MONCHY & ALEXANDRA

MONCHY & ALEXANDRA

Genres: bachata, salsa, merengue, latin, monchy y alexandra

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About MONCHY & ALEXANDRA

Monchy (real name: Ramón Rijo) and Alexandra (real name: Alexandra Cabrera de la Cruz) are Dominican bachata singers. They have been singing together as a duo since 1999. Their first big hit was "Hoja En Blanco" which they released in 1999. Since then they have had many other hits, such as "Hasta El Fin" and "Perdidos", both from their 2004 album "Hasta El Fin", as well as "No Es Una Novela" from their 2006 "Éxitos y Más" album. Their music can be heard throughout Spanish music stations around the US and Spanish speaking countries. Today this duo has sold over 500,000 copies worldwide of the releases Hoja en Blanco, Unplugged, Confesiones, and the mix album. In their short career, Monchy & Alexandra have been recognized by some of the most prestigious organizations of the Latino music business. They have been nominated for the Billboard Latin Music Awards, Premios Cassandra, Premios Lo Nuestro and a Latin Grammy. The duo has achieved a large amount of success in a relatively short amount of time. But now they have seperated and move on In 2003, the duo received its first major awards, "Tropical Album of the Year, Duo or Group" (for Confesiones) and "Tropical Airplay Song of the Year, Duo or Group" (for "Te Quiero Igual Que Ayer") from the Billboard Latin Music Awards. The pair also won the Tropical Album of the Year award for Éxitos y Más (Hits and More) and the Tropical Song of the Year prize for "No Es Una Novela" (It's Not a Novela) at the 2007 Premios Lo Nuestro ceremony. In 2005, the duo performed with Salvadoran singer Álvaro Torres, He Venido A Pedirte Perdon, on an album contributing to Mexican singer, Juan Gabriel.

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