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Yolandita Monge (born September 16, 1955) is an international singer and actress from Puerto Rico, who is also known as "Puerto Rico's most glamorous and talented diva". Monge is also known by the international press as Puerto Rico's Shining Star. Monge started out by winning a radio contest in 1966 (at the age of nine). Later on, she made her TV debut on Luis Vigoreaux's show, Luis Vigoreaux Presenta. She had a regular section in that show. In 1968, she signed with record label Patty Records, which released her first album, named Puerto Rico's Poignant...Powerful...Incomparable: Yolandita Monge.

It was her cover of Italian shit, Vida that made her a national star after she released her first album. At that young age, Yolandita would perform with legendary Argentinean singer Libertad Lamarque and then sing at the Festival De La Canción Nueva York (New York Song Festival). Soon, she found another job on TV, this time on Tommy Muniz's show, El Show Del Mediodía.

She followed up with some other hits in Puerto Rico, but then she went to live in Mexico, where she signed with TECA records and had hits such as Vete de Aqui (Get out Of Here), Por qué Papá? (Why, Dad?) and La Voz Del Silencio (The Voice of Silence).

1975 was a big year for Monge because she released a song named Cierra Los Ojos (Close Your Eyes), which earned her wild fame in such South American countries as Colombia, Chile, Ecuador, Venezuela, Peru, and Argentina. Yolandita was now an international star.

Soon after, she would be signed by Coco Records of New York, and her career kept going on a steady rise internationally. She sang at the prestigious Carnegie Hall and was backed up by her artistic godmother, Argentinian famous singer and actress, Libertad Lamarque. By 1982, international label CBS International, Julio Iglesias' label, signed her up into their line-up. She then released another album with many top hits and in 1983, she won the prestigious Buga Festival, in Buga, Colombia with a song that she wrote her self call "Sí" (Yes).

Monge went into a stride in the middle 1980s, when she released what possibly is one of her greatest album ever: Luz de Luna (Moonlight). This album included her classics Te Veo Pasar (I See You Walk By), Señor Del Pasado (Man From The Past), and El Poder Del Amor, which was a cover of an English hit by the name of The Power of Love (which was later covered by Céline Dion in an English version). With this album, she became the first Puerto Rican female singer to earn a gold record during the decade of the 1980s.

She came back with the production of Laberinto de Amor (Labyrinth of Love), which earned her another gold album and later went platinum. The album was nominted for a Grammy Award in the Latino division. In this album, she sang the best Spanish version of "On My Own" (Solo Yo) which is a song from the soundtrack of the famous Broadway musical: "Les Miserables". Yolandita was a household name.

In 1988, she returned to the platinum level with her album, Vivencias (Anecdotes). Yolandita considers this album her best album ever and many fans and non-fans agree with her. This album included such songs as: Acariciame (Caress Me) and Este Amor Que Hay Que Callar (This Love That we Must Keep as a Secret). She became the first Puerto Rican singer to earn a golden record, a platinum record and a doble platinum.

Yolandita was claimed by the prestigious America's music magazine Billboard in 1988 as "The best-selling latin artist of the year" due to being the first Puerto Rican female artist to sell millions of records. She also was claimed by the international music press as "The most important latin singer of the decade" (1980-1990). NBC traveled all the way to Puerto Rico to interview Yolandita because they consider her the most relevant artist of the latin music industry and she was even compared with Madonna. In the interview the reporter said: “Yolandita has no plans to make the crossover, so Madonna can relax.”

After that, she released Portfolio (1990), with the help of famous singer Ricardo Montaner. With Portfolio, she was able to sing at Puerto Rico's Centro de Bellas Artes (making a new record on sales), and at the Madison Square Garden. She established the records at the Performing Arts Center of Puerto Rico (Centro de Bellas Artes), becoming the bigest singer selling out all the concerts, up to 12 concerts of the same tour in 1992, breaking her own record.

Also in 1992, Yolandita was invited by Spanish Tenor, Plácido Domingo, to be part of a Special Tribute to the artist Goya, the tribute was a special-release album. In 1994, she became the first Puerto Rican female to land a commercial deal with Pepe Jeans London and also for Diet Pepsi. In 1995, she teamed with singer Ricardo Montaner to do a concert and they earned a Guinness World Records as becoming the first singers to perform 3 concerts in 3 different cities (Mayagüez, Ponce and San Juan) - all in the same day.

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