Mercedes Sosa

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Mercedes Sosa was an iconic Argentine folk singer and prominent voice of the Nueva Canción movement, renowned across Latin America for her powerful interpretations and social activism.

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Label Occurrences
Mercedes Sosa canonical 6
Haydée Mercedes Sosa 1

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Statements (76)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Argentine singer ⓘ
folk singer ⓘ
human ⓘ
political activist ⓘ
activeYearsEnd 2009 ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1950 ⓘ
awardReceived Grammy Award for Best Folk Album ⓘ
Latin Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award ⓘ
UNESCO International Music Prize ⓘ
birthName Haydée Mercedes Sosa ⓘ
linked to: Mercedes Sosa
burialPlace La Chacarita Cemetery, Buenos Aires, Argentina ⓘ
causeOfDeath multiple organ failure ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Argentina ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1935-07-09 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2009-10-04 ⓘ
ethnicGroup Argentine of Indigenous descent ⓘ
familyName Sosa ⓘ
fieldOfWork Latin American folk music ⓘ
protest music ⓘ
social activism through music ⓘ
gender female ⓘ
genre Latin American folk ⓘ
Nueva Canción ⓘ
folk music ⓘ
givenName Haydée ⓘ
Mercedes ⓘ
hasSignatureSong "Alfonsina y el mar" ⓘ
"Gracias a la Vida" ⓘ
honor UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador ⓘ
influenced Latin American protest music ⓘ
generations of Latin American folk singers ⓘ
instrument voice ⓘ
knownFor interpretations of socially engaged songs ⓘ
opposition to Latin American military dictatorships ⓘ
powerful contralto voice ⓘ
languagesSpokenSung Spanish ⓘ
movement Nueva Canción movement ⓘ
linked to: Nueva Canción
name Mercedes Sosa ⓘ
nativeLanguage Spanish ⓘ
notableAlias La Negra ⓘ
La Voz de América Latina ⓘ
notableSongInterpretation "Alfonsina y el mar" ⓘ
"Canción con todos" ⓘ
"Duerme negrito" ⓘ
"Gracias a la Vida" ⓘ
linked to: Gracias a la Vida

"Sólo le pido a Dios" ⓘ
notableWork Album "Al Despertar" ⓘ
Album "Cantata Sudamericana" ⓘ
Album "Cantora 1" ⓘ
Album "Cantora 2" ⓘ
Album "Mercedes Sosa en Argentina" ⓘ
Album "Mercedes Sosa en México" ⓘ
Album "Mujeres Argentinas" ⓘ
occupation activist ⓘ
recording artist ⓘ
singer ⓘ
performedWith Caetano Veloso ⓘ
Charly García ⓘ
Fito Páez ⓘ
Joan Baez ⓘ
León Gieco ⓘ
Luciano Pavarotti ⓘ
Milton Nascimento ⓘ
Pablo Milanés ⓘ
Shakira ⓘ
Silvio Rodríguez ⓘ
Sting ⓘ
placeOfBirth San Miguel de Tucumán, Tucumán, Argentina ⓘ
placeOfDeath Buenos Aires, Argentina ⓘ
linked to: Buenos Aires
politicalAlignment left-wing ⓘ
reasonForExile persecution by Argentine military dictatorship ⓘ
residence Buenos Aires, Argentina ⓘ
linked to: Buenos Aires
subjectOf documentary film "Mercedes Sosa: La voz de Latinoamérica" ⓘ
wasExiledTo Europe ⓘ
France ⓘ
Spain ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mercedes Sosa → name → Mercedes Sosa ⓘ
Mercedes Sosa → birthName → Haydée Mercedes Sosa ⓘ
linked to: Mercedes Sosa
Fito Páez → associatedAct → Mercedes Sosa ⓘ
Tania Libertad → hasCollaboratedWith → Mercedes Sosa ⓘ
Atahualpa Yupanqui → influenced → Mercedes Sosa ⓘ