# Diego el Cigala > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Diego_el_Cigala > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Diego_el_Cigala.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diego_el_Cigala > Source revision: 1351043401 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Spanish flamenco singer (born 1968) In this [Spanish name](/source/Spanish_name), the first or paternal [surname](/source/Surname) is *Jiménez* and the second or maternal family name is *Salazar*. Diego el Cigala Diego el Cigala in 2024 Background information Born (1968-12-27) December 27, 1968 (age 57) Madrid, Spain Genres Flamenco Instrument Vocals Musical artist **Diego Ramón Jiménez Salazar** (born 27 December 1968 in [Madrid](/source/Madrid)), known as **El Cigala** ([Castillan](/source/Spanish_language) for '[Langoustine](/source/Langoustine)'), is a [Spanish Romani](/source/Gitanos) [Flamenco](/source/Flamenco) singer.[1] He also holds Dominican citizenship.[1] He is nephew of singers [Rafael Farina](/source/Rafael_Farina) and [Rafael Salazar Motos](/source/Rafael_Salazar_Motos) and first cousin once removed of pop-singer [Tamara](/source/Tamara_(Spanish_singer)). ## Biography Diego el Cigala (2018). Born into a family of [Romani](/source/Romani_people) artists and intellectuals in Madrid, Jiménez started his career singing in flamenco clubs, until he caught the attention of flamenco dancers such as [Mario Maya](/source/Mario_Maya) and [Joaquín Cortés](/source/Joaqu%C3%ADn_Cort%C3%A9s), and with guitarist [Antón Jiménez](/source/Ant%C3%B3n_Jim%C3%A9nez),[2] began touring as part of their companies. By the late 1990s, after collaborating on recordings by [Camarón de la Isla](/source/Camar%C3%B3n_de_la_Isla), [Tomatito](/source/Tomatito), [Gerardo Núñez](/source/Gerardo_N%C3%BA%C3%B1ez) and [Vicente Amigo](/source/Vicente_Amigo), he recorded his debut album "Undebel". He has since recorded a further seven albums, and has won two Grammy awards and five Latin Grammy nominations.[3][4][5] In 2010, he voiced [Buzz Lightyear](/source/Buzz_Lightyear) (when in "Spanish mode") for the European Spanish dub of *[Toy Story 3](/source/Toy_Story_3)*.[6] His wife, Amparo Fernández, died in 2015 from [cancer](/source/Cancer) in [Punta Cana](/source/Punta_Cana).[7] ## Discography - 1998 – Undebel - 2000 – Entre vareta y Canasta - 2001 – Corren tiempos de alegría - 2002 – Teatro Real (Live album) - 2003 – [Lágrimas negras](/source/L%C3%A1grimas_Negras_(album)) - 2003 – Blanco y Negro en vivo (Bebo & Cigala) (Live album) - 2005 – Picasso en mis ojos - 2008 – Dos lágrimas - 2010 – Cigala & Tango (Live album) - 2013 – Romance de la luna Tucumana - 2013 – Vuelve el flamenco (Live album) - 2016 – Indestructible - 2020 – Cigala canta a México ## References 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-El_Mundo_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-El_Mundo_1-1) ["Diego el Cigala obtiene la nacionalidad dominicana"](http://www.elmundo.es/loc/2014/03/06/5318d792268e3ee2508b4599.html). *El Mundo*. [Unidad Editorial Información General](/source/Unidad_Editorial_Informaci%C3%B3n_General) S.L.U. 6 March 2014. Retrieved March 7, 2014. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["ABC MADRID 04-08-1993 página 74 - Archivo ABC"](https://www.abc.es/archivo/periodicos/abc-madrid-19930804-74.html). *abc*. 2019-08-27. Retrieved 2023-05-10. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Noticias de Flamenco"](http://www.deflamenco.com/noticias/verArticulo.jsp?codigo=FLA%7C1621). Retrieved 2018-09-09. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Diego el Cigala - Web Oficial"](https://web.archive.org/web/20110312121341/http://www.elcigala.com/en/biography). *www.elcigala.com*. Archived from [the original](http://www.elcigala.com/en/biography) on 2011-03-12. Retrieved 2011-05-25. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Flamenco - Diego el Cigala - Andalucia.com"](https://www.andalucia.com/flamenco/musicians/el-cigala.htm). *www.andalucia.com*. 12 February 2014. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["'El Cigala' pone voz a Buzz Lightyear en Toy Story 3"](https://www.gitanos.org/actualidad/archivo/52970.html) (in Spanish). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** [Yahoo](https://es.noticias.yahoo.com/fallece-rep%C3%BAblica-dominicana-esposa-cantante-diego-cigala-173001793.html) [Deprecated link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Archive.today_guidance) archived 2015-08-21 at [archive.today](/source/Archive.today) ## External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to [El Cigala](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:El_Cigala). - [Official website](http://www.elcigala.com/) - [Diego el Cigala biography and discography](https://web.archive.org/web/20051203093557/http://www.esflamenco.com/bio/en10742.html) - [Flamenco Forum](http://www.falseta.com/forum/) v t e Latin Grammy Award for Best Long Form Music Video 2000s Blanco y Negro En Vivo – Bebo and Cigala / Un Viaje – Café Tacuba (2006) MTV Unplugged – Ricky Martin (2007) MTV Unplugged – Julieta Venegas (2008) E A Música de Tom Jobim – Roberto Carlos and Caetano Veloso (2009) 2010s Una Noche Común y Sin Corriente – Voz Veis (2010) En Primera Fila – Franco De Vita (2011) MTV Unplugged – Juanes (2012) Mujer Divina: Homenaje a Agustín Lara – Natalia Lafourcade (2013) El Objeto Antes Llamado Disco – Café Tacuba (2014) Loco de Amor – Juanes (2015) Sirope Vivo – Alejandro Sanz (2016) Musas, El Documental – Natalia Lafourcade (2017) En Letra De Otro - Documentary – Pedro Capó (2018) What I Was Is What I Am – Alejandro Sanz (2019) 2020s El Mundo Perdido de Cumbiana – Carlos Vives (2020) Entre Mar y Palmeras – Juan Luis Guerra (2021) Hasta la Raíz: El Documental – Natalia Lafourcade (2022) Camilo: El Primer Tour de Mi Vida – Camilo (2023) Grasa (Album Long Form) – Nathy Peluso (2024) Papota (Short Film) – Ca7riel & Paco Amoroso (2025) Authority control databases International ISNI 2 VIAF 2 GND National United States France BnF data Czech Republic Spain 2 Netherlands Catalonia Artists MusicBrainz People Deutsche Biographie Other IdRef This article about a Spanish singer is a stub. 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