Alba Molina Montoya (born 1978) is a Spanish-Romani singer who performs

flamenco Flamenco () is an art form based on the various folkloric music traditions of southern Spain, developed within the Gitanos, gitano subculture of the region of Andalusia, and also having historical presence in Extremadura and Region of Murcia, ...

as well as

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and other forms of

pop music Pop music is a genre of popular music that originated in its modern form during the mid-1950s in the United States and the United Kingdom.S. Frith, W. Straw, and J. Street, eds, ''iarchive:cambridgecompani00frit, The Cambridge Companion to Pop ...

. The daughter of the flamenco couple Lole Montoya and Manuel Molina, she collaborated with Las Niñas from the late 1990s and later with Spanish guitarist Ricardo Moreno producing ''Tucara'' (2009). More recently she has honoured her parents with the albums ''Alba canta a Lole y Manuel'' (2016) and ''Caminando con Manuel'' (2017).

Biography

Born in

Seville Seville ( ; , ) is the capital and largest city of the Spain, Spanish autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Andalusia and the province of Seville. It is situated on the lower reaches of the Guadalquivir, River Guadalquivir, ...

on 26 November 1978, Alba Molina is the daughter of the flamenco performers Lole Montoya Rodríguez (born 1954) and Manuel Molina Jiménez (1948–2015) and the granddaughter of Antonia Rodriguez Moreno (1936–2018), a Romani flamenco singer and dancer known as La Negra. Molina's first appearance was when as a 12-year-old she appeared as a model. Two years later, she won the title "Miss Elegancia" at the

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beauty contest. She went on to become a singer, releasing her first single ''Despacito'' in 1998. In the early 2000s, together with Aurora Power and Vicky G. Luna, she sang as one of , combining flamenco with pop. In addition to several singles, they released the albums ''Ojú'' (2003) and ''Savia Negra'' (2005). More recently she has honoured her parents with the albums ''Alba canta a Lole y Manuel'' (2016) and ''Caminando con Manuel'' (2017).

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Molina, Alba 1978 births Musicians from Seville Spanish Romani people Flamenco singers 21st-century Spanish singers Singers from Andalusia Spanish women pop singers Living people 21st-century Spanish women singers Women in Latin music