Estrella María Benzo Blas, also known as Estrella, is a Spanish

Spain

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 singer born in Seville

Seville

Seville is the artistic, historic, cultural, and financial capital of southern Spain. It is the capital of the autonomous community of Andalusia and of the province of Seville. It is situated on the plain of the River Guadalquivir, with an average elevation of above sea level...

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Biography

Estrella was born in Parque Alcosa district, daughter of singers parents, her mother even accompanied Lola Flores

Lola Flores

María Dolores "Lola" Flores Ruiz was a Spanish singer, dancer, and actress.- Professional career :Flores was born in Jerez de la Frontera, Cadiz . Although thought to be only part gypsy, she strongly identified with the Spanish gypsy culture...

 in some tablaos, and her father was singer-songwriter

Singer-songwriter

Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...

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At the age of fifteen began studying piano at the music school

Music school

The term music school refers to an educational institution specialized in the study, training and research of music.Different terms refer to this concept such as school of music, music academy, music faculty, college of music, music department or conservatory.Music instruction can be provided...

, but after two years of training decided to leave. Later she started to do vocals for other artists, and thus came to know the Swedish producer Erik Nilsson

Erik Nilsson

Erik Nilsson was a Swedish footballer.Nilsson played his youth days with Limhamns IF, before he moved in 1934 to Allsvenskan club Malmö FF, where he played until 1953. There he won five league titles and five Swedish Cups. During his playing days he rejected an offer from A.C...

, producer of renowned artists such as Ketama

Ketama

Ketama are a Spanish flamenco group in the fusion flamenco style. The leaders of what has been called New Flamenco, they brought a style that was somewhere between flamenco and pop salsa onto the musical scene that drew as much criticism as praise, but which has won over the young public and has...

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With 21 years old, Estrella debuted in mid-2006

2006 in music

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 2006.-January:*January 10 – Eric Burdon releases his album Soul of a Man and begins touring with a new band....

 with her single "Qué Me Puede Quedar", in collaboration with the renowned Moroccan

Morocco

Morocco , officially the Kingdom of Morocco , is a country located in North Africa. It has a population of more than 32 million and an area of 710,850 km², and also primarily administers the disputed region of the Western Sahara...

 violinist Faiçal Kourrisc. Her first album (Estrella) was released on May 7, 2006 by Warner Music Spain

Warner Music Group

Warner Music Group is the third largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry, making it one of the big four record companies...

 and her second album, entitled Black Flamenco

Black Flamenco

Black Flamenco is the second studio album released by Spanish singer Estrella. The album was nominated for a Latin Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Album.-Track listing:# Si me sientes# Aquí seguiré# Hoy quiero decirte# Persuasión# Tierra...

was released on October 27, 2009.