Danay Suárez
{{short description|Cuban singer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Danay Suárez
| image = Danay Suárez.jpg
| caption = Suárez in 2014
| birth_name = Danay Suárez Fernandez
| alias =
| birth_date = {{bya|1985}}
| birth_place = Havana, Cuba
| genre = Boleros, world music, urban, reggae, jazz
| occupation = Singer, rapper, songwriter
| years_active = 2008–present
| label =
| associated_acts = Stephen Marley, Aja Monet, Idan Raichel, Roberto Fonseca
| website = {{url|danaysuarez.com}}
}}
Danay Suárez (born Danay Suárez Fernández, {{circa}} 1985) is a Cuban R&B and hip hop singer. She has gained attention in Europe, mainly in France.
Early life
Danay was born in Havana, Cuba, and was raised spending time in El Cerro and Buena Vista, barrios she describes as having social issues and conflicts. {{cite magazine |last=Estevez |first=Marjua|date= 15 November 2017|title=How Danay Suarez's Lost Album Became Her Greatest Redemption Song: Interview |magazine=Billboard |url= https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/latin/8038368/danay-suarez-palabras-manuales-interview/|location= |publisher= |access-date=23 October 2021}}
Career
She appeared at the Banlieues Bleues festival 8 April 2011 and has appeared on national television in France. {{cite web |url=http://www.france2.fr/emissions/ce-soir-ou-jamais/lives/roberto-fonseca-danay-suarez-guajira_15611|title= Roberto Fonseca & Danay Suarez - Guajira |last1= |first1= |last2= |first2= |date=7 April 2011 |website=France 2- Ce soir (ou jamais!)|publisher=France Télévisions|accessdate= 23 April 2014}}
She got her start in the music industry in 2007 with a cold call to Cuban fusion king X-Alfonso. Her work with X-Alfonso led to her discovery a few years later by Gilles Peterson.{{cite web |url= http://music.cbc.ca/#!/blogs/2012/5/Five-new-sounds-of-Cuba-from-Danay-Suarez-to-Interactivo|title=Five new sounds of Cuba, from Danay Suarez to Interactivo |author= Pedro Mendes |date=30 May 2012 |website=CBC Music |publisher=CBC|accessdate=2 December 2014}}
Gilles Peterson included her on the first Havana Cultura album. She has also released a CD under her name.{{cite web |url= http://next.liberation.fr/musique/2011/05/28/rappeurs-sans-peur-a-la-havane_738895|title=Rappeurs sans peur à La Havane|author=François-Xavier GOMEZ |date=28 May 2011 |website=Libération.fr -musique |publisher=Libération (newspaper)|accessdate=23 April 2014}}
Billboard named her one of their 10 "up-and-coming" reggaeton artists in an August 2014 article.{{cite magazine |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/latin-notas/6207110/10-reggaeton-artists-to-watch-list-danay-suarez-farruko-gente-de-zona-daddy-yankee-gasolina|title= 10 Up-and-Coming Reggaeton Artists to Watch |last1=Cobo |first1=Leila |last2=Cantor-Navas |first2=Judy |date=10 August 2014 |magazine=Billboard|publisher=|accessdate= 29 November 2014}}
In 2017, she was nominated for four Latin Grammys in various categories, including Best New Artist and Album of the Year.{{cite web |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/altlatino/2017/11/07/562460748/danay-suarez-and-stephen-marleys-integridad-gets-a-romanesque-music-video|title=Danay Suarez and Stephen Marley Team Up for Latin Grammy-nominated 'Integridad'|author=Arbona-Ruiz, Marisa|date=7 November 2017|publisher=NPR|accessdate=11 January 2018}}
Musical style
Billboard magazine describes her music in 2017: "Her sound, a sonic fusion of what is considered American hip-hop and Jamaican reggae", noting it has taken the singer years to perfect her style.
Discography
- Polvo de la Humedad (2011)
- Palabras manuales (2017)
- Vive (2021)
References
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