures, audio clips and video greetings from the studio recordings. Her new album "Soy" (I Am) was released on October 27, 2009. Nazario has worked with Tommy Torres, Sebastian Krys and Claudia Brant. On September 2 Nazario posted a 30-second clip of the first single titled "Sin Querer" (Without wanting to), which received positive reviews. As a gift to her fans, she broadcast the cover photo shoot live via internet on September 3, 2009, as well as the video shoot for her first single on September 19, 2009.
