Alih Jey
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Alih Jey is a Dominican
Rock music
singer and songwriter.
She was born as Alih Jey de Peña Jiménez. Her family is well known in the Dominican show business industry: her father, Anibal de Peña, and her mother, Alida Iluminada Jiménez, are well known musicians there as well. Alih Jey demonstrated from an early age that she wanted to follow in her parents' footsteps.
At fourteen, she began to compose songs, which she would later record. At seventeen, she was signed by the Latin America
n division of Universal Music
. Alih Jey released her debut album, Alih Jey, in 2001. Her first single, "It's ok", became an instant hit. Her first album was bilingual, as she is fluent in English
apart from her native Spanish language
.
Her second album Gotas De Piel was released to great critical acclaim in 2005. Her hit "Muñequita Tuya" was quickly put on high rotation in Latin music radio stations in the US. Other songs in her album like "Vino en Tu Bar" solidified her as a force to be reckoned with. During this time, she also collaborated on many projects as a songwriter, placing songs on several other singers' albums as well.
In 2005, Alih Jey toured alongside Mexican star Paulina Rubio
during Rubio's Pau-Latina tour across the United States. Coincidentally, the tour ended in Alih Jey's homeland, Dominican Republic.
In 2006, she severed ties with record label Universal Music Latino and proceeded to work on a new independent record, Necia, released the following year.
In September 2008, Necia garnered a Latin Grammy nomination for Best Solo Rock Album.
She has played and toured many times with Miami local artist Jorges
.
Dominican Republic
The Dominican Republic is a nation on the island of La Hispaniola, part of the Greater Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean region. The western third of the island is occupied by the nation of Haiti, making Hispaniola one of two Caribbean islands that are shared by two countries...
Rock music
Rock and roll
Rock and roll is a genre of popular music that originated and evolved in the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950s, primarily from a combination of African American blues, country, jazz, and gospel music...
singer and songwriter.
She was born as Alih Jey de Peña Jiménez. Her family is well known in the Dominican show business industry: her father, Anibal de Peña, and her mother, Alida Iluminada Jiménez, are well known musicians there as well. Alih Jey demonstrated from an early age that she wanted to follow in her parents' footsteps.
At fourteen, she began to compose songs, which she would later record. At seventeen, she was signed by the Latin America
Latin America
Latin America is a region of the Americas where Romance languages – particularly Spanish and Portuguese, and variably French – are primarily spoken. Latin America has an area of approximately 21,069,500 km² , almost 3.9% of the Earth's surface or 14.1% of its land surface area...
n division of Universal Music
Universal Studios
Universal Pictures , a subsidiary of NBCUniversal, is one of the six major movie studios....
. Alih Jey released her debut album, Alih Jey, in 2001. Her first single, "It's ok", became an instant hit. Her first album was bilingual, as she is fluent in English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
apart from her native Spanish language
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
.
Her second album Gotas De Piel was released to great critical acclaim in 2005. Her hit "Muñequita Tuya" was quickly put on high rotation in Latin music radio stations in the US. Other songs in her album like "Vino en Tu Bar" solidified her as a force to be reckoned with. During this time, she also collaborated on many projects as a songwriter, placing songs on several other singers' albums as well.
In 2005, Alih Jey toured alongside Mexican star Paulina Rubio
Paulina Rubio
Paulina Susana Rubio Rue is a Mexican singer and actress. Rubio achieved international stardom with her fifth studio album, Paulina...
during Rubio's Pau-Latina tour across the United States. Coincidentally, the tour ended in Alih Jey's homeland, Dominican Republic.
In 2006, she severed ties with record label Universal Music Latino and proceeded to work on a new independent record, Necia, released the following year.
In September 2008, Necia garnered a Latin Grammy nomination for Best Solo Rock Album.
She has played and toured many times with Miami local artist Jorges
Jorges
Jorge Gonzalez-Graupera, also known by the stage name Jorges, is a singer-songwriter based out of Miami, Florida, USA. The music from his debut album, possibly now! has been featured in primetime American TV shows such as Summerland and One Tree Hill as well as various MTV shows such as My Sweet...
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