Enrique "Quique" Neira Leiva (born April 11, 1973) is a Chilean
reggae
Reggae () is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1960s. The term also denotes the modern popular music of Jamaica and its diaspora. A 1968 single by Toots and the Maytals, "Do the Reggay" was the first popular song to use the ...
singer and composer. He was the lead vocalist of the band
Gondwana
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and is currently a solo artist. He is the most recognized icon of the
reggae en español
In Panama, dancehall reggae sung in Spanish language by artists of Latin American origin is known as ''Reggae en Español'' (in English, Spanish reggae). It originated in the late 1980s in Panama. ''Reggae en Español'' goes by several names; ...
movement in Chile.
Awards
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Award for Musical Arts Altazor 2006, category Best Pop Ballad for good things.''
*'' APES Award 2006, Best Composer category.''
*'' Recently elected as a board member of the SCD.''
Discography
In Bambu
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Bambu (1995)''
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No necesitamos Banderas (1996)''
In Gondwana
*'' Gondwana (1997)''
*'' RAS Portraits: Gondwana (1998)''
* Phat Cherimoya Dub (1999)
* Together (1999)
*'' Praise (For the Strength of Reason) (2000)''
*'' Made in Jamaica (2002)''
Solo
* Eleven (2003)
* Cosas Buenas (2005)
* Jah Rock (2007) Edition Europe 2010;
*'' Jah Dub (2010)''
* Alma (2011)
* Un Amor (2014)
* La Vida Es Una Canción Vol.1 (2017)
*'' Cover Me (
EP) (2018)''
* La Vida Es Una Canción II (2019)
Awards
*''
Altazor Award for Musical Arts 2006, category Best Pop Ballad for good things.''
*'' APES Award 2006, Best Composer category.''
*'' Recently elected as a board member of the SCD.''
References
External links
Quique Neira on Sonicbids
Chilean male singers
1973 births
Living people
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