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Spanish flamenco singer In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Jiménez and the second or maternal family name is Salazar.

Diego Ramón Jiménez Salazar (born Madrid, 27 December 1968), known as El Cigala (Castillan for 'Langoustine'), is a Spanish Romani Flamenco singer. He also holds Dominican citizenship.

Born into a family of Romani artists and intellectuals in Madrid, Jiménez started his career singing in flamenco clubs, until he caught the attention of flamenco dancers such as Mario Maya and Joaquín Cortés, and with guitarist Antón Jiménez, began touring as part of their companies. By the late 1990s, after collaborating on recordings by Camarón de la Isla, Tomatito, Gerardo Núñez and Vicente Amigo, he recorded his debut album "Undebel". He has since recorded a further seven albums, and has won two Grammy awards and five Latin Grammy nominations.

In 2010, he voiced Buzz Lightyear for the European Spanish dub of Toy Story 3, using an Andalusian accent.

His wife, Amparo Fernández, died in 2015 from cancer in Punta Cana.

Discography

1998 – Undebel
2000 – Entre vareta y Canasta
2001 – Corren tiempos de alegría
2002 – Teatro Real (Live album)
2003 – Lágrimas negras
2003 – Blanco y Negro en vivo (Bebo & Cigala) (Live album)
2005 – Picasso en mis ojos
2008 – Dos lágrimas
2010 – Cigala & Tango (Live album)
2013 – Romance de la luna Tucumana
2013 – Vuelve el flamenco (Live album)
2016 – Indestructible
2020 – Cigala canta a México

References

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"Noticias de Flamenco". Retrieved 2018-09-09.
"Diego el Cigala - Web Oficial". www.elcigala.com. Archived from the original on 2011-03-12. Retrieved 2011-05-25.
"Flamenco - Diego el Cigala - Andalucia.com". www.andalucia.com. 12 February 2014.
"'El Cigala' pone voz a Buzz Lightyear en Toy Story 3" (in Spanish).
Yahoo Archived 2015-08-21 at archive.today

External links

v t e Latin Grammy Award for Best Long Form Music Video
2000s	Blanco y Negro En Vivo – Bebo and Cigala / Un Viaje – Café Tacuba (2006) MTV Unplugged – Ricky Martin (2007) MTV Unplugged – Julieta Venegas (2008) E A Música de Tom Jobim – Roberto Carlos and Caetano Veloso (2009)
2010s	Una Noche Común y Sin Corriente – Voz Veis (2010) En Primera Fila – Franco De Vita (2011) MTV Unplugged – Juanes (2012) Mujer Divina: Homenaje a Agustín Lara – Natalia Lafourcade (2013) El Objeto Antes Llamado Disco – Café Tacuba (2014) Loco de Amor – Juanes (2015) Sirope Vivo – Alejandro Sanz (2016) Musas, El Documental – Natalia Lafourcade (2017) En Letra De Otro - Documentary – Pedro Capó (2018) What I Was Is What I Am – Alejandro Sanz (2019)
2020s	El Mundo Perdido de Cumbiana – Carlos Vives (2020) Entre Mar y Palmeras – Juan Luis Guerra (2021) Hasta la Raíz: El Documental – Natalia Lafourcade (2022) Camilo: El Primer Tour de Mi Vida – Camilo (2023) Grasa (Album Long Form) – Nathy Peluso (2024)

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