María Dolores Amaya Vega (born 1 May 1962 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, ...

), better known by her stage name Remedios Amaya (), is a Spanish

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, ...

singer. She represented Spain at the 1983 Eurovision Song Contest. Remedios Amaya has been popular with international audiences since the debut of her first self-titled album in '78. Her first album, the self-titled ''Remedios Amaya'', was published in 1978. In 1983 she was internally selected by Televisión Española to represent Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest 1983 in Munich. She scored nul points with the song " ¿Quién maneja mi barca?". Amaya's first works, ''Luna nueva'' (1983) and ''Seda en mi piel'' (1984), were an example of flamenco-rock. In 1997 she released the album ''Me voy contigo'' (1997), produced by Vicente Amigo; the album sold more than 150,000 copies. It included her biggest hit, "Turu Turai". The following albums were ''Gitana soy'' (2001) and ''Sonsonete'' (2002), and in 2004 she released a Greatest Hits compilation. In 2016, she released a new album, ''Rompiendo el silencio''.

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