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Natalia Lafourcade

Mexican singer-songwriter blending pop rock, jazz, and folk.

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She holds the record for the most Latin Grammy Awards won by any female artist, with 20 awards.[1] Her musical style blends pop rock, jazz, and folk, and she is noted for having a lyric soprano voice and writing poetic lyrics in Spanish.[2]

Key facts and history

Lafourcade grew up in Coatepec, Veracruz, and studied music with her mother, a pianist who created the Macarsi Method.[3][4] In 1998 she joined the pop group Twist, which disbanded the following year after being unsuccessful.[5] She disliked having to lip sync during performances with Twist, which motivated her to seek other musical paths.[6] Her debut album earned her a Latin Grammy nomination for Best New Artist in 2004.[7]

Lafourcade released De Todas las Flores, her first album of entirely original songs in seven years, on 28 October 2022.[8] The album HU HU HU, which reached the top 10 in Mexico, came out in May 2009.[9]

What the cited sources add

The Grammy Awards website lists that Lafourcade won the Grammy for Best Latin Rock Or Alternative Album for De Todas las Flores at the 66th Annual Grammy Awards.[10] The same source shows she won Best Regional Mexican Music Album for Un Canto por México - El Musical at the 65th Annual Grammy Awards.[10] According to the Grammy Awards site, her album Hasta La Raíz won Best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Album at the 58th Annual Grammy Awards.[10] The El Heraldo de México article states that Lafourcade spent her entire childhood in Coatepec, a magical town in Veracruz.[11]

That article also notes that her parents both had musical aptitudes, which helped inspire her career.[11]

References

  1. Wikipedia, "Natalia Lafourcade" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Natalia Lafourcade", Grammy Awards (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  2. Wikipedia, "Natalia Lafourcade" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Natalia Lafourcade, una musa contemporánea que va contra la corriente", Los Angeles Times en Español, 2017-06-16; Lopez, "Natalia Lafourcade Is The 21st Century's Guardian Of Cultural Memory", NPR, 2018-10-09; Bustios, "Best 50 Female Latin Pop Artists of All Time, Ranked: Staff Picks", Billboard, 2025-03-31 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  3. Wikipedia, "Natalia Lafourcade" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Coatepec, así es el pueblo mágico que vio crecer a Natalia Laforucade", El Heraldo de México, 2021-03-13; "Biografía Natalia Lafourcade"; Jurek, "Natalia Lafourcade Biography", AllMusic; Gurza, "Substance over style", Los Angeles Times, 31 August 2003 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  4. Wikipedia, "Natalia Lafourcade" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Jurek, "Natalia Lafourcade Biography", AllMusic; "Substance over style", Los Angeles Times, 31 August 2003 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  5. Wikipedia, "Natalia Lafourcade" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Twist", Lafourcade Fan Club (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  6. Wikipedia, "Natalia Lafourcade" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Orta, "'Twist', el pasado que no quiere recordar Natalia Lafourcade", Metro World News}}{{Dead link, July 2025 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  7. Wikipedia, "Natalia Lafourcade" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Ricky Martin, Shakira, Thalía, Ricardo Arjona, Pepe Aguilar Y Vicente Fernández entre las superestrellas nominadas para el Premio lo Nuestro 2004", Univision, 14 January 2004; "Marc Anthony y Marco Antonio Solís entre los Grandes Ganadores del 'Premio Lo Nuestro a la Música Latina'", Univision, 27 February 2004 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  8. Wikipedia, "Natalia Lafourcade" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "The Death and Rebirth of Natalia Lafourcade", 28 October 2022; Morales, "Allow Natalia Lafourcade to Reintroduce Herself", New York Times, 25 October 2022; "For Natalia Lafourcade, playing the Hollywood Bowl again is the next step in her storied journey", Los Angeles Times, 2024-09-03 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  9. Wikipedia, "Natalia Lafourcade" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Club Fonograma's Best Albums of 2009", Clubfonograma.com; "Best of the decade recap", Clubfonograma.com (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  10. "Natalia Lafourcade", Grammy Awards. facts only, no text reused. grammy.com
  11. "Coatepec, así es el pueblo mágico que vio crecer a Natalia Laforucade", El Heraldo de México, 2021-03-13. facts only, no text reused. heraldodemexico.com.mx

Each numbered sentence above was checked against the source it cites before publication. Sentences citing Wikipedia adapt text from the English Wikipedia article Natalia Lafourcade (contributors), used under CC BY-SA 4.0; this entry is available under the same licence. Other sources were used for facts only; no text or images are copied from them.

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