Shaila Dúrcal

Shaila Dúrcal
Shaila Dúrcal
Background information
Birth name	Shaila de los Ángeles Morales de las Heras
Also known as	Shaila Dúrcal
Born	28 August 1979 (age 44); Madrid, Spain
Genres	Latin pop; Mariachi;
Occupation(s)	Singer; songwriter;
Instrument	Vocals
Years active	2004–present
Labels	Capitol Latin
Website	Official website

Shaila de los Ángeles Morales de las Heras (born 28 August 1979), better known as Shaila Dúrcal, is a Spanish singer and songwriter. Her parents are singers Rocío Dúrcal and Antonio Morales ("Junior").

Biography

She was born in Madrid, daughter of Rocío Durcal, made her musical debut at the age of 12 on TVE singing for Nikka Costa. She studied singing under the tutelage of Robert Jeantal ^[who?] before touring extensively with her mother Rocío as a back-up singer throughout Spain, Mexico and the United States. While continuing her studies in Miami, she was courted by several major record labels, recording a series of demos including a session of songs by English songwriter Richard Daniel Roman. ^{[citation needed]}

In 2001 she moved to Mexico and signed to BMG who later released her eponymous debut album which was largely ignored by both critics and public alike. This album was followed by Recordando in 2006 on EMI, an album dedicated to her mother and which went straight to number one in Spain, going platinum in its second week after selling over 80,000 singles. She has sold more than 200,000 albums in Spain and 30,000 in Mexico as of 2014. She performed at the Latin Grammy Show, singing "Amor Eterno".^[1]