Maria Aragon
| Maria Aragon | |
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Aragon with Lady Gaga c.2009
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| Born |
Maria Lourdes Aragon July 17, 2000 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada |
| Residence | Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada |
| Nationality | Canadian–Filipino |
| Occupation | Musician, singer-songwriter |
| Years active | 2008–present |
| Website | mariaofficial |
| Musical career | |
| Genres | Pop, dance, teen pop, rock |
| Instruments | Vocals, piano, guitar |
| Labels | Star Records (2011) |
| Associated acts | Lady Gaga, Jessie J |
Maria Lourdes Aragon (born July 17, 2000) is a Canadian singer of Filipino descent. Aragon gained fame after a YouTube video of her performing Lady Gaga's "Born This Way" went viral.
Maria Lourdes Aragon was born on July 17, 2000 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Aragon has an older sister, Rojuane Aragon. At a young age, Maria had a big interest in singing, where she had posted covers on her sister's channel, rojuanearagon.
On February 16, 2011, a video of Aragon performing a cover of "Born This Way" by Lady Gaga was posted to her sister's YouTube channel to showcase her talent to friends and family. The video caught Lady Gaga's attention when entertainment blogger Perez Hilton sent Gaga her "Born This Way" cover, and she was so impressed by Aragon's performance that she retweeted a link to the video. In a week, her video reached over 11 million views. As of October 2015, the video had over 58 million views.
During an interview on HOT 103 in Winnipeg, Lady Gaga called into the show to tell Aragon how moved she had been by her performance. Lady Gaga then invited an already surprised Aragon to perform "Born This Way" with her at The Monster Ball Tour concert in Toronto. In Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 99.9 Virgin Radio called Aragon and offered to fly her to Toronto for free. On March 3, 2011, Aragon joined Lady Gaga on stage at the Air Canada Centre, where they performed an acoustic duet of "Born This Way" with Aragon sitting on Gaga's lap, playing piano, singing and Lady Gaga working the pedals. Aragon later rejoined Lady Gaga and her team of back up dancers for an uptempo finale version of "Born This Way".
American talk show host Ellen DeGeneres took notice of her from emails and petitions requesting for Aragon's appearance on the show and eventually invited Aragon to appear on her show on February 21, 2011, where Aragon again performed "Born This Way" on the piano earning a standing ovation from the audience. On March 29, 2011, Aragon performed "Born This Way" at her home for Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper. She and Harper also performed a duet of John Lennon's song "Imagine".
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