Niña Pastori is a Spanish flamenco singer born in 1978 in San Fernando, Cádiz. She started performing at a young age with her mother, a gypsy flamenco singer. Her early style was influenced by Camarón de la Isla, but she later incorporated more commercial pop elements. Niña Pastori has released several successful albums and won Latin Grammy recognition, establishing herself as one of the top flamenco singers of her generation.

1. NIÑA PASTORI
THE SINGER
Niña Pastori is a Spanish
flamenco singer She started her artistic
(cantaora). María Rosa career at a very young age,
often traveling and
García García (Niña
performing with her mother.
Pastori) was born in San A year later she won a
Among her first mentors
Fernando, a city in the contest in San Fernando,
was Camarón de la Isla
province of Cádiz on 15 and since then she has been
(the greatest flamenco
January 1978. The supported by numerous
singer), also from San
youngest of five siblings artists that saw a big
Fernando (Cádiz), whose potential in the "Niña"
and only daughter of a
purist flamenco style she (Spanish for girl). Her initial
military man and gypsy
followed in her early years. name was "La niña de la
flamenco singer: “La
Later she added a more Pastori", but she later
Pastori”.
commercial, pop tone to changed it to "Niña Pastori".
her image and style
without losing her
flamenco roots.

2. In 2000 she published her third
album, “Cañaílla”. It is dedicated
to her home town and more
flamenco than the previous works.
When she was seventeen, she
made her recording debut in
1996 with “Entre dos puertos”.
The album boasted a hit song:
“Tú me camelas” and exhibited
a pop-flamenco style targeted
chiefly at teenagers.
Her second
album, “Eres
luz” (You Are
Light, 1998)
confirmed
her success.

3. Her album “María” (2002) envolved to a more
personal style, taking part in the lyrics and
composition of some of her songs, a trend
that she continued in “No hay quinto malo”,
her fifth album (2004) where she´s a regular
recipient of Latin Grammy attention, winning
a nomination in 2005 (Best flamenco album).
“Joyas prestadas” (Loaned jewels)
(2006) was the best female pop
vocal album, where Niña Pastori
makes personal version of song
originally by artist from different
styles and genres. The last album
released is “Esperando Verte”
released in January 2009.
Her style of music would grow progressively more mature
as she and her audience aged. Niña Pastori is one of the
more accomplished cantaoras among the generation of
young pop-flamenco singers to emerge around the turn of
the century.