Diana Navarro Ocaña is a famous Spanish singer from the Andalucía region of Spain. Born in Malaga on April 21, 1978, she is now one of the known faces in the Spanish music scene with speciality in the traditional folk genre, including flamenco.
Although she sings flamenco, but her singing exhibits different musical styles such as Andalusia folk songs, flamenco, ballad, saeta, copla, modern, new age, and largely in a fusion of pop, rhythms and electronic, with lyrics full of emotions.
With a strong musical background from her family, she grew up with the influence of flamenco, which was quite obvious as Andalucía is the birth place for flamenco. And, when she was just nine years of age, she performed for the first time as a solo singer with the group “Renacer”.
From there on, Diana Navarro started her singing career and participated in numerous events and competition. However, in between, she took classes and learned different kinds of music before moving to the professional world.
A young unknown until 2005, the year when she released her first album “No te olvides de mi” (Don’t Forget Me) that sold over 200,000 copies, her talent and amazing voice has already signalled the rising of a new star in the Spanish music industry.
However, before the release of Don’t Forget Me as her first national album, she was working with a local production company (Bahía Records) where she made two albums: “Noche de Coplas” and “Homenaje”, and both are quite popular till date.
“No te olvides de mi” earned her the reputation and recognition she needed for the years to come. She not only clinched the award Premio Ondas (Artista Revelación), but also received 6 nominations to the Premio de la Música, Premio Dial in 2006, and nomination at the Latin Grammys as new artist, among many others.
After the release of Don’t Forget Me, Navarro collaborated with some international artists and performed extensively in Spain and other parts of Europe before bringing out her second album “24 Rosas” (24 Roses) in 2007. The album, as she says, is an extension to the first one with little more lyrical.
There are 14 tracks in the album “24 Roses” and in each one, her singing and the rhythm offers you something new to look for others. Both of her albums established that Navarro is more inclined towards copla than flamenco, although the origin of the two is same.
In 2008, Diana Navarro came up with her next album “Camino Verde” (Green Path) to pay homage to her most admired flamenco singers. With each composition she has reached a remarkable musical maturity and as someone, who has reinvented the flamenco style from within the tradition.
