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Celia Cruz, salsa songstress, honored by Jennifer Lopez at AMAs
Salsa icon Celia Cruz received a high-energy tribute from Jennifer Lopez and a bevy of ballroom dancers at the American Music Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday.
Lopez, 44, honored the legendary Cruz, who died in 2003, by performing a medley of hits featuring colorful costume and flippy hair changes. Cruz died at age 77 after battling brain cancer.
The Afro-Cuban songstress, who has been called the “queen of salsa,” won two Grammys and three Latin Grammys. Last month, Cruz was honored with a Google Doodle.
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And honestly, it was hard to resist the temptation of searching for underground salsa clubs after Lopez’s lively number.
“I’ve got one very special person on my mind this morning! #AMAs #legend #CeliaCruz,” Lopez wrote on Instagram Sunday, sharing a photo of Cruz.
“I felt very honored and a little scared, I don’t think there is anything better for this
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Jennifer Lopez paid tribute to the late-great Celia Cruz at Sunday night’s American Music Awards.
The high-energy performance featured three of the Cuban dansstil singer’s most memorable hit songs — “Quimbara,” “La Vida es un Carnaval” and “Bemba Colorá.”
While critics reportedly didn’t see Lopez fit to perform the honor of “La Reina de la Salsa” or the “Queen of Salsa,” she arguably proved any naysayers wrong.
Belting out the Spanish-language tunes, the 44-year-old pop star had onstage costume changes that concluded with a light purple, shrilled body suit and sparkly fishnet stockings. She launched into a dansstil dance number with not one, but two partners, and even did a complete flip over their heads and landed on her feet to continue singing.
One of the professional dancers was Maksim Chmerkovskiy from “Dancing with the Stars” fame. Shortly after the performance was done he
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El Ultimo Adiós
Ricky Martin, Alejandro Sanz, Thalia, Juan Luis Guerra 4.40, Gloria Estefan, Celia Cruz, Olga Tañón, Ricardo Montaner, Ana Gabriel, Jorge Hernandez, LOS TIGRES DELNORTE, Alicia Villareal, Alejandro Fernández, Carlos Vives, Jaci Velasquez, Marco Antonio Solís, José José, Lucía Méndez, Jennifer Lopez, Emmanuele, Chayanne, Gilberto Santa Rosa, Paulina Rubio, Alberto "Beto" Zapata, La Ley, Ana Bárbara, Carlos Ponce, Jon Secada, Shakira, Gian Marco, Luis Fonsi, Yuri, Miguel Bosé, Wilkins, GISELLE, Melina León, Limi-T XXI, Christina Aguilera, José Feliciano, Jose Luis Rodriguez
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With a powerful contralto voice, a very energetic stage presence,