中文名：Buika 国籍：欧美 出生地：西班牙 职业：歌手 生日：1972年5月11日 简介：Buika is a critically acclaimed jazz-influenced flamenco fusion singer from Spain who broke through to mainstream success in 2006 with her second solo album, Mi Niña Lola. Born Concha Buika in 1972 in Palma de Mallorca, a city on the Balearic Island of Majorca, Spain, she is the daughter of a political exile from the former Spanish colony Equatorial Guinea, a small country in Africa. Influenced by her mother's love of jazz, she began her singing career in the clubs of Majorca and the neighboring Balearic Island of Ibiza. She also performed in Las Vegas for a while. 从艺历程：Buika's commercial recording career began in 2000 with Mestizüo, alittle-heard album ofvocal jazz standards co-billed to Majorcan pianistJacob Sureda. Meanwhile, she began appearing as a featured vocaliston various electronic dance music tracks, most notably Smurf &Perry's"Lovin' You" (2001), a club favorite compiled on numerous house musicCDs.Ultimatelyoffered a major-label solo recording contract with DroAtlantic, Buika made her eponymous album debut in 2005. Shecollaborated with Latin GrammyAward-winning flamenco producerJavier Limón on her follow-up effort, Mi Niña Lola (2006), a breakoutalbum whose stylistic fusion was both critically acclaimed andcommerciallysuccessful.The album reached number 11 on the Spanishalbums chart and sold well in neighboring France, too. Buika collaborated with Limón once again on her next album, Niña deFuego(2008), asimilarlysuccessful album that was nominated forAlbum of the Year at the Latin GrammyAwards. She broke into the TopTen of the Spanish albums chart with her next full-length effort, ElÜltimo Trago (2009), a collaboration with Cuban pianist ChuchoVald©s. Recorded in Cuba with ValdÃés and a live band, the album is anhomage to Mexican singer Chavela Vargas. lt won a Latin Grammyin2010 for Best Traditional Tropical Album. Buika relocated to Miami, Florida in the United States in 2011, the sameyear her double-disc retrospective En Mi Piel: The Best of Buika wasreleased in the U.S. Following international touring and time off, shere-entered the studio in 2012. She recorded in Madrid, Miami, and NewYork with her longtime trio (pianist lvan "Melon" Lewis andpercussionist Ramon Porrina) and a large cast of collaborators,including guitarist Pat Metheny. These varied sessions resulted in hermost diverse recording, La Noche Más Larga (The Longest Night),which was released in June of 2013.