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Lila Downs

Mexican American singer-songwriter

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Lila Downs is a Mexican American singer-songwriter known for blending traditional Mexican music with contemporary styles. Her work is significant for bringing Mexican cultural music and indigenous languages to international audiences while addressing social and political themes.

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Oaxaca, Mexico

Ana Lila Downs Sánchez, best known as Lila Downs (born September 9, 1968), is an American–Mexican singer-songwriter and actress. She performs her own compositions 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…

Known for

Santuarios del Infinito — Narrator (voice)2023
Trece Cielos: Una Noche para Ponernos al Día — Self2023
Ven Acá... con Eugenia León y Pavel Granados — Self2023
Lila Downs en el #50FIC — Self2022
Lila Downs - Desde Bellas Artes México — Lila Downs2022
Tengo un Sueño 2022 — Self2022
Léemelo — Self2022
A Song for Cesar: Beware a Movement That Sings — Self2021
Latin Grammy Celebrates: Them and Their Music — Self - Performer2021
El Grito: Lila Downs at the Macedonio Alcalá Theater, with the Alejandro Díaz Orchestra and the Costumbrista Dance Company — Herself2020

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Type: Person
Gender: Female
Origin: Mexico
Active from: 1968

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Discography

Ofrenda1994
Azuláo: En vivo con Lila Downs1996
Trazos1998
La sandunga1999
Tree of Life: Árbol de la vida – Yutu tata2000
Border: La línea2001
Una sangre: One Blood2003
La cantina: “Entre copa y copa…”2006
Live Session2006
Shake Away / Ojo de culebra2008

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners: 226,677
Total plays: 3,407,544

Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Given name: Lila
Gender: female
Citizenship: United States
Place of birth: Oaxaca
Occupation: recording artist
Educated at: DePaul University
Languages spoken: Spanish
Native language: Spanish
Field of work: artivism
Genre: folk music
Instrument: jarana huasteca
Official website: www.liladowns.com
Image: 2012 Lila Downs (8204932278).jpg
Voice type: contralto

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date of birth: 1968-09-09
Commons category: Lila Downs
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start of work period: 1992-00-00
social media followers: 226905
writing language: English language

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Encyclopedic overview

Ana Lila Downs Sánchez (born 9 September 1968) is a Mexican singer-songwriter. 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 the 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 (independent) 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.

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