Wendy Sulca
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Wendy Sulca Quispe is a Peruvian child singer of Huayno
music, who found fame thanks to YouTube
, where her videos "La Tetita" ("The tittie"), "Cerveza, Cerveza" ("Beer, beer") and "Papito" ("Daddy") exceeded ten million hits.
with the Peruvian journalist Jaime Bayly
in 2009). She appeared with the Puerto Rican group Calle 13
and had her song "Cerveza" remixed in a song with the same name with the Colombian rap group SA Finest, including the singer Jiggy Drama
In April 2010 Sulca released the song "En tus Tierras Bailaré
" (In your land I shall dance) with the "You-tube stars" Delfin Quishpe
and La Tigresa del Oriente
. The song received attention in Latin American media and got a one million hits in a few weeks. and has been called a "Youtube We are the World" by Calle 13
singer Residente.
She was invited to video "Pa' tras" of Dante Spinetta
con Calle 13
, Andrés Calamaro
y La Tigresa del Oriente
.
In January 2011, she presented "El Festival Centro" (Bogotá). The show was reviewed by the Colombian media because of the success. On June 11 of 2011 Wendy Sulca performed her first tour to Chile playing in two discotheques, El Huevo in Valparaíso
and Blondie in Santiago
.
In an interview with Rolling Stone
(Argentina) Wendy Sulca has declared that she likes the music of Reik
, Panda
, Luis Fonsi
and Lady Gaga
.
has described the phenomena of Sulca and En tus Tierras Bailaré
as an example of "the chaotic transformation of a culture that has always had an infinite and joyful capacity for self-invention. This not outsider but insider art of the deepest sort, forged in a hot-hot crucible, and it is we who stand on the outside, peering wistfully at the screen".
Huayno
Huayno is a genre of popular Andean Music and dance from Andean countries. It is especially common in Peru. It originated in Serrania, Peru as a combination of traditional rural folk music and popular urban dance music...
music, who found fame thanks to YouTube
YouTube
YouTube is a video-sharing website, created by three former PayPal employees in February 2005, on which users can upload, view and share videos....
, where her videos "La Tetita" ("The tittie"), "Cerveza, Cerveza" ("Beer, beer") and "Papito" ("Daddy") exceeded ten million hits.
Career
Her songs have been on TV and variety shows (such as El FrancotiradorEl Francotirador
El Francotirador is a Peruvian late-night television programme conducted by the journalist and writer Jaime Bayly.Bayly hosted late-night shows abroad at CBS Network Latin America and Telemundo Network for six years...
with the Peruvian journalist Jaime Bayly
Jaime Bayly
Jaime Bayly Letts is a Peruvian writer, journalist and television personality. He is the third of 10 children and is known as "el niño terrible" .-Early life:...
in 2009). She appeared with the Puerto Rican group Calle 13
Calle 13 (band)
Calle 13 is a band formed by stepbrothers René Pérez Joglar , who calls himself Residente and Eduardo José Cabra Martínez , who calls himself Visitante Calle 13 is a band formed by stepbrothers René Pérez Joglar (born February 23, 1978 in Hato Rey, a subsection of San Juan, Puerto Rico), who calls...
and had her song "Cerveza" remixed in a song with the same name with the Colombian rap group SA Finest, including the singer Jiggy Drama
In April 2010 Sulca released the song "En tus Tierras Bailaré
En tus Tierras Bailaré
En Tus Tierras Bailaré is a Spanish language viral video that celebrates love for the land and people of Israel. It appeared in April of 2010.The song received attention in Latin American rapidly got millions of hits...
" (In your land I shall dance) with the "You-tube stars" Delfin Quishpe
Delfin Quishpe
Delfín Quishpe Signature move "El pasito del delfín" is an Indigenous Kichwa Ecuadorian singer-songwriter, rockstar, performing in a style he calls "Andean techno-folklore". His popularity largely comes from the comical nature of his music...
and La Tigresa del Oriente
Tigresa del oriente
Juana Judith Bustos Ahuite is best known as La Tigresa del Oriente is an actress, singer, hairdresser and makeup artist...
