María Graña is one of the most important singers in the history of tango. She was born in Buenos-Aires, 16 June 1953. She started to sing in the age of 12. When Maria was 17 years old, she won an Argentinian TV contest with a song "La canción de Buenos Aires". After that she was noticed by Osvaldo Pugliese, who invited María to join his orchestra. In 1975 she recorded her first solo album - "La gran tanguista", which was followed by "Distinta" (1977), "Nivel internacioanal" (1982), "Caserón de tejas" (1984), "Cristal" (1987), "María" (1995), "Gardel X María Graña" (1997), "Rara, Como Encendida" (2004) and "Cualquiera de éstas noches" (2007). María Graña received Premio Prensario and four Premio Konex as the best female tango singer. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.