0
Soledad Pastorutti
Soledad Pastorutti
Argentine singer
1
Natalia Lafourcade
Natalia Lafourcade
Mexican recording artist; singer
2
Maite Perroni
Maite Perroni
Mexican actress and singer
3
Belinda Peregrín
Belinda Peregrín
Spanish-born Mexican singer-songwriter and actress
4
Eugenia León
Eugenia León
Mexican singer
5
Julieta Venegas
Julieta Venegas
American singer
6
Rocío Dúrcal
Rocío Dúrcal
Spanish singer and actress
7
Yuri
Yuri
Mexican recording artist; singer
8
Natalia Jiménez
Natalia Jiménez
Spanish singer-songwriter
9
Aitana
Aitana
Spanish singer
10
Amanda Miguel
Amanda Miguel
Mexican singer
11
Shakira
Shakira
Colombian singer
12
Ely Guerra
Ely Guerra
Mexican recording artist; singer
13
Paulina Rubio
Paulina Rubio
Mexican singer, actress, television music competition judge, hostess, model, and businesswoman
14
Gloria Trevi
Gloria Trevi
Mexican singer-songwriter, businesswoman and actress
15
Thalía
Thalía
Mexican recording artist, songwriter, actress, fashion designer, and writer
16
Sofía Reyes
Sofía Reyes
Mexican singer-songwriter and actress
17
Ricardo Montaner
Ricardo Montaner
Venezuelan-Argentinian singer and songwriter
18
Becky G
Becky G
American singer
19
Rosalía
Rosalía
Spanish singer, songwriter, producer, dancer, actress and model
20
Concha Buika
Concha Buika
Spanish singer
21
Lola Índigo
Lola Índigo
Spanish singer, songwriter and dancer
22
Dulce María
Dulce María
Mexican actress and singer-songwriter
23
Lucero
Lucero
Mexican singer and actress
24
Ana Gabriel
Ana Gabriel
Mexican singer
25
Alejandro Fernández
Alejandro Fernández
Mexican recording artist; singer
26
Celia Cruz
Celia Cruz
Cuban singer (1925-2003)
27
Luz Casal
Luz Casal
Spanish singer
28
Ana Bárbara
Ana Bárbara
Mexican singer
29
Martina Stoesel
Martina Stoesel
Argentine actress, singer and dancer
30
Kany García
Kany García
Puerto Rican musician
31
Leslie Grace
Leslie Grace
American singer and songwriter
32
Yolandita Monge
Yolandita Monge
Puerto Rican singer
33
Andrea Echeverri
Andrea Echeverri
Colombian singer and guitarist
34
Libertad Lamarque
Libertad Lamarque
Mexican nationalized argentinian actress and singer (1908-2000)
35
Alaska
Alaska
Spanish-Mexican singer
36
Mónica Naranjo
Mónica Naranjo
Spanish singer, songwriter
37
Juan Luis Guerra
Juan Luis Guerra
Dominican musician, singer, composer, and record producer
38
Jenni Rivera
Jenni Rivera
Mexican-American entertainer (1969-2012)
39
Lali Espósito
Lali Espósito
Argentinian actress, singer, dancer and model
40
Gaby Moreno
Gaby Moreno
Guatemalan singer-songwriter and guitarist
41
Rubén Blades
Rubén Blades
Panamanian musician, singer, composer, actor, activist, and politician
42
Benny Ibarra
Benny Ibarra
Mexican singer
43
Laura Pausini
Laura Pausini
Italian singer
44
Mercedes Sosa
Mercedes Sosa
Argentine singer
45
Olga Tañón
Olga Tañón
Puerto Rican singer
46
Anahí
Anahí
Mexican singer-songwriter and actress
47
Ha*Ash
Ha*Ash
American Latin pop duo
48
Luis Miguel
Luis Miguel
Mexican singer
49
Carla Morrison
Carla Morrison
Mexican singer
Lila Downs
Mexican American singer-songwriter

Lila Downs

Intro
Mexican American singer-songwriter
Record Labels
Awards Received
Latin Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Pop Vocal Album
News

Ana Lila Downs Sánchez (born September 09, 1968) is a Mexican singer-songwriter and actress. She performs her own compositions and the works of others in multiple genres, as well as tapping into Mexican traditional and popular music. She also incorporates indigenous Mexican influences and has recorded songs in many indigenous languages such as Mixtec, Zapotec, Mayan, Nahuatl and Purépecha. Born and raised in Oaxaca, she primarily studied at the Institute of Arts by Oaxaca and briefly attended University of Minnesota, before withdrawing to focus on her musical career. She soon began performing in the traditional music scene of Oaxaca City.

Her first album, Ofrenda, was released in 1994. In 1999, Downs came to prominence with her debut studio album, La Sandunga, which was a critical and commercial success. She achieved international success in 2001 with the album Border which emerged in the music scene of Mexico and Latin America in the early 2000s (decade). Downs's seventh album, Pecados y milagros (2011), topped album charts in most major markets and generated chart-topping world music albums. Her eighth album, "Balas y Chocolate", was released in 2015. "Salón Lágrimas y Deseo", her ninth album, came out in 2017.

Downs began performing in school, demonstrating her vocal ability with traditional music, Latin and American influences, and with her own original twist on dancing. Downs, a native Spanish speaker, also speaks fluent Mixtec and English. Downs through her activism has gone through great lengths to preserve the Mixtec language as well as many other Indigenous Mexican languages.

Influenced by Chavela Vargas, Mercedes Sosa, Lucha Villa, and Amparo Ochoa, Lila Downs is recognized for her flamboyant, diverse and outré contributions to the music industry through her traditional and authentic fashion, the majority of which are based around Mexico's indigenous peoples' styles, cultures and heritages, which show through her performances and music videos. Her achievements include one Grammy Award and three Latin Grammy Awards.

Besides her musical career, she involves herself with humanitarian causes and political activism, especially dealing with issues of Latin America's indigenous population.