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Concha Buika
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Spanish singer of Equatorial Guinean descent
OverviewAI-generated
Concha Buika, born María Concepción Balboa Buika in 1972, is a Spanish-Equatorial Guinean singer, composer, record producer, and poet. She performs under the pseudonym Buika and is associated with the genres of jazz, pop music, Latin music, soul, and world music. Her vocal work also incorporates elements of flamenco and flamenco fusion. She began her professional work period in 2000 and is represented by the record label Warner Music Group.
Buika was born in Palma and holds citizenship in both Spain and Equatorial Guinea. She speaks Catalan, Spanish, and English, while her native languages are Spanish and Bube. Her father is Juan Balboa Boneke. She has received the Gold Medal of Merit in the Fine Arts. Additionally, she has worked in the acting department.
Synthesized by Vinony from 27 facts across 4 sources: Wikidata, MusicBrainz, Last.fm, TMDb. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Film & TV
Acting
Known for
- Showriano2023
- Concha Buika: Live at Heineken Jazzaldia 2013 — Herself2013
- The Skin I Live In — Singer2011
- Operación triunfo — Self - Jury Member2001
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- Spain
- Active from
- 1972
Discography
- Mestizüo2000
- Buika2005
- Mi niña Lola2006
- Niña de fuego2008
- Buika Coleccion2009
- El último trago2009
- En mi piel2011
- Mamita (B.S.O. Manolete)2012
- La noche más larga2013
- Vivir sin miedo2015
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 53,693
- Total plays
- 505,478
Tags
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Key facts
- Also known as
- Buika
- Born
- María Concepción Balboa Buika , ( 1972-05-11 ) 11 May 1972 (age 54) , Palma de Mallorca , Spain
- Genres
- Flamenco , Copla , Soul , Jazz
- Occupation
- Musician
- Instrument
- Vocals
- Years active
- 2000–present
- Label
- Warner
- Website
- www .conchabuikamusic .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Equatorial Guinea
- Place of birth
- Palma
- Father
- Juan Balboa Boneke
- Occupation
- musician
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- Bube
- Genre
- Latin music
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Warner Music Group
- Official website
- www.buikaofficial.com
- Image
- Concha Buika, 2019.jpg
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- Commons category
- Concha Buika
- date of birth
- 1972-05-11
- birth name
- María Concepción Balboa Buika
- start of work period
- 2000-00-00
- pseudonym
- Buika
- name in native language
- Concha Buika
- social media followers
- 151000
- sexual orientation
- bisexuality
- copyright representative
- SGAE
Sources (3)
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
María Concepción Balboa Buika (born 11 May 1972), known as Concha Buika or just Buika, is a Spanish singer. Her album Niña de Fuego was nominated for the 2008 Latin Grammy Award for Album of the Year and La Noche Más Larga was nominated for Best Latin Jazz Album at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards in 2014.
Biography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Concha Buika” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.