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  • Luz Casal
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  • Luz Casal
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  • Living people
  • 1958 births
  • French-language singers
  • Latin Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award winners
  • Spanish female singers
  • Spanish pop singers
  • Spanish rock singers
  • Asturian music
  • Galician singers
  • Galician-language singers
  • People from Arzúa (comarca)
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  • Born: November 11, 1958, Boimorto, Spain.Genre(s): pop, rock, ballad.Years active: 1977 - present.Label(s): Zafiro, Hispavox.
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  • Luz Casal (Spanish pronunciation: [luθ kaˈsal]; born November 11, 1958 at Boimorto) is a Spanish pop singer. She grew up in neighbouring Asturias, took singing, piano and ballet classes, and moved to Madrid to pursue a career as a musician.She became famous in the early 1980s, and remained an important figure in Spanish pop music all through said decade and beyond, with her sound gradually maturing towards soft adult pop. She recorded a cover version of Étienne Daho's French language song %22Duel au Soleil%22 in Spanish called %22Un nuevo día brillará%22, which became a hit song. Since the beginning of her career, she has sold over five million albums.In 1992, she enjoyed great success with her appearance in the soundtrack of Pedro Almodóvar's acclaimed film High Heels singing Agustín Lara's theme %22Piensa en mí%22.In January 2007, Luz Casal was diagnosed with breast cancer and underwent an operation at the Ruber Clinic in Madrid., seven months later, she revealed to the Spanish media that she had overcome her disease. More recently in May 2010, she announced that she had been diagnosed with cancer in her other breast and had to cancel her current tour to be operated on.Her first name, Luz, means “light” in Spanish.
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  • 1958-11-11
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  • Luz Casal
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