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Infobox musical artist|image =|name =|background = solo_singer|birth_name = Linda Viera Caballero|alias = India La Princesa de Salsa|birth_date = Birth date and age|1969|03|09|mf=y|death_date =|origin = Río Piedras , Puerto Rico |genre = Freestyle music|Latin freestyle Salsa music|Salsa Latin pop House music |Occupation: Singer-Songwriter |years_active = 1985–present|label = Reprise Records|Reprise / Warner Bros. Records RMM Records|RMM / MCA Records Norte/ Sony Music Entertainment|SME Latin Top Stop Music |associated_acts = TKA Masters at Work Lil' Mo' Yin Yang Information Society (band)|Information Society Tito Nieves Marlon Fernández Marc Anthony Issac Delgado Celia Cruz |website = http://elmundodeindia.com/ La India (born March 9, 1969), known also as "La Princesa de la Salsa" (engl. "The Princess of Salsa"), is a singer of Salsa music|salsa . She has been nominated for both Grammy Award|Grammy and Latin Grammy awards.
Early years
Caballero (birth name: Linda Viera Caballero ) was born in Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico . Her parents moved to New York City soon after her birth, and settled down in the Bronx|South Bronx area of the city. They moved in with Caballero's grandmother, a woman who served as an important influence on Caballero's life. Caballero's nickname India was given to her by her grandmother because of her dark features and long straight black hair.
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In 1985, when Caballero was 14 years old, she was a founding member of the Freestyle music|Latin freestyle group TKA and was featured on the cover of TKA's second single "Come Get My Love." She left shortly thereafter. http://delafont.com/music_acts/E/india.htm Music Acts
Caballero signed a record contract with Reprise Records|Reprise / Warner Bros. Records , which planned on marketing her as the Latin version of Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna (who recorded for sister label Sire Records). After recording the album Breaking Night , Caballero decided that she didn't want to take that route in her career. http://www.galegroup.com/free_resources/chh/bio/laindia.htm La India
First salsa album
An important event took place when she accompanied her husband to a studio recording. Salsa band leader Eddie Palmieri happened to visit the studio and was impressed with Caballero when he heard her singing. In 1992, Palmieri produced Caballero's first Spanish-language salsa album Llego la India via Eddie Palmieri (The India has Arrived via Eddie Palmieri), which was acclaimed as one of the best salsa albums of the year. From then on Caballero became known to all as La India.
In 1994, La India together with Louie Vega recorded a house-music single "Love and Happiness" (Yemaya y Ochún) that paid tribute to Santería (a syncretic religion based in the Caribbean). This up-beat house track was played heavily in dance club's internationally. La India's involvement with Santería drew much criticism. She later recorded Dicen Que Soy (They Say that I Am) which was a 2x gold-certified Billboard (magazine)|Billboard hit and included the song "Vivir Lo Nuestro", a duet with Marc Anthony . Later this same year Combinación Perfecta. was released.
India, the Princess of Salsa
external media| align = center | audio1 =You may listen to La India sing "Seduceme" http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=qu-M9Mf662U here . | audio2 = In 1996, La India worked with Tito Puente on Jazzin , an English language|English-language album of Swing music|swing classics with a Latin twist on RMM Records . That same year she contributed the song "Banderas" to the album entitled Voces Unidas (United Voices), a multi-artist tribute to the 1996 Summer Olympics. She also released India: Mega Mix that same year before divorcing Vega. La India sang a duet titled "La Voz de la Experiencia" (The Voice of Experience) with Celia Cruz , the late Queen of Salsa. It was then that Cruz gave Caballero her longer name: La India the Princess of Salsa. In 1997, La India recorded "Sobre el Fuego" (Over the Fire) with Puerto Rican salsa singer Kevin Ceballo as backup. The song was nominated for Best Latin Tropical Performance Grammy Award . In 1998, she won an ACE Award.
On May 31, 1998, La India gave two sold-out concerts at the Luis A. Ferre Performing Arts Center in San Juan, Puerto Rico. She returned to the United States and Cable Channel UPN aired one of her shows. La India also held concerts in New York's Madison Square Garden and in El Festival de la Calle Ocho in Miami, Florida . In September 1999, La India released her album Sola , which earned her great reviews for the single "Sola" and for covers of two hits by the late Cuban sensation La Lupe "Que Te Pedi" and "Si Vuelves Tu."
On February 5, 2000, a full-page ad in Billboard Magazine congratulated La India for her second Grammy Award nomination. In March 2000, she was featured in Vibe Magazine . In 2003, La India released Latin Songbird: Mi Alma y Corazón . The album's lead single "Sedúceme" became a hit on the Latin charts and topped the U.S. Billboard Hot Latin Tracks for several weeks. This romantic salsa hit single was La India's first number-one song. The song brought her a new fan base with many awards and nominations, including two Latin Grammy nominations for Best Salsa Album and Best Tropical Song in 2003, and her third Grammy Award nomination for Best Salsa Album in 2004. http://www.puertorico-herald.org/issues/2002/vol6n21/LaIndia-en.html Puerto Rico Herald
In 2005, La India participated in the musical presentation Selena Vive , a tribute to the late Tejano sensation Selena Quintanilla-Perez. In 2006, La India released the album Soy Diferente , which contained two songs that became award-winning hits. The 2007 Annual Latin Billboard (magazine)|Billboard Awards honored India with Best Tropical Album of the Year Female for "Soy Diferente" (I Am Different), and Latin Dance Club Play Track of the Year for "Solamente Una Noche" (Just For One Night). In 2007, India collaborated with Latin sensation Gloria Estefan in a duet titled " 90 Millas ."
