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Born to a middle class family, Olga is the youngest child of Jose and Carmen Tañon. She has three older siblings. Even though her childhood and teenage years were that of any average child, Olga always wanted to be a singer.

Olga's singing career started when she joined a group called "Las Nenas de Ringo y Jossie" (Ringo and Jossie's Girls) in the 1980s. A short time later a very popular group in Puerto Rico called " Chantelle" noticed her mezzo soprano voice and recruited her. They saw in her what they needed for their "merengue" style of music. When Tañon was a member of Chantelle, they scored their biggest hit, "Aunque Tu no Quieras" ("Even if You Dont Want It"), which was a popular song across Latin America.

In 1992, Olga signed a contract with the "WEA Latina" recording studios to record a solo. Her first recorded album was titled "Sola" (Alone). Among the other songs in the album were "Me Cambio por Ella" (He left me for Another) and "Quiero estar Contigo" (I want to be with You).

In 1993, She recorded her second album for "WEA Latina", titled "Mujer de Fuego" (Woman of Fire). Olga also debuted as a composer with the song "Presencie tu Amor" (I felt your Love).

In 1994, Olga won her first "Double Platinum Record' and in 19951995 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). It has a Golden number of 1, and was the first year of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous People (1995- 2005): http://www. org/culture/indigenous . Events January events Ja, she won three more Platinum Records with her albun titled "Siente el Amor" (Feel the Love). This album also included another one of her compositions "Unicornio" (Unicorn), which was written to the rytheme of " SalsaSalsa may have one of the following meanings. Salsa is the Spanish word for sauce. Salsa is a style of music of Caribbean origin. Salsa is a style of dance of Caribbean origin.". Olga had gained fame and recognition throughout Latin-America.

Olga recorded a Tex-Mex CD with Mexican singer Marcos Antonio Muñiz called "Nuevos Senderos". She was now being heard internationally and with that recording she became the first Puerto Rican to be certified by the "R.I.I.A." to have sold over half a million records.

In 19971997 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar), and was designated the International Year of the Reef''. Events January January 3 NBC's Today Show Bryant Gumbel signs off for the last time January 8 Mister Rogers receives a star on t, Olga debuted as an actress in the Puerto Rican version of the popular production of Jesus Christ SuperstarJesus Christ Superstar is a rock opera by Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber. Introduced in 1970, it highlights the political and interpersonal struggles of Judas Iscariot and Jesus Christ, and is told largely from Judas' irreverent point of view. The actio produced by Rafo MuñizRafo Muniz (born approx. 1959) is a famous Puerto Rican actor, comedian, director and, more notably, producer of television shows and concerts. The son of legendary comic actor and producer Tommy Muniz and brother of Pedro Muniz; who is also a comedian, p. She played the part of Mary MagdaleneMary Magdalene which probably means "Mary of Magdala," a town on the western shore of the Lake of Tiberias, is described in the New Testament as a follower of Jesus. Nothing is known about her outside of Scripture, both in the canon and in the apocrypha.. This version had a tropical feel to it and included some of Olga's songs.

In 1998, Olga married Juan "Igor" Gonzalez the Puerto Rican major league baseball star. They had a daughter from their union but, in 1999, after many scandals, the marriage ended in divorce.

In 2000, Olga, who was now known as the "Woman in Fire" by her fans, recorded her first live concert titled "Olga viva...Viva Olga" in the House of Blues in Orlando, Florida. This production was named by the "National Fundation of Popular Culture" as one the top 20 productions of the year. Olga won a Platinum Record and a Grammy for that production.

On August 2000, Olga sold-out 12 functions in the " Antonio Paoli Hall" of San Juans "Centro de Bellas Artes". Later in that same month she debuted in the " Bass Performance Hall " in Fort Worth, Texas. Her performances recieved raving reviews from the newspapers "Fort Worth Star" and "The Dallas Morning".

At the end of the year 2000, Olga presented her musical spectacular at the "Anayansi Theater" in Panama and then she toured the southeastern United States with Mexican singer Alejandro Fernandez.

In 2001, Olga recorded a CD titled "Yo por Ti" (Me for You) which won her both the American and Latin Grammys. This CD became a best seller in Puerto Rico, Latin-America and in the United States.

In 2002, Olga had presentations in many countries, some of which were Venezuela, Panama and the U.S. In 2003, Olga started her European tour in Spain and in that year she also won her fourth Grammy. Olga has made a total of ten recordings for "WEA Latina".

Olga Tañon continues to be active recording. She is also planning on a "cross-over" (recording in English), following in the footsteps of her fellow Puerto Rican Ricky Martin.