Soraya Raquel Lamilla Cuevas (March 11, 1969 – May 10, 2006) was a Colombian-Lebanese-American singer/songwriter, guitarist, arranger and record producer. She was a successful Latin music star who had two number-one songs on Billboard’s Latin Pop Airplay charts. She won a 2004 Latin Grammy Awards for “Best Songwriting” and a 2005 Latin Grammy Awards nomination for “Female Pop Vocal Album” for her album El Otro Lado de Mi. She was the opening act for the 2005 Billboard Latin Music Awards. Her career spanned ten years, and she recorded five albums. Soraya died of breast cancer on May 10, 2006, age 37. She was first diagnosed in 2000, at the age of 31, after finding a lump while conducting a routine self-examination. She was diagnosed at Stage III and had a double mastectomy and breast reconstruction as well as radiation therapy and chemotherapy. Before being diagnosed, she had always eaten right, exercised regularly (trying to run at least 3 miles a day), meditated, and received regular health check-ups. In addition to her own death, Soraya lost her mother, a grandmother, and a maternal aunt to breast cancer. also Soraya Arnelas (born 13 September 1982, Valencia de Alcantara, Cáceres, Spain), better known by her stage name Soraya, is a popular Spanish singer. Soraya will represent Spain at the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 in Moscow, Russia. In 2008 recorded the track ’“Tonight We Ride/No Digas Que No” with former Belgian Eurovision Entrant, Kate Ryan (Belgium 2006) |
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