. The song received attention in Latin American media and got a one million hits in a few weeks. and has been called a "Youtube We are the World" by Calle 13
Calle 13 (band)
Calle 13 is a band formed by stepbrothers René Pérez Joglar , who calls himself Residente and Eduardo José Cabra Martínez , who calls himself Visitante Calle 13 is a band formed by stepbrothers René Pérez Joglar (born February 23, 1978 in Hato Rey, a subsection of San Juan, Puerto Rico), who calls...
singer Residente.
She was invited to video "Pa' tras" of Dante Spinetta
Dante Spinetta
Dante Spinetta is an Argentine singer/composer who was part of the defunct duo Illya Kuryaki and the Valderramas.- Biography :...
con Calle 13
Calle 13
Calle 13 is a Spanish cable/satellite television channel. Owned by Universal Studios Networks Spain, Calle 13 promotes itself as a channel of suspense and action and its available on Digital+ satellite TV platform and on all Spanish cable TV platforms....
, Andrés Calamaro
Andrés Calamaro
Andrés Calamaro , is an Argentine musician, composer and Latin Grammy winner. His former band Los Rodríguez was a major success in Spain in the 1990s. He became one of the main icons of the Argentine rock in the last two decades and has sold over 1.3 million copies.-Abuelos de la Nada:Calamaro was...
y La Tigresa del Oriente
Tigresa del oriente
Juana Judith Bustos Ahuite is best known as La Tigresa del Oriente is an actress, singer, hairdresser and makeup artist...
.
In January 2011, she presented "El Festival Centro" (Bogotá). The show was reviewed by the Colombian media because of the success. On June 11 of 2011 Wendy Sulca performed her first tour to Chile playing in two discotheques, El Huevo in Valparaíso
Valparaíso
Valparaíso is a city and commune of Chile, center of its third largest conurbation and one of the country's most important seaports and an increasing cultural center in the Southwest Pacific hemisphere. The city is the capital of the Valparaíso Province and the Valparaíso Region...
and Blondie in Santiago
Santiago, Chile
Santiago , also known as Santiago de Chile, is the capital and largest city of Chile, and the center of its largest conurbation . It is located in the country's central valley, at an elevation of above mean sea level...
.
In an interview with Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone is a US-based magazine devoted to music, liberal politics, and popular culture that is published every two weeks. Rolling Stone was founded in San Francisco in 1967 by Jann Wenner and music critic Ralph J...
(Argentina) Wendy Sulca has declared that she likes the music of Reik
Reik
Reik is a Latin Grammy-winning Mexican band from Mexicali, Baja California formed by Jesús Alberto Navarro Rosas , Julio Ramírez Eguía , and Gilberto Marín Espinoza...
, Panda
Panda (band)
Panda is a Mexican alternative rock band formed in Monterrey, Nuevo León in 1996 as part of the musical movement known as Avanzada Regia...
, Luis Fonsi
Luis Fonsi
Luis Alfonso Rodríguez López-Cepero, more commonly known by his stage name Luis Fonsi, is a Latin Grammy winning Puerto Rican singer and composer.- Early life :...
and Lady Gaga
Lady GaGa
Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta , better known by her stage name Lady Gaga, is an American singer and songwriter. Born and raised in New York City, she primarily studied at the Convent of the Sacred Heart and briefly attended New York University's Tisch School of the Arts before withdrawing to...
.
Critical reception
Journalist Alma GuillermoprietoAlma Guillermoprieto
Alma Guillermoprieto is a Mexican journalist who has written extensively about Latin America for the British and American press. Her writings have also been widely disseminated within the Spanish-speaking world.-Life:...
has described the phenomena of Sulca and En tus Tierras Bailaré
En tus Tierras Bailaré
En Tus Tierras Bailaré is a Spanish language viral video that celebrates love for the land and people of Israel. It appeared in April of 2010.The song received attention in Latin American rapidly got millions of hits...
as an example of "the chaotic transformation of a culture that has always had an infinite and joyful capacity for self-invention. This not outsider but insider art of the deepest sort, forged in a hot-hot crucible, and it is we who stand on the outside, peering wistfully at the screen".