Highly anticipated and acclaimed, Diva peaked at number twenty-four on the Billboard Top Latin Albums chart, number eight on the Billboard Top Heatseekers chart for the South Atlantic area, number four on the Billboard Reggae Albums and number one on the Billboard Tropical Albums chart. "Quiero Bailar" became a commercial success and her first big hit in the United States and Puerto Rico, while the other six singles failed to acquire chart success on national charts. The musical styles of the recording alternate between reggaetón and hip-hop while Queen experiments with R&B, dancehall, and pop balladry.ĭiva spawned a total of seven singles: " Quiero Bailar", "Quiero Saber", " Papi Te Quiero", "Guillaera", " Tuya Soy", "Tu No Puedes", and "Súbelo", which were released over the course of three years. Lyrically, the album explored female empowerment, infidelity, heartbreak and love with "a veritable compendium of her artistic passion, femininity, and culture".
It featured collaborations with Latin hip hop artists including Mexicano 777, Bimbo and K-7 while the album's production was handled by a variety of musical producers Luny Tunes, DJ Nelson, Noriega, and Iván Joy were enlisted, while DJ Adam produced a majority of the tracks. The recording followed her two previous studio albums which were commercially unsuccessful and a hiatus from her musical career beginning in 1999. It was released on Augand independently distributed by Real Music Group after being dropped from Sony Discos. In 2017, Lennox was appointed Glasgow Caledonian University's first female chancellor.Diva is the third studio album by Puerto Rican reggaetón recording artist Ivy Queen.
On 4 June 2012, she performed at the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Concert in front of Buckingham Palace. In 2011, Lennox was appointed an OBE by Queen Elizabeth II for her "tireless charity campaigns and championing of humanitarian causes".
She founded the SING Campaign in 2007 and founded a women's empowerment charity called The Circle in 2008. In addition to her career as a musician, Lennox is also a political and social activist, raising money and awareness for HIV/AIDS as it affects women and children in Africa. Lennox and her Eurythmics partner Dave Stewart were inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2020, and the duo were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2022. At the 2015 Ivor Novello Awards, Lennox was made a fellow of the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors (The Ivors Academy), the first woman to receive the honour. As part of a one-hour symphony of British Music, Lennox performed " Little Bird" during the 2012 Summer Olympics closing ceremony in London. As of June 2008, including her work with Eurythmics, Lennox had sold over 80 million records worldwide. In June 2013 the Official Charts Company called her "the most successful female British artist in UK music history". She has been named "The Greatest White Soul Singer Alive" by VH1 and one of The 100 Greatest Singers of All Time by Rolling Stone. In 2004, she received the Golden Globe and the Academy Award for Best Original Song for " Into the West", written for the soundtrack to the feature film The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. In 2002, Lennox received a Billboard Century Award the highest accolade from Billboard. She has also collected four Grammy Awards and an MTV Video Music Award. With eight Brit Awards, which includes being named Best British Female Artist a record six times, Lennox has been named the "Brits Champion of Champions". To date, she has released six solo studio albums and a compilation album, The Annie Lennox Collection (2009). Her 1995 studio album, Medusa, includes cover versions of songs such as "No More 'I Love You's ' " and " A Whiter Shade of Pale". The same year, she performed " Love Song for a Vampire" for Bram Stoker's Dracula. Lennox embarked on a solo career in 1992 with her debut album, Diva, which produced several hit singles including " Why" and " Walking on Broken Glass".
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