Biography
Checo Acosta is among the leading exponents of Columbian carnival music, specificially people styles native towards the country’s Caribbean coastline such as for example cumbia and vallenato. His documenting career took airline flight in the first ’90s with several releases around the Musical Productions label including 11 Exitos Originales (1991), Checo 91 (1991), and Con Sabor y Sentimiento (1993). Within the middle-’90s he authorized a recording agreement with Sony International that led to Solo Em virtude de Ti (1995), but his major-label tensure was short-lived. Thereafter he discovered a long-time house in the Columbian label FM Discos, where he documented albums such as for example Esta de Moda (1996), Positiv+ (2000), and Checazos de Carnaval, Vol. 3 (2007), the second option which was nominated for any Latin Grammy within the category of Greatest Cumbia/Vallenato Recording in 2007.
Quick Facts
Full Name Checo Acosta
Profession Singer
Nationality Colombian
Children Lauren Acosta Donado
Parents Alci Acosta, Ruth Agudelo
Music Songs Chemapale, La canción del carnaval, Checumbias, Checarnaval: La Rama del Tamarindo / La Danza del Garabato / De Qué Me Disfrazaré, Mi Pequeña Nataly, Trakatá, Carnavalero, La llorona loca, La Puya, Checomanía, Chepuya, Quien Lo Vive Es Quien Lo Goza, Lo que el negro quiere, Checurrulao, Sobate el Coco, Te quiero, El Amor Cosa tan Rara, Quereren, No estamos bien, Las Pilanderas, Esa nena, Traicionera, Modo Carnaval, Tambalele, Llorarás Llorarás, Pa Los Curramberos, El Merecumbé, Checorralero, Diciembre Triste, Morenita Caribeña, Caliente, Canto al carnaval
Albums Checazos de Carnaval, Vol. 3, Checo Acosta y el folclor de mi tierra, Un Canto Alegre, Checomanía, Está de Moda, Sólo para ti, Chefusiones, A bailar de todo, Herencia, #SiguedeModa, 15 Años De Éxito, Checazos de carnaval, 15 Años de Exito, Sigue de Moda
Nominations Latin Grammy Award for Best Cumbia/Vallenato Album, Latin Grammy Award for Best Traditional Tropical Album, Latin Grammy Award for Best Folk Album
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