La India
| La India | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Linda Viera Caballero |
| Also known as | India |
| Born |
March 9, 1969 Río Piedras, Puerto Rico |
| Genres |
Latin freestyle Salsa Latin pop House Nuyorican Soul |
| Occupation(s) | singer, songwriter |
| Instruments | Vocals |
| Years active | 1985–present |
| Labels |
Reprise/Warner Bros. Records RMM/MCA Records Norte/SME Latin Top Stop Music (2010–present) |
| Associated acts |
Eddie Palmieri TKA Masters at Work Lil' Mo' Yin Yang Information Society Tito Nieves Marlon Fernández Marc Anthony Issac Delgado Celia Cruz |
| Website | elmundodeindia |
 You may listen to India sing "Seduceme" here. |
Linda Viera Caballero (born March 9, 1969), better known as La India (or simply India), is a Puerto Rican singer and songwriter of salsa and house music. She has been nominated for both Grammy and Latin Grammy awards and won the Latin Grammy Award for Best Salsa Album for her Album Intensamente India Con Canciones De Juan Gabriel.
Caballero was born in Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico. Her parents moved to New York City soon after her birth, and settled down in the South Bronx area of the city. They moved in with Caballero's grandmother, a woman who served as an important influence on Caballero's life.
Her stage name, India, was given to Caballero by her grandmother because of her dark features and long straight black hair. In 1985, when Caballero was 14 years old, she was a founding member of the Latin freestyle group TKA and was featured on the cover of TKA's second single, "Come Get My Love". She left shortly thereafter.
Caballero signed a record contract with Reprise/Warner Bros. Records, which planned on marketing her as the Latin version of Madonna (who recorded for sister label Sire Records). After recording the album Breaking Night, Caballero decided that she didn't want to take that route in her career.
An important event took place when she accompanied her husband to a studio recording. Salsa band leader Eddie Palmieri happened to visit the studio and was impressed with Caballero when he heard her singing... In 1992, Palmieri produced Caballero's first Spanish-language salsa album Llego la India via Eddie Palmieri (The India has Arrived via Eddie Palmieri), which was acclaimed as one of the best salsa albums of the year. From then on Caballero became known to all as India. India received a Lo Nuestro Award nomination in 1993 for Best Female Performer, Tropical/Salsa.
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