India is set to release her ninth studio album in 2010, which will propel her music to various European and Asian countries. India mentioned to the Associated Press , "I am reinventing myself...changing my physical image. India will return to become a Barbie doll|Barbie . But more than that, I feel like a new woman because I have been blessed with many beautiful things. After many years, I have my family with me and I am not separated from my mother, in which I suffered greatly. I have her in my life and that brings inner peace that I haven't had in a long time."
On February 23, 2010, India's newest single "Estupida" was released on iTunes. The single was recorded in two versions, a salsa version and a ballad version.India filmed a video for both versions were been released. The song debuted on the tropical billboard charts at #10 and made it to #1 in just a couple of weeks. India's ninth studio album, Unica(Studio Album)|Unica , was released June 1, 2010.
In 2011 India still continues to release new music. India's latest songs include a duet with Issac Delgado titled, "Que no se te olvide" which has four different versions, one salsa, another an extended salsa mix, one a bachata version, and another a New York Pop version. In 2011, India released a new house track titled, "Tacalacateo" which she worked on with Italian DJ, Peppe Citarella . Tacalacateo peaked at #13 on the Billboards dance tracks.
Awards and recognition
On June 11, 2006, La India was honored by Union City, New Jersey with a star on the Walk of Fame at Union City's Celia Cruz Park.Rosero, Jessica. http://www.hudsonreporter.com/view/full_story/2408953/article-Viva-la-comunidad-Cubano-North-Hudson-celebrates-at-the-annual-Cuban-Day-Parade? "Viva la comunidad Cubano North Hudson celebrates at the annual Cuban Day Parade" Hudson Reporter June 18, 2006
Discography
Wikify section|date=April 2011Among La India's recordings are the following:
Studio albums (new material)
1990: Breaking Night (album)|Breaking Night
1992: Llego la India Via Eddie Palmieri
1994: Dicen Que Soy
1996: Jazzin' with Tito Puente
1997: Sobre el Fuego
1999: Sola
2002: Latin Songbird: Mi Alma Y Corazón
2006: Soy Diferente
2010: Unica(Studio Album)|Unica
Albums Chart performance
Year
Album
U.S Tropical Albums
U.S Latin Albums
U.S Top 200
Heatseekers albums
1990 in music
Breaking Night
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-
-
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1992 in music
Llego La India, Via Eddie Palmieri
5
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1994 in music
Dicen Que Soy
1
4
-
-
1996 in music
Jazzin
-
-
-
-
1997 in music
Sobre el Fuego
1
4
-
33
1999 in music
Sola
4
7
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20
2002 in music
Latin Songbird: Mi Alma y Corazón
1
7
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-
2005 in music
India: Grandes Exitos
7
11
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2006 in music
Soy Diferente
1
11
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9
2010 in music
Unica (La India album)
1
4
180
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Compilations
Love and Happiness EP (with River Ocean) (1993)
India Megamix (1997)
The Best of India (2004)
Grandes Exitos + (2005)
Cant Get No Sleep 09 EP (2009)
Music is My Life Transalatins Fet: India (2009)
Contributions on other recordings
With Tony Humphries (musician)|Tony Humphries
* Keith Thompson - Rhythm of Life
With Masters At Work
* 1992 - Ride On The Rhythm by Louie Vega & Marc Anthony (Wrote/Background vocals)
* 1993 - When You Touch Me and I Can't Get No Sleep (from "The Album")
* 1994 - Voices In My Mind by Voices (India, Carol Sylvan, Michael Watford)
* 1994 - Vibe P.M. (Masters at Work Remix) (featured with Mondo Grosso)
* 1998 - To Be In Love (MAW Remix) (from MAW Records: The Collection Volume I)
* 1998 - Runaway (from "Nuyorican Soul")
* 2002 - Backfired (from "Our Time Is Coming")
RMM Combinacion Perfecta
* 1994 - Vivir Lo Nuestro (duet with Marc Anthony )
Li'l Mo Ying Yang
* 1995 Reach (Samples "Love & Happiness")
Voces Unidas : The Atlanta Olympics
* 1996 - Banderas
JohNick - Play The World EP
* 1996 - Play The World (Samples "Love & Happiness")
With Oscar D'León
* 1997 - Hazme El Amor (from "En Nueva York")
The Last Days of Disco Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
* 1998 - I Love the Nightlife (Disco Round)
The 24-Hour Woman Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
* 1999 - India Con La Voe (Viva Puerto Rico)
Haus-A-Holics - Latin Spice EP
* 2001 - Que Pasa by Haus-A-Holics (Samples from "Oye Como Va" with Tito Puente Jr.)
Empire (2002 film)|Empire Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
* 2007 - Un Amor Tan Grande (from Sentimiento De Un Rumbero )
With Yolandita Monge
* 2008 - Mala (Tropical Remix) (from " Mala (album)|Mala ")
With Tito "El Bambino"
* 2009 - El Amor (Salsa Remix) (from " El Patron ")
Single " Estupida "
* 2010 - Estupida (Salsa Version) (Single from 2010 album, Unica(Studio Album)|Unica )
* 2010 - Estupida (Ballada Version) (Single from 2010 album, Unica(Studio Album)|Unica )
With Issac Delgado
* 2011-Maxi Single "Que No Se Te Olvide"
With Peppe Citarella
* 2011-Maxi Single "Tacalacateo"
With Tito Rojas
* 2011- "Maldito Y Bendito Amor" (Salsa Version)
* 2011- "Maldito Y Bendito Amor" (Ballad Version)
See also
Portal|Puerto Rico|Biography
List of Puerto Ricans
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References
Reflist
External links
http://elmundodeindia.com/ Official website
http://www.prpop.org/biografias/PR Popular Culture
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