Mamajuana (band)

Mamajuana is a Dominican band assembled by the Dominican composer and producer Eddy González

.

Mamajuana combines Afro-Caribbean and contemporary rhythms with romantic lyrics. Their self-titled debut album

, released by Sony International, featured the hit singles "Mamasota" and "Sin Un Beso Suyo". After two weeks in the U.S. market, Mamajuana sold 20,000 copies.[1]

Mamajuana was the first Dominican merengue band to ever perform in China, they had a season at the Venetian Macau Casino and Sands Hotel and Casino; Mamajuana was nominated to Premios Lo Nuestro (Univision) as best tropical group or duo in the 2002 awards, also was Revelacion del 2002 in Casandra Awards (Dominican Republic) and pre-nominated to the 2004 Grammy Awards for the best Urban Album for For Sale.

In the year 2017, Eddy Gonzalez reformed the band and start performing with a new music style and concept that he describe as "Electronica Tropical"

, which combines the electronic music with latin and tropical beats.

Sources

  1. Bonacich, Drago. Biography of Mamajuana at AllMusic. Retrieved 2007-02-18.


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