Pamela Cortes

Pamela Cortes
Background information
Born (1981-01-09) January 9, 1981
Genres Pop
Years active 1988 - present

Pamela Cortes is an Ecuadorian singer, actress and dancer, who has won several awards for her performances.

Biography

Pamela Cortes was born on January 9, 1981 in Guayaquil, Ecuador. She started to study music and dancing since she was 7 years old. Since then, she has become a singer, actress and dancer, who is well known in Ecuador and lesser known in Peru. Cortes has succeeded relying on her family, which includes her mother, father and her two brothers, who are an important part of her life. She believes that without them, her success would not have been possible.[1]

Career

Pamela Cortes was an artist since she was young. She took music and dancing classes in Conservatory Antonio Neumane and Danzas Jazz Academy of Guayaquil. She was a very talented girl, which was the reason why she won the first place in "Los niños cantan a America" in 1992. Later, in 1993, she was elected as "La Paquita Ecuatoriana" which led her to create and host her own TV show called El Rincon de los bajitos. In 1994, she released her first album, Alegria, and participated in "Sabado Gigante", a singing contest in which she did not win.

Two years later, in 1996, she released her second album, Mas alla del sol, which brought her a lot of fame. In the same year, Cortes acted in Romeo and Juliet carried out by Ecuadorian productions. She also participated in "Teleton de Costa Rica" for collecting money for poor children. Afterwards, in 1999, she went to study Music Business in Miami and returned to Ecuador in 2000 to release her third album, Con el alma, which became well known in Ecuador, Panama, Costa Rica and Peru. In the same year, she acted in Besame Tonto, later in Mis primas, and finally in El hombre de la mancha. In 2004 she released her fourth album Esperare, and is currently working on her fifth. In 2007 she performed with Franco de Vita the song "Te Amo" during De Vita's concert in Coliseo Ruminahui. She is currently working in a TV varieties program and recently got married to the director of the Symphonic Orchestra of Guayaquil.[2]

Discography

Albums

Singles

Awards

References

  1. ↑ Pamela Cortés .:: Website Oficial ::
  2. ↑ El Personaje
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