María del Monte


María del Monte Tejado Algaba is a Spanish folk singer and TV and radio hostess. She's most known in Spain as "La Reina de las Sevillanas".

Biography

María del Monte was born on 26 April 1962 in Seville, Andalusia. In 1982 won a TV contest show in Ceuta and thereafter released her first album. With the second one titled Cántame sevillanas being a hit in Spain and achieved triple Platinum disc. In this album there's her most famous single: Cántame.
Also has worked in several TV and radio programs. In 1993 hosted Vamos juntos in Canal Sur Radio and three years later in Antena 3 in Al compás de la copla. In 1998 she appeared in TVE in a special TV-Show Esa copla me suena and Especial Feria de Abril.

Discography