Haydée Mercedes Sosa, well known as La Negra (literally, “The Black One” in Argentina), was an Argentine singer who was well-liked throughout Latin America and in many other countries.
She was born in Buenos Aires on July 9, 1935, and died on October 4, 2009, at the age of 74 years. Sosa, one of the leading exponents of El nuevo cancionero, has origins in Argentine folk music.
She provided many Latin American songwriters with songs and a voice. She became known as the “voice of the voiceless ones” thanks to her singing.
Over the course of her career, which spanned four decades, she won six Latin Grammys (in 2000, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2009, and 2011), including one for lifetime achievement in 2004 and two posthumous ones for the best folk album in 2009 and 2011.
In 2000, she won the Premio Gardel, Argentina’s top musical honor. She represented UNICEF as an ambassador.
Mercedes Sosa children: Meet Fabian Matus
Fabián Matus was an Argentine music producer, writer, and artist agent who was born in Buenos Aires on December 20, 1958, and passed away on March 15, 2019.
He was the famed Argentine musician Oscar Matus and Mercedes Sosa’s son.
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