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Myriam Hernández

Myriam Raquel Hernández Navarro (born 2 May 1965) is a Chilean singer, songwriter and television presenter. She has dabbled mainly in romantic ballad, which is why she is sometimes nicknamed "La baladista de América" ("America's balladeer"), although she has also fused her style with other genres such as electronics or hip-hop.

She began her musical career in the late 1980s with her album ''Myriam Hernández'' and the single "El hombre que yo amo" that reached No. 10 on Billboard's Hot Latin Tracks in 1989, while her first album reached No. 4 on Billboard's Latin Pop Songs the same year. She has released nine studio albums, two live albums, five compilation albums, two DVDs and 39 singles, including duets with various artists from the Ibero-American music scene such as Marco Antonio Solís, Cristian Castro or Gilberto Santa Rosa.

She has sold more than 10 million physical records worldwide, making her one of the best-selling Chilean music artist of all time. Thirteen of her singles have entered ''Billboard'''s Hot Latin Songs chart, with "Peligroso amor" and "Te pareces tanto a él" reaching number one, while her album ''Dos'' reached the same position on the Latin Pop Albums chart. On the Latin Pop Songs chart, "Huele a Peligro" and "Ese hombre" also reached number one.

In 2011, she was nominated for a Latin Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Album for her album ''Seducción'' and in 2015 she received the President's Merit Award from the Latin Recording Academy; in the same year she entered the Latin Songwriters Hall of Fame. In 2022, she received the Latin Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, being the first female artist from her country to receive it.

She has also ventured into hosting and participating in various television programs in Chile, including sporadic participation as an actress. She co-hosted the Viña del Mar International Song Festival between 2002 and 2006, and has performed there as a headliner five times. Provided by Wikipedia