Life and work

Born in Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent...

 to a family of auto dealership proprietors, Serra Lima was first signed on to a record label in 1977, and became famous across 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...

 and in Spain

Spain

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 during the 1970s and 1980s. Known for her contralto

Contralto

Contralto is the deepest female classical singing voice, with the lowest tessitura, falling between tenor and mezzo-soprano. It typically ranges between the F below middle C to the second G above middle C , although at the extremes some voices can reach the E below middle C or the second B above...

 vocal texture and her repertoire of love ballads

Romantic music

Romantic music or music in the Romantic Period is a musicological and artistic term referring to a particular period, theory, compositional practice, and canon in Western music history, from 1810 to 1900....

 and bolero

Bolero

Bolero is a form of slow-tempo Latin music and its associated dance and song. There are Spanish and Cuban forms which are both significant and which have separate origins.The term is also used for some art music...

s, she collaborated extensively with singer-songwriters from elsewhere in Latin America, particularly Mexican standards

Music of Mexico

The music of Mexico is very diverse and features a wide range of different musical styles. It has been influenced by a variety of cultures, most notably indigenous Mexican and European, since the Late Middle Ages...

 such as Los Panchos

Los Panchos

Los Panchos was an internationally famous Latin pop trio known for its romantic ballads and boleros.-History:...

 and Armando Manzanero

Armando Manzanero

Armando Manzanero Canché is a Mexican musician and composer of Maya descent, widely considered the premier Mexican romantic composer of the postwar era and one of the most successful composers of Latin America....

; among her best-known, non-Hispanic interpretations is that of Paul Anka

Paul Anka

Paul Albert Anka, is a Canadian singer, songwriter, and actor.Anka first became famous as a teen idol in the late 1950s and 1960s with hit songs like "Diana'", "Lonely Boy", and "Put Your Head on My Shoulder"...

's My Way

My Way (song)

"My Way" is a song popularized by Frank Sinatra. Its lyrics were written by Paul Anka and set to music based on the French song "Comme d'habitude" composed in 1967 by Claude François and Jacques Revaux, with lyrics by Claude François and Gilles Thibault. Anka's English lyrics are unrelated to the...

. Her albums became hits in Mexico

Mexico

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, Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.Puerto Rico comprises an...

, Chile

Chile

Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...

, Venezuela

Venezuela

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, and elswhere in the region, apart from her home country.

She has shared the stage with numerous major international singers, done multiple international tours and won many awards through her career as a singer. Sold 10 million albums in the late 70's and early 80's.

Partial discography

• Colección Inolvidable (Unforgettable Collection, a greatest hits CD)
• Quien Soy (Who I Am)
• 20 Grandes Éxitos (20 Great Hits)
• Brillantes 2 (Brilliant Songs 2)
• Esencia Romántica
• Mis Bolero
  Bolero
  Bolero is a form of slow-tempo Latin music and its associated dance and song. There are Spanish and Cuban forms which are both significant and which have separate origins.The term is also used for some art music...
  
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• Balad
  Balad
  Al-Balad is the historical area of Jeddah, the second largest city of Saudi Arabia. Balad can literally be translated as "The City." Balad is the historic center of the City of Jeddah. Balad traces its history 2,500 years back as a fishing village when the Quda'a fishermen tribe settled...
  
  as de Amor
• Símbolo de Amor (Symbol of Love)
• Viaje (Trip)
• Entre Nosotros (Between Us)
• Los Esenciales (The Essential songs)
• 20th Anniversary
• 12 Grandes Éxitos
• Lo Mejor de Mí (My Best)
• Cosas de la Vida (Things That Happen in Life)
• Como Nunca (Like Never Before)
• 20 de Colección (20 Songs to Collect)
• The Latin Stars Series