Arelys Henao

Arelys Henao
Born	(1976-12-03) December 3, 1976 (age 48) Sabanalarga, Antioquia, Colombia
Occupations	Singer composer
Years active	1988–present
Spouse	Wilfredo Hurtado[1]
Musical career
Genres	Música popular
Instruments	Vocals

Luz Arelys Henao Ruiz (born 3 December 1976), is a Colombian singer and songwriter.

Career

Arelys was born in the municipality of Sabanalarga and moved to Medellín in 1988. In that city she began her artistic career, inspired by the referent of Colombian popular music Darío Gómez. In different journalistic spaces, the Colombian singer has spoken of the hard situation she had to live from a very young age due to her taste for music and the context of violence in which she grew up in the south of the department, very affected by the presence of guerrillas for decades.^[2]

Since 1996 she has released several solo albums and some collaborations with artists of the genre such as El Charrito Negro, Giovanny Ayala, Jimmy Gutiérrez and the aforementioned Darío Gómez.^[3] During her career she has been recognized as "La reina de la música popular" (The queen of popular music) due to her extensive musical career.^[4] In her more than twenty-year career, Henao has shared the stage with renowned Colombian and international artists such as Los Tigres del Norte, Ana Gabriel, Maelo Ruiz, Helenita Vargas, Diomedes Díaz y Tormenta, among many others. In 2015 she recorded the song "La reina y el rey" with Darío Gómez, composed by Argemiro Jaramillo, which achieved commercial and critical recognition in Colombia.^[3]

Henao has achieved four nominations to the Premios Nuestra Tierra in the categories of Best Female Performance and Best Female Artist.^[5]

Henao's musical story inspired Caracol Televisión to produce a self-titled biographical television series.^[6]

Discography

• Por la puerta grande (1994)
• Única (2001)
• Reina sin rey (2005)
• Mujeres y despecho (2005)
• Mi historia (2018)

References

1. "Arelys Henao destapó detalles (no conocidos) de su matrimonio con Wilfredo Hurtado". pulzo.com (in Spanish). 15 April 2022. Archived from the original on 10 May 2022. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
2. Radio, Caracol (2020-03-07). "Mi Banda Sonora con Arelys Henao". Caracol Radio (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2023-12-06. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
3. "Arelys Henao, la reina de la música popular". arelyshenao.com (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 30 January 2020. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
4. "Arelys Henao, la reina de la música popular, celebra el éxito de su más reciente canción". Noticias RCN (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 16 July 2023. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
5. "Nominados a los premios Nuestra Tierra". Radio Uno (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 6 December 2023. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
6. Aguilera, Tere (6 December 2022). "Arelys Henao conquista a Latinoamérica con serie sobre su vida en Netflix". Billboard (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 27 January 2023. Retrieved 6 December 2